Monday, September 8, 2003		Downloads

THESE days, new programs installing themselves permanently in the memory and running in the background without the users’ knowledge are a bane for Web surfers. Such programs can compromise your privacy and also drain system resources. Winsonar is a freeware that helps you detect and remove these. The other utility lets you remove programs that you are unable to remove using the Windows Add/Remove programs facility.

Winsonar 2003

This is a program specifically designed for process monitoring purposes. It detects new processes that permanently install themselves into the memory while the system is working. The first time Winsonar is run, it inspects memory and compiles a list of processes that will be considered safe by default. It also reads registry and compiles the list of programs normally loaded on system start up. Programs and registry key lists are CRC protected to avoid attacks by malicious programs. These lists are normally not accessible to the user, as a safety measure, to avoid involuntary system process termination or registry modifications. The user will be finally prompted for scanning local system ports, to retrieve a list of ports normally opened by system services. If a new program appears to be permanently installed into memory or a new autorun value has been written to Registry, a first-step simplified interface will be opened, displaying an ‘unknown list’ and four buttons, the green hand, the red hand, the magnifier button and the screwdriver button will appear. Download available from www.digidownload.libero.it/zancart/winsonar/winsonar_free/winsonar_free_30403.zip

UninstallAbility

In Windows, you can uninstall programs by selecting Start > Settings> Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Windows keeps information about the programs that can be uninstalled from your computer in an uninstall list in the registry. As any program or anybody with a registry editor has access to this uninstall list, the list may become corrupted or even destroyed. In this case you will no longer be able to uninstall programs from your computer. Download from www.tensmar.com/bestpcfreeware