Daily Freeware Reviews

Bulk Rename Utility is a utility which allows you to easily rename files and directories, based upon extemely flexible criteria. Add date-stamps, replace numbers, insert strings, convert case, add auto-numbers, process folders and subfolders….plus loads more!

Bulk Rename Utility has evolved through a series of user-requests, one-off requirements, and general enhancements. Some of the features provided by Bulk Rename Utility include:

– Very easy to use
– Rename files, folders or both
– Remove or change a filename
– Perform string substitution
– Change the case of filenames
– Remove characters or words
– Remove digits or symbols
– Append or prepend text
– Append dates in many formats

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DM2 provides several Windows enhancements that may help in every-day work. One of the nicest and most popular features of DM2 is minimizing windows to floating icons® (unique feature!) freeing both task bar and tray bar space. Moreover, DM2 can manipulate windows in various ways: minimize to tray, make them standing always on-top over all other windows, roll to caption, resize, align to screen borders, hide, set the opacity etc. DM2 also helps with Open/Save dialog boxes, by providing user-defined menu with favorites and recent files and folders. Plenty of program’s settings options will satisfy most of requirements.

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FlashGet is specifically designed to address two of the biggest problems when downloading files: Speed and management of downloaded files.

If you’ve ever waited forever for your files to download from a slow connection, or been cut off midway through a download – or just can’t keep track of your ever-growing downloads – FlashGet is for you. FlashGet can split downloaded files into sections, downloading each section simultaneously, for an increase in downloading speed from 100% to 500%. This, coupled with FlashGet’s powerful and easy-to-use management features, helps you take control of your downloads like never before.

Quick ‘n Easy FTP Server is a multi threaded FTP server for Windows 98/NT/XP/2003 that can be easily setup even by inexperienced users. New users can be easily created by a wizard which is guiding you step by step in the process. The server handles all basic FTP commands plus a lot of special FTP commands like MDTM, NLST, FEAT, PSWD, XCRC and many more!

Key features:
- Simple, intuitive and cool looking user interface, with several pages for managing the users, configuration and security.
- Easy to setup using the build-in FTP Server Setup Wizard.
- Add new user accounts with the User Account Wizard.
- Security: Allow/block specific ip addresses/ranges.
- Support for virtual directories.
- Limit download/upload speed per user.
- Display average download/upload speed of online users.
- Support for systems that are a part of a network with a router and/or firewall.
- Configuration is saved in XML format.
- Realtime server trace, which displays every command and it’s reply on the screen.
- Everything can also be logged to a file.
- Users can send messages via their FTP client to the FTP Server’s messages console.
- Integrated upload/download statistics (saved in XML).
- Remote administration option.
- Disk quota
- FTP Server Events can be used trigger actions like playing a sound or execute an application.
- New: Automatically block IP addresses after a specific number of failed login attempts.

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BackTrack is the result of merging the two innovative penetration testing live linux distributions Auditor and Whax. Backtrack provides a thorough pentesting environment which is bootable via CD, USB or the network (PXE). The tools are arranged in an intuitive manner, and cover most of the attack vectors. Complex environments are simplified, such as automatic Kismet configuration, one click Snort setup, precompiled Metasploit lorcon modules, etc. BackTrack has been dubbed the #1 Security Live CD by Insecure.org, and #36 overall.

New exciting features in BackTrack 2, to mention a few:

* Updated Kernel-Running 2.6.20, with several patches.
* Broadcom based wireless card support
* Most wireless drivers are built to support raw packet injection
* Metasploit2 and Metasploit3 framework integration
* Alignment to open standards and frameworks like ISSAF and OSSTMM
* Redesigned menu structure to assist the novice as well as the pro
* Japanese input support-reading and writing in Hiragana / Katakana / Kanji.

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Packetyzer provides a Windows user interface for the well known Ethereal packet capture and dissection library. Ethereal is used by network professionals around the world for troubleshooting, analysis, software and protocol development, and education. It has all of the standard features expected in a protocol analyzer, and several features not otherwise available. Network Chemistry has taken advantage of its open source license to add a Windows front end to extend its use.

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