Killer Apps

Bay_Wolf · Post by **Bay_Wolf** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:46 pm

DVD Backup

RipIt4Me
http://www.ripit4me.org/
RipIt4Me is a freeware utility that helps you backup your copy protected DVDs. (You need DVD Shrink, DVD Decrypter, and FixVTS for it to work properly.)

DVD Shrink
http://www.dvdr-digest.com/software/dvdshrink.html
DVD Shrink is software to backup DVD disks.

DVD Decrypter
http://www.riphelp.com/downloads/dvddec.html
DVD Decrypter is a CSS decryption tool.

FixVTS
http://download.videohelp.com/FixVTS/
Cleans up a DVD.

MenuShrink
http://download.videohelp.com/menushrink/
MenuShrink 2.41 is a small app that lets you compress DVD motion menus by turning them into still menus with or without audio. Best of all, is entirely completely free!

ImgBurn
http://www.imgburn.com/
ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:04 pm

Rekarp wrote:Anti-Vir

Best Anti Virus in my opinion. And its free.

That piece missed half the stuff on my friend's computer. The java based scan Trend Micro offers caught more.

And about 7zip vs. WinRAR, I actually use WinRAR myself. I listed 7zip because it's free and doesn't nag you about buying it.

@Bay_Wolf: Why did you have to bring in grey-area programs?

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:15 pm

bicostp wrote:
Rekarp wrote:Anti-Vir

Best Anti Virus in my opinion. And its free.
That piece missed half the stuff on my friend's computer. The java based scan Trend Micro offers caught more.

And about 7zip vs. WinRAR, I actually use WinRAR myself. I listed 7zip because it's free and doesn't nag you about buying it.

@Bay_Wolf: Why did you have to bring in grey-area programs?

Is making back up's of dvd's still illegal ?

Sir Games-A-Lot · Post by **Sir Games-A-Lot** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:21 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:
bicostp wrote:
Rekarp wrote:Anti-Vir

Best Anti Virus in my opinion. And its free.
That piece missed half the stuff on my friend's computer. The java based scan Trend Micro offers caught more.

And about 7zip vs. WinRAR, I actually use WinRAR myself. I listed 7zip because it's free and doesn't nag you about buying it.

@Bay_Wolf: Why did you have to bring in grey-area programs?
Is making back up's of dvd's still illegal ?

From what I have seen it's only ok to make bit-for-bit copies, that is literally burning a dvd that is identical to the original, let's say with software or a standalone duplicator, but if you use a CSS decryption program and let's say make .avi on your HDD then that is illegal under the DMCA since you are circumventing the protection measures.

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:27 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:
bicostp wrote:
Rekarp wrote:Anti-Vir

Best Anti Virus in my opinion. And its free.
That piece missed half the stuff on my friend's computer. The java based scan Trend Micro offers caught more.

And about 7zip vs. WinRAR, I actually use WinRAR myself. I listed 7zip because it's free and doesn't nag you about buying it.

@Bay_Wolf: Why did you have to bring in grey-area programs?
Is making back up's of dvd's still illegal ?

Lol your asking that and you have more Illegal Stuff on you computer than anyone I know. =P Who cares if its illegal, its not like da man is gonna come and take your house.

Rekarp · Post by **Rekarp** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:07 pm

bicostp wrote:
That piece missed half the stuff on my friend's computer. The java based scan Trend Micro offers caught more.

He must have had it turned off or never done an update. It catches more than Norton does. Also, don't you think Trend Micro's online scan will show you have viruses just to get you to buy there program?

When I build computers for people, this is the Anti-Virus program I choose to get the job done and it seems to have held up for the 3 or so years I have used it.

I am running Trend Micro's Housecall right now and ill tell you if any "viruses" come up

Seems no one has mentioned Hijack This!.
Good program to tell you what programs are running on your computer.

//edit Trend Micro picked up nothing unusual about my computer. Seems Anti-Vir does its job

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:56 pm

bicostp wrote:@Bay_Wolf: Why did you have to bring in grey-area programs?

I believe it is legal in Canada.

dshacker · Post by **dshacker** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:25 pm

well I think in my opinion that McAfee is the best for me, cause it picks up any recent changes to the registry wich helps a lot since you know if you added a new program or not, or just changed the regs. itself. And it's constantly up-to date. So your always protectd, and it even offers wireless security. So your wireless network cant be accesd by outsiders without your promission. Also, it even includes a firewall, a virusscan, parental controlls, and stuff like that. So you should get it, note I got mine for free. Get all of your programs for free with a p2p program, not limewire or bearshare, only use those if downloadng a single song, for recomended p2p program is bitlord. With it's unquiqe feature, it allows you to browse the web from the program itself, then you download a torrent file and you can open it up dirrectly, so that's what I use.

P2P Program:

www.bitlord.com - bitlord

McAfee:

www.McAfee.com - mcafee is a good protection tool for your pc

ValiantVenality · Post by **ValiantVenality** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:19 pm

Just about the best oporating system in the world...........

CONTIKI!!!!!!!!

http://www.sics.se/contiki/

Fits on a floppy...... What else can I say?

Post by **Triton** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:51 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=373c_DRQCi4 lol

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:19 pm

Thanks guys some of these are awesome apps, now I am just going to directly compy and paste everything into the first post (mods assist If I get slack

)

and if it ain't too much trouble...could we sticky this?

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:23 pm

HOLEY CRAP! You forgot move on boot! It has saved me many times!

http://www.softwarepatch.com/network-se ... urity.html

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:40 am

Clickteam products: http://www.clickteam.com In my opinion, the most effective way to create multimedia. You gotta buy the stuff, but there's free trials for everything...

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:34 pm

bump

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:32 pm

WinRAR does .7z files too, nowadays.