Windows anti-spyware

Categories: Security
Winpooch is a very good open source security tool for your Windows. Similar to the freeware WinPatrol, it monitors the programs on your computer to catch any suspicious behavior. Associated with ClamWin, your computer will have a complete open source protection system against virus, spywares, and trojans. ClamWin alone currently doesn’t have real time scanning function but with Winpooch it will. It is also important to note that Winpooch will not remove spywares but work to prevent them from acting on your Windows machine.

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Open source dictionary – StarDict

Categories: Utilities
Need a dictionary, thesaurus, translator? StarDict works well for all of these purposes. Install this program on a Linux or Windows machine and just add free dictionarydatabases to it. StarDict does some pretty interesting things such as: translates with google or yahoo engines; uses a “glob-style pattern matching” to find associated words plus more functions such as direct access to the web based Net Dict, and what is called “fuzzy query” (I don’t know what this last one actually does but I like the term).

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