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Mentor
Home Meeting Notes
MENTOR
TOOLS INSTALL FILES
P. Roll -- 6/28/06
Revised 10/25/08
FORMAT:
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name of program
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link to download web page
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download the install file and install it on the local computer, or
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run the setup .exe directly from the web site; the executable gets copied to the Temp
folder and is run from there and installed in the Programs folder; the .exe file is then deleted
from the mentees TEMP folder.
Space Odyssey - Freeware file and folder cleaning program
SeeknClean - file and folder cleanup program
ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMS
P C Tools Anti-Virus
McAfee Avert Stinger – Detects and removes specific
viruses
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Not a substitute for full anti-virus protection.
ANTISPYWARE PROGRAMS
SUPER AntiSpyware
Spybot - antispyware
WindowsDefender
– antispyware (This is included in Vista.)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&displaylang=en
AdAware
– antispyware
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=to
REMOVAL TOOLS
Norton Removal Tool
– removes Norton antivirus
McAfee Removal Tool
– removes McAfee antivirus
Belarc
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creates profile of PC’s software & hardware
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Sequoiaview - displays contents of the hard drives
JDiskReport - displays contents of the hard drives
Uniblue Process Scanner - Info on all processes running on PC
and
advice on which services you can safely disable.
Portable software for USB drives
http://portableapps.com/
OFFICE SUITE SIMILAR TO MS OFFICE
OpenOffice
– free substitute for MS Office Suite
http://download.openoffice.org
SCREEN CAPTURE TOOL
Print Key 2000 – screen capture tool
PDF CREATORS/READERS
PDF Creator
Foxit PDF Reader – only 2.55 MB compared with 33.5 MB Adobe Reader
Adobe Reader 9 – PDF reader
FIREWALL
PASSWORD MANAGEMENT
PasswordSafe (this app is open source; includes tutorial)
KeePass Password Safe Portable (includes tutorial)
RoboForm
McAfee SiteAdvisor – Advises of unsafe websites
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