UltraEdit

URL: http://www.ultraedit.com Quick Summary One of the best investments I ever made was to pony up a few extra bucks over a decade ago to buy the lifetime license for UltraEdit. It’s lightning fast, has more features than a dozen Swiss army knives, has fantastic, responsive and personal support (no outsourced tech support that claims their name is “Ken” and…

Security Task Manager

URL: http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/ Quick Summary When I’m checking out a system for malware, one of my first stops is to install Neuber’s Security Task Manager. I came across this little gem several years ago, when a client asked me to investigate the “Case of the Missing Space”. Basically, their drives were constantly losing free space, and none…

Comodo Internet Security Review

Quick Summary For the past year, I’ve been tight with Comodo Internet Security Pro. I have it on just about every box I own, including my wife’s computer and my parents’ computers. It’s done a fairly good job so far and has some well-rounded features (stateful antivirus for better performance, behavior-based protection, auto-sandboxing of new…