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Reviewed PDFCreator 4.1.3 May 29 - 10:09 AM ET Sorry! I meant version 2.1.1, not 2.2.1 in my previous review. Read full review
Reviewed PDFCreator 4.1.3 May 28 - 5:44 PM ET PDFCreator is now at version 2.2.1. It has abandoned its old ways and does not add unwanted stuff anymore. At least in the "expert installation" mode. In the past even expert installation needed a lot of attention to avoid this "extra" stuff,... Read full review
Reviewed Free Download Manager for Windows 6.10.2 December 29 - 2:28 PM ET An excellent download manager. There is also a "lite" version available at http://files.freedownloa...g/lite/fdminst-lite.exe which does not have the Video Conversion and the BitTorrent plugins, and the Language Pack. These can added... Read full review
Reviewed Process Hacker 2.39.124 December 29 - 2:23 PM ET A good process explorer program. Read full review
Reviewed TeamViewer 15.10.5 December 5 - 2:53 PM ET There's also a very convenient portable version at this link (under the title "For mobile use: TeamViewer Portable"): http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/index.aspx. The changelog can be found here:... Read full review
Reviewed TeamViewer 15.10.5 November 22 - 3:04 PM ET An excellent program for remote support. Note: versions 6.0.11656 final and 7.0.11884 beta are already available at http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/index.aspx Read full review
Reviewed Skype for Windows 8.65.0.76 October 3 - 2:49 PM ET @soldier1st You wrote: Now that Skype has introduced "In call advertising" I will not upgrade to this new version unless it gets removed or a way is found to hide the ad. Page http://blogs.skype.com/garage/windows states that: Users have the... Read full review
Reviewed Free Download Manager for Windows 6.10.2 August 30 - 4:08 PM ET This version of FDM solved most pending problems. The only bug I found is merely cosmetic (the download notification windows just flashes even though it is enabled to stay) . In addition to the "Latest Changes" above, there are two more: -... Read full review
Reviewed Avast Antivirus Free 20.8.5653 January 27 - 5:01 PM ET EDIT: Feb. 1, 2010 There is a new final avast! 5 version, namely 5.0.396, that fixes the issues reported for the 5.0.377 (final) and 5.0.393 (pre-release) versions. Most importantly, the intermittent system crashes (BSODs) seem to have been... Read full review
Reviewed Avast Antivirus Free 20.8.5653 January 22 - 4:03 PM ET Avast 5.0 final is available since January 19, 2010. It is now called "avast! Free Antivirus" and its version is 5.0.377. It is available at http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download I have submitted the new version to Fileforum on... Read full review

Reviewed PDFCreator 4.1.3

May 29 - 10:09 AM ET

Sorry! I meant version 2.1.1, not 2.2.1 in my previous review. Read full review

PDFCreator is now at version 2.2.1. It has abandoned its old ways and does not add unwanted stuff anymore. At least in the "expert installation" mode. In the past even expert installation needed a lot of attention to avoid this "extra" stuff,... Read full review

Reviewed Free Download Manager for Windows 6.10.2

December 29 - 2:28 PM ET

An excellent download manager.

There is also a "lite" version available at http://files.freedownloa...g/lite/fdminst-lite.exe which does not have the Video Conversion and the BitTorrent plugins, and the Language Pack. These can added... Read full review

Reviewed Process Hacker 2.39.124

December 29 - 2:23 PM ET

A good process explorer program. Read full review

Reviewed TeamViewer 15.10.5

December 5 - 2:53 PM ET

There's also a very convenient portable version at this link (under the title "For mobile use: TeamViewer Portable"):
http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/index.aspx.

The changelog can be found here:... Read full review

Reviewed TeamViewer 15.10.5

November 22 - 3:04 PM ET

An excellent program for remote support.

Note: versions 6.0.11656 final and 7.0.11884 beta are already available at http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/index.aspx Read full review

Reviewed Skype for Windows 8.65.0.76

October 3 - 2:49 PM ET

@soldier1st

You wrote: Now that Skype has introduced "In call advertising" I will not upgrade to this new version unless it gets removed or a way is found to hide the ad.

Page http://blogs.skype.com/garage/windows states that: Users have the... Read full review

Reviewed Free Download Manager for Windows 6.10.2

August 30 - 4:08 PM ET

This version of FDM solved most pending problems. The only bug I found is merely cosmetic (the download notification windows just flashes even though it is enabled to stay) .

In addition to the "Latest Changes" above, there are two more:
-... Read full review

Reviewed Avast Antivirus Free 20.8.5653

January 27 - 5:01 PM ET

EDIT: Feb. 1, 2010

There is a new final avast! 5 version, namely 5.0.396, that fixes the issues reported for the 5.0.377 (final) and 5.0.393 (pre-release) versions. Most importantly, the intermittent system crashes (BSODs) seem to have been... Read full review

Reviewed Avast Antivirus Free 20.8.5653

January 22 - 4:03 PM ET

Avast 5.0 final is available since January 19, 2010. It is now called "avast! Free Antivirus" and its version is 5.0.377. It is available at

http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

I have submitted the new version to Fileforum on... Read full review

Reviewed CCleaner for Windows 5.45.6611 August 5 - 3:05 PM ET Attention: Version 5.45 of CCleaner has been removed from its mother site! This version has been the subject of heavy criticism due to its invasive behavior and bad privacy policies. Piriform has pulled back to version 5.44 and promised to... Read full review
Reviewed PDFCreator 2.1.1 May 29 - 10:09 AM ET Sorry! I meant version 2.1.1, not 2.2.1 in my previous review. Read full review
Reviewed PDFCreator 2.1.0 May 28 - 5:44 PM ET PDFCreator is now at version 2.2.1. It has abandoned its old ways and does not add unwanted stuff anymore. At least in the "expert installation" mode. In the past even expert installation needed a lot of attention to avoid this "extra" stuff,... Read full review
Reviewed Free Download Manager for Windows 3.8 Build 1173 December 29 - 2:28 PM ET An excellent download manager. There is also a "lite" version available at http://files.freedownloa...g/lite/fdminst-lite.exe which does not have the Video Conversion and the BitTorrent plugins, and the Language Pack. These can added... Read full review
Reviewed Process Hacker 2.26 December 29 - 2:23 PM ET A good process explorer program. Read full review

Joseph A

Reviewed PDFCreator 4.1.3

Reviewed PDFCreator 4.1.3

Reviewed Free Download Manager for Windows 6.10.2

Reviewed Process Hacker 2.39.124

Reviewed TeamViewer 15.10.5

Reviewed TeamViewer 15.10.5

Reviewed Skype for Windows 8.65.0.76

Reviewed Free Download Manager for Windows 6.10.2

Reviewed Avast Antivirus Free 20.8.5653

Reviewed Avast Antivirus Free 20.8.5653

Reviewed CCleaner for Windows 5.45.6611

Reviewed PDFCreator 2.1.1

Reviewed PDFCreator 2.1.0

Reviewed Free Download Manager for Windows 3.8 Build 1173

Reviewed Process Hacker 2.26

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