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AnyDVD 6.5.2.2

Shareware

Unscramble DVDs on the fly, allowing you to watch any region DVD using any DVD player software. The software comes with loads of other useful features too, such as the ability to remove CSS encryption and analogue copy protection from DVDs

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

Auslogics BoostSpeed 4.4.10.285

Shareware

Speed up computer start time. Increase Internet speed, optimize your Internet Explorer, Firefox and E-mail programs. Boost Speed will clean up disks and the Registry to speed up your computer and tweak Windows to its peak performance.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

AVG Anti-Virus 8.5.276

Shareware

The program's Resident Shield looks for and blocks threats before they can be launched. It will scan your incoming and outgoing mail, too, and you can also schedule further scans to trap anything that manages to get by.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

Ashampoo WinOptimizer 6.20

Shareware

Complete suite of tools that will enable you to optimise, boost, recover and enhance Windows. This brand new v6 release contains a number of new features including a disk defragmentation tool, drive cleaner, system benchmark tool and much more.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

Auslogics System Information 1.4.19

Shareware

Provides comprehensive and easy to understand information about your system. It shows hardware configuration, video-card information, list of running processes and more. The information can be saved as a file and sent to technical support.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP, Vista

BulletProof FTP 2009.70

Shareware

Uses the familiar dual-pane layout, displaying local files in one and server files in the other. Uniquely, it is possible to browse the contents of an FTP site whilst offline which can be useful if on a dial-up connection.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista