THE BEST FREE FIREWALL SOFTWARE

THE BEST FREE FIREWALL SOFTWARE

What is a firewall ? What is and especially what are the best free firewall in circulation in 2010 ? In this post I will describe what is a firewall, but follow me, because in the next few articles I describe, in detail, at the technical level, what they are.

A firewall is software (also hardware) that allows effective control of virtual gates through which, our PC communicates with the Internet. Through these gates the data are "packaged" and sent over the network. Here is an example of ports that are commonly used :

Gate 80 : used by browsers that we use to surf the web.

Gate 21 : used for FTP connections that programmers know well. Through this door we can connect, using a dedicated program, to the web space that contains the material of our website. (pages, photos, music, articles, etc ...).

Gate 119 : used to travel various news on the web.

Gate 25 : used for the transmission of email in our inbox.

Gate 110 : used for receive our e-mail.

But there are other virtual firewall gates.

But why protect these ports through a firewall ? Simple, because, through the gates, hackers can "creep" and install spyware and other malware trying to steal sensitive information and important data than groped to ruin our system and lock it. Be careful, though. Firewall is not an antivirus, whose task is to find and protect us from various malware, deleting them. Firewall protects our connections with the network.

Here is a list of the best free firewall software, for PC, among the best around. Your operating system firewall (included in it) is not as effective and powerful as these :

1. OUTPOST FIREWALL FREE
2. COMODO FIREWALL FREE
3. ASHAMPOO FIREWALL FREE
4. ZONE ALARM FIREWALL FREE
5. ONLINE ARMOR FIREWALL FREE

OUTPOST FIREWALL FREE :

1. Simple user interface with a graphic layout well done. 
2. Protection from hackers and data theft of identity. 
3. Continuous monitoring of incoming and outgoing connections. 
4. Easy installation with system resources and CPU minimized. 
5. Update function in real time.

It's definitely a firewall between the best and is freeware. Always constantly updated by the software company that created it. Very powerful and effective in attempts to block entry of hackers.

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COMODO FIREWALL FREE :

1. Simple and efficient user interface.
2. Quick installation with minimum resources used.
3. Choice to install only the firewall, the antivirus or both.
4. Real-time control of invasion attempts.
5. Continuous monitoring of virtual gates.
6. Update program in real time.
7. Updated for Windows 7 to 32 and 64 bits.

A very good product, in addition, the characteristic of having FIREWALL + ANTIVIRUS including inside. A good protection for those who want to install two software in one.

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ASHAMPOO FIREWALL FREE :

1. Quick and easy installation.
2. Intuitive user interface and easy navigation.
3. Various permissions to apply.
4. Effective protection on the LAN web.
5. Alert function in case of hacking attempt. 
6. Minimal use of system and CPU resources.
7. Complex settings for advanced users.

The software company that produced this firewall has created numerous other products for various utilities. His reputation is known and that is why, after I've tried, I recommend it to you because it's really the best.

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ZONE ALARM FIREWALL FREE :

1. User-friendly interface.
2. Quick and easy installation.
3. Protection from various types of viruses.
4. Continuous monitoring of in and out web traffic.
5. Various settings for permissions.
6. System stability through its proper use.

Zone Alarm is used by many users for its efficiency, its continuous updating and its features settable for older and more experienced users. Do you want to choose a firewall with security ? Choose Zone Alarm. Aguarantee !

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ONLINE ARMOR FIREWALL FREE :

1. Fast and very easy installation.
2. Effective protection during the use of prepaid cards on the Web.
3. Effective protection of important information that you possess on hard disk.
4. A few system resources used during operations.
5. Effective spyware control trying to install.
6. Network flow control.
7. Possibility of setting the Startup Programs.
8. Updated for the Windows 7 operating system to 32 bits and 64 bits.

This is also great. Less performance of others, but if your favorite will cause problems or be incompatible with the antivirus software you have installed, then you might try FREE ONLINE ARMOR FIREWALL.

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There are many other firewalls, but these are among the best freeware. Do not forget that, even though some, like COMODO, allow a virus protection, a software of this kind must always be coupled with an excellent antivirus. Read my review on the best FREEWARE ANTIVIRUS 2010.

Remember though: the protection of our PC can never be 100% !

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SOFTWARE TO PROTECT CHILDREN ON THE INTERNET

SOFTWARE TO PROTECT CHILDREN ON THE INTERNET

Now in almost every family there is a computer and an Internet connection. The kids use them to do research, to connect and share photos, images, information on various social networks like Facebook and they love watching videos on YouTube and other portals. Moreover, they love to chat on MSN and download via peer to peer programs. So far no problem but a risk of infecting your computer with many viruses, malware, spyware, etc. ... But many parents do not know that, in the WEB, there are prohibited content for children, contained scenes, photos and videos glorifying racism, drugs, violence of all kinds. Not to mention the Web portals where you can easily see entire movies with adult content.

What can do, these parents, to monitor their children and prevent them from visiting "dangerous" sites ? Simple, install software to protect children from navigation, accidental or no, on these sites, on the internet.

Now I describe a series of free programs to protect, efficient and very simple to use. As a computer technician I have been called numerous times to install this free software to prevent children from opening certain sites. These software must be installed and configured simply to prevent access or control of email and chat for children. Here's one list, followed by a brief description and links to downloads :

1. NAOMI
2. PICBLOCK
3. PGSURFER
4. K9 WEB PROTECTION
5. PARENTAL CONTROL BAR

NAOMI :

1. User interface easy to use.
2. Minimum configuration by creating a unique password.
3. Automatic blocking of inappropriate content.
4.  Software icon in action, hide.
5. Block peer to peer programs sucu as E-Mule, LimeWire.

The software house does not seem to work more for its development but NAOMI works effectively on operating systems like ME, 2000, XP, Vista. Its strength is in ease of use and ability to hide the icon when the program is running.

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PICBLOCK :

1. Quick installation and user-friendly interface.
2. Blur function or blackout of images for adults.
3. Filter function filter on keywords.
4. Detailed report on the activities carried out on the Internet.
5. Access through password administration.

This software is very special as it has, as you read a blur function on pictures with adult content. It has other useful functions to control the activities that our children play in the WEB.

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PGSURFER :

1. User-friendly interface and layout well done.
2. Block of particular pages on the Internet.
3. Locks software downloads.
4. Enforcement action against viruses, malware, backdoors, spyware.
5. Function to determine hours to navigate.
6. Very detailed reports on open pages.

This child protection software has unique features such as checking for entering viruses and blocking the download of programs, which may contain viruses. Establish some hours to use internet is also an excellent feature.

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K9 WEB PROTECTION :

1. User interface easier to use.
2. Administration password that prevents access to minors.
3. Block adult sites, phishing sites, sites for peer to peer, social networking sites.
4. Control keywords in the search.
5. Choice of block sites that talk about violence, racism, drugs, etc. ...
6. Database continuously updated with more sites to block.

What about K9 Web Protection, it is the best program to protect our children while surfing the Web. That's what I usually install and can block anything. We can also block YouTube. Definitely recommended !

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PARENTAL CONTROL BAR :

1. User-friendly interface.
2. Navigation control bar applicable to Firefox and IE.
3. Protection using a password.
4. Many filters to use.
5. Updatable database of sites whose prevent opening.

Well, as you can see from the screenshot above, the software installs a toolbar at the top of the two most common browsers IE and Firefox. By a simple click on the toolbar you can insert the url of "dangerous"site into the list of those which prevent the opening. Easy to use and very effective.

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I hope I have done something for all those parents who want to control their children. Do not trust them, as their curiosity leads them to visit and look around on the Web. In some of my professional experiences, I could check, by underage boys, sites with obscene content, who I do not even want to describe. It's awful !

Protect our children on the Internet, installing these valuable softwares to protect them. If necessary, we install two different (if there is no incompatibility). Follow me though, because if your boys will find solutions to circumvent security programs listed, then I'll show you how to act, at the level of operating system, in a right way.

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THE BEST SOFTWARE TO MAKE FAST DOWNLOAD FROM WEB

THE BEST SOFTWARE TO MAKE FAST DOWNLOAD FROM WEB

When we decide to download files from the Internet, whether small or big, we need a good program that speeds up the download. In fact, when we perform a download in a natural way, we can not control various parameters such as those relating to our ADSL. Optimize all parameters allows us to make downloads in a safe, rapid and effective way. Imagine if we were to download a 2 gig movie and there is a problem with ADSL. We lose file downloading. With Speed Downloading is not the case. Of course we do not talking about a download software mode PEER TO PEER. For that kind of downloading using special programs which I'll discuss later.

What are the factors that may cause us bad download ? These include :

1. ADSL speeds little performance that creates disconnections.
2. Network congestion.
3. Congestion on the Server to carry out the download.
4.  Size of file to download.
5. Various crashes and freezes of the browser we use.
6. Crash and different blocks of our computer.

The disconnection of our ADSL is one of the most dangerous, because once disconnected, the download is blocked and must start over. Here the utility of free software such as Speed Downloading, thanks to which the downloaded file will not be lost and, to a disconnection or crash of your PC, we start with the discharge from the point off.

Now describe its main features :

1. Quick and easy installation.
2. Automatic optimizing file download.
3. Scheduling the start of the download.
4. Setting ADSL parameters for better download performance.
5. Interruption and resumption download.
6. Compatibility with file sharing software like eMule, BitTorrent and RapidShare.
7. Download video from popular portals and conversion into various formats.
8. Few system resources and CPU used.
9. PC slowing down very low.
10. Multiuser language.

Its functions are many and we really should install it and use it to understand that it is undoubtedly the best freeware program to download from the Internet effectively and safely. Downloading videos, movies, music, documents, software, etc ... It will become much faster.

Download on the official website at this web address: http://www.speed-downloading.com/ and try it.

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THE BEST FREE SOFTWARE TO BURN CD DVD

THE BEST FREE SOFTWARE TO BURN CD DVD

Burning is a very widespread. You burn music CDs, DVD movies, videos of  vacation, etc... Even the data on our PC we want to keep. It is therefore important to use a good burning program and possibly free. But what the best program for burning CDs and DVDs ? Well, today I will list some that are freeware if used for domestic use, great competitors of burning software like NERO fee. Although, I must say that NERO, has many additional features, such as a player and video converter, etc... But if we looking for a good burner only, then there are a lot of free performance. I list some below, certainly among the best software to burn free :

1. IMG BURN
2. CD BURNER XP
3. FREE DISC BURNER
4. FINAL BURNER FREE
5. BURNAWARE FREE EDITION

IMG BURN :

1. GUI very well maintained and easy to use.
2. Writing on CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray.
3. Supports writing files like BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI.
4. Supports the most common hardware interfaces: SCSI, IDE, USB, SATA.
5. Writing any type of data: audio, video, etc. ...
6. Supports audio files like AAC, APE, FLAC, M4A, MP3, MP4, MPC, OGG, PCM, WAV, WMA and WV.

DOWNLOAD IMG BURN HERE

CD BURNER XP : 

1. Simple and intuitive use.
2. Support for hardware interfaces such as SATA, IDE, Firewire, SCSI, USB.
3. Copy mode from CD to CD or Burn-Proof.
4. Burn ISO and NRG files format.
5. Ability to rip music in various formats.
6. Supports various types of disk writing : CD-R, CD-RW, DVD + R / RW and DVD-R/RW.
7. Writing data and video.
8. Version ready for the new operating system Windows 7.

DOWNLOAD CD BURNER XP HERE

FREE DISC BURNER :

1. User-friendly interface.
2. Supports media types such as BD-R / BD-RE (Blu-Ray), DVD-R Double Layer, DVD-R Dual Layer, DVD + R / DVD + RW, DVD-R / DVD-RW, DVD-RAM CD-R / CD-RW.
3. Support for Blu-Ray technology.
4. Ability to write in multisession mode.
5. Supports buffer protection technologies such as burnproof.
6. Creation of image files.
7. Updated for Windows 7 operating system.

DOWNLOAD FRE DISC BURNER HERE

FINAL BURNER FREE :

1. Interface very simple and easy to use.
2. Supports writing on : CD R / RW, DVD + R / RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD DL, Blu-ray.
3. Ability to create DVD or CD audio or video.
4. Support for hardware interfaces such as SCSI, IDE, FireWire, SATA, etc...
5. Ability to rip audio files.
6. On the fly copies.
7. Creating boot disks and fast deletion of CD-DVD rewrite.

DOWNLOAD FINAL BURNER FREE HERE

BURNAWARE FREE EDITION :

1. Burn CD, DVD and Blue Ray.
2. Allows burning data CDs, music, movies, disk images, etc ...
3. Supports various hardware interfaces SATA, IDE, USB, SCSI.
4. Multilanguage support.
5. Creating video DVDs.
   
6. Supports writing system UDF/ISO9660/Joliet.
7. Updated for Windows 7.

DOWNLOAD BURNAWARE FREE EDITION HERE

These are just some freeware software to burn. You will read from their characteristics that have everything we need. Some also allow us to create covers to print on CDs or DVDs. Most of the medias in circulation today are read without problems by these programs, behind which there are very important software houses. Burn free today is a duty but it has also to become a pleasure with software that have very nice graphical interfaces and menus easy to navigate. Someone will search on the web for the best free program to burn on Windows 7 but, as I said, the software company producing the above applications are also designed their products for the new operating system. Choose the one that comes closest to your needs and download it for free.

I remind you that all these burning software are free but they must be used for domestic use, so you can make copies for personal use.

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PHOTOMONTAGER.COM DOWNLOAD GRATIS

PHOTOMONTAGER.COM DOWNLOAD GRATIS

PHOTOMONTAGER.COM is a site that allows you to create very beautiful photomontages and download them without the need to register or install software on your PC. The service for creating photomontages on PHOTOMONTAGER.COM is free.

Its use is very simple. Go to the web site and choose from the many available graphic templates. There are lots of layouts in which to insert your image or photo or that of someone else, perhaps a celebrity or your friend. After making your choice you can take the next step to upload your photos from your hard drive or take one with your webcam. After this stage, PHOTOMONTAGER.COM allows you to edit, crop, zoom and add a simple text image.

At this point, if satisfied with the outcome, you can download the photomontage by clicking the right mouse button and choose "Save As". PHOTOMONTAGER.COM allows free gratis download and its really fun and photomontages are numerous. An online service to create photomontages simple and fast, certainly to try.

PHOTOMONTAGER WEB SITE HERE

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