• Find and delete sensitive data with Privacy Traces Cleaner
  
• Individually tailored Windows optimization with Tuning Assistant
  
• One-click optimization with four powerful cleaners
  
• System analysis with more in-depth information and visual clarity
  
• Super-fast cleaners with new search algorithms
  
• Windows Notification Center based program notifications
  
• Drive Cleaner with custom file filters
  
• Improved browser handling in Registry Cleaner
  
• Cleaners with support for browser profiles
  
• Uninstall Windows apps with UnInstall Manager 2
  
• UnInstall Manager 2 with new look & feel
  
• Process manager with tree view
  
• Review SVHOST-based processes
  
• Create and print modern-looking reports
  
• SSD wizard with new handling and more details
  

• New Privacy Traces Cleaner module for increased security and privacy
  
  
• New Tuning Assistant module helps with custom optimisations
  
  
• Extensive function to create custom file filters in the Drive Cleaner
  
  
• Connection of many modules to the Windows Notification Centre
  
  
• One-click optimisation now with 4 powerful cleaning modules
  
  
• Improved system analysis with improved interface and Privacy Traces Cleaner
  
  
• Updated Clean Dashboard in the style of One-Click Optimisation
  
  
• New UnInstall Manager module with support for Windows Apps
  
  
• Support for profiles in the Internet Cleaner module
  
  
• New reports and views in the Process Manager module
  
  
• Updated reports with improved printing support
  

• Fully Windows 11 compatible
  
• More performance with 64-bit support
  
• New supported formats (HEIF, updated RAW support)
  
• Faster scanning and verification of deleted photos
  
• Future-proof technology with improved codec use
  
• Enhanced removable storage detection
  

• Significantly enhanced image auto-optimization
  
• Brilliant perspective corrections for natural lines
  
• Manual color temperature adjustments
  
• Tonal curve adjustments
  
• On-demand visual mood swings with LUTs
  
• More than 30 stunning LUTs included
  
• Download and use LUTs from the internet
  

• Move installed programs across drives instantly
  
• Export / Import a list of installed applications
  
• In-depth Registry cleaning with extended scan for orphaned entries
  
• Enhanced installation auto-detection through Registry monitoring
  
• Redesigned reports with Windows app support
  
• Improved stability of installation guard and real-time logger
  
• Improved active process handling in Internet Cleaner
  
• Cookie whitelisting in Internet Cleaner
  
• Create / Import / Export custom file filters in Drive Cleaner
  
• Auto-delete empty folders and search all local drives in Drive Cleaner
  
• Up-to-date cleaners
  

• Up-to-date cleaners
  
  
• Move installed programs across drives instantly
  
  
• Export / Import a list of installed applications
  
  
• In-depth Registry cleaning with extended scan for orphaned entries
  
  
• Enhanced installation auto-detection through Registry monitoring
  
  
• Redesigned reports with Windows app support
  
  
• Improved stability of installation guard and real-time logger
  
  
• Create / Import / Export custom file filters in Drive Cleaner
  

• Compatible with MS Office, including Office 365 and Office 2021
  
• No subscription, no expiration date!
  
• The perfect alternative to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  
• Includes everything that makes up a good office suite
  
• Excellent word processing: Ashampoo Write
  
• Powerful spreadsheet processing: Ashampoo Calculate
  
• Stunning presentations: Ashampoo Present
  
• Support for classic view and modern view with ribbons
  

• Select multiple non-contiguous text ranges with the Ctrl key
  
• Easy two-document comparison with synchronous scrolling
  
• Embedded font support for TMDX and DOCX files
  
• Document-embedded fonts so recipients don't need to have them installed
  
• Display deletions in comments pane with change tracking enabled
  
• New Book layout with first page on the right in two-page view
  
• Filter paragraph and character styles by "All styles", "Styles in use" and "Styles in document"
  
• Rotate table cells with Table ribbon tab
  
• Displace whitespaces as dots for all Unicode variants
  
• Numbered lists with leading zeros
  
• Right-aligned list numbering
  
• Quickly create dummy texts
  

• Import and export SQLite databases
  
• Sort by color (cell color and font color)
  
• Filter by color with AutoFilter
  
• Support for custom date order in CSVs (DMY, MDY, YMD)
  
• Dynamic cell-based chart titles, axis titles and data labels
  
• Custom decimal and thousands of separators for CSV files
  
• Link texts in AutoShapes to table cells
  
• Convenient Formula ribbon tab with recalculation options
  
• Sort pivot tables with user-defined lists
  

• New dynamic PowerPoint-compatible slide transitions
  
• Linux support for audio and video elements in presentations
  
• Element to rate table cells on Table ribbon tab
  
• Toggle rulers in fullscreen mode
  

• Realtime backups
  
• Stateoftheart rescue system
  
• Plug & Play backups
  
• Bitlocker support
  
• Futureproof cloud support
  
• No strain on your system
  
• Full clarity with Backup Viewer
  
• Allround protection with hard disk checkups
  

• Real-time backups
  
  Ashampoo Backup Pro 25's real-time backup technology tracks your most important folders for file changes and updates your backups accordingly–and you get to individually pick those folders! This means your files are kept safe automatically and it certainly takes the fear out of sudden crashes or system freeze-ups. During backups, Ashampoo Backup Pro 25 constantly verifies each operation to avoid data inconsistency. This even includes health monitoring for your disk drives, with instant notifications should a drive be on the brink of failure. Never again will you have to worry whether your current archives really include all of your latest files. 
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Rescue system based on the latest Windows
  
  Ashampoo Backup Pro's got your back when disaster strikes and your system crashes. The rescue system is now based on the current Windows version, making it easier to install and use. Our Windows-based state-of-the-art rescue system can reboot your PC either from DVD or USB stick. Instead of a full Windows reinstall, you can then simply restore your previous system backup and return your PC to normal. Save time and effort and keep your PC, and your files, safe with Ashampoo Backup Pro 25!
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Alternatively you can download  a pre-created "Ashampoo® Backup Rescue Disc" HERE
  
  
  
  
• View Backup plans_Mount Backups via Virtual Drive
  
  All backups neatly and tidily listed with custom views. Ashampoo® Backup Pro features an even better backup overview that has all the information you need neatly arranged. Find out instantly about recent or upcoming backups and access in-depth details or restore, verify, view, and delete individual archives in a single click. 
  
  Also, there are times that the user just wants to peek and check their created backups. Ashampoo® Backup Pro's 'Backup Viewer' allows quick access archived files directly without restoring them first. The files are opened in a secure space (mounted) to avoid modifying or damaging the original archives!
  
  
  
  
• Disk Checks
  
  Ashampoo® Backup Pro 25 monitors your hard disk's SMART parameters during backups to detect future issues before they happen! This allows you time to react and avoid data loss. The program also features an additional drive / partition check (whether internal or external) that analyzes and repairs individual sectors. 
  
  
  
  
• Bitlocker Support
  
  In case the user has a Bitlocker encrypted drive that has not been unlocked yet, he(the user) will now get a dialog to unlock the drive. This option is now also in the rescue system to be able to unlock the drives there accordingly.
  
  
  
• Full Windows 11 Support
  
  Windows 11 poses new challenges for existing software–not so for Ashampoo® Backup Pro! The Ashampoo team is working hard to ensure full Windows 11 compatibility right off the bat–and in the long run, so you won't have to worry about data security ever again!
  

• (NEW) Rescue system with vastly improved driver support
  
• (NEW) New handy real-time backup templates
  
• (NEW) Improved network connectivity during backup recovery
  
• (NEW) More details and better overview for backup plans
  
• (NEW) Additional settings to limit email-based reporting by severity
  
• (IMPROVED) Modern rescue system based on the latest Windows
  
• (IMPROVED) Rescue system with updated drivers and maximum safety
  

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Quote:The new Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 10 is HERE!
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The new Ashampoo Photo Recovery 2 is HERE!
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Ashampoo WinOptimizer 26: Speed up, optimize, and clean your PC with great ease!
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The new Ashampoo® UnInstaller 14 : Remove software down to the last byte!
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The new Ashampoo® Offfice 9 : Create documents, spreadsheets and presentations with great ease!
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The new Ashampoo® Backup Pro 25 : Backup, rescue, and restore files with ease!
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• As a powerful HD video downloader for YouTube, Dailymotion, Facebook, and other streaming sites, VTubeGo HD Video 
  
• Downloader provides 10X faster speed to download high-quality videos in bulk. Moreover.
  
• It provides a built-in browser to download video and music easily and cut Youtube to MP4, MP3, and more.
  
• Download Full Playlist Effortlessly
  
• Extract Audio from Video
  
• 360° & 3D Video Download
  
• Batch download
  
• Download subtitle YouTube
  
• 100% Security Guarantee - protected by McAfee and Norton.
  
• Download services are 100% free of charge, also no watermark and Ads.
  

• Optimize high-speed downloads
  
• Beautify the UI and improve user experience
  
• Fixed bugs reported by users
  

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• Detects more than 2,800 new/variant ransomware attacks with context-awareness-based ransomware behavior detection engine (CARB engine)
  
  
• Enhanced ransomware protection with advanced detection features (ghost detection, smart detection)
  
  
• Through the SMB server protection function, when ransomware executed on a remote PC attacks a shared folder in the server, the IP of the remote PC is blocked
  
  
• Blocks ransomware attacks inside/outside the server through a shared folder protection function considering the corporate environment
  
  
• Prevents incapacitation of Windows system restoration function by ransomware and malicious programs
  
  
• Pre-blocking safe mode boot execution for attack
  
  
• Automatic deletion of files created by ransomware when ransomware behavior is detected
  

• Real-time detection and defense of vulnerability attacks (AppCheck Pro v3.0)
  
  
• Real-time detection and proactive defense of zero-day exploit attacks
  
  
• Protects the system from attacks on vulnerable Internet Explorer web browser vulnerabilities
  
  
• Choose which applications to protect can be applied
  

• Temporary backup and restore to a safe haven. Note: AppCheck's Ransomware Protective Shelter is located (by default) in "C:\ProgramData\CheckMAL\AppCheck\RansomShelter". The user can set his own preference here.
  
  
• Deletion of files damaged by the attack when ransomware is detected
  
  
• Real-time file backup and restoration in case of damage to protected files
  
  
• Disk capacity management through various shelter backup settings
  
  
• Provides a function to move the shelter route considering the disk capacity
  

• Automatic backup with double protection against ransomware. 
  
  
• Supports data backup to other storage devices connected as local disks or network drives
  
  
• Supports periodic automatic data backup according to various schedule settings
  
  
• Maintaining and managing changed backup data files through file history
  

• AppCheck that can be used more safely and lightly
  
  
• Block remote PC IP in case of ransomware attack from remote PC to server
  
  
• Concentrate ransomware attack detection function tailored to stable server operating system
  
  
• Compatibility with common antivirus products without crashing or compromising performance
  
  
• Maintain lightweight resource usage that does not impact server operation
  
  
• Korean / English / Japanese automatic language support according to the operating system installed
  

• Improved an issue that caused applications to run slower after installing AppCheck.
  
• Fixed an error when saving certain applications.
  
• Enhanced AppCheck self-protection. 
  

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Quote:Changes in 2023.12.0.12202:
 
Device protection (desktop)

• Multiple minor tweaks and fixes
  

Management console (web app)

• Improved threat hunting
  
• Multiple minor tweaks and fixes
  

Homepage
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• User-friendly UI
  
• Multiplatform support: Windows, macOS, Android, GNU/Linux (with particular effort to support a lot of distro) with multiple architectures: x64, x86, armv7i, aarch64 (Raspberry)
  
• Censorship counter-measures, like tunnel over SSH, over SSL, direct Tor integration
  
• Network lock / leak prevention
  
• Advanced options for DNS, routing, events, leak etc.
  
• Customizable actions triggered by events
  
• CLI edition
  

• No traffic limit. No time limit. Access to all of our exit-nodes.
  
  
  
• Five simultaneous connections per account.
  
  
  
• Unlimited and free servers switches.
  
  
  
• High performance servers in many countries
  
  
  
• Optional block lists protecting you from ads, adware, trackers and malicious sources.
  
  
  
• No maximum speed limit, it depends only on the server load (see here). Minimum allocated granted bandwidth: 4 Mbit/s download + 4 Mbit/s upload.
  
  
  
• Every protocol is welcome, including p2p. Forwarded ports and DDNS to optimize your software.
  
  
  
• No personal information required. When you open an account, you are not forced to enter any personal data, not even a real e-mail address.
  
  
  
• Transparent policies on bandwidth allocation in order to give you an exact evaluation of the performance you can achieve: no overbooking, no overselling.
  
  
  
• We use OpenVPN and WireGuard to establish the connection between your computer and our servers. OpenVPN is the most reliable and secure solution for encrypted tunnels. Forget PPTP or other insecure protocols.
  
  AirVPN offers OpenVPN on ports 80 TCP / UDP, 443 TCP / UDP and 53 TCP / UDP. Additionally, every Air server supports directly OpenVPN over SSH, OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over Tor. This means that even the most brutal techniques of monitoring, censorship, throttling and traffic shaping will fail against AirVPN, because your ISP and your government will see only TCP or UDP traffic on a unique port.
  
  
  
• Fully compliant with the European Union legal framework protecting your privacy: Directive on Data Protection (95/46/EC), Directive concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy (2002/58/EC) and General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/579)
  
  
  
• API - Application Programming Interface
  
  
  
• Help us cover our mission
  

• Hide your IP - Get a new IP address, so that nobody can discover your identity through it
  
• No monitoring nor logging of your online activities
  
• Perfect Forward Secrecy - Through Diffie-Hellman key exchange DHE. After the initial key negotiation, re-keying is performed every 60 minutes (this value can be lowered unilaterally by the client)
  
• Additional connection types, supported by every Air VPN server, for ISPs or countries disrupting OpenVPN, are OpenVPN over SSH, SSL or Tor
  
• Stay protected with the security offered by very strong encryption, 4096 bit DH and RSA keys size, AES-256-GCM or CHACHA20-POLY1305 encryption cipher.
  
• Make it impossible to identify the type of traffic or protocol you are using, even for your ISP.
  
• Connect to any wireless network without risking data eavesdropping between your computer and the WiFi hotspot.
  

• All protocols allowed - No discrimination toward any service, protocol or application.
  
• Internal VPN DNS based on root servers anti-ICE/ICANN censorship
  
  
• Port Forwarding / DDNS
   - Without port forwarding, the performance of some applications, for example BitTorrent and eMule clients, would be severely impaired and the services on your computer would not be reachable from the Internet
  

See AirVPN Server graphical distribution and additional information HERE

• [bugfix] [windows] "Network interface no more available" in some situation
  
• [change] [linux/macOS] Hummingbird available also in High Sierra
  
• [change] [linux] eddie-tray updated to GTK3 (cleaning dependencies issue)
  
• [bugfix] [all] Minor bugfixes
  

• [bugfix] [linux/macOS] Race condition in ping-request (thx to @cmaves)
  
• [bugfix] [windows] VirtualStore path issue on 32bit
  
• [bugfix] [all] Minor fixes
  
• [new] [all] Option to skip network-lock confirmation
  

• Free and open source OpenVPN and WireGuard GUI
  
• Complete WireGuard and OpenVPN support with full integration with AirVPN infrastructure
  
• WireGuard networking management to allow quick re-connections even when WireGuard would remain stuck after a failure. No more "forever stuck wg client" haunting users running the Android WireGuard client.
  
• Linked against the new OpenVPN-AirVPN 3.8.2 library
  
• Dark theme support and option to switch to dark, light or system default theme
  
• Improved VPN profile management
  
• Full compatibility with Android 5.1 up to 13 and Android TV 5.1 and higher versions.
  
• VPN profile export both to internal database and external file or app
  
• ChaCha20-Poly1305, AES-CBC and AES-GCM support on both OpenVPN Control and Data channel
  
• Battery-conscious application
  
• Low RAM footprint
  
• Ergonomic and friendly interface
  
• Ability to start and connect during device startup according to a priority list which includes automatic choice, your defined country and your defined AirVPN server
  
• Option to define which apps must have traffic inside or outside the VPN tunnel through white and black list
  
• Localization in simplified and traditional Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
  
• Enhanced security thanks to locally stored encrypted data through optional master password
  
• Quick one-tap connection and smart, fully automated server selection
  
• Smart server selection with custom settings.
  
• Manual server selection
  
• Smart attempts to bypass OpenVPN blocks featuring protocol and server fail-over
  
• Full Android TV compatibility including D-Pad support. Mouse emulation is not required.
  
• Enhancements aimed at increasing accessibility and comfort to visually impaired persons
  
• AirVPN servers sorting options
  
• Customizable "Default", "Favorite" and "Forbidden" servers and countries
  
• OpenVPN mimetype support to import profiles from external applications
  
• Support for custom bootstrap servers
  
• AirVPN broadcast messages support
  
• The app is aware of concurrent VPN use. In case another app is granted VPN access, Eddie acts accordingly and releases VPN resources
  
• Optional local networks access. In such case, local network devices are exempted from the VPN and can be accessed within the local devices
  
• Localization override. User can choose the default language and localization from one of the available ones
  
• Favorite and forbidden lists can be emptied with a single tap
  
• Ability to directly select an AirVPN area (country, continent, planet) to connect to
  
• VPN re-connection in case of unexpected OpenVPN disconnection. (It requires VPN Lock to be disabled)
  

• [NEW] Full WireGuard integration with AirVPN
  
• [NEW] Improved network change management
  
• [NEW] Optional access to local network even when connecting over WireGuard (local network tunneling exemption)
  
• [NEW] Dark theme
  
• [NEW] Revamped quick connection algorithm
  
• [NEW] One-tap pre-connection switch from WireGuard to OpenVPN 3 and vice-versa
  
• [NEW] Easy system report (log and logcat) one-tap generation and delivery to our servers
  
• [NEW] Ability to connect to any service via WireGuard and OpenVPN profiles
  
• [NEW] OpenVPN3-AirVPN 3.8.2 library inked against OpenSSL 1.1.1r
  
• Bug fixes and general architectural improvements
  
• An updated version is soon to come out! STAY TUNED!
  

AirVPN Pricing Info HERE

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Quote:AirVPN : The air to breath the real Internet
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Quote:The unwanted installation of Hewlett Packard's printer software HP Smart on Windows 10 and 11 devices caused confusion in the past couple of days. Windows users, even those without HP printers or other HP devices, started to notice the installation of the HP Smart software on their devices.

The incident puzzled affected users, especially those without HP printers connected to their devices. A deeper analysis of affected systems revealed that Windows did change the make and model of some printers on the system.

Printers were suddenly listed as HP LaserJet M101-M106 internally. This affected physical and also virtual printers. Microsoft Print to PDF is one of the default virtual printers of the operating system. It can be used to turn any document into a PDF file.



This virtual printer would suddenly report itself as a printer from HP with the model ID HP LaserJet M101-M106. Other installed printers, physical and virtual, would also have that internal identification.

While printers continued to work as expected, Windows initiated the installation of the HP Smart software because of the change. This software is created for HP printers and it appears to be installed automatically by Windows if a supported printer is detected on the system.

Remove HP Smart

HP Smart may be installed on user devices, but it can be uninstalled easily. Here is how that is done:

1. Use the keyboard shortcut Windows-I to open the Settings, or select Start > Settings.
   
2. Open Apps > Installed Apps.
   
3. Search for HP Smart.
   
4. Click on the three dots on the right side of the HP Smart entry and select Uninstall.
   
5. Select uninstall again, if the prompt appears.
   

The software is now removed from the device.

Tip: you can also use a third-party app like O&O AppBuster to remove Windows apps.

Microsoft has yet to acknowledge the issue or provide guidance for affected users. It is unclear if it is still ongoing or if Microsoft has put an end to it already.

An easy way to find out if you are affected is to type HP Smart in the Start Menu. Windows will return the app only if it is installed on the device.

The only apparent downside for affected users is that an app was pushed to the system without permission. The app doesn't appear to interfere with printing, but it is still recommended to remove it immediately.

Now You: was HP Smart's software installed on your devices?
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Quote:Google is testing a new feature in its Chrome web browser that reports the memory usage of each browser tab to the user. The new feature is available in Chrome Canary already and will make its way into stable versions of the web browser in 2024.

Stable users interested in the feature may enable it already, however. The feature is also available in some other Chromium-based browsers, including Brave and Vivaldi. Read on to find out more about the new feature and how to enable it in your browser.



All it takes is to hover the mouse cursor over an open tab in the browser to see its memory usage. Chrome will also highlight if its Memory Saver feature has put a tab to sleep to free up memory, and if a tab is playing audio.

The feature relies on the new hover cards functionality that Google introduced in the browser recently.

For users, it is an interesting way to spot misbehaving websites quickly. Notice general slowdowns when using Chrome? You could move the mouse cursor over all open tabs to maybe find one that uses an excessive amount of memory. A right-click on the tab gives you options to reload or close it among other options.

Google's head of Chrome Developer Experience published an article on the feature on Medium. According to the information published there, reported memory includes the consumption of the active page and also any background processes.

Chrome users may configure Memory Saver in all versions of the web browser. To do so, load chrome://settings/performance in the browser's address bar or go to Menu > Settings > Performance. There you find the Memory Saver option, which you may toggle on or off. There is also an option to keep certain sites active all the time. Click on the "add" button to add a site to that list.


Chrome will put inactive tabs into sleep mode to recover memory. Inactive tabs are activated again when they are selected.
 How to show memory usage in Chrome

If Chrome is not showing memory usage of individual tabs at this point, you may enable the feature.

Here is how that is done:

1. Load chrome://flags/#memory-saver-memory-usage-in-hovercards in the browser's address bar.
   
2. Set the feature to Enabled.
   
3. Restart Google Chrome.
   

Once done, Chrome will report memory usage of each open tab. Even memory of internal pages, like the page you opened to make the change, is reported.

Note: most Chromium-based browsers, including Brave and Vivaldi, support the experimental flag as well. Microsoft Edge does not, by the way.

Memory Saver information

Memory Saver is part of a set of performance tools that Google is integrating into Chrome. Another is Energy Saver, which is designed to improve battery life while using Chrome.

Memory Saver can free up memory, but it depends on factors such as the system memory and usage. Users who have dozens or even hundreds of tabs open will likely benefit more from the feature than users who have one or two tabs open only.

Google claims that it can save up to 40% memory so that Chrome may use "10GB less memory". This is obviously the upper end and not the average that users can expect to save.

Closing Words

The new memory reporter in Chrome is a useful feature for users of the browser and also developers. Users may use it to spot high-memory use sites and tabs, developers to optimize their projects.

Now You:  would you use a memory reporter tool, if supported by your browser?
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• Basic Anti-Exploit
  
  Analyze parent processes and child processes blocking exploit payloads.
  
  
• Protect MS Office Applications
  
  Prevent WINWORD.EXE or EXCEL.EXE from executing malicious processes.
  
  
• Monitor Applications
  
  Monitor Adobe PDF Reader, MS Office, OpenOffice, Web Browsers, etc..
  
  
• Block USB Malware
  
  Prevent execution of processes started via autorun.inf from USB devices.
  
  
• Block Command-Lines
  
  Block processes with command-line strings commonly related to malware.
  
  
• Protect Shadow Copies
  
  Block system processes vssadmin.exe, etc.. from deleting shadow copies of files.
  
  
• Block File Download
  
  Block specific command-lines related to download of remote files.
  
  
• Block .COM & .PIF
  
  Block execution of processes with .COM or .PIF obsolete file extensions.
  
  
• Filter System Processes
  
  Block wscript.exe, mshta.exe, etc. if they match our rules of bad behaviors.
  
  
• Block Bcedit.exe
  
  Prevent important and critical system modifications from Bcedit.exe
  
  
• Block Schtasks.exe
  
  Block the execution of schtasks.exe commonly used by malware.
  
  
• Block Bitsadmin.exe
  
  Prevent Bitsadmin.exe from downloading /download remote files.
  
  
• PowerShell Rules
  
  Block execution of encoded or malformed commands via PowerShell.
  
  
• Svchost & Explorer
  
  Block suspicious behaviors related to Svchost.exe and Explorer.exe.
  
  
• Block RegisterXLL()
  
  Prevent calling of Application.Excel RegisterXLL via command-line.
  
  
• Block Remote Scripts
  
  Prevent Regsvr32.exe or Mshta.exe from loading remote scripts.
  
  
• Intelligent Rules
  
  Our internal smart rules can block known and not-yet-known suspicious process activities.
  
  
• Very Lightweight
  
  The software application uses only a few MBs of memory, you will not even notice it.
  

• Added more signers to Trusted Vendors list 
  
• Set for how many seconds the alert dialog stays on
  
• Improved parsing of Custom Blocks and Exclusions rules
  
• Changes on verification of sign certificate
  
• Improved support for RDP sessions in particular situations
  
• Improved Block execution of Remote Access Tools (E.g TeamViewer)
  
• Added new internal rules to block suspicious behaviors
  
• Minor improvements
  

• Windows Security Tweaks
  
  With this program you can enable some Windows security tweaks useful to harden the OS settings, such as disable of autoplay for USB devices, show hidden files and file extensions, enable SmartScreen, remove MS-MSDT protocol, enable LSA protection and Svchost.exe mitigation options.
  
  
  
• Improve Windows Privacy
  
  You can find some important tweaks to improve privacy of Windows OS by disabling specific Windows settings that may be used to transmit data of your PC usage to Microsoft or third-party providers. Useful to disable the automatic installation of Windows apps like Candy Crush.
  
  
  
• Unassociate File Types
  
  A strong windows hardening rule is to unassociate all file types that can be used in first stages of an attack, such as VBS, JS, HTA, PIF, SCR, WSF, WSH, and the more recent ISO, IMG, VHD, MSI. So if an user receives a .ISO attachment and double-clicks on it, nothing will happen.
  
  
  
• Disable Windows Services
  
  You should disable Windows services that you don't use to reduce the attack surface, thus we added options to disable some Windows services like Geolocation, User Experience and Telemetry, Remote Registry, Program Compatibility Assistant, Windows Media Player Network.
  
  
  
• Windows Firewall Rules
  
  We added some important Windows Firewall rules to block outbound connections of commonly abused system processes (such as powershell.exe, certutil.exe, curl.exe, bitsadmin.exe). We also added firewall rules for .NET Framework executables and Office applications.
  
  
  
• Uninstall Windows Apps
  
  We added options to uninstall default Windows Apps such as Microsoft News, Weather, Move & TV, Cortana, Windows Store, Maps, Sticky Notes, Feedback Hub, Windows Terminal, Solitaire Collection, People, 3D Viewer.
  
  
  
• Command-Line Usage
  
  You can apply or restore tweaks using command-line parameters such as /ApplySelected {path-to-INI-file} and /RestoreSelected {path-to-INI-file} to automate the hardening of multiple Windows PCs. If you append the param /Reboot the PC will be rebooted once done.
  
  
  
• Simple Configuration
  
  The program is simple to use, just select the tweaks and click the button "Apply Selected" to apply selected tweaks, or "Restore Selected" to factory-restore selected tweaks. Right click on an item to view additional options, you can easily apply a single tweak with "Apply This".
  
  
  
• Windows 10 & 11
  
  The application works on Windows 10 (32-bit & 64-bit) and Windows 11 (64-bit). Support for older OS like Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 is partial since some tweaks may not be available on these older OSs.
  

• Harden Windows OS
  
  Disable unnecessary Windows functionalities and secure vulnerable applications.
  
  
• One-Click Solution
  
  One-Click Solution
  Recommended tweaks for Home users are checked by default, just click Apply Selected button.
  
  
• Restore Defaults
  
  Restore Defaults
  Something doesn't work? Easily restore default (factory-settings) values of selected tweaks.
  
  
• Unassociate File Types
  
  Unassociate uncommon and commonly abused file types of JS, JSE, VBS, VBE, WSH, WSF, PIF, SCR, BAT, CMD.
  
  
• Vulnerable Applications
  
  Restrict functionalities of Microsoft Office apps like Word, Excel, Powerpoint and of Adobe Reader.
  
  
• Windows Firewall
  
  Windows Firewall rules to block outbound connections of commonly abused processes.
  
  
• Mitigate Online Threats
  
  With all these system hardening tweaks you can mitigate cybersecurity threats and reduce the attack surface.
  
  
• Command-line Params
  
  Command-line Params
  You can apply or restore tweaks via the /ApplySelected or /RestoreSelected command-line params.
  
  
• No Spyware/Adware
  
  The program is completely free from spyware, adware or other pests, nothing extra is installed.
  

• Added new Windows Firewall rules 
  
• Added Unassociate .URL File Extension
  
• Rule names are now sorted alphabetically
  
• Updated Home and Business profiles
  
• Updated NVT License Manager with latest version
  
• Improved installer and uninstaller scripts
  
• Minor fixes and optimizations
  
• Updated internal libraries
  

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• Effortless Uninstall & Thorough Cleanup
  
  IObit Uninstaller not only does a fantastic job when performing a normal uninstall but also outgrows the basic uninstall feature by easily getting rid of bundleware and stubborn programs. This uninstall utility adopts advanced algorithms to detect bundleware when it is just installed, helping you uninstall all unwanted bundleware conveniently and timely. The unique Stubborn Program Remover supports removing 2000+ stubborn programs and ensures all leftovers are removed thoroughly, just like they've never existed. In addition, Force Uninstall+ helps you uninstall programs that cannot be uninstalled in a routine way due to missing uninstall registries or built-in uninstaller errors and clean all related files easily. 
  
  
  
• Real-Time Install Monitor
  
  Install Monitor provides a safe way to keep tabs on program installation. It records startup items, system services, scheduled tasks, DLL registrations, and other items created during the installation process for future thorough uninstall of the program. 
  
   
  
  
• Intelligent Software Health
  
  Software Health intelligently monitors your software's health and gives you the power to manage hidden software permissions, block disturbing popup notifications, clean unneeded setup files, and remove malicious software & browser extensions, which makes all your software run smoother and also reduces the security risks of your system. What's more, the new Software Hibernation helps you easily put the software you're not using into sleep mode to make your computer run faster, and the new Software Redundant Files helps you thoroughly clean up temp files & privacy traces generated while using the software to free up more disk space. 
  
  
  
• Powerful Tools
  
  Leaving aside its pivotal uninstall and cleanup features, it's still a worthy candidate among numerous software updaters and file shredders. Software Updater keeps your installed programs always up-to-date automatically with the ever-expanding database. File Shredder now supports multiple shredding methods for more thorough and irrecoverable file shredding. 
  

• Improved 'Stubborn Program Remover' to detect programs with uinstall issues more accurately
  
  
• Expanded database to remove 21% more maliciouse/ads plugins for faster and more scure browsing
  

• Defrag HDD Smartly
  
  The smart IObit disk defrag engine makes optimizing HDD easy and effective, greatly improving HDD's reading/writing speed, access speed, and performance.
  
  
• Trim SSD Intelligently
  
  While SSD sweeps the computer world, it is also necessary to care for SSD. Smart Defrag introduces the world-leading technology to trim SSD and prolong its lifetime.
  
  
• Optimize Disk Automatically
  
  Auto Defrag and Scheduled Defrag ensures disks are always optimized to top performance. These features limits or eliminates user input to allow him to do other important endeavors. 
  
  
• Optimize Disk Thoroughly
  
  Some fragments can't be defragmented while the PC is running. Boot Time Defrag can defrag the Windows registry and files in every corner of the disk at system startup to release more occupied RAM and ensure system stability.
  
  
• Provide Better Gaming
  
  Smart Defrag can recognize your games automatically (or the user can manually "add" a game to the list). Game Optimize can bring an ultra-smooth gaming experience.
  
  
• Monitor Disk Status
  
  Disk Health can monitor disk status in real time and provide an intuitive view to help gauge better information of the user's disks. 
  

• Optimized Auto Analyze for more intelligent analysis and more accurate results
  
• Improved algorithm to increase file access speed
  
• Updated multiple languages
  
• Fixed minor bugs
  

• Powerful File / Folder Protection Tool
  IObit Protected Folder allows the user to set restrictions for specified files to "only" be viewed not modified, plus it keeps important files to be deleted by accident. Just set a password to lock down important files and data! Get more effective protection for your files with IObit Protected Folder.
  
  
  
• Enhanced Privacy Protection Mode
  IObit Protected Folder keeps prying eyes from accessing your private files. It will defend your private data and files! Password access is always needed no matter who wants to get the protected personal information. No more worries about privacy leaking!
  
  
  
• Safer Files & Data Locker
  Security is a big concern everytime and everywhere. The WannaCry infection  and ransomware viruses extorted users all over the globe by encrypting files all files. Protected Folder's optimized engine keeps your files locked and secure from malicious attack and the like. 
  

• Fully supported Windows 10, and improved the compatibility with other Windows systems
  
• Optimized protect engine to provide a higher level of privacy protection
  
• Fixed general bugs
  

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• Defrag HDD Smartly
  
  The smart IObit disk defrag engine makes optimizing HDD easy and effective, greatly improving HDD's reading/writing speed, access speed, and performance.
  
  
• Trim SSD Intelligently
  
  While SSD sweeps the computer world, it is also necessary to care for SSD. Smart Defrag introduces the world-leading technology to trim SSD and prolong its lifetime.
  
  
• Optimize Disk Automatically
  
  Auto Defrag and Scheduled Defrag ensures disks are always optimized to top performance. These features limits or eliminates user input to allow him to do other important endeavors. 
  
  
• Optimize Disk Thoroughly
  
  Some fragments can't be defragmented while the PC is running. Boot Time Defrag can defrag the Windows registry and files in every corner of the disk at system startup to release more occupied RAM and ensure system stability.
  
  
• Provide Better Gaming
  
  Smart Defrag can recognize your games automatically (or the user can manually "add" a game to the list). Game Optimize can bring an ultra-smooth gaming experience.
  
  
• Monitor Disk Status
  
  Disk Health can monitor disk status in real time and provide an intuitive view to help gauge better information of the user's disks. 
  

• Smart Defrag
  
  When triggered will analyze at first, then intelligently execute the most suitable defrag method with just one-click.
  
  
• Analyze
  
  This option analyzes the fragmentation rate for your disks and recommends the most suitable defrag method for you.
  
  
• Fast Defrag
  
  Defragments file fragments with ultimate speed.
  
  
• Defrag & Optimize
  
  This feature helps to defragment fragmented files and fully organize disk data to get more continuous blank space for maximum disk performance.
  
  
• Large Files Defrag
  
  Supports defragmenting large files to accelerate disk read/write speed and enhance disk durability.
  
  
• Free Space Defrag
  
  It maximizes the disk read/write performance by consolidating the free space for large contiguous block.
  
  
• Defrag & Prioritize Files (Slow)
  
  This feature intelligently prioritizes disk data for maximum performance and long-lasting data contiguity. Note: This process is "slow" and might take a while to finish.
  

• Auto Defrag
  Smart Defrag will automatically perform defragmentation according to the detailed settings of Auto Defrag. 
  
  Boot Time Defrag
  Disk will be defragmented during the boot time to achieve a more thorough and efficient result.
  
  Disk Cleanup
  Disk will be cleaned up to free up more disk space.
  

• Trim - It wipes the data that is no longer used on your SSD to speed it up.
  
  Analyze - This option analyzes the SSD status before you start an optimization.
  
  Trim & Intelligent Optimize - It trims your SSD and optimizes it to improve the performance and extend the life of your SSD.
  

• Windows Apps
  If the user's OS is Windows 8/8.1/10/11, Smart Defrag provides to defragment Windows app for better performance.
  
  Add Files & Folders
  User can manually add files or folders for defragmentation.
  

• Optimized Auto Analyze for more intelligent analysis and more accurate results
  
• Improved algorithm to increase file access speed
  
• Updated multiple languages
  
• Fixed minor bugs