Proxy+ – A freeware proxy server for Windows

Proxy+ from FORTECH Ltd. is an application level proxy server, that connects your LAN to Internet. The main Proxy+ features are:

  • support of HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Gopher, RealAudio (and other) protocols
  • disc cache which saves bandwidth on the Internet connection
  • mail server with many options
  • POP3 downloader which allows to download multiple POP3 boxes from the Internet.

It supports restriction rule sets you can apply to  POP3 boxes or messages in the boxes. 3 users is for free (freeware application). If you want a version for more users you have to order a registration key.

Proxy+ can be configured through web interface - http://x.x.x.x:4400 where x.x.x.x is the name or IP address of the computer running Proxy+. Proxy+ allows you to configure security settings to restrict access to limited number of clients.

Although single page help file installed along with Proxy+ is enough, you can also access Knowledge base articles at following URL:

http://www.proxyplus.net/kb/searchkb.php

 

Freeware USB Firewall

Net Studio USB FireWall 1.1.3 detects automatically all files which try to launch itself when an USB device is inserted.

USB Firewall

When launched, USB FireWall resides in System Tray and monitors USB devices for autorun applications.

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Technitium MAC Address Changer

Technitium MAC Address Changer (TMAC) by Shreyas Zare is a freeware network setting manipulation tool for Windows. You can use is to

  • change MAC address of an Network Interface Card
  • enable/disable a network connection
  • add/remove an IP address
  • add/remove a gateway
  • add/remove a DNS server IP address
  • enable/disable DHCP on a network connection
  • release IP and renew lease for selected connection
  • set interface metric
  • create/modify/delete a configuration preset
  • configure Internet Explore HTTP proxy settings

TMAC

TMAC also provides command line interface for above-listed operations. The command line syntax is as follows.

tmac -n network_connection_name   [-m mac_address / -nm mac_address / -r / -nr ]   [-h]   [-i ip_address_1[,ip_address_2...] :subnet_mask_1[,subnet_mask_2...]]   [-g gateway_1[,gateway_2...] :metric_1[,metric_2...]]   [-d dns_server_1[,dns_server_2...]]   [-pxy http_proxy_server_address:port]   [-p preset_name]   [-s]   [-re]   [-di]   [-rn]   [-rl]   [-sv]   [-ro]   [-nta]   [-nst]   [-f preset_file]

OPTION DETAILS-

-n     Specifies name of the network connection/adapter (NIC). Name may be complete or partial or just a part of it.

-m     Specifies a MAC address. Blank MAC address implies original MAC address of the NIC.

-nm    Specifies a non-persistent MAC address. Blank MAC address implies original MAC address of the NIC.

-r     Specifies to use a random MAC address from manufacturers list.

-nr    Specifies to use a non-persistent random MAC address from manufacturers list.

-h     Enables DHCP and removes previous IP addresses and Gateways.

-rl    Releases DHCP server assigned IP address.

-Rn    Renews IP address lease from DHCP server.

-i     Changes IP address. IP address list is comma separated, subnet masks list is comma separated. Both IP addresses and subnet masks lists are separated using a colon ':'

-g     Changes Gateway address. Gateway addresses list is comma separated, metrics list is comma separated. Both Gateway addresses and metric lists separated using a colon ':'

-d     Changes DNS server address. DNS server address list is comma separated.

-pxy   Sets Internet Explorer HTTP proxy server. If server address is blank, proxy settings are disabled.

-s     Silent mode. Do not show any message window.

-re    Restarts network connection/adapter.

-di    Disable network connection/adapter.

-p     Specifies name of a preset saved earlier to be used. Preset name may be complete or partial or just a part of it. This parameter over powers all other network settings.

-sv    Loads short vendor list which makes TMAC load faster. This parameter over powers all other parameters.

-ro    Resets the original MAC address info saved in registry by TMAC. Use this only if original MAC address saved is wrong. This parameter over powers all other parameters.

-nta   Disable system tray animated icon.

-nst   Disable system tray icon.

-f     Specify preset file to load.

-help  Displays help message.

Disk space analysis with Disk Space Fan

Disk Space Fan is a freeware disk space analysis tool for Windows, which displays disk space allocation in Ringschart. The Ringschart is composed of a set of nested rings around a central circle.

Disk Space Fan - 1

The central circle symbolizes the root folder. Each ring represents a level in the directory. Each subfolder or file is represented by a sector of the ring. Its angle being proportional to the size of the folder's contents, and painted with a different color to ease visualization. Files are painted in light gray color. Folder or file which is smaller than 1/180 of the size of root folder will be ignored.

The chart displays five levels. In case a folder in that last fifth level contains even more subfolders, this situation is pointed by presenting a curve close to the edge of that folder's ring sector. When the mouse pointer hovers on one of the folders in the graphic, it is highlighted and a tooltip appears with information about its name and size.

Xenu Link Sleuth – Freeware spider

Xenu's Link Sleuth is a freeware that is used to check Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on "normal" links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continuously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced on following parameters.

  • Broken links, ordered by links
  • Broken links, ordered by page
  • Broken local links
  • Redirected URLs
  • FTP and gopher URLs
  • Valid text URLs
  • Site Map
  • Statistics
  • Orphan files

Great freeware from 2BrightSparks

2BrightSparks presents a number of useful freeware tools.

  • SyncBack Freeware V3.2.20.0
    You can use SyncBack to easily backup and synchronize your files to: the same drive; a different drive or medium (CDRW, CompactFlash, etc); an FTP server; a Network; or a Zip archive.
  • InfoHesive Freeware Viewer V 2.3.0.0
    You can use this freeware to read InfoHesive Help Files and eBooks with annotations.
  • EncryptOnClick Freeware
    EncryptOnClick is very simple to use and features military grade 256-bit AES encryption.
  • DeleteOnClick Freeware
    Even if you delete a file or folder using Windows without moving it to Recycle Bin (Trash), the data you have deleted is not actually removed from your computer. Instead, Windows makes the space occupied by the file available for writing. DeleteOnClick completely deletes files in one click rather than sending the file to the recycle bin.
  • HashOnClick Freeware
    HashOnClick ensures that your files haven't been tampered with. It quickly provides information to compare hash values side by side to establish the data in one file exactly matches (or not) the data in another.
  • PatchOnClick Freeware
    PatchOnClick allows you to send and receive updates to large files without having to send or receive the whole file each time.

2BrightSparks also offers enhanced commercial versions of these software.