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Free TvDB is a program for the Windows operating system that assists you in managing your TV show collection.

Keeping track of TV shows you are interested in or collecting can be difficult especially if you are not only watching shows but also collecting them.

Free TvDB has been designed for two main purposes: keeping an overview of your TV show collection, and looking up information about shows you are interested in.

Detect It Easy is a free cross-platform program to analyze files you load into the application. It detects, among other things, the compiler and linker used, signatures, and other information about files.

The program has been designed specifically to reveal file signatures and how they are packed.

The program supports over 200 different file types that it can analyze, and defines (currently) the following file types: MSDOS, PE executable files for Windows, ELF executable files for Linux, MACH executable files for Mac OS, text files and binary files.

There has been an increase in reports pf security products recently which make user systems less secure when they are installed, used or even just present on the system.

Many antivirus companies have added tools and products to their security programs in recent years to increase the perceived value of the product, add new features to them that users may find useful, and to add new revenue opportunities in form of custom search deals.

Universal Extractor 2 is an unofficial rewrite of the original application that offers additional features and other improvements.

Universal Extractor is a handy program for Windows that enables you to extract the contents of supported installer files and archives.

The original program has not been updated since 2010, and while it works fine in many situations, a lack of updates usually means that it falls short in some regards. It may not be able to cope with new file formats, and if you encounter bugs or issues, those won't be resolved either.

Mozilla removed one of the available cookie control options in Firefox 44 effectively disabling the option for users to decide what to do with cookies that sites want to set on a per-cookie basis.

Firefox users had several options in regards to cookies ever since it was released to the public. Users could allow or block all cookies, configure exceptions for sites, block all third-party cookies, or configure the behavior to display a prompt whenever a site requests to set a cookie.

Flush is a free application for Google Android devices that provides you with options to find public toilets quickly.

The app may use your current location for its searches if you allow it to access location information, or you may enter a location directly to display information about public toilets this way.

The application uses information of its users to list public restrooms, and one of the core features that it makes available is an option to report a public toilet and to add a new one to the listing.

Mozilla announced a change to the release schedule of the Firefox web browser that moves it from a six-week interval to a variable interval.

When Mozilla announced the rapid release cycle for Firefox, it did so to get features and updates to users faster and to stay competitive.

Microsoft implemented a new security feature in Windows 10's November update build that added an option to the operating system to block the loading of untrusted fonts.

The use of fonts has always been problematic in the Windows operating system from a security point of view as bugs in font-handling code could give attackers high-level privileges.

NetworkOpenedFiles is a free portable program for the Windows operating system that displays open network files in its interface on launch.

The application displays all files that are currently open by other computers on a network giving users a quick overview of these files.

The program itself is easy to use, as it displays all relevant information on start without any user interaction.

It lists folders and files open currently, and various information about each item listed in its interface.

Gamminator is a simple program for the Windows operating system that enables you to change the gamma value of the display either manually through its interface or by using hotkeys that are accessible globally.

Normally, there is not much need for changing the gamma value of the display. There are situations however where it may make sense with gaming probably the most popular choice.

If you have played games on Windows before, you may have stumbled upon some that allow you to change the gamma value to make sure nothing's too dark or too bright in the game.

Google announced yesterday an addition to the company's Safe Browsing technology (Deceptive Site Ahead) that will flag sites with deceptive buttons to users of the company's Chrome web browser and in other programs that make use of Safe Browsing.

Deceptive buttons, either in the form of advertisement displayed on a page or embedded directly on a page by the owner of the site, come in many forms.

A recently disclosed vulnerability in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (free, premium and enterprise) allows attackers to run man in the middle attacks against systems running the software.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a popular second-opinion scanner, and the premium and enterprise editions of the program add real-time protection among other things to it which bring it more in line with traditional antivirus solutions.

The program is held in high regard by many for its malware detection and cleaning capabilities.

Vivaldi released a new snapshot of the up and coming web browser bringing it to version 1.0.385.5 that introduces changes to how tabs are handled in the program.

Tabs are an essential part of every modern desktop browser, and the way tabs get opened and closed is essential to a user's workflow while using the browser.

Most browsers use either relational or chronological methods when it comes to tabs. Relational refers to the creation of families of tabs that are in relation to each other, and that's what Vivaldi has implemented in the most recent snapshot of the browser.

XSearch is a free portable search program for the Windows operating system that enables you to find files based on a variety of parameters that you define in the program's interface.

When it comes to search, Windows users have several options to find files on PCs they work on. They can use the built-in search tool, or use third-party software instead.

While the built-in search tool may be sufficient at times, it is neither fast nor overly customizable.

Third-party search programs come in two main flavors: those that index files and those that don't.

Comodo's Internet web browser Chromodo, based on Chromium, has significant security issues according to a Google Security Research report that puts its users at risk while using it.

When Google launched its Chrome web browser years ago, several third-party companies created their own version of the browser by modifying specific settings of it that would improve user privacy.