Free Internet Utility Software

Google Toolbar - Toolbar for IE and Firefox providing some useful features which make Internet surfing much easyer. Search with Google from any web page, block annoying pop-ups, automatically fill out forms for faster online shopping, SpellCheck - Check your spelling whenever you type in web forms, WordTranslator - Translate English words into other languages. AutoLink (US only) - Turn street addresses into links to online maps
Download           OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP | Mac OS X | Linux           

Naomi - Naomi is an Internet content filtering program, intended for families and parents in particular. It constantly monitors all Internet connections for inappropriate materials, and immediately closes down the browser if encountered. The programs considerations include obscene or violent contents; pornography and erotism in the form of images or texts, as well as sites that popularize drugs, gambling, terrorism, hate propaganda and more. The program uses a built-in filter list (which cannot be modified) as well as heuristic scanning and semantic analysis of web pages and links. It recognizes more than 10 major languages and supports the ICRA labeling system. The interface is password protected to prevent unauthorized disabling of the filter. Naomi`s biggest strength is that it is completely fool-proof and fully automatic, with no additional configurations (other than picking a password), it supports any browser or Internet application and does not change any of your settings - on the downside, it does not offer any control over the filters. The filtering worked well during our tests.
Download           OS: Windows 2000/XP           

FireTune for Mozilla Firefox - FireTune for Mozilla Firefox v1.x was developed for an easy and fast optimization of your browsing experience with Firefox. It is based on a collection of popular and well working optimization settings used and tested by the experts. Usually you have to optimize Firefox manually, which can be time consuming and difficult for the novice user. FireTune helps you here - it includes all the performance optimizations. The only thing you must do is: make your selection. FireTune does the work for you.
Download           OS: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista           

PopUpXPert - You're probably sick of those annoying pop-up windows that do suddenly appear while you are surfing the internet. Some websites automatically open new instances of Internet Explorer, which might open more and more new windows and so on. When you try to close such pop-ups manually, some of them open new pop-ups - this way you're not able to get rid of them at all. PopUpXPert will help you: it stops Internet Explorer Pop-Ups. Once activated, PopUpXPert will scan new instances of Internet Explorer for known pop-up phrases or servers - if it finds a known pop-up window, it will immediately close it. This method is much better compared to other popup blockers that do block any new instance of Internet Explorer - no matter if it's a PopUp or not.
Download           OS: Windows XP           

NetAnts - is a download manager designed to maximize throughput by making multiple FTP or HTTP connections, each of which downloads a separate part of a single big file. NetAnts allows you to easily perform batch downloads from the Internet. Easy to use and very convenient, NetAnts allows you to surf the Web without waiting for downloads to complete. You can manually add remote file names to the queue or let it capture clicks from your browser. For added convenience, you can send the program to the system tray and leave a very small always-on-top "drop-basket" on your desktop to accept URLs that you drag and drop from your Web browser. You can also activate a Clipboard monitor that automatically grabs file names as they're copied. Other features include multithreading support, resumed downloads, URL snatcher, Traffic regulation, auto login into secure sites, HTTP/FTP/SOCKS proxy support, categorization of downloaded files, a handy download scheduler and full logging support.
Download           OS: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP            Size: 1130Kb

RoboForm - RoboForm is an award-winning automated password manager and web form filler with some serious Artificial Intelligence. This is what it does: AutoSave passwords in browser. AutoFill passwords to login form. Click Login button for you. Fill personal info into online forms. Save offline passwords & notes. Generate Secure Random Passwords. Encrypt passwords and personal data using AES, Blowfish, RC6, 3-DES or 1-DES algorithms. All personal info is stored on your computer only. Take RoboForm with you on USB disk for ultimate portability. Sync your passwords and notes to Palm or Pocket PC. Backup & Restore, Print your passwords. More features: drill down for more. It is well-behaved: NO ADWARE, NO SPYWARE. Works under Windows as an add-on to IE-based browsers. Works with Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox under Windows.
Download           OS: Windows

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