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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: 70% OFF! Get 2018 Best DVD Video Converter + (possibly)win a Huawei P10 Lite!

« on: February 21, 2018, 02:32 PM »

And it comes even better: Win a brand-new Huawei P10 Lite smartphone! Together with Digiarty Software, we are giving away a brand-new Huawei P10 Lite smartphone.

-disenchanted (February 21, 2018, 04:45 AM)

Says here that the heads of FBI, CIA, and NSA recommend not using use Huawei phones.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Acronis Ransomware Protection + 5GB hosted online backup: Free

« on: February 14, 2018, 10:22 AM »

This is nice, however my main concern is will this slow down the system?

-ceres101 (February 14, 2018, 07:40 AM)

Not in my wheelhouse so maybe someone more knowledgeable can answer this.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Acronis Ransomware Protection + 5GB hosted online backup: Free

« on: February 05, 2018, 11:03 AM »

https://www.acronis....ree-data-protection/

Review: http://in.pcmag.com/...ansomware-protection

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: SUMo - Software Update Monitor - free PRO license

« on: February 04, 2018, 02:13 PM »

Thanks, man.  For those interested, found the free license key worked with the Giveaway installer version but not with the normal SUMo Lite setup version.

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Found Deals and Discounts / WinX DVD Ripper Full License Giveaway - 12/22

« on: December 22, 2017, 11:48 AM »

WinX DVD Ripper Full License Giveaway | Latest V8.7.0

Many people have spent years building up media library, buying rare films, classics, much-loved series and favorite blockbusters, not all of which will be available to stream. If you are one of those who don’t want to throw the precious DVDs away and are looking for a way to protect the collections, free download WinX DVD Ripper (time-limited giveaway) 
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Download manager

« on: November 06, 2017, 06:21 PM »

Recently have been using Free Download Manager with good results.  Thing is, the most recent version, 5.x, is complained about as bloatware with decreased functionality.  Advice which I took was to install the last good version, 3.9.7 build 1627 available at Filehippo.  Integrates as seamlessly with FF plugin Flashgot as NetXfer did.

DownloadThemAll! worked great but this works a little better.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Wonderfox giveaway through Nov. 5

« on: October 30, 2017, 11:54 AM »

Via Consumerworld:  Free Windows Software - Get up to nine different Windows software packages (not trial versions) for free until November 5th. Choices include a DVD ripper, a password storage program (used by MrConsumer!), a PDF editing program, and more.

http://www.videoconv...ctory.com/halloween/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Push the Freakin' Button! Pro (PTFB Pro) on offer from Bits du Jour

« on: July 29, 2017, 11:22 AM »

The name alone is reason enough to try it.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Windscribe - Get 50GB free VPN bandwidth every month for life

« on: July 27, 2017, 10:23 AM »

Best VPN services of 2017: Reviews and buying advice.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: WinPatrol Ultimate Bundle up to 85% off--July 8th & 9th

« on: July 09, 2017, 04:59 PM »

why are they several times saying that the bundle is version 2017 (click "Get this deal")? Am I to buy a lifetime key for version 2017, and 2017 only?
 

-Curt (July 09, 2017, 04:35 PM)

I bought a lifetime license to WinPatrol PLUS almost ten years ago and its always updated to the newest version at no additional charge.  So in that case, lifetime meant just that or at least as long as they stay in business.

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Found Deals and Discounts / WinPatrol Ultimate Bundle up to 85% off--July 8th & 9th

« on: July 08, 2017, 02:29 AM »

http://www.bitsdujou...trol-ultimate-bundle

I've used WinPatrol PLUS for years now with good results.  Has allowed greater control over what crap gets on my hard drives, warns of unwanted system changes after program installs, and other useful stuff all without being a system hog.  Can't recommend their other offerings since I've never used them.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« on: June 13, 2017, 05:58 PM »

Thanks for fixing the forecast link.  The radar page still doesn't load (as it used to) and I'm thinking that it's because weather.com is just another site that won't work with Firefox or Firefox with certain plugins.  That's becoming more common.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« on: June 13, 2017, 07:16 AM »

Over the last two days, found Full Forecast and Radar link issues: 1) The former's page (http://us.rd.yahoo.com) times-out (server not responding?), 2) The later (weather.com) doesn't load the radar (page script change?).

I'm running v 1.6.8 build 1.

Everything else seems fine as before.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Windscribe - Get 50GB free VPN bandwidth every month for life

« on: April 06, 2017, 10:06 AM »

Here's another privacy article.  I subscribed to the print edition of PCWorld for years so I trust their content.

Didn't mean to hijack the thread, BTW.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Windscribe - Get 50GB free VPN bandwidth every month for life

« on: April 03, 2017, 10:13 AM »

In a PCWorld article, VPNs were mentioned as one of three privacy tools one should consider to combat the recent Internet privacy rollback, so this service might be worth considering.  Maybe OpenDNS isn't enough.

However, the article states, "Your next step is to subscribe to a paid virtual private network service—not a free one that collects your data and sells it to third parties for analytics, or uses ads to support its free service, because that would negate the entire point of all this."

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Wise Care 365 Pro [softpedia giveaway]

« on: March 28, 2017, 10:15 AM »

Just installed the Giveaway version.  Thanks for the tip.  Do you favor the registry cleaner because it's less likely to do damage like CCleaner's?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Exclusive Giveaway for DonationCoder - HD Video Converter Factory Pro

« on: March 22, 2017, 11:49 AM »

All Above Keys Expired.

New License Key:

VC-HDPB-9735F00783-A689EEDE59-6AA971F979

(Serial active till Mar 17th, 2017)

You're welcome! 

-Tronista (March 17, 2017, 01:05 AM)

From [email protected]:

This is a giveaway promotion, not a regular purchase.
You can use the giveaway license to unlock the software and use it as long as you want without upgrade/reinstall, and it can be used during the promotion days.
Now, the giveaway event has been expired, so you can’t use the giveaway license anymore.

Could you please consider purchasing a lifetime license, I can provide 50% off price for you: http://www.videoconv...erter/buy-50off.html

* Once the order process is completed, The license code will be sent to you automatically within minutes after payment
* All of the paid users would enjoy our 30-day money back guarantee. If you are not satisfied with our product or service, you can demand a refund via email, and we will process your request within 24 hours.

Reasonable.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Download manager

« on: February 21, 2017, 08:55 AM »

Apparently JDownloader's default installers are infested with adware.  There's a post with a link to installers that are supposed to be adware-free:

    https://board.jdownl...4861&postcount=1

I haven't tried anything to do with JDownloader, so I can't vouch for the link in the post. I'd suggest taking whatever precautions you might think are appropriate.

-mwb1100 (February 20, 2017, 09:20 PM)

Thanks for the suggestion.  The link leads to other links that contain adware bombs.  Think I might just pass on JDownloader for now.

In the mean time, DownThemAll has been fine and the author of Net Tranfser refuses to acknowledge the lifetime license I won here.  Shame on them.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Download manager

« on: January 25, 2017, 09:31 AM »

I've been using JDownloader 2 for a few months and really like it. Give it a shot!
http://jdownloader.org/

-htimsnivek (January 25, 2017, 01:12 AM)

I like that it's open source and stand-alone.  Downloaded but Panda AV neutralized many of its files during installation so I canceled. Do you think they're all false positives?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Download manager

« on: January 24, 2017, 09:15 AM »

Installed DownThemAll as an FF Add-on and found good results, thanks.  I'll miss Net Transport though as a stand-alone program.

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General Software Discussion / Download manager

« on: January 19, 2017, 06:16 PM »

Now that Net Transport (NetXfer) is no longer functioning and the author isn't responding to emails, need to find a new freeware download manager.  Any recommendations?  Thanks.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Softmaker FreeOffice 2016 Win/Linux + FlexiPDF Basic free

« on: December 16, 2016, 09:22 AM »

I am using Foxit Reader currently , but it's a bit of a minefield to install, and I would like something without adds.

-Jibz (December 16, 2016, 12:57 AM)

I dumped Foxit for Sumatra PDF.  Loads faster and less intrusive.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: MailWasher Pro 25% off

« on: November 23, 2016, 11:43 AM »

MailWasher Pro's been free the last two years via Giveaway of the Day.  Seems to be the best email controller out there and I like it but also think it's an unnecessary luxury.  Not as good but always free is PopTray.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TrueCrypt alternative

« on: October 18, 2016, 05:22 PM »

Critical flaws found in open-source encryption software VeraCrypt.

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UrlSnooper / Re: Embedded flash videos

« on: July 22, 2016, 01:13 PM »

Thanks much.  I'll give it a shot.