Prevx CSI - FREE Malware Scanner

The new version 1.2.101.109 of Prevx CSI Free malware scanner has been released recently. Prevx CSI Free is free program for quick, effective scanning and real-time checking against the most comprehensive malware database in the world.
If you suspect your PC is infected this utility can help you check your PC for active infections like spyware, Trojans, key loggers, rootkits, adware, viruses, screen watchers and many more types of malware.
Prevx CSI does not require the installation or reboot. The program works fast and very easy to use. It takes about two minutes to scan your PC.
There is an option to update the database of threats that allows you to benefit from the knowledge gained from the Prevx community. Every day, more than 8000 detection for new threats are added to the Prevx community database. So if there is an infection Prevx CSI Free malware scanner will found it.



Prevx CSI Free is fully compatible with all popular Windows OS, including Windows Vista and Windows XP, as well as major security applications.
The new version 1.2.101.109 may include several enhancements, or bug fixes.
I think it is definitely worth a try.
Download Prevx CSI Free malware scanner (927 KB, Freeware)

VSO PhotoDVD v2.6.4 - Create Your DVD Photo Slide Show

VSO Software has just released the new version 2.6.4 of PhotoDVD. PhotoDVD is probably one of the easiest applications to create an animated slideshows on DVD.
It takes your digital images and animates them to make a DVD photo slide show. The program is able to add multiple soundtracks and comments as DVD Subtitles.
As you can see PhotoDVD has simple interface. It is very easy to use.



This is the first screen on PhotoDVD. From here you can add pictures, soundtracks and adjust the global settings of the slideshow.



PhotoDVD supports a great number of various digital image formats, including JPG, GIF, BMP, ANI, PCX, EMF, WMF, and so on. The list of audio formats supported by PhotoDVD isn’t so impressive but it includes all popular audio formats such as MP3, WMA, OGG, MPC, WAV and APE.
Once images have been added, you can select each image and adjust what happens with it. PhotoDVD takes care of all the animation factors for you and can analyze the picture’s size and orientation to automatically create a movie with cool fade, zoom, and pan effects.



Once all editing tasks have been finished, you can add soundtracks to the slide show and define the desired video format and output destination. PhotoDVD supports Fullscreen (4:3) and Widescreen (16:9) output and can write the created slide show to your hard drive as well as burn it to DVD disc (Single or Double Layer).



I think it is very good software that will be useful for anyone interested in creating DVD photo slide show. DVD slide show created by PhotoDVD has impressive quality and the animation and transitions have calming effect increasing the viewing pleasure.
The new VSO PhotoDVD v2.6.4 has added the ability to automatically rotate image based on EXIF information.
VSO PhotoDVD is shareware. You can download it from this page.

Nero CD-DVD Speed – The Best Free Way to Test the Quality of Your CD/DVDs

There are many optical disc recorders and great number of brands that sell CDs or DVDs, and you shouldn’t count solely on a brand name when you require long term data reliability. You can verify written data in your favorite CD burning program, but it’s not enough. If you want to be sure in the quality of your home-written media, you need a program to test your optical drives and media.
One of the most popular programs for this purpose is Nero CD-DVD Speed that is part of Nero Toolkit.
Nero CD-DVD Speed is a powerful tool for testing optical drives.
The program has simple tabbed interface that is very easy to use. The first tab is called Benchmark. It allows you to check the read speed of a disc, DAE quality (for Audio CD), disc access type, access times, CPU usage at different speeds, and data interface burst rate.





After scanning a disc you will see the curve of reading speed. If this curve isn’t smooth, then you should worry about reliability of your media and written data quality.
Nero CD-DVD Speed allows you to perform test of writing performance of your optical drive (Create Disc tab).
On the tab “Disc Info” you can find such information about disc as disc type, manufacturer, write speed, number of layers, disc capacity, disc status and others.





One of the most important features of Nero CD-DVD Speed is its disc quality test. When this test is complete, you will obtain report about the discovered errors and will see two histograms that demonstrate the errors encountered. And finally Nero CD-DVD Speed calculates cumulative quality score. The higher this score, the better quality.





Nero CD-DVD Speed also includes a ScanDisc function with File Test & Surface Scan to check the integrity of the optical disc and allows to perform TA jitter test.
The are several others features such as overburning test, advanced quality DAE tests, etc.
Nero CD-DVD Speed supports for CD, DVD, Blu-Ray and HD DVD drives and media. And finally this good and very useful program is absolutely free.
The latest available version of Nero CD-DVD Speed is 4.7.7.15 that has been released recently.
Downloand Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.7.7.15 (733 KB)

Zoom Player 5.01 - One of the Most Powerful Media Players for Windows

If you're looking for a flexible, powerful media player with numerous features, you should try Zoom Player. This is one of the most well-known multimedia players was designed to be simple at first glance while being strikingly flexible and powerful when used to its full potential. The interface of Zoom Player can be easy learned even by a child, but it may take a lifetime to reveal all its features.



Zoom Player’s modular design and flexibility allows you to personalize this player to match your needs. You can modify the interface of the player by number of different type of skins suitable for any user as well as change operation modes, codec compatibility, control options and many other features. The great customization capabilities make Zoom Player ideal for both users with no previous computer experience and to the highly qualified professional.



Zoom Player supports nearly all audio, video and image formats, including AVI, Matroska (MKV), Windows Media Format (ASF/WMV/WMA including DRM with WMV Professional version), QuickTime (MOV), Cellphone 3GPP (3GP), Flash (SWF), MPEG-1 (MPG/VCD), MPEG-2 (MPG/SVCD/VOB), MPEG-4 (DIVX/XVID/ISO), RealMedia (RA/RM/RMVB/RAM), OGG Movie (OGM), VP3-VP6, MPEG Layer 3 (MP3), Vorbis Audio (OGG), Dolby Digital (AC3), MusePack Audio (MPC), Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), FLAC Audio (FLAC), OptimFROG Audio, Monkey Audio (APE), Wave Audio (WAV), True Audio (TTU), CD-Audio and many others.
The program updated on a regular basis and supports all the latest playback technologies such as P2P Video Preview, VMR9, and Multi Monitor.
One of the special Zoom Player’s features is the zoom functions to improve TV-Output quality by eliminating overscan.
There are three versions of Zoom Player: Standard, Professional and WMV Professional. The Standard version is free for non-commercial use, while Zoom Player Professional and WMV Professional cost 27.95$ and 35.95$ respectively.
The only important feature missing in Standard version is DVD support, which is available in Zoom Player Professional. The WMV Professional version of Zoom Player, besides all features available in Zoom Player Professional, also has the ability to playback DRM Encoded Windows Media files.
A few days ago, the new version Zoom Player was announced. It is Zoom Player 5.01 final. This release patches a recently discovered vulnerability and some other errors.
You can download appropriate version of Zoom Player on this page.

PhotoFiltre 6.3.0 – The Best Free Digital Image Editor

PhotoFiltre is an excellent tool for anyone who wants to retouch their digital photos. Actually, I think it’s one of the best free digital image editors for Windows PCs that is available today. Though PhotoFiltre is not for professional use, it may be a good alternative to such programs as Adobe Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro.
PhotoFiltre has simple, but elegant user interface that is very easy to use.
The program has a well designed set of toolbars. You easily notice the toolbar with the most frequently used tools, with easy recognizable icons. Other toolbars give you access to more advanced tools such as gamma correction, dust reduction and another standard filters with just a few clicks.




PhotoFiltre supports almost all image file formats. This application offers all standard editing tools such as paint brush, clone brush, selection etc. But these basic features will no longer seem attractive after you find a large number of image effects, photo masks, and image adjustments. Among numerous PhotoFiltre image processing features you find effects and filters like sharpen, blur, soften, noise, texture, color, flatten, stylize and much more.
One of the most useful features of PhotoFiltre is batch processing capability. This feature allows you work with a great number of images at the same time and apply image effects, rotate images and perform other image processing tasks in one fell swoop.
Another great feature of PhotoFiltre is that it supports 11 language, including English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Swedish, Spanish Catalan and Czech.
The new version 6.3.0 of PhotoFiltre has been released recently. In new version some bugs was fixed and compatibility with Vista was improved.
PhotoFiltre 6.3.0 is free for personal and non-commercial use. I recommend it for anyone who needs to work with digital images.
PhotoFiltre can be downloaded for free here (1.68 MB).
See also:
5 Best Free Alternatives to Popular Programs
XnView 1.92 – The Universal Graphic Viewer and Converter