S/W Links by Subject

Non-S/W Bookmarks (by date)

2006

2005

Pre-'05

2006 Software Bookmarks (by date)

Dec-2006

• AM-DeadLink - Download FavIcons and detect dead links in your browser bookmarks
• GRC | DCOMbobulator
• GRC | Shoot The Messenger
• GRC | UnPlug n' Pray - Disable the Dangerous UPnP Internet Server
• GRC | Gibson Research Corporation Home Page
• GRC | WIZMO - Steve's Windows Gizmo
• Thunderbird - Reclaim your inbox

• WindowsSecrets.com - new home of Langa-Letter
• PuTTY: free telnet/ssh client: UK-home | Downloads | NL-mirror
• WTS - Where's That Station? MW DX Utility For Windows - Downloads Page

• GRC | Discussions Online
• Cracking Windows XP Passwords - Wikibooks
• SN-071.pdf (application/pdf Object)

• EditPad Lite - Free Text Editor for Windows

30-Jun-2006

• ProduKey - Recover lost product key (CD-Key) of Windows/MS-Office/SQL Server
• XXCLONE, A New Way of Cloning the Windows System Disk

28-Jun-2006

• Donna's SecurityFlash: Blog Page | RSS Page

• WinXP - "Runas" Command

27-Jun-2006

• Prevention Guide: Detecting and removing rootkits in Windows
• PCWorld.com - The 10 Biggest Security Risks You Don't Know About
• Windows XP Tools -- Remove WGA notifications, but leave WGA validation
• How to Change Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro
  • at Gizmodo
  • Comments at SunbeltBLOG
  • Comments at Lifehacker

26-Jun-2006

• Acid2 Browser Test - The Web Standards Project

24-Jun-2006

• Calendar Of Updates Forums -> Real-time Protection
• Windows Defender: Wikipedia blurb | WindowsITpro Review

22-Jun-2006

• Wired News: The Ultimate Net Monitoring Tool

21-Jun-2006

• LifeHacker articles:
  • How to dual-boot Windows XP and Windows Vista (at Lifehacker)
  • Download of the Day: GParted live CD - Lifehacker -- Free Partition Tool
  • Download of the Day: ISO Recorder - Lifehacker

• ISO Recorder v 2
• RemoveWGA (at Firewall Leak Tester)

20-Jun-2006

• MS-Win Malicious S/W Removal Tool
• Opera Web Browser Download Page ( 9.00 available 2006/06/20 )

19-Jun-2006

• Sandboxie: Main | Download Page
• How to Force Windows Explorer to Start in the Folder You Want - WikiHow

18-Jun-2006

• Microsoft presses the Stupid button | Ed Bott's Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com
• SunbeltBLOG: Sunbelt TechTips for the week of June 12th -- how to re-install Win without re-activating
• Main Page @ softshoulders.bravehost.com - A Bravenet.com Hosted Site -- TG
• VCOM: V Communications. Security, Web, OS Management, Partitioning, Backup and Utility software.
• Free Explorer Replacements downloads
• Freeware file manager for Windows: Main | Index(EN)
• CDCheck - CD checking and recovery software
• TeraByte Unlimited - Freeware Utilities - Hard Drive Management [BurnCDCC contains a chkdsk for CDs]

16-Jun-2006

• Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Running as Limited User - the Easy Way
• Sysinternals Freeware - Process Explorer
• Sysinternals Freeware - PsTools
• grc.linkfarm -- Getting Updates without WGA
• List of Lists -- categorized links to S/W -- 2006/06/15

12-Jun-2006

• news.grc.com "CECIL-ID" setup menu, and newsreader setup
• TreeWalk DNS Home [at ntcanuck.com]
• NoScript :: Mozilla Add-ons :: Add Features to Mozilla Software
• NoScript - Whitelist JavaScript blocking for a safer Firefox experience! - what is it? - InformAction
• GROKLAW -- More on WGA abuse
• ActiveX control definition -- [most concise, so far]
• Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) and NetDDE FAQ
• TechRepublic Blog: Putting XP under Glass
• Vista Transformation Pack 4.0 - JCXP.net

10-Jun-2006

• UNGSoft.File Security Manager
• AXCEL216 / MDGx Windows XP ESSENTIAL FREE Upgrades + Fixes
• Donna's SecurityFlash Blog [a GRCer]
• DNS Stuff: DNS tools, DNS hosting tests, WHOIS, traceroute, ping, and other network and domain name tools.

09-Jun-2006

• Free file transfer Links
• YouSendIt (now requires free sign-up)
• Step-by-Step Guide: Data recovery
• "The Non-Encrypted Hall of Shame"
• Ultra High Security Password Generator [at GRC]
• IsoBuster, CD and DVD Data Recovery and Rescue tool

07-Jun-2006

• PDFCreator
• softwarewars.jpg (JPEG Image, 1024x760 pixels)
• Robin Keir's BinText (A tool like the UNIX "strings" command.)
• convert pdf to word doc - Google Search
• Visual Tour: 20 Things You Won't Like About Windows Vista

05-Jun-2006

• Bits from Bill: WgaTray.exe opens security hole

03-Jun-2006

• Anti-Rootkit Software
• Total Uninstall Software Home - martau.com
• Stuck pixels (at Wikipedia)
• HostsMan - abelhadigital.com (manage Hosts file)
• Windows XP Common Issues > What is the ASP.NET Machine Account?

01-Jun-2006

• UltraVNC -- remote secure access
• Mozilla Security Advisories (and fix-by-version info)
• Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 Release Notes
• Active FTP vs. Passive FTP, a Definitive Explanation

30-May-2006

• Get ready for the Vista/SUSE smackdown!
• IP Chicken - What is my IP? Find Your IP Address!
• The GNU Privacy Guard - GnuPG.org
• A Practical Introduction to GNU Privacy Guard in Windows [Glump.net]

28-May-2006

• SourceForge.net: SSL-Explorer

26-May-2006

• Kim Komando's Shareware Page [mostly free]
• The SeaMonkey Project [Mozilla suite in new packaging]

23-May-2006

• Zfone -- Phil Zimmermann's decure VoIP
• Secure your email communication with free software
• WinXP Kernel Improvements, MSDN, Dec2001 [see "Services Reliability" section]
• Filterset.G @ pierceive.com -- inline-Ad blocking utility for Adblock Fx ext.

• Shell Folders Move
• Tools/Folder Options/File Types/Advanced HELP!!!
• The Code Project - Shell Programming:
  • Starting a DOS prompt from Windows Explorer
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions: Part I | Part VI
  • Namespace extensions - the undocumented Windows Shell
  • CShortcut (Shell links to special folders)

21-May-2006

• The Bookmark Converter Homepage
• TaskList.org - List of Windows Proccesses and Descriptions

19-May-2006

• Prevx1 Free Protection
• About the security content of the QuickTime 7.1 Update
• Review of Logmein.com - O'Reilly Databases

• Skype: Main | Win Download | Blog: Free calls to landlines/mobiles within US & CAN
• Skype: Its dangers and how to protect against them

17-May-2006

• SourceForge.net: PDFCreator
• YPOPs! :: Free POP3/SMTP access to Yahoo Mail!
• Windows security update may cause shell extensions to fail
• CCSchmidt.de: Net. Monitoring S/W and Utils | Unix Timestamp Converter

14-May-2006

• PEMToolKit: building a top-down certification hierarchy for PEM from the bottom up

06-May-2006

• Symantec Security Response - Trojan.Emcodec
• Mark's Sysinternals Blog: The Power in Power Users
• acfwiki / FileArchives -- Last Freeware site list

• IBM PC Real Time Clock should run in UT
• Advanced phone recorder, low price call recording solution
• Step-by-step guide: Elevating privileges for an administrator
• Fast User Switching and privilege elevation in XP

01-May-2006

• InfoWeek/Langa Letter: The OS Inside The OS | May 1, 2006 -- XP recovery console tweak to remove restriction
• Explorer Destroyer - Switch to Firefox, Make money from Adsense Referral
• Kill Bill's Browser - Switch to Firefox
• Donna's SecurityFlash

30-Apr-2006

• Mitnick Security Consulting, LLC

25-Apr-2006

• NIST Internet Time Service -- Standards for date/time
• One Guy Coding -- Automavhron -- NTP client
• Changing a Motherboard or Moving a HD with XP installed

23-Apr-2006

• Introducing the Triple Boot Mac
• Paul Thurrott's Win-Vista Review: Part 5: Where Vista Fails (Feb2006 CTP, Build 5308/5342)
• CCleaner - Crap Cleaner free software download - Spyware FREE
• Time Synchronization: Robin Keir's "Neutron" | "AboutTime"
• Monad : Comparative Examples in MSH and KSH
• First Look: ThinkFree Web App Outshines Microsoft Office - Yahoo! News

19-Apr-2006

• Browser Security Tests: Bcheck | BrowserSpy | Jason Levine's Toolbox

• Lauren Weinstein's: Blog (comp.risks contributor)

18-Apr-2006

• rootkit.com -- Critique of Ad-Aware
• Security Fix - Brian Krebs on Computer and Internet Security - (washingtonpost.com)
• InformationWeek | XP Management | Langa Letter: XP's Little-Known 'Rebuild' Command | April 17, 2006

17-Apr-2006

• whois Command Usage Examples
• Understanding IP Addressing: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know
• SSH Port Forwarding
• MS bypass of hosts-file lookup, for their own hosts
• Top 15 Security/Hacking Tools & Utilities

• The Software List of Lists: Main | New | Install & Uninstall Tools

13-Apr-2006

• This May Help Your Firefox Memory Leak

• TweakHound - XP Home Permissions 1
• Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Running as Limited User - the Easy Way
• Home of FaJo.de -- file security extension

• Hamachi : virtual VPN (zero-config), open std., free

05-Apr-2006

• 2006 Underhanded C Contest
• rdesktop: A Remote Desktop Protocol client
• Sysinternals Freeware - RootkitRevealer
• Google Operating System: Google Browser

• ICQ: Pro 2003b | 5.04 [at Download.com]

03-Apr-2006

• The Ethical Hacker Network - How To Break Web Software
• Generic Trojan / Adware Infestation Removal Procedures
• Optimizing Firefox [at Download.com]

01-Apr-2006

• Spyware Warrior (home page) w/ Eric Howes

30-Mar-2006

• SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer
• Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Running Windows with No Services
• Hack Attack: Safely install software in a virtual layer - Lifehacker
• Graphical vi/vim Cheat Sheet and Tutorial

28-Mar-2006

• Audacity: open-source sound-editing App. (review)
• Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder (at SourceForge)

• Firefox Facts
• GoogleAnon-SE

26-Mar-2006

• XML.com: RSS Feeds for FTP Servers
• Geek to Live: Set up a home wireless network - Lifehacker
• Python 101 cheat sheet
• Configuring a free VPN solution in your home:

22-Mar-2006

• The Old New Thing : Why doesn't Windows File Protection use ACLs to protect files?
• A re-introduction to JavaScript - MDC
• List of portable applications - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• How-To: SSH tunnels for secure network access - Engadget
• HOW-TO: SSH HTTP proxy setup - hack a day - www.hackaday.com _
• Eclipse.org home -- opensource IDE
• Little known Microsoft security utilities

20-Mar-2006

• Seven Midgets free dial-up internet access
• Evaluating Website Accessibility Part 2, Basic Checkpoints | 456 Berea Street
• Comparison of web browsers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• BIOS Tools
• Decryptum - Open MS Word and MS Excel password protected files in seconds.
• Using the XMLHttpRequest Object and AJAX to Spy On You
• IE 7, Firefox 2.0 Prepare to Do Battle—Someday
• The Lightning Project - Integrated Calendar

15-Mar-2006

• Test Functioning and Version of Java's JVM / JRE
• MozillaZine Knowledge Base: Standard diagnostic | Firefox hangs

13-Mar-2006

• » Firefox is slow and buggy (but I'm hooked anyway) | Ed Burnette's Dev Connection | ZDNet.com
• Simon Willison: My ETech JavaScript tutorial
• Desktop Earth 2.0

10-Mar-2006

• Antivirus Software Review: Free Antivirus Software
• LangaList Std Edition 2006-03-06

07-Mar-2006

• Ten of the Biggest Mistakes Developers Make With Databases

06-Mar-2006

• Cave Surveying/Mapping Software [at Zenas.gr]
• Last freeware version of jv16 Powertools

03-Mar-2006

• Seek and Ye Shall Find: Locate original documents on the Web - Lifehacker
• Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » Nuts and Bolts of Network Discrimination
• Aaron Margosis' WebLog : Fixing "LUA bugs", Part I

02-Mar-2006

• Dana Epp's ramblings at the Sanctuary: Windows Access Control Demystified
• Why Windows Vista will suck
• Javascript in Ten Minutes (Javascript)
• Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Running as Limited User - the Easy Way

07-Feb-2006

• Silent Runners - Download
• Komando.com, Website for The Kim Komando Radio Show®, Kool sites -- Kim's ref to SilentRunners
• Fixing Windows with Knoppix
• Freeware downloads Security-Privacy - Password Recovery Tools - SnapFiles, we download it before you do!
• Protected Storage PassView v1.62: Recover Protected Storage passwords
• NirSoft - freeware utilities: password recovery, system utilities, desktop utilities

04-Feb-2006

• Silent Runners: Main | "Silent Runners.vbs" VBS script (finds obscure startup and other Reg. entries)

03-Feb-2006

• Portable Apps Suite | PortableApps.com

• The Sunbird Project - Standalone Calendar
• Calendar - Standards Based Calendar Client Project

• SystemRescueCd homepage

01-Feb-2006

• Why Reboot?
• A List Apart: Articles: Home Page Goals | In Search of the Holy Grail
• Dana Epp's ramblings at the Sanctuary: Windows Access Control Demystified |
  Preventing Exchange from sending RTF msgs (and winmail.dat) to mailing lists

• Malicious Malware: attacking the attackers, part 1 (of 2)

30-Jan-2006

• Joel on Software: Main | "Great Design": TOC | First Draft: Intro | What is Design? | What Makes It Great?

29-Jan-2006

• Giving search engine spiders direction - 301 redirect
• Mouseless Browsing -- a Firefox Extension
• Hack Attack: Mouse-less Firefox - Lifehacker
• The future of HTML, Part 2: XHTML 2.0

28-Jan-2006

• Java Software manual Download page

27-Jan-2006

• XHTML Character Entity Reference
• Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS
• PCWorld.com - Microsoft Readies Two-Way Firewall for Vista

26-Jan-2006

• Tracing An Email
• TorPark -- Turn any inet terminal into a secure connection
• American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) - (w/ WHOIS query tool)

25-Jan-2006

• Protecting Your Search Privacy: A Flowchart To Tracks You Leave Behind
• First banner ad ever in the world. AT&T Hotwired.
• Firefox joins top ten global brands - ZDNet UK News
• Mozilla Developer News » Blog Archive » What the heck is with this 1.5.0.1 update?

24-Jan-2006

• Digital Web Magazine - Web Presentation Patterns
• dennislazo.com [windows: Moving Documents and Settings Folder]
• Thunderbird Help: How To Manage Profiles
• How To Easily Restart Windows XP

22-Jan-2006

• A P R E S S . C O M -- Free Ebooks
• Applying Least Privilege Principle to WinXP User Accounts
• Troubleshooting Windows Firewall in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
• Ports Associated with Known Vulnerabilities and Exploits
• Dana Epp's Blog, ramblings at the Sanctuary

20-Jan-2006

• Geek to Live: Lifehacker Pack - Lifehacker
• Evrsoft First Page / 1st Page 2006 HTML Editor / Website Builder
• TightVNC: VNC-Based Free Remote Control Solution
• Download BootVis 1.3.37.0 - Microsoft tool to provide faster XP boot and resume times - Softpedia
• CD-Recordable CD-R Resources

19-Jan-2006

• Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Inside the WMF Backdoor
• Mark's Sysinternals Blog - powered by FeedBurner
• Wine HQ

• eDexter -- local HTTP server for blocked hosts
• TreeWalk DNS Tips, Tweaks, Repairs, for Win XP/2K/.NET/2003

17-Jan-2006

• Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Rootkits in Commercial Software
• The New Windows Firewall in Windows Vista and Server [The Cable Guy, Jan2006]
• Stylish 0.2 Released [Jan 1, Page 4] - MozillaZine Forums
• How to Fully Remove Symantec Products (NAV, etc.)

15-Jan-2006

• Digital Web Magazine - Designing for the Web -- defs for pixel and image dimensions, etc.
• Security Now! - Weekly 20-min Net Security Podcast: TOC | Episode #22 Transcript
• MS-Blog! : Looking at the WMF issue, how did it get there?
• Learn Python in 10 minutes (Poromenos' Stuff)
• BrainFuel :: Boot up Windows before you even log in

11-Jan-2006

• MSFN's Unattended Windows : Introduction [CD Installation]

• How to Change the Default Location of the "My Documents" Folder

09-Jan-2006

• Google Pack | Hands-on article | Yahoo! News article

• VMware, Inc. -- Free VMware Player
• LangaList 2003-07-03 -- Bootit-NG

06-Jan-2006

• MS06-001: Security Bulletin re WMF Graphics Vulnerability (912919)
• KB912919: Download details: Security Update for WMF Vuln.

• Windows rootkits of 2005: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• Good GRC tutorials:
  • Security of N.A.T. in routers
  • Multi-NAT Router Network Config. Details

04-Jan-2006

• The PC Doctor : Blog Archive : WMF exploit - Quick Guide
• SANS - Internet Storm Center - more on WMF exploit
• Sysinternals Freeware: Main | Mark's Blog
• Security Now! Notes for Episode #20 -- the WMF thing

01-Jan-2006

• mod_rewrite, a beginner's guide (with examples) - Apache feature - at workingwith.me.uk

• WMF Vulnerability Issue: FAQ | Opinion (at SANS - Internet Storm Center)

2006

2005

Pre-2005