Web User - UK (2019-11-27)

This fortnight’s top newsoftwaredownloads tohelp you make

the mostofyour PC, and they’reall FREE

When youdeleteafilefromyourPC, allyou areactually

doingisremovingthe referencetoitonthe hard drive–

you’re notphysicallyerasi ng thefileitself. Even formatting a

drivewon’t wipe thecontentsfor good.

Permadel eteisasimple tool thatoverwritesafileorfolder

multiple timestoprevent recovery.Just drag and dropthe

item youwanttoerase to theinterface, choose thenumber of

passesto performand click Shred.

Thefull, paid-for editionofSpyShelter is an anti-keylogger
that protects youfromall sortsofthreats.SpyShelter Free is
morelimited butitoffersatwo-way firewall youcan useto
control incomingand outgoingconnections,and real-time
system protection that safeguards your Registry, RAMand
processesfrom malicio us code.You canchoosebetween High
(bet terprotection) or Medium (feweralerts) securi ty levels
when installing thesoftware, as well as from theSettings.

FIREWALL

SpyShelter Free 12
http://www.spyshelter.com
Minrequirements:Windows 7/8.1/10File size:8.4MB

FILEERASER

Permadelete

bit.ly/pdel489

Minrequirements:Windows 7/8.1/10 File size:2.4MB

NewWindows 10 Appp

CompareText

bit.ly/compare489

Filesize: 29 .43MB

Ifyouhavetwoversionsofthe

samedocument–ortwo

suspiciouslysimilarpiecesofwork

–andyouwanttodeterminethe

differencesbetweenthem,

CompareTextcanmakethetask

easier.ItworkswithTXTandRTF

files,andcanautomaticallycleanup

documents(removelinebreaks,

alignparagraphs,changethefont

andsizeandmore),beforerunning

acomparisonandhighlightingthe

differences.

Best FreeSoftware

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Microsoft’soriginalPowerToyswereacollectionoftweakingtoolsforWindows 95

andXP,andthecompanyhasnowbegunreleasingWindows 10 toolsunderthat

samename.Thenewestaddition,calledPowerRename,isaWindowsShell

Extensionforbulkrenamingthatletsyouaddnumberstonames,replacewords,

ignorefoldersandmore.Furthermore,Microsofthasstartedtoaddsupportfor

darkmodetoitsPowerToys,“whereappropriate”.

SYSTEMTOOL

PowerToys:PowerRename

bit.ly/ptoys 489

Minrequirements:Windows 7 /8.1/1 0 Filesize: 3 .1MB