Computer Shopper - UK (2020-07)

ISSUE389|COMPUTER SHOPPER|JULY2020 65

SoftOrbitsPhotoStamp

Remover11

ANTIRANSOMWARE2020ISa
program designed to constantly
monitor your computer for
ransomware,and raise the
alarm as soon as any suspicious
activity is detected.
The packageworksby
scanning the keyfolders where
your data files are stored.You
cantell it to watch any or all of
the four mainuserfolders –

AbelssoftAntiRansomware2020

REQUIREMENTSWindows7,8,10;

20MBharddiskspace

WEBSITEwww.abelssoft.net

NOTESGetyourregistrationcodewithinthe

software(ifyouhavepreviouslyregisteredan

Abelssoftfullproduct,youwon’tneedto

registeragain)

Documents, Pictures,Music and

Videos –oradd customfolders

of your own.

If AntiRansomware2020

spotsany potentiallydangerous

activity, it will displayawarning

and recommend that you

reboot yourcomputer.Ifyou’re

absolutely sureit’safalse alarm

this can be dismissed, but

otherwise the systemwill

automatically reboot intoSafe

Mode after acountdownn.

Rebooting maysoundddrastic,

anditcouldmeanyouloose

unsavedwork.Butifyouureally

have been infected by

ransomware,itcould savve

hundredsoreventhousaandsof

filesfromencryption,annndd

rebootingautomaticallyprotects

youevenifyou’renotattthe PC.

Because AntiRansommware

2020 restarts yourcompputer in

SafeMode,the ransomwware

shouldbeprevented from

working. The programallso sends

an emailtoyour registerr

addresstoact as awarn

in case you’renot around,an

opens an assistant to addvise you

of the next steps and heelp you

recover your data.

It can’t remove the

ransomware,unfortunately,so

it’s not asubstitutefor afull

antivirus package.Still,you can

run it alongsideyour existing

package without conflicts,and it

just could give you avaluable

early warningofproblems.

REQUIREMENTSWindows 7 ,8,10;

10 0MBharddiskspace

WEBSITEwww.softorbits.com

NOTESGetyouractivationcodeby

registeringwithintheapplication

YOUMAYSOMETIMES

appeartohavecaptured

thatperfectphoto,but

lookmorecloselyand

theremightbean

annoying object that

you want removed; a

person’s head poking

up in the background,

forinstance.

One solution would

be to retakethe shot,

but this couldbe

impossible if it wasa

true one-off. The easiest

solutionwouldbeto

get out your photo

editor and start to work

somemagic.

PhotoStampRemover is atool designed to

remove small objectsfrom your photos.You cando

this manually by hand-sketching amask around the

object youwantremoving, but there are also

automated toolsthat allow you to specify an areafor

removal. This is agreat time-saver,although if the

object blends tooclosely with thebackground,it’s

better to mark it yourself.

Onceyou’rehappywiththe area, choose the

removalmode; forexample,the Hole Filling mode will

fill in adark area, whereas theQuick Remove will

eraseyourselected area without fuss. Just click

Remove andPhoto Stamp Removerwillgotowork.

If you’re unhappywith the results,clickundo

and play around with the color fuzziness slider,

which will help separatethe object you wantto

remove comparedtothe background.