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Release Date: Saturday, March 8, 2008
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The K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is a free software bundle which includes the K-Lite Codec Pack Full and Real Alternative.
Features:
- K-Lite Codec Pack 3.8.0 Full
- Real Alternative 1.75

Release Date: Saturday, March 8, 2008
Release Notes:
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a free collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. The very user-friendly installation is fully customizable, which means that you can install only those components that you want.
There are three versions of the K-Lite Codec Pack: The Basic version contains only the most essential codecs and related tools. The Standard version contains everything what is needed to play all the commonly used formats. The Full version contains even more codecs and also has encoding support. The Corporate version is a special version for use in a corporate environment.
The text in black applies to the Full, Standard and Basic versions, the text in green applies to the Full and Standard versions and the text in red applies to the Full version only.
Feature descriptions:
- XviD Decoding 1.2.0-dev build 2008-01-10 is required for playing XviD movies. XviD is currently the most popular format.
- DivX Decoding 6.8.0.0 is required for playing DivX movies.
- Fraunhofer MP3 DirectShow decoder 1.9.0.311 is required for playing movies that have a MP3 audio stream.
- AC3 DirectShow decoder (AC3Filter) 1.46 is required for playing movies that have an AC3 audio stream.
- DirectVobSub (VSFilter) 2.38 is a tool for displaying subtitles. Your subtitle files should have the same filename as your video file (for example MovieName.avi, MovieName.idx and MovieName.sub) and should be in the same folder (directory) as your video file. Then the subtitles will automatically be displayed in most players. Use the older version if you have problems with this version.
- GSpot Codec Information Appliance 2.70a is a tool that can tell you exactly which codecs are needed to play a certain video file. This is very helpful when you have troubles playing a video file.
- VobSubStrip 0.11 is a tool which can strip languages from VobSub subtitle files (.idx and .sub files).
Feature list:
- XviD Decoding 1.2.0-dev build 2008-01-10
- DivX Decoding 6.8.0.0
- Fraunhofer MP3 DirectShow decoder 1.9.0.311
- AC3 DirectShow decoder (AC3Filter) 1.46
- DirectVobSub (VSFilter) 2.38
- GSpot Codec Information Appliance 2.70a
- VobSubStrip 0.11

Release Date: Thursday, June 14, 2007
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The K-Lite MPEG Pack is a bundle of decoders for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video and MPEG audio.
It contains several different filters to choose from, so you can pick your favorite ones.
- Video: Cyberlink, DScaler5, InterVideo, Gabest, MainConcept and Ligos
- Audio: Ligos, InterVideo and MainConcept
- Splitter: Cyberlink, Gabest, MainConcept, Elecard and Ligos

Release Date: Friday, February 22, 2008
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This pack contains the following applications:
- Avidemux 2.4.1.3791
Avidemux is a very powerful tool for editing video files. It supports almost every type of video file as input. It can do lots of things: cut, convert, etc. It contains its own decoders and encoders for all common audio and video formats, so it does not need any codecs.
- DVDStyler 1.6.0
DVDStyler is a basic DVD authoring tool. With this you can create your own DVDs, complete with a custom menu.
- ImgBurn 2.4.0.0
ImgBurn is a tool for burning DVD image files (ISO, IMG, etc.).

Usage example:
Converting an AVI file to DVD
- Use Avidemux to convert your file into a DVD compatible format: MPEG-2 video, AC3 audio and MPEG-PS container format
- Drag and drop the converted file(s) into DVDStyler and create a custom menu, for example just a simple button to start the movie, then select the Burn DVD... option in the menu to generate an ISO file
- Burn this ISO file with ImgBurn on a blank DVD

Release Date: Monday, July 7, 2008
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The K-Lite Codec Tweak Tool is a standalone version of the tool that is included in the K-Lite (Mega) Codec Pack.
With the K-Lite Codec Tweak Tool you can do things like:
- Scan the registry to detect and remove broken references to codecs and filters
- Generate a detailed log of all installed codecs and filters
- Enable or disable over 190 codecs and filters (if they are installed)

Release Date: Friday, November 30, 2007
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With the MOV Download Tool you can download QuickTime MOV files from websites.
The MOV Download Tool acts as a proxy between those QuickTime buttons, which you can find on various websites, mostly for HD (High Definition) content, and the QuickTime Player. The URLs are intercepted by the tool and it presents you a list of actions to choose from. This tool is also able to extract URLs from .qtl files. Those can be found on for example the Yahoo! Movie site.

Release Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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QT Lite is a lightweight version of QuickTime. It contains only the essential components that are required for viewing QuickTime content in your favorite webbrowser.

Release Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install QuickTime Player from Apple. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages. The very user-friendly installation is fully customizable, which means that you can install only those components that you want.
QuickTime Alternative Lite is QuickTime Alternative without Media Player Classic. The text in red does not apply to QuickTime Alternative Lite.
Feature descriptions:
- QuickTime codecs 7.50.61.0 (QuickTime Alternative 2.6.0) or 7.2.0.240 (QuickTime Alternative 1.90) or 6.5.2.10 (QuickTime Alternative 1.56) are required for playing QuickTime movies and audio.
- QuickTime ActiveX control 7.50.61.0 (QuickTime Alternative 2.6.0) or 7.2.0.240 (QuickTime Alternative 1.90) or 6.5.2.10 (QuickTime Alternative 1.56) allows you to view QuickTime content that is embedded in a webpage. The QuickTime Browser plugin supports Internet Explorer. Other programs might also need this component.
- QuickTime Browser plugin 7.50.61.0 (QuickTime Alternative 2.6.0) or 7.2.0.240 (QuickTime Alternative 1.90) or 6.5.2.10 (QuickTime Alternative 1.56) allows you to view QuickTime content that is embedded in a webpage. The QuickTime Browser plugin supports Mozilla, Firefox, Seamonkey, Netscape and Opera.
- QuickTime Control Panel is required for configuring some QuickTime settings.
- QuickTime plugins are required for viewing some special formats that are sometimes used on webpages. The QuickTime plugins include iPIX and QuickTimeVR.
- QuickTime DirectShow filter allows you to play QuickTime content in all DirectShow enabled players. Without this filter QuickTime content can only be played in Media Player Classic.
Feature list:
- QuickTime codecs 7.50.61.0 / 7.2.0.240 / 6.5.2.10
- QuickTime ActiveX control 7.50.61.0 / 7.2.0.240 / 6.5.2.10
- QuickTime Browser plugin 7.50.61.0 / 7.2.0.240 / 6.5.2.10
- QuickTime Control Panel
- QuickTime plugins
- QuickTime DirectShow filter
What's New in QuickTime Alternative 2.6.0:
- Updated QuickTime codecs to 7.50.61.0
- Updated QuickTime ActiveX control to 7.50.61.0
- Updated QuickTime Browser plugin to 7.50.61.0
- Minor fixes and improvements

Release Date: Monday, December 3, 2007
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QuickTime MPEG-2 Plugin allows you to play QuickTime content in all DirectShow enabled players. QuickTime MPEG-2 Plugin is required for MPEG Streamclip.

Release Date: Monday, April 28, 2008
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Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer or RealOne Player from Real Networks. Supported are: RealAudio (.ra .rpm), RealMedia (.rm .ram .rmvb .rpx .smi .smil), RealText (.rt) and ReadPix (.rp). It also supports RealMedia content that is embedded in webpages. The very user-friendly installation is fully customizable, which means that you can install only those components that you want.
Real Alternative Lite is Real Alternative without Media Player Classic. The text in red does not apply to Real Alternative Lite.
Feature descriptions:
- RealMedia codecs 6.0.14.806 are required for playing RealMedia movies and audio. RealMedia .smi and .smil files are not fully supported, only the first part of a clip will be played. This is a limitation of the current Media Player Classic.
- RealMedia ActiveX control 6.0.14.806 allows you to view RealMedia content that is embedded in a webpage. The RealMedia ActiveX control supports Internet Explorer. Other programs might also need this component.
- RealMedia Browser plugin 6.0.14.806 allows you to view RealMedia content that is embedded in a webpage. The RealMedia Browser plugin supports Mozilla, Firefox, Seamonkey, Netscape and Opera.
- RealMedia DirectShow splitter 1.0.1.2 allows you to play RealMedia content in all DirectShow enabled players. Without this splitter RealMedia content can only be played in Media Player Classic.
- RealMedia Settings tool is required for configuring the proper settings used for streaming RealMedia content.
Feature list:
- RealMedia codecs 6.0.14.806
- RealMedia ActiveX control 6.0.14.806
- RealMedia Browser plugin 6.0.14.806
- RealMedia DirectShow splitter 1.0.1.2
- RealMedia Settings tool
What's New in Real Alternative 1.80:
- Updated RealMedia codecs to 6.0.14.806
- Updated RealMedia Browser plugin to 6.0.14.806
- Minor fixes and improvements

Release Date: Saturday, July 22, 2006
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Windows Media Lite will allow you to play and stream Windows Media files without having to install Windows Media Player from Microsoft. In all recent Windows versions Windows Media Player is installed by default, but some tools (like nLite and XPlite) allow you to remove Windows Media Player from your system or even prevent it from ever being installed. The downside to this is that vital components for Windows Media playback are also removed. As a result you won't be able to play or stream Windows Media content. A solution for this problem is Windows Media Lite, which restores those vital components. The very user-friendly installation is fully customizable, which means that you can install only those components that you want.
Features:
- Windows Media Codecs (DirectShow/VCM/DMO)
- Windows Media Core Components
- Windows Media Player Core Components
- Windows Media Browser plugin for Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Firefox, Seamonkey, Netscape and Opera

Release Date: Friday, July 4, 2008
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BSplayer is a player for playing back any file for which you have a codec.

Release Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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VideoLAN is an excellent multimedia player with it's own plugins for playing different formats, so it doesn't need any codecs to be installed. It works great for previewing partially downloaded files too. It can also be used as a server to stream on a (wired or wireless) high-bandwidth IP (Internet Protocol) version 4 or 6 network in multicast or unicast. VLC (VideoLAN Client) is cross-platform and supports Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, Solaris, Crux Linux, Debian GNU (GNU's Not Unix) Linux, Familiar Linux, Fedora Core Linux, Gentoo Linux, Mandrake Linux, Red Hat Linux, Slackware Linux, Novell's SuSE (System und Software Entwicklung = System and software development) Linux, Turbo Linux, NetBSD (Berkeley Software Distribution), OpenBSD, FreeBSD, QNX, Zaurus and Windows CE (Windows Mobile) for Pocket PC. The installer includes the eMule partfile plugin, which lets you preview eMule partfiles more efficiently.
What's New in VideoLAN 0.8.6i:
- View

Release Date: Monday, February 21, 2005
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TMPGEnc (Tsunami MPEG Encoder) can convert AVI (Audio Video Interleave) files into the MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 (Motion Pictures Expert Group or Moving Pictures Expert Group) format which is used for (S)VCDs ((Super) Video CDs). It will only take a few hours to convert and compress a whole movie in high quality.

Release Date: Monday, November 14, 2005
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RAD Game Tools Splitter is a DirectShow filter for playback of Bink (.bik) and Smacker (.smk) files. These formats are often used for videos in games.

Release Date: Monday, April 28, 2008
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CoreAVC is a DirectShow filter for decoding H.264 video. It has very good performance.

Release Date: Friday, December 21, 2007
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A bundle with all versions of the Intel Indeo codecs.

Release Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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FlacDrop is a tool for encoding WAV to FLAC and for decoding FLAC to WAV.

Release Date: Friday, July 4, 2008
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LAME MP3 Encoder is a tool for encoding WAV to MP3 and for decoding MP3 to WAV.

Release Date: Friday, July 4, 2008
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LameDropXPd is a tool for encoding WAV to MP3 and for decoding MP3 to WAV.

Release Date: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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OggDropXPd is a tool for encoding WAV to OGG and for decoding OGG to WAV.

Release Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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WavPackDrop a tool for encoding WAV to WavPack and for decoding WavPack to WAV.

Release Date: Sunday, April 15, 2007
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Voxware Audio is a set of DirectShow decoding filters for Voxware MetaSound and MetaVoice audio. These audio formats occur very very rarely in AVI files. These filters are a bit buggy, so don't install them unless you really need them.

Release Date: Monday, December 24, 2007
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Speex DirectShow Filter is a decoding filter for Speex (.spx) audio files. Speex is an open source audio compression format designed for speech. Speex is a lossy format, meaning quality is permanently degraded to reduce the filesize.

Release Date: Sunday, December 30, 2007
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Dirac DirectShow Filter is a decoding filter for Dirac (.drc) video files. Dirac is a general-purpose video codec aimed at resolutions from QCIF (176x144) to HDTV (1920x1080) progressive or interlaced. It uses wavelets, motion compensation and arithmetic coding and aims to be competitive with other state of the art codecs.

Release Date: Sunday, December 30, 2007
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PMP Splitter is a decoding filter for PSP (.pmp) video files.

Release Date: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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DirectVobSub (VSFilter) is a tool for displaying subtitles. Your subtitle files should have the same filename as your video file (for example MovieName.avi, MovieName.idx and MovieName.sub) and should be in the same folder (directory) as your video file. Then the subtitles will automatically be displayed in most players.
Note that this is an old version of DirectVobSub (VSFilter). Use this old version only if you have problems with the newer versions of DirectVobSub, which are included in the K-Lite (Mega) Codec Pack.

Release Date: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher is a DirectShow filter for switching between streams in a media file. This filter is only needed if you want to play files that contain multiple audio, video or subtitles streams. This filter for example prevents multiple audio streams to be played simultaneously and instead allows you to choose one of them. Most modern video players already have a stream switcher build in, so usually this filter is not needed.

Release Date: Monday, December 24, 2007
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DivX VFW contains only the DivX VFW codec, nothing else. Therefore this is for encoding only, not for playback.

Release Date: Monday, February 25, 2008
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The Xvid codec is required for playing Xvid movies. Xvid is currently the most popular format for video. This package contains the Xvid DirectShow decoding filter and the Xvid VFW Codec.

Release Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008
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MediaInfo Lite is a tool to analyze media files. It can give you information about the audio and video format, video resolution, duration, etc.
It optionally includes a shell extension for Windows Explorer. When installed, it will show you information when you move your mouse pointer over the media file.

Release Date: Thursday, May 22, 2008
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jv16 PowerTools, which includes RegSupreme Pro, is a full set of tools to keep your computer up and running. Until now your computer might have been the one who is in charge, but with jv16 PowerTools you can take control. With this software you can automatically clean your Windows registry from obsolete and unneeded data, automatically fix many kinds of registry errors, such as broken file references, easily uninstall leftover traces of software you have thought you have already uninstalled ages ago, detect and remove unneeded history data and MRU (most recently used) lists that can contain sensitive information about you, locate and delete unneeded files, including temp files and duplicate files and much more. When using these tools your computer will begin to perform better, run smoother and start faster, your privacy will be improved and the risk of sensitive data leaking to others will be minimized. Also you will save time by having to spend less time to maintain your computer. jv16 PowerTools is a Windows optimization utility suite containing many advanced tools, but advanced doesn't mean difficult to use: Even the smallest details in the product have been designed with the ease of use in mind. The Windows Control Panel like user interface for example makes the product easy to learn and the automatic backup creation makes it safe to use, even if you are learning by trying and make a mistake sometime, since you can always restore the backup created by the program. jv16 PowerTools includes a Software Manager, Startup Manager and Registry Manager, Cleaner, Finder, Monitor, Compactor, etc. and (Duplicate) File Finder, Cleaner, Organizer, Recovery, etc. and Directory Finder, Disk Wiper, One Click Cleaner, History Cleaner and Automation Tool for all other tools.
The only difference in the HB version is that it also includes the Handbooks.

Release Date: Thursday, September 20, 2007
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RegSupreme Pro is a registry cleaner and a lightweight Windows maintenance tool which can also uninstall software. RegSupreme Pro can also find and remove hidden traces of any installed software. The multilingual user interface allows you to use the program in all major languages. The automatic backup feature makes backups of everything the program removes or modifies.

Release Date: Thursday, September 20, 2007
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RegSupreme is a registry cleaner and a lightweight Windows maintenance tool. RegSupreme can find and remove hidden traces of any installed software. The multilingual user interface allows you to use the program in all major languages. The automatic backup feature makes backups of everything the program removes or modifies.

Release Date: Monday, April 14, 2008
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TreeSize Professional is a powerful and flexible harddisk space manager. Find out which folders are the largest on your drives and recover megabytes on them. TreeSize Professional shows you the size, allocated and wasted space, the number of files, 3D bar and pie charts, the last access date, the file owner, the NTFS compression rate and much more information for several folders or drives you choose. It also lets you search for old, big and temporary files. The application has an intuitive Explorer-like user interface and it is fast and multithreaded. You can print detailed reports or export the collected Data to Excel and to an HTML, XML or ASCII file. TreeSize Professional can be started from the context menu of every folder or drive.

Release Date: Friday, May 9, 2008
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Nero CD-DVD Speed, the predecessor of Nero DiscSpeed, is a benchmark which can test the most important features of an optical drive. These tests include: Transfer rate, Seek times, CPU (Central Processing Unit) usage, Burst rate, DAE (Digital Audio Extraction) quality & Spinup/spindown time. It can also check the CD (Compact Disk) and DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) media quality.
What's New in Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.7.7.16:
- Small improvements and bug fixes
What's New in Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.7.7.15:
- Improved support for HD DVD, BD and DVD-RW DL
- Moved capture button from title bar to client area
- Improved BitSetting support for LG and LiteOn drives
- Added jitter support for LiteOn 20A3 drives to the Disc Quality Test
- Improved Disc Quality Test support for recent Asus drives
- Small improvements and bug fixes

Release Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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Nero DiscSpeed (previously Nero CD-DVD Speed) is a benchmark which can test the most important features of an optical drive. These tests include: Transfer rate, Seek times, CPU (Central Processing Unit) usage, Burst rate, DAE (Digital Audio Extraction) quality & Spinup/spindown time. It can also check the media quality of an optical disc.

Release Date: Friday, May 16, 2008
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eMule connects to the eDonkey network and is one of the best P2P (peer-to-peer, point-to-point, person-to-person) filesharing programs available today. It provides sharing of all kinds of media (films, video, audio, music, albums, pictures, documents, books, etc.) and software (applications, games, etc.). eDonkey combines the strengths of Napster, Gnutella (LimeWire), Direct Connect, FastTrack (Kazaa Lite K++, Clean Grokster, iMesh Light), SoulSeek and BitTorrent while avoiding their problems. eMule doesn't rely on a central server, yet searches are quick and your client doesn't get bogged down with endless search requests. You have the ability to search all the files being shared anywhere on the network. It automatically resumes interrupted transfers from alternate sources. The client also incorporates a serverless network based on Kademlia.
Features:
- Clients use several networks to create one reliable network (eDonkey, Source Exchange, Kademlia)
- eMule's Queue and Credit system helps to ensure that everyone will get the file he wants by promoting those that upload back to the network
- eMule is completely free and Open Source under the restrictions of the GPL (General Public License)
- Each file checked for corruptions while downloading to ensure an error free file
- The eMule Intelligent Corruption Control helps to speed up the correction of corrupted parts
- Auto priorities and Source management allows you to start many downloads without having to monitor them
- The Preview function allows you to look at your Videos and Archives before they are completed
- The eMule features webservices and a webserver that allows you to have quick access to and from the Internet
- You can create categories for your download to organize them
- To find the file you want, eMule offers a wide range of search possibilities which include: Servers (Local and Global), webbased (FileDonkey) and Kademlia
- eMule also allows you to use very complex Boolean searches that make the searches much more flexible
- With the messaging and friend system, you can send messages to other Clients and add them as friends
- In your friend list, you can always see if a friend is online
- With the build in IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client, you can chat with other downloaders and chatters around the globe
- To avoid downloading fake files, there are lots of sites with verifieds (links to verified files)
- LinkCreator can be used to create ed2k links with or without hashset
- A big IP blocklist is included in the installer, this will prevent a lot of computers who monitor filesharing activity or spread fake files from making a connection
- Supports Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 98 SE (Second Edition), ME (Millennium Edition), NT (New Technology) 4.0 SP (Service Pack) 6, 2000, XP (eXPerience), 2003, 2008 and Vista (both 32-bit and 64-bit)
- eMule is distributed together with a huge FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) with answers to lots of possible questions
What's New in eMule 0.49a build 2:
- Updated the server list
- Updated the IP blocklist, this will prevent a lot of computers who monitor filesharing activity or spread fake files from making a connection
- Updated the included links to sites with verified files
- Improved the default configuration
- Updated LinkCreator to 0.7, LinkCreator can be used to create ed2k links with or without hashset
- Minor fixes and improvements

Release Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2006
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3DMark is a benchmark made by Futuremark (formerly MadOnion) to determine the DirectX performance of graphics cards. 3DMark can be used for comparing different visual processing units.

Release Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2006
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3DMark is a benchmark made by Futuremark (formerly MadOnion) to determine the DirectX performance of graphics cards. 3DMark can be used for comparing different visual processing units.

Release Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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Internet Explorer is a webbrowser based on the Trident render engine, which does not follow the W3C Web Standards. Internet Explorer Collection contains multiple standalone versions of IE, which can be used at the same time.
Internet Explorer Collection contains the following versions of IE:
- Internet Explorer 1.0 (4.40.0.308)
- Internet Explorer 1.5 (0.1.0.10)
- Internet Explorer 2.01 (2.1.0.46)
- Internet Explorer 3.0 (3.0.1152)
- Internet Explorer 4.01 (4.72.3110.0)
- Internet Explorer 5.01 (5.00.3314.2100)
- Internet Explorer 5.5 (5.51.4807.2300)
- Internet Explorer 6.0 (6.00.2800.1106)
- Internet Explorer 7.0 (7.0.5730.13)
- Internet Explorer 8.0 (8.0.6001.17184)

Release Date: Saturday, March 8, 2008
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Malware Killer contains a bundle of tools to check a computer for adware, spyware and viruses. Malware Killer also provides the possibility to clean a computer if adware, spyware or viruses are found.

Release Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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This is a standalone on-demand version of McAfee VirusScan including the latest virus definitions. It can detect, clean or erase malware like viruses, worms and Trojan horses. McAfee VirusScan can also produce a log file in which the scanning results are stored.

Release Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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This is a standalone on-demand (manual) version of NOD32 Antivirus including the latest virus signature database updates. It can detect viruses, worms, Trojans and other malicious software and has very good cleaning capabilities, an unprecedented detection track record, fast scanning rates and extremely low utilization of system resources. NOD32 Antivirus can also be used to clean up an infected system or as a second opinion for your current scanner.

Release Date: Friday, September 21, 2007
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The compression utility WinRAR is an archive manager with support for packing RAR and ZIP archives and unpacking RAR, ZIP, ZIP64, 7Z (7-Zip), CAB, ARJ, LZH (Lempel-Ziv-Huffman), TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR (Java Archive developed by Sun Microsystems) and ISO (ISO9660) archives. You may use it to backup your data, reduce the size of email attachments, decompress files downloaded from the Internet and create your own file archives.

Release Date: Friday, November 23, 2007
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WinAce is an archiving utility with an easy-to-use interface for creating, extracting and viewing archives.
Features:
- Compression for ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB and JAR
- Decompression for ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, RAR, ARC, ARJ, GZip, TAR, ZOO and JAR
- Integrity check for ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, RAR, ARC, ARJ, GZip, TAR, ZOO and JAR
- Multi-volume (disk spanning) archives for ACE, ZIP and CAB
- SFX (self-extracting archives) for ACE and ZIP
- Repair functionality for ACE and ZIP
- Comment files in HTML, ANSI or ASCII for ACE and ZIP
- Authenticity verification for ACE
- Password encryption & recovery records for data protection
- Full command line access (compatible with DOS (Disk Operating System) ACE)
- Detailed information for all archive types
- Quickviewer for graphic files
- Quickviewer for Word Documents
- Quickviewer for HTML (HyperText Markup Language) pages
- Quickviewer for ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) files
- Full drag and drop support
- Complete file-management (copy, move and delete files and directories)
- Optimization of existing archives
- Access to your archives in Windows Explorer and via the context menu (shell extension)
- Table of contents in the Properties panel of ACE and ZIP (shell extension)

Release Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008
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Before WinRAR became popular WinZip was the most popular compression utility for Windows. WinZip allows you to quickly and easily zip and unzip files and folders. WinZip also supports encryption using the Rijndael AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) to protect your sensitive data.

Release Date: Monday, June 2, 2008
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Microsoft DirectX (previously WinG) is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation and rich audio. DirectX includes DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectInput, DirectSound, DirectMusic, DirectPlay and DirectShow. The most used API's (Application Programming Interfaces) in computer (PC or console) games include DirectX from Microsoft, OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) from SGI (Silicon Graphics) and Glide from 3dfx Interactive.

Release Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2003
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TweakUI gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings and more.

Release Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008
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IrfanView, made by Irfan Skiljan, is a fast and simple freeware image viewer, editor and converter that supports all major graphic formats, including AIF, ANI/CUR, ASF, AU/SND/AIF, AVI, B3D, BMP/DIB, CAM, CLP, CRW, DAT (VideoCD), DCR, DDS, DXF, Dicom/ACR, DJVU, ECW, EMF/WMF, EPS, FLI/FLC, FPX, FSH, G3, GIF, ICO/ICL/EXE/DLL, IFF/LBM, IMG/GEM, JPG2000, JPG/JPEG, JPM, KDC, LDF, LWF, MED, MID/MIDI/RMI, MNG/JNG, MOV, MP3, MPG/MPEG, MrSID, MRW, NEF, LM/NOL/NGG, OGG, ORF, PBM/PGM/PPM, PCX/DCX, PhotoCD, Mac PICT, PNG, PSD, PSP, QTIF, RAS/SUN, RAW, RAF, RA, RLE, SFF, SFW, SGI/RGB, SWF, TGA, TIF, TTF, TXT, WAD, WAV, WBMP, WBZ/WBC, WMA, WMV, XBM and XPM. In addition it features drag and drop support, directory viewing, TWAIN (Technology Without An Interesting Name) scan support, slide shows, batch conversion, multi language support, thumbnail option, preview option, print option, IPTC edit, capturing, extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs, lossless JPG (Joint Photographic Expert Group) rotation, EXE/SCR creating, many hotkeys, many command line options and modifications such as changing color depth, crop, blur and sharpen.

Release Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008
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Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows which supports many audio and video formats, custom appearances called skins and audio visualization effects.

Release Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2008 is a free utility that scans your memory, registry, harddisks, removable and optical drives for known adware and spyware components and lets you remove them easily and safely. Ad-Aware 2008 is designed to provide continuous protection from known aggressive advertising, datamining, parasites, scumware, keyloggers, selected traditional trojans, dialers, malware (malicious software), browser hijackers and tracking components. Ad-Aware 2008 will provide the user with the confidence to surf the Internet knowing that their privacy will remain intact. Download and install Ad-Aware 2008, Spybot Search & Destroy, Spyware Doctor and Spy Sweeper to protect your privacy.

Release Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Spybot Search & Destroy can detect and remove different kinds of spyware from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common anti-virus applications do not cover. If you see new toolbars in Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install, if your browser crashes or if the start page of the browser has changed without your knowing, you most probably have spyware. But even if you don't see anything, you may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is silently tracking your surfing behavior to create a marketing profile that will be sold to advertisement companies. Spybot Search & Destroy is free, so there's no harm in trying to see if something snooped into your computer. If you fear incompatibility with other software you are using, we can assure you that will not be the case. Spybot Search & Destroy can also clean usage tracks, an interesting function if you share your computer with other users and don't want them to see what you worked on. And for professional users, it allows to fix some registry inconsistencies and extended reports. Spybot Search & Destroy also delivers useful tools such as an e-mail list of opt-out addresses to stop unwanted solicitations and a file shredder to securely overwrite unwanted files deleted from your PC. For protection against ad-serving software, trojan horses and other means of tracking your surfing habits, get Spybot Search & Destroy immediately.

Release Date: Monday, July 21, 2008
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Spyware Doctor is an advanced adware and spyware removal utility that detects and cleans thousands of potential spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, spyware, cookies, trackware, spybots and other malware from your PC. This tool allows you to remove, ignore or quarantine identified Spyware. It also has an OnGuard system to immunize and protect your system against privacy threats as you work. By performing a fast detection at Windows start-up you will be alerted with a list of the potential threats identified.

Release Date: Thursday, June 5, 2008
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Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users. Not to share files, but to talk with them for free. The technology is extremely advanced, but very simple and easy to use. You will be making perfect quality free phone calls to your friends all over the world in no time using your computers sound card, speakers and microphone. Skype is available in the following languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Cesky (Czech), Danish, Deutsch (German), English, Español (Spanish), Estonian, Finnish, Française (French), Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italiano (Italian), Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Dutch (Dutch), Norsk (Norwegian), Polski (Polish), Português (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Svenska (Swedish). Simply download Skype and select the language during installation.
Features:
- Unlimited free high-quality worldwide voice communications
- Superior sound quality (better than your regular phone)
- Works with all firewall, NAT (Network Address Translation) and routers (nothing to configure)
- Friends list shows you when your Skype friends are online and ready to talk or chat
- Your calls are encrypted end-to-end for superior privacy
- Based on cutting edge P2P technology

Release Date: Sunday, April 29, 2007
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PuTTY is a free SSH, Telnet and Rlogin client for 32-bit Windows systems. SSH, Telnet and Rlogin are three ways of doing the same thing: logging in to a multi-user computer from another computer, over a network. Multi-user operating systems, such as Unix and VMS, usually present a command-line interface to the user, much like the Command Prompt or MS-DOS Prompt in Windows. The system prints a prompt, and you type commands which the system will obey. Using this type of interface, there is no need for you to be sitting at the same machine you are typing commands to. The commands and responses, can be sent over a network, so you can sit at one computer and give commands to another one, or even to more than one. SSH, Telnet and Rlogin are network protocols that allow you to do this. On the computer you sit at, you run a client, which makes a network connection to the other computer (the server). The network connection carries your keystrokes and commands from the client to the server and carries the server's responses back to you. These protocols can also be used for other types of keyboard-based interactive session. In particular, there are a lot of bulletin boards, talker systems and MUDs (Multi-User Dungeons) which support access using Telnet. There are even a few that support SSH.

Release Date: Saturday, April 12, 2008
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Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, online passwords, etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password you have a problem... A serious problem. The thief would have access to your computer, e-mail account, etc. Unimaginable.
KeePass Password Safe is a free open-source password safe and manager which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key and/or a key-disk. So you only have to remember one single master password and/or insert the key-disk to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms known today (AES and Twofish).

Release Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008
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Mozilla Firefox (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. It includes a popup blocker, tabbed browsing, a smarter search, hassle free downloading and improved privacy and security. Mozilla Firefox is a free webbrowser based on the Gecko render engine, which follows the W3C Web Standards much better then Windows Internet Explorer. Also there are a lot of handy extensions available for Firefox.
Mozilla Firefox is very easy to install: run the installer, follow the steps and set Mozilla Firefox to be the default browser after installation. From then on always start Firefox to surf the web.

Release Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008
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Mozilla Thunderbird is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component. The goal is to produce a cross platform standalone mail application using the XUL user interface language. The intended customer is someone who uses Mozilla Firefox (or another standalone browser) as their primary browser and wants a mail client based on Mozilla that works nice with the browser.

Release Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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Adobe Reader (previously Acrobat Reader) enables business professionals and home users to reliably share information using intelligent PDF (Portable Document Format) files. You can easily view, print and search PDF files using a variety of platforms and devices.
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is the file format created by Adobe in 1993 for document exchange. PDF is used for representing documents in a device-independent and display resolution-independent fixed-layout document format. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a document that includes the text, fonts, images, and 2D vector graphics that compose the document.

Release Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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Adobe Flash Player (previously Macromedia Flash Player) lets you view animation and entertainment on the Internet. It displays webapplication front-ends, high-impact website user interfaces, interactive online advertising and short-form to long-form animation. Since it is free of the design restrictions of more traditional web display options, you can use Flash to clearly and exactly express your brand and company identity.

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The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from Sun Microsystems contains the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), runtime class libraries and Java application launcher that are necessary to run programs written in the Java programming language.

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You can keep your Microsoft Windows-based computer up to date using Microsoft Update (previously Windows Update). Microsoft Update is a free Internet service from Microsoft that helps you get the latest updates for your computer, including critical security updates, performance improvements, enhancements, updated hardware drivers and the latest versions of Windows features such as the Windows Media Player. Microsoft Update is an alternative to picking and choosing the updates you need for your particular computer and software from the large library of all available updates. Because the service can identify the correct updates for your particular hardware and software, Microsoft Update makes it much easier to make sure your computer has all the latest operating system improvements. You can use the Microsoft Update website to review, select and install all the latest updates for your computer whenever you like, helping you to ensure that your computer stays up to date and secure.
Computer users must get into the habit of regularly running Microsoft Update on their computer operating system. Doing this on a regular basis is a good method of taking care of bug-fixes and minimizing security vulnerabilities. Computers and software are the new tools of our trade and it is the responsibility of the user to maintain them. Taking a few minutes each week to ensure your operating system and software applications are up-to-date is a pretty cheap insurance against having your computer compromised.
Remember that Microsoft does not distribute updates or patches by e-mail. If you receive e-mail purporting to be from Microsoft, claiming to be a security update, it is almost certainly a virus.