Maxthon (Formerly MyIE2) is a powerful web browser with a highly customizable interface. It can open multiple web pages within one browser window, and uses little system resources. Maxthon has a greatly integrated & customizable interface which supports Skins (Default, Turbo Qute, Mozilla_2, Safari, TCPort, X_Phoenity), Plug-Ins (AI Roboform, FlashSave, ViewSource, EnableRightClick, Up a Directory, Weather), IE Extensions, & specific toolbars (example: GOOGLE Toolbar). It also incorporates 2 POPUP blockers (Auto POPUP blocker & a POPUP blocker list filter) and a Content Filter. Maxthon is based on the Internet Explorer engine (your most likely current web browser) which means that what works in IE, works the same in Maxthon but with many additional efficient

Maxthon 2.0 Features:
* Advanced proxy function allows the use of different proxy for different web site automatically, ensuring the best browsing speed and web site accessibility.
* User Interface Multi-Thread technology greatly reduces the chance of browser lockup, e.g. caused by some ajax operations, and browser crash.
* Modular design loads only used components, ensuring the most efficient use of system resources.
* Highly customisable skinning and interface system supports from simple windows classic to the most crafted skins and advanced layouts.
* Ultra powerful filter system can filter not only any advertisements but also any malicious codes, removing web annoynances and improving browser safety.
* Multi-users password protected profile system protects users privacy without compromising program portability.
* Maxthon Web Acceleration greatly improves ordinary browsing speed, especially when the internet connection is slow.
* Maxthon Security Updates reduces the risks of certain unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerabilities which might affect Maxthon.

Changes in Maxthon 2.0.3.4643 [2007-08-31]:
[Feature]
+ Added Link to Online Favorites Recovery
+ Added Prompt dialog when switching user
+ Groups Menu’s show/hide states will not be determined by whether user has Groups Data
[Bug Fix]
* Press ESC to Stop Loading Page
* Last Page can not be closed in v2.0.3-rc
* Increased the priority of website white list, now it’s above global black list
* Slow Language Menu when have a lots of languages installed
* Modified Table display in Setup Center
* Shortcut Key Text duplicate when set Shortcut Keys
* Feed Discovery mistakes
* Can not unblock content under Block Page Content mode
* URL Display error in Up One Level feature
* Fixed display problem with default Utilities, Added Regedit
* Improve several dialog’s presentation

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Ashampoo WinOptimizer is an easy-to-use suite of tools for maintaining and optimizing your Microsoft Windows® computer. It keeps your Windows® installation free of unnecessary garbage and running smoothly while other computers just get slower and slower.

3 New Modules and Full Vista Compatibility. In addition to older versions of Windows®, the new Ashampoo WinOptimizer 4 is fully compatible with Windows Vista™ in both the 32 and 64 bit versions. This means that you can start maintaining your slick new Vista system right away - it won’t even have a chance to get clogged down with new garbage!
Ashampoo has managed to produce a radically better and more useful program - without compromising their famous ease of use. In addition to Vista compatibility, WinOptimizer 4 also comes with three new modules, a brand-new hard disk defragmenter, a huge number of new system tweaking options and many other improvements and enhancements.

* One-click Optimization: This is the most popular function in the entire program. Just click and let Ashampoo WinOptimizer clean up and optimize your system for you. You don’t need to know anything about Windows® and it’s fast, effective and safe.
* Cleaning Tools: Seeks out and deletes redundant files and Windows® Registry entries that are wasting space and slowing down your system. Includes functions for cleaning up your hard drive, the Windows® Registry, your Internet surfing trail and even unnecessary duplicates of system and program library files stored by some applications.
* Tuning Tools: A set of tools for adjusting and optimizing Windows® system performance. Includes tools for configuring auto-starting programs, blocking IP spam, adjusting your default Windows® setting and speeding up your Internet access, and a process manager that enables you to view all running processes and kill them if necessary.
* File Tools: Tools for splitting, joining, encrypting, decrypting and permanently deleting files. Also includes a disk space explorer program that provides valuable information on how the space on your hard disks is used.
* Tweaking Tools: Enables you to adjust a huge number of Windows® settings quickly and easily (now well over 450 individual settings). Also includes a powerful one-click disk defragmenter, a system information tool, a system benchmark tool, a visual styler tool for changing the look of Windows® and a tool for viewing and changing file associations.

New Modules and Tweaking Tools:
The new version includes three new modules and a completely new Vista-compatible version of the disk defragmenter. In addition to this a very large number of new options has been added to the popular Tweaking Tools module - you can now adjust well over 450 Windows® system settings, and each setting is clearly explained so that you always know what you are doing.

- System Benchmark. The System Benchmark module tests the processor (integer and floating point) and memory performance of your system and compares the aggregate result with the performance of reference systems. Check out how your computer stacks up in today’s market!

- Visual Styler. The Visual Styler caters to all those who are never satisfied with how their desktop looks. It enables you to replace system icons, apply transparency settings to Windows® components and application windows and more. It also includes quick presets for many common applications.

- Process Manager. The Process Manager is an essential tool for dealing with badly-behaved programs. It lists all the processes active on your computer, displays information on the process details and allows you to kill programs manually if necessary.

- Disk Defragmenter. The completely new disk defragmenter is fully compatible with Windows Vista™ in both the 32 and 64 bit versions and is now even faster and more efficient. Users also say that it is easier to use than any other defragmenter they have tried.

- Tweaking Tools. The Tweaking Tools now offer well over 450 Windows® configuration options, including customization settings for Windows logon, the Control Panel, Internet Explorer®, Windows® Explorer, Windows® Media Player, system appearance, system settings and much more.

Here are just a few of the new tweaking options:
- Windows® logon: Change your logon settings and activate or deactivate automatic logon
- File system: Show/hide drives, autostart settings for drives, NTFS file system options and much more
- Control Panel: Directly adjust the settings for many of the modules in the Windows® Control Panel
- Internet Explorer: Security settings, search engines, window titles etc.
- Windows® Media Player: Directly configure important Windows® Media Player options, including privacy and security settings
- MS Outlook® & Office: Set the attachments to be allowed or blocked by Outlook® and many other Outlook® and Office settings
- Windows® Explorer: Customize Windows® Explorer to look and behave the way you want - configure the toolbar background, video preview options, user tracking and much more
- Appearance: Adjust the appearance of Windows® (XP), including the wallpaper, visual effects, the taskbar, the Start menu and much more
- System settings: Configure memory usage, system startup behaviour, system folders, network settings and much more

Other changes and improvements:
Ashampoo WinOptimizer 4 is packed with other improvements that make the whole program look, feel and perform better. The graphical interface and user interface have been updated, there are new skins for Vista and there are lots of minor new functions and improvements in all the modules.

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The program is designated to recover passwords for following types of hashes:

MySQL
MySQL5
DES (Unix)
MD4
MD4 (Base64)
MD4 (HMAC)
MD5
MD5 (Base64)
MD5 (HMAC)
MD5 (Unix)
MD5 (APR)
SHA-1
SHA-1 (Base64)
SHA-1 (HMAC)
Domain Cached Credentials
As well as for hashes used by various PHP-programs:

– md5(md5($pass))
– md5(md5($pass).$salt)
– md5(md5($salt).md5($pass))
– sha1($username.$pass)

Program features

:: Passwords recovery using following methods:
- Preliminary attack;
- Brute-force attack (including distributed attack);
- Mask attack;
- Simple dictionary attack;
- Combined dictionary attack;
- Hybrid dictionary attack;
- Rainbow-tables attack;
:: Recovery of passwords up to 127 character length;
:: Recovery of passwords for incomplete hashes of any type;
:: User’s hashes editor;
:: Search of data in the list of imported users;
:: Quick add of the hash using dialog box;
:: Quick check of the current password for all imported users;
:: Use of symbol replacement tables for the simple dictionary attack;
:: Unlimited number of dictionaries used for dictionary attack;
:: Unlimited number of tables used for Rainbow-tables attack;
:: Unlimited number of users with hashes (in the licensed version);

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K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even some rare formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack always very up-to-date with the newest (and/or best) versions of the components. The installation is fully customizable, meaning that you are able install exactly those components that you really want. Uninstallation removes all files and registry entries created by the pack. It is extremely easy to make a fully customized unattended installation. It tries to avoid potential problems with existing codecs and even fixes some problems. The pack is able to detect broken codecs and filters on your system, and remove them for you. It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies. Suitable for both novice and expert users. The K-Lite Codec Pack works on Windows 2000/XP/2003/XP64/Vista.

Features of K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 3.4.0:
Player:
* Media Player Classic [version 6.4.9.0+ | build 2007-08-28]
ffdshow:
* ffdshow [revision 1446]
* ffdshow VFW interface
* extra plugins
DirectShow video filters:
* XviD [version 1.2.0-dev build 2007-07-25]
* DivX [version 6.6.1.4]
* CoreAVC [version 1.5.0.0]
* On2 VP6 [version 6.4.2.0]
* On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
* MPEG-2 (Cyberlink) [version 8.0.0.1828]
* MPEG-2 (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.3+]
* MPEG-1 (MainConcept) [version 1.0.0.78]
DirectShow audio filters:
* MP3 (Fraunhofer) [version 1.9.0.311]
* AC3/DTS/LPCM (AC3Filter) [version 1.46]
* Vorbis (CoreVorbis) [version 1.1.0.79]
* AAC (CoreAAC) [version 1.2.0.575]
* MusePack (RadLight) [version 1.0.0.4]
* WavPack (CoreWavPack) [version 1.1.0]
* OptimFROG (RadLight) [version 1.0.0.1]
* DC-Bass Source [version 1.1.0.0]
DirectShow source filters:
* AVI splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.7+]
* AVI splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.7.189.11]
* MP4 splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.7.189.11]
* MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.3+]
* Matroska splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.7.189.11]
* Matroska splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.2.9+]
* Ogg splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.7.189.11]
* Ogg splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.0+]
* MPEG PS/TS splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.3+]
* MPEG PS/TS splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.7.189.11]
* FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.2+]
* CDDA Reader (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.1]
* CDXA Reader (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.1]
* AC3/DTS Source (AC3File) [version 0.5b]
DirectShow subtitle filter:
* DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.37 + fixes]
VFW video codecs:
* XviD [version 1.2.0-dev build 2007-07-25]
* DivX Pro [version 6.6.1.4]
* x264 [revision 606]
* On2 VP6 [version 6.4.2.0]
* On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
* Intel Indeo 4 [version 4.51.16.2]
* Intel Indeo 5 [version 5.2562.15.54]
* Intel I.263 [version 2.55.1.16]
* huffyuv [version 2.1.1 CCE Patch 0.2.5]
* I420 (Helix) [version 1.2]
* YV12 (Helix) [version 1.2]
ACM audio codecs:
* MP3 (Fraunhofer) [version 3.4.0.0]
* MP3 (LAME) [version 3.97]
* AC3ACM [version 1.3.1]
* AC3Filter.ACM [version 1.46]
* Vorbis [version 0.0.3.6]
* DivX Audio [version 4.2.0.0]
Real Alternative:
* RealMedia codecs [version 6.0.12.1741]
* RealMedia plugin for Internet Explorer
* RealMedia plugin for Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape/Opera
* RealMedia DirectShow splitter [version 1.0.1.2]
Tools:
* Codec Tweak Tool [version 2.1.3]
* GSpot Codec Information Appliance [version 2.70a]
* VobSubStrip [version 0.11]
* GraphEdit [build 041201]
* AVI Fixed [version 2.0b1]
* FourCC Changer
* Bitrate Calculator

Changes in K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 3.4.0 (2007-08-31):
* Updated Media Player Classic
* Updated ffdshow to revision 1446
* Updated CoreAVC to version 1.5
* Updated AC3Filter to version 1.46
* Updated AC3Filter.ACM to version 1.46
* Updated FLV splitter
* Added AC3ACM
* Minor changes

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SuperTV lets you watch online TV programs from USA, UK, Canada, China, and other countries and regions. All channels are free to try, including those countries’ regular TV stations and their broadcasts. Want to look HBO, National Geographic Channel, TV programs that cable tv does not have? To see latest live sport even in the office? Donot like to share watching Tv with others? Using SuperTV, all the problems will be solved, make the PC to a TV receiver.

SuperTV lets you watch live TV Channels from all over the world, including China, Hongkong and Taiwan.

:: Automaticlly remember the window’s position and size, no need to adjust manually every time.
:: Very easy to use, good and stable.
:: Zip file is small , run quickly.
:: No TV CARD is REQUIRED. All programs are free to watch.
:: The channels database is updated periodly.

More than 1000 TV channels.

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VueScan is a scanning program that works with most high-quality flatbed and film scanners to produce scans that have excellent color fidelity and color balance.
VueScan is very easy to use, and also has advanced features for restoring faded colors, batch scanning and other features used by professional photographers.
VueScan changes nothing on your system, installs nothing in your operating system and all other scanner software will continue to function. You can purchase VueScan at any time and instantly get a serial number that disables image watermarking.

What’s new in version 8.4.35
“ * Fixed problem with some HP OfficeJet and LaserJet scanners
* Fixed problem with Epson Perfection 636U
* Fixed problem with Kodak RFS3570

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