Carol’s Vault
Best Freeware, Open Source Software
Firefox
Today’s security tools- TrendProtect Now Firefox and IE Extension
Mar 27th
TrendProtect NOW (beta) is a plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer that will help you to keep the nasties away from your computer while browsing the Internet. What this plugin actually does, is to show you the web site’s reputation by warning you if the page you are browsing is secure or not, with a [...]
Best Firefox extensions – my selection (update)
Jan 30th
Update – More extensions Part 3 – Update January 30 Cooliris Previews 2.1 – A simple and powerful way of navigating through Google search results and Google image searches! FaviconizeTab 0.9.7.2 – The width of the specified tab becomes small up to the size of favicon. McAfee SiteAdvisor 26.1 – A McAfee SiteAdvisor Firefox Extension [...]
Make your blog fancier with Snap Preview Anywhere plugin
Dec 17th
Snap Preview Anywhere Plugin is an interesting plugin and it seems to be really helpful. Before you’ll access a link, you’ll have a snap preview of the web site you’re about to visit, making your surfing much easier. All you need is to download and install the plugin and then get a SpaKey. Snap Preview [...]
IE and Firefox fake login flaw
Nov 23rd
The latest versions of both Firefox and Internet Explorer are vulnerable to an unpatched flaw that allows hackers to snaffle users’ login credentials via automated phishing attacks. The information disclosure bug affects the password manager in Firefox 2.0 and its equivalent in IE7. Firefox’s Password Manager, for example, fails to properly check URLs before filling [...]
PortableApps Suite – your computer, without the computer
Nov 22nd
PortableApps Suite™ is a collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device and you’re ready to go. This suit includes lots of freeware and open source applications [...]
