Get alerted when a website changes

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Do you follow a website too closely enough that you want to be alerted when new posts come up or something changes? For people who monitor a lot of hosts with website activity, a tool for doing this is a necessity.

Some website owners may also want a way to see what’s being posted on their own site by visitors or contributors.

ChangeDetection.com

offers a free service where you can submit a URL that you want to be monitored. Just go to their website, signup for free, then begin submitting URLs. It has a simple interface for entering URLs and monitoring changes:

You may want to get alerted only when a sizable change has occurred (i.e. you will not be alerted about a date change or something minor) or only if text has been added or removed.

This can be useful, for example, when you are monitoring a page that lists things (blogs, classified ads, etc) and you don’t want to be notified when something in that page disappears.

You may set the alert to send once per day, week or month. After you clicked the Create button, the alert will be activated and the service will start listening for changes.

The ability to see the previous version from the current is also very informative with the new text changes highlighted in yellow and the old removed texts lined-out. It’s a great tool to see the slight enhancements website make to the copy over time:

There are other services offered by the site, like comparing two URLs for differences – think of it as diff for HTML content. Another feature allows you to add a change detection panel to your own website so you can have your visitors be notified of changes.

Webmasters and casual users will benefit from this site’s free service. If you own a site that doesn’t have RSS or any other way to notify your visitors of changes, change detection.com is a good option.

Play Google Voice voicemails in Gmail

If you’re using Google Voice, you probably love the fact that you can get email notifications whenever a new voicemail arrives right? It’s definitely a cool service, but if you use Gmail as your email client, it gets even better!

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just listen to your Google Voice messages right from the email notification in Gmail? Well now you can thanks to Gmail Labs!

Here’s how to enable the Google Voice player in Gmail:

1. Log into your Gmail account and then click on the green Labs icon button at the top right.

2. Now scroll down until you see the Google Voice Player in mail feature option:

3. Go ahead and click on the Enable radio button.

Now when you get an email from Google Voice, you can play the message right in your Gmail window:

Pretty nifty eh!? Google Voice is an excellent service and the integration with other Google services, such as Gmail, is a huge bonus. Enjoy!

How to create custom Run commands in Windows

If you’ve ever used the Run command box in Windows, you probably know you can type certain predefined commands to open programs, etc. For example, if you type “notepad” in the Run box, it’ll open Notepad in Windows.

If you type “cmd” in the Run box, it opens the command prompt. If you type “regedit”, it open the registry editor. So on and so forth. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could create your own predefined Run commands?

For example, let’s say I wanted to open a particular program when I typed in my name, Aseem, into the Run box? Right now if you type your name, you’ll probably get an error like the following:

Whoops! Well, with a few simple registry hacks, we can create our own custom run commands to launch whatever program or file we like. Here’s how.

1. Open the registry editor by going to Start, Run and typing in regedit.

2. Now navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths

3. Now right-click on App Paths and choose New and then Key.

4. Now give the key any name that you want, such as your name or whatever else you like. This will be what you type in the Run box later to launch the custom program. Just make sure that it has a .EXE at the end of the name.

5. Now in the right hand side, you’ll see a Default registry key (string value). Right-click on that and choose Modify. Enter the path to the file that you want to launch.

6. Click OK and then right-click in the white space and choose New – String Value.

7. Name the key Path and the value should be set to the path of the containing folder of the file you just set on the last key. So in my case, it would be F:\My Documents\GotSent\.

That’s it! Now you can go to Start, Run and type in the name you set for the new key in App Paths and your program will launch! For me, I will type “aseem” and GotSent will load up.

Note that you are not just limited to EXE files, you can point to any file type you like: PDF, DOC, AVI, MP3, etc, etc. That means you can create your own shortcuts to documents, videos, audio files, or programs! Enjoy!

Super Anti Spyware Pro

Computer technology is constantly moving forward. Machines are built to be faster than their predecessors, hard drives increase in size, and connecting to the Internet is faster now than ever. Unfortunately, in parallel with leaps in computer technology, spyware and virus writers are constantly working on creating deadlier and more difficult to detect malware.

Thankfully, there are a variety of choices when it comes to defending against malicious programs. Symantec, McAfee, and Computer Associates, to name a few, are just three companies producing software solutions protect against malware. However, their products are costly, and typically take up a bit of system resources (processor use and memory) while running on your computer. These programs usually require an annual fee to keep the software registration current.

There are other products on the market that are not only less expensive, but have free counterparts as well. Companies like Grisoft (AVG Anti-Virus), Avast, and AVIRA give away free versions of their software, with reduced functionality, but still the same core components. It is left up to the individual whether they are content with the free version, or desire the premium, paid for, version. These premium versions will typically have a yearly paid subscription, akin to the previously mentioned companies.

One such program that has a premium and a free distribution is SuperAntiSpyware (found here

). Once you can get past the unimaginative title, the software itself is excellent. This is one anti-spyware program that has a tendency to find malware that other programs, even the big names ones, fail to find. While the free version of SuperAntiSpyware works well, there are practical reasons to consider upgrading to SuperAntiSpyware Pro.

One of the bigger draws to SuperAntiSpyware Pro is real time scanning. The free version does not have this feature. Pro will monitor your computer for anything that is listed in its database of harmful programs as well as watch you computer for changes in behavior. SuperAntiSpyware Pro provides an easy method to toggle the real time scanning on and off. Simply right-click on the Start bar icon, then left-click on Enable Real-Time Protection.

From this menu, you can access SuperAntiSpyware Pro’s preferences area. Upon entering this section, you can click on the Real-Time Protection tab to see some extra choices for active scanning. In addition to the scanning while you computer is running, there is the option of having your computer scanned during startup and shutdown.

Another advantage that the Pro version has over Free are Automatic Updates. To access this feature, click on the Updates tab while in the preferences area. Here you can tell SuperAntiSpyware Pro to check for updates periodically, check for updates when you start the program itself, and how often to remind you about program updates.

I have used both the Free and Pro versions of SuperAntiSpyware. Through the website claims to the contrary, both versions have a special Repairs tab. The Repairs tab allows you to make specific repairs to things like the Task Manager, the Start Menu Run tool, and repairing your Internet Security Zones. The Repairs section was designed in mind to fix the aftermath of malware that hurts Windows functionality.

While this would not be considered an advantage over the free version, the Pro costs less than the major competitors. At $19.95, SuperAntiSpyware Pro is inexpensive and contains similar functionality to offerings from Symantec, McAfee, and the like. Of course, the Free version wins in this category though.

What it all boils down to is if you have the need for more automation with your copy of SuperAntiSpyware. The Free offering is more manual, with respect to updates and scanning. The Pro version is more “hands off” when it comes to what the user needs to accomplish. SuperAntiSpyware.com is nice enough to give out a timed trial of the Pro version to let the end user try before they buy.

Spam Blocker for Outlook Express

How do you stop all the spam emails from entering into your Outlook express inbox.Is there any spam blocker available for Outlook express. Yes,Spamfighter is a free software which integrates into your mail program and does this job for you.

Email spam has been growing rapidly or even exponentially since the invention of email.Out of this, around 80% spams are sent from botnets and virus infected computers.But nowadays due to development of mass filtering technology, the net amount of spam emails received in users inbox have decreased.Even though most of us use Outlook express or Mozilla thunderbird for receiving the email messages,there are third party applications like spamfighter which prevents spam emails from reaching your Inbox.

Related: Norton AntiSpam 2009 Free

SpamFighter

relies on blacklists, whitelists, "community" spam identification and one click spam reporting to help keep your inbox clean. It automatically builds a whitelist from your address book and includes picture filtering to stop spam sent as an image.

When a new email arrives,it is tested by spamfighter and if positive it is moved to spam folder.

Spam Blocker for Outlook express Features

• 100% clean and free
• Protects against "phishing", identity theft, and other email fraud
• Unique language filtering tool that empowers you to stop emails written in specific languages
• Unique picture filter that can recognize spam which is sent as a picture
• Automatic "real mail" protection - means no lost business mails!
• Blacklist domains and emails
• Spam Abuse Reporting with one click
• Automatic Whitelist management

Install Requirements

OS: Windows 98, ME (32 bit), 2000, XP or Windows Vista (32 bit)

Email Clients: Outlook 2000/2002/2003/2007, Outlook Express 5.5 or later, Windows Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0

Download SpamFighter 2009 [free]

BitDefender 10 Free Edition (Freeware)

BitDefender Free Edition is your chance to use one of the world's most effective antivirus engines for free!

BitDefender Free Edition uses the same ICSA Labs certified scanning engines found in other BitDefender products, allowing you to enjoy basic virus protection for no cost at all.

BitDefender Free Edition is an on-demand virus scanner, which is best used in a system recovery or forensics role.

Features and benefits include:

• Virus scanning and removal
• On demand scanning - Powerful scan engines ensure detection and removal of all viruses in the wild every time you need it.
• Scheduled scanning - The Scheduler lets you plan ahead, and schedule full system/drive scans in the off hours, when you won't be using your computer.
• Immediate scanning - With just a right click you can check your files and folders.
• Skinable interface - You can express yourself, designing new interfaces, or you can use those drawn by others.
• Quarantine - By isolating the infected files in quarantine, the risk of getting infected diminishes. You also have the possibility to send these files for further analysis to BitDefender Labs.
• Reports - When launching a scan you may choose to create a report file where you can see statistics about the scan process.

AntiVir Personal 9.0.0.407 (Non-Commercial Freeware)

Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE Antivirus is a reliable free antivirus solution, that constantly and rapidly scans your computer for malicious programs such as viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, hoaxes, worms, dialers etc. Monitors every action executed by the user or the operating system and reacts promptly when a malicious program is detected.

• Detects and removes more than 150,000 viruses
• Always among the winners of comparison test featured in computer journals
• The resident Virus Guard serves to monitor file movements automatically, e.g. downloading of data from the internet
• Scanning and repair of macro viruses
• Protection against previously unknown macro viruses
• Protection against trojaner, worms, backdoors, jokes and other harmful programs
• AntiVir protection against viruses, worms and Trojans
• AntiDialer protection against expensive dialers
• AntiRootkit protection against hidden rootkits
• AntiVir protection against viruses, worms and Trojans
• AntiPhishing protection against phishing
• AntiSpyware protection against spyware and adware
• NetbookSupport for laptops with low resolution
• QuickRemoval eliminates viruses at the push of a button
• Easy operation
• Internet-Update Wizard for easy updating
• Protection against previously unknown boot record viruses and master boot record viruses

ZoneAlarm Free 8.0.298.0

ZoneAlarm Free Firewall blocks hackers from infiltrating your home PC by hiding your computer from unsolicited network traffic. By detecting and preventing intrusions, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall keeps your PC free from viruses that slow down performance, and spyware that steals your personal information, passwords, and financial data.

• Essential firewall protection
• Be invisible to others online
• New interface makes it even easier—smaller size keeps it light
• Systematically identifies hackers and blocks access attempts

Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6.2808 (Freeware)

Free for personal use, Sygate Personal Firewall provides best of breed security in a user friendly interface, protecting your PC from hackers, trojans and DoS attacks.

Features include full-ICS support, protocol driver level protection, enhanced logging, and more.

Sygate Personal Firewall delivers unobtrusive, highly configurable, enforceable rule-based security policy by constantly operating in the background of your PC. Policies regarding applications, trusted IP addresses, ports, protocols and scheduling can be customized to support and secure any network configurations or requirements. Designed with high performance in mind, it delivers top-notch security without sacrificing your computing power.

Note that from November 30th, 2005 all Sygate consumer firewall products have been discontinued but this versions is available here for free use.

Comodo Internet Security 3.11.108364 (Freeware)

Comodo claim that their firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Comodo has put firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests to ensure its firewall powerful enough to ward off these attacks with default settings. No other firewall has had to work this hard.

• PC Magazine Online's Editor's Choice
• Secures against internal and external attacks
• Blocks internet access to malicious Trojan programs
• Safeguards your Personal data against theft
• Delivers total end-point security for
• Personal Computers and Networks

TrueCrypt 6.2a (Open Source)

TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted drive. On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password or correct encryption key. Until decrypted, a TrueCrypt volume appears to be nothing more than a series of random numbers. The entire file system is encrypted (i.e., file names, folder names, contents of every file, and free space).

This software is highly recommended for securing data on laptops.

TrueCrypt performs the following tasks:

• Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk.
• Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive.
• Encrypts a partition or drive where Windows is installed (pre-boot authentication).
• Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent.
• Provides two levels of plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password: 1) Hidden volume (steganography) and hidden operating system. 2) No TrueCrypt volume can be identified (volumes cannot be distinguished from random data).
• Encryption algorithms: AES-256, Serpent, and Twofish. Mode of operation: XTS.

PeerGuardian 2.0 Beta 6c (Open Source)

PeerGuardian 2 is Phoenix Labs' premier IP blocker for Windows. PeerGuardian 2 integrates support for multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4 (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc), making it the safest and easiest way to protect your privacy on P2P.

PeerGuardian 2 is Open Source, meaning the program code is available online for anyone who wants it. Not only does this allow you to make modifications or even branch off into your own project, but it encourages peer review of the code making sure any bugs are eliminated swiftly. Because PeerGuardian 2 is Open Source, you can rest assured there are no backdoors or spyware included.

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1 (Freeware)

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 2.0 is an easy-to-use tool that helps small and medium businesses determine their security state in accordance with Microsoft security recommendations and offers specific remediation guidance. Improve your security management process by using MBSA to detect common security misconfigurations and missing security updates on your computer systems.

Built on the Windows Update Agent and Microsoft Update infrastructure, MBSA ensures consistency with other Microsoft management products including Microsoft Update (MU), Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Systems Management Server (SMS) and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM).

KeePass 1.16 (Open Source)

KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. So you only have to remember one single master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish).

KeePass is really free, and more than that: it is open source (OSI certified). You can have a look at its full source and check whether the encryption algorithms are implemented correctly.

AxCrypt 1.6.4.4 (Open Source)

AxCrypt is used to share and work with stored documents, and e-mail attachments, in a secure manner.

If your documents reside on a document sharing service, intranet or file server AxCrypt is especially well suited and will usually seamlessly integrate, and make sharing and storing sensitive data as easy as not protecting it.

AxCrypt is great for protecting your documents such as private letters, correspondence, job information, medical information, financial details stored on a local hard disk or network server.

Just right-click any document file and encrypt it with AxCrypt. Viewing and opening for update is just as convenient as before encryption due to AxCrypt's automatic decryption/open/re-encryption function.

If you use a Key-File on a diskette or USB thumb drive, your files will be encrypted to the highest level of protection as long the Key-File is kept secret.

To encrypt a file, right-click it in Windows Explorer, select 'AxCrypt > Encrypt' and enter a pass phrase plus the path to an optional strong key file.

To edit or view an encrypted file - just double-click it.

Spyware Terminator 2.5.9.223 (Freeware)

Millions of users worldwide rely on Spyware Terminator, winner of many awards and high ratings from industry experts and users. Its free comprehensive protection is comparable to competitors' paid versions!

Spyware Terminator includes:

• Fast spyware scanning
• 100% real-time protection
• HIPS protection
• Antivirus protection
• Multilanguage Support
• Free automatic updates
• Free scheduled scans
• Free support

Spyware Terminator will scan your computer for known threats and report findings in a manner that is easy to read and interpret. Every entry is given a rating and a classification, which makes it very easy to decide if a detected item should be removed. Unlike some free software titles, Spyware Terminator will remove all threats for free.

Spyware Terminator is licensed for free for both home and business use.