We still adore this perennial favorite. But given that no single antispyware program detects and kills all spyware, you should use it in concert with another one, such as Ad-Aware SE Personal.
–Preston Gralla
Version: 1.4
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me,
Windows XP
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Microsoft, a scrappy little software company from Washington state, has released another version of their Movie Maker software. With Movie Maker 2, you can create, edit, and share your home movies. You create movies with drag-and-drop commands, and you can edit your footage so you highlight only the best scenes. Then you can share your movie via the Web, e-mail, or CD; you can also save your movie back to the video tape in your camera to play back on a TV or on the camera itself.
Version: 2.1
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Windows XP
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PhotoPlus 6 is a free program that does a creditable imitation of Photoshop Elements. Along with painting, drawing, and text manipulation tools, there are tools for erasing, filling, and cloning a region.
–Leigh Anne Jones
Version: 6
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000,
Windows XP
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No matter how much anti-spyware protection you’ve got on your PC, it’s not enough. Spyware is notorious for being able to slip through the cracks of anti-malware software, and you’re best off if you have more than one anti-malware tool on your PC. That’s where this freebie comes in. Use it as a backup to your main anti-spyware program for extra protection.
It doesn’t offer “live” protection like some other programs. Instead, use it to examine your system, to see if it’s been infected, then kill the malware. It’s a surprisingly powerful tool, and with far more features than we can cover here.
–Preston Gralla
Price: Free
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If you’ve got lots of photos you’ll appreciate this freebie which organizes your pictures, along with short videos and songs, into albums. You’ll be able to create multiple albums, organized in any way you want, easily search and browse for photos with tools such as keyword search and filters.
–Preston Gralla
Version: 1.0
Price: Free
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