7-Zip 4.58 alpha 4 for Windows 32bit and 64bit

7-Zip 4.58 alpha 4 was released.

7-Zip for 32-bit Windows:
http://www.7-zip.org/alpha/7z458a4.exe

7-Zip for 64-bit Windows x64:
http://www.7-zip.org/alpha/7z458a4-x64.msi

What's new after 7-Zip 4.57:
- Some speed optimizations.
- 7-Zip now can unpack multivolume RAR archives created with
"old style volume names" scheme and names *.001, *.002, ...
- Some bugs were fixed.
- New localizations: Punjabi (Indian), Pashto.

7-Zip 4.58 alpha 4 also fixes some bugs of version 4.58 alpha 3.

Don't use this alpha version for important data. Call "Test" command after each compressing operation.

You can post some benchmark results for 7-Zip 4.57 / 4.58. Just call:
7z b
Write also some information about your CPU: CPU Type/Frequency.
to that forum: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1951627&forum_id=45797

Notes: LZMA decoder was rewritten. So please try "test" command for your .7z archives.

Homepage: 7-Zip 4.58 alpha 4 (New)

DVD43 v4.111

DVD43 is a free application that removes most copy protection found on movie DVDs.

Release Date 22. Feb. 08

DVD43 Release Notes:

Feb 20 2008 - DVD43 v4.1.1.1 (Note: Click on tray icon to access popup menu.)

New features:

- added hint bubble to show when busy reading the dvd.
- added help file and link to DVD43 on google.

Bug fixes:

- some sectors at the end of a title did not get decrypted (bug introduced in 4.0.0).
- the wrong key was passed for some titles.
- faster reading on DVDs with bogus titles.
- tray icon would disappear sometimes even though program was still running.


16 Nov 2007 - v4.0.0

- reads DVD with corrupt UDF file system.
- some titles on DVD did not get decrypted.
- faster reading on most DVDs.


22 May 2006 - v3.9.0

- solve crash from bogus vobu.
- removed bad sector detection - this must be handled by dvd copy software.


ALL PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF DVD43 ARE OBSOLETE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED!

Look for
\SlySoft\AnyDVD\AnyDVD.exe
\SlySoft\AnyDVD\AnyDVDTray.exe

WARNING!!!

If AnyDVD is installed on your system. There is a serious conflict between AnyDVD and DVD43. For the stability of your system, it is highly recommended to uninstall AnyDVD!

Do you wish to uninstall AnyDVD? Yes
run SlySoft\AnyDVD\AnyDVD-uninst.exe

If you click "Yes", AnyDVD will be uninstalled (highly recommended).
Click "No" to keep AnyDVD on your computer.
If you click "No", this dialog will not be shown again

Without installer:
To install
run with parameter: DVD43_Tray.exe /installfilter
To uninstall
run with parameter: DVD43_Tray.exe /removefilter

Download:

Compressed: DVD43_Tray.exe (261.27 KB)
Only Trimmed: DVD43_Tray.exe (769.00 KB)

with installer: DVD43_4-1-1-1_Setup.exe (556.56 KB)

Homepage: http://www.dvd43.com/
Mirror Site

old Version

nPack v1.1.500.2008 2nd Beta by NEOx updated Version 21.02.2008

==========================================================================
nPack v1.1.700.2008 Beta, by NEOx
Copyright [c] 2008 Underground InformatioN Center
==========================================================================

Contents:

1. The description of the program.
2. Features.
3. Options.
4. History.
5. Credits.

1. The description of the program.
-----------------------------------
nPack is a Win32 executable file compressor.



2. Features.
-----------------------------------
Features:

- Support for all types of PE files (exe, dll, ocx)
- Compression of program code, data, and resources
- Section naming support
- Fast decompression routines
- Relocation support
- TLS support
- File rebuilding
- Strip relocation
- Strip debug informaion


3. Options.
-----------------------------------
[ Compression Options ]

"Compress resources" - Compress resource section
"Create backup copy (.bak-file)" - Create backup copy to restore original
file (if the compressed application would be failed after run).

"Strip Relocations" - Strip relocations.
"Rebuild File" - Rebuild File.
"Loader section name" - Section name for decompressor data included in the
compressed PE file.
"Skip Shared Section" - Skip shared-sections.

[ Program Options ]
"Always on top" - Above all windows
"Register Shell Extension" - Put "Compress with nPack" into Windows
context menu.


4. History.
------------------------------------
- v1.1.500.2008 Beta - [21.02.2008]
- COM DLL bugs fixed

- v1.1.500.2008 Beta - [12.02.2008]
- Several small bugs fixed

- v1.1.300.2006 Beta - [22.08.2006]
- Several small bugs fixed
- Interface bugs corrected
+ Option "Skip Shared Section" added

- v1.1.250.2006 Beta - [20.04.2006]
* First public release

Homepage: http://petools.org.ru/npack.shtml

Download:
v1.1.500.2008 Beta - [21.02.2008] npack.zip (63.43 KB) NEW
v1.1.500.2008 Beta - [12.02.2008] npack 1.1.500.2008.zip (63.40 KB)
v1.1.250.2006 Beta - [20.04.2006] nPack_v1.1.250.2006_Beta.zip (29.18 KB)

Azureus 3.0.4.3 Beta 37

Azureus Vuze 3.0.4.3 B37 Changelog:

FEATURE: Core | Added µTorrent PEX support [amc1]
FEATURE: Core | Azureus probes trackers for UDP-capabilities on first scrape/announce now and uses udp instead of http where available [The 8472]
FEATURE: Core | Added option to enforce IP bindings even when the specified interfaces are not available (useful when Azureus should not use certain network interfaces) [The 8472]
FEATURE: UI | Added option for "Open Containing Folder" menu action - which may integrate better with non-standard file browsers [amc1]
FEATURE: UI | Added option for "Show Torrent Menu" -- Users can now decide to see the Torrent menu in the menubar or not [knguyen]
FEATURE: UIv3 | New menu configuration for Vuze and Vuze Advanced UI's [knguyen]
FEATURE: UI | Fast Renaming (not moving) in the Files tab (click on name column) and Open Torrent (click on dest. name column) dialog [The 8472]
FEATURE: UI | Completed downloaders column [The 8472]

CHANGE: Core | Further memory footprint reductions; for additional tweaks see http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Reduce_memory_usage [The 8472]
CHANGE: Core | Reimplemented LT extension protocol code [amc1]
CHANGE: Core | DND/Compact (aka Delete) priority now deletes all files that do not share pieces with normal/high priority files [The 8472]
CHANGE: Core | Queuing rules now don't start any further torrents if the global up/download speed limits are reached [The 8472]
- makes "don't count torrent ..." minimum speed rules more useful to dynamically regulate the queue lengths
- recovers faster from chain reactions in case of connection loss
CHANGE: Core | Made the crypto handshake a bit less predictable [The 8472]
CHANGE: Core | Added support for IPv6 compact announces (client) and udp-multiscrapes (client+server) [The 8472]
CHANGE: Plug | Added support for plugins which implement mainline DHT [amc1]

BUGFIX: Core | Request limiting/Priorities no longer pinch off LAN peers if seperate LAN speeds are enabled [The 8472]
BUGFIX: UI | Shells no longer use the low-res frog icon, the normal main window icon is now used instead [amc1]
BUGFIX: UI | Limiting comments in General View to 5k characters under WinXP to avoid crashes due to faulty comctl32.dll [The 8472]
BUGFIX: UI | Setting speed parameters manually now disables autospeed [The 8472]


To use, rename the downloaded AzureusXxxx-Bxx.jar file to Azureus2.jar to replace your old jar in the Azureus program dir: ChangeTheAzureusTwoJarFile
Azureus v2 vs. v3 (Vuze) FAQ
Changelog
Commitlog
Snapshot RSS Feed
Beta Site: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index_CVS.php

Download:
Azureus3043-B37.jar - 23 Feb 2008 05:54:18 PM [10341789 bytes]
Azureus3043-B37.jar.torrent

7-Zip 4.58 alpha 3 for Windows 32 bit and x64

7-Zip 4.58 alpha 3 was released.

7-Zip for 32-bit Windows:
http://www.7-zip.org/alpha/7z458a3.exe

7-Zip for 64-bit Windows x64:
http://www.7-zip.org/alpha/7z458a3-x64.msi

What's new:
- Some speed optimizations.
- 7-Zip now can unpack multivolume RAR archives created with
"old style volume names" scheme and names *.001, *.002, ...
- Some bugs were fixed.
- New localizations: Punjabi (Indian), Pashto.

Don't use this alpha version for important data. Call "Test" command after each compressing operation.


You can post some benchmark results here for 7-Zip 4.57 / 4.58. Just call:
7z b
Write also some information about your CPU: CPU Type/Frequency.
To that forum: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1950379&forum_id=45797

Notes: LZMA decoder was fully rewritten. So please call "Test" command for your .7z archives to check that new version works correctly.

Forum: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=45797
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/

7-Zip for 32-bit Windows:
http://www.7-zip.org/alpha/7z458a3.exe

7-Zip for 64-bit Windows x64:
http://www.7-zip.org/alpha/7z458a3-x64.msi

µTorrent 1.8 alpha 8682

µTorrent Version 1.8 alpha build 8682 changelog
2008-02-24:
- Fix: crash when right-clicking category view

2008-02-23: Version 1.8 alpha (build 8680)
- Feature: support 'failure reason' in scrape response
- Feature: optional piece progress bar
- Change: (yet another) new installation dialog
- Change: More informative error message for misc. autoupdate errors
- Change: Return to 1.7-style RSS errors
- Change: remove 1000 files warning in create torrent
- Change: Turn off sparse files and turn on compact allocation by default on Vista, because it has a terrible bug
- Change: don not enable a feed when Update Feed is selected
- Change: send rejects to FAST extension peers that request the same piece again before it's sent
- Change: grey out Update Feed when feed is disabled
- Change: change Toggle Feed to Enable/Disable Feed
- Change: update free space on focus change in create torrent
- Change: some RSS speed optimizations for large history and feed item counts
- Fix: Tab order issues in Add Feed dialog
- Fix: magnet URI download directory is now default download directoy
- Fix: Display of "&" characters in title of folder browsing dialog on Windows versions less then Vista, and give Vista version a title
- Fix: Preferences tab order
- Fix: Longstanding bug where dialogs that inside tab controls did not have the proper background when using XP themes
- Fix: Issue where it would stay as admin user after autoupdating through a normal user
- Fix: element not found and 99% cpu bug with partfiles
- Fix: piece picker bug that would cause it to start more equally rare pieces than needed
- Fix: key sort order with extension handshake
- Fix: download bar toggle
- Fix: external IP detection with NAT-PMP and non-conforming routers (like the Airport Extreme...)
- Fix: rare "invalid packet length" bug with encrypted connections
- Fix: Feed names not displaying unicode characters properly in category view
- Fix: Element Not Found when using partfiles with compact allocation

Downloads

uncompressed
False positive must be lower as the original upx version 3.00 compressed.
See section, res,... and construction in a good hex viewer!

http://download.utorrent.com/beta/utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.uncompressed.exe (549 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.trim.exe (504.50 KB) /keep overlay /internal crc correct
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.rebuild.exe (506.00 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.uncompressed-rebuild.exe (573.11 KB)

Compression Comparison:

utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.WinUPack039.exe (246.32 KB) - stability ?
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.XComp 0.98-LZMA.exe (248.75 KB) - (~246.27 KB is possible)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.trim-XComp0.98-LZMA.exe (248.76 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.uncompressed-rebuild-XComp0.98-LZMA.exe (249.25 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.trim-PEC2.8b5.exe (251.00 KB)
PEC2.80B5: /Cl:9 /Wl:No /Dt:Small /Cic:No /Ri:No
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.upx.exe (255.80 KB) Original UPX 3.00 (higher UPX Versions as 3.00 can produce more false positive by utorrent.exe / bittorrent.exe, see LZMA lib also by using XComp with utorrent.exe/bittorrent.exe)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.upx302.exe (255.80 KB)
--best --ultra-brute --all-methods --all-filters
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.yzpack12-LZMA.exe (262.87 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.rebuild-XComp-LZSS.exe (273.36 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.trim-XComp0.98-LZSS.exe (273.37 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.nPack11.exe (283.50 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.yzpack2b.exe (290.45 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.FSG20.exe (290.75 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.rebuild-XComp0.97-LZRW.exe (311.79 KB)
utorrent-1.8-alpha-8682.trim-XComp0.97-LZRW.exe (311.79 KB)

Ignore the AV scanner results which shown Packer.XComp, Packer.byDwing (UPack), Packer.YZPack, Packer.FSG.A, Packer.RLPack and some other Packers as a Virus. It's a False Positive.
These Antivirus Scanner can not scan inside the packed file. A Product fault by some Antivirus Programs. Changing to a better AV Security Solution will fix it.

PE id Signatures see: Exeinfo PE http://www.exeinfo.go.pl it detect with Anti Cheat Mechanism up to all kinds of packer, compressor detector + shows unpack info and hints to see how a file is done.
(PEiD doesn't recognize new(er) Files for example utorrent 1.7.7 Original uncompressed from utorrent website show Armadillo 1.x instead of Microsoft Visual C++ ver 7 - not packed -)

Unpacker: RL!de + sdk + kit + extras (updated latest version): RL!de+sdk+kit.zip

Sandboxie - Trust No Program!
http://www.sandboxie.com

Tired of dealing with rogue software, spyware and malware?
Tired of spending countless hours removing unsolicited software?
Try Sandboxie.
When you run a program on your computer, data flows from the hard disk to the program via read operations. The data is then processed and displayed, and finally flows back from the program to the hard disk via write operations. For example, if you run the Freecell program to play a game, it starts by reading the previously recorded statistics, displaying and altering them as you play the game, and finally writing them back to disk for future reference.
Sandboxie changes the rules such that write operations do not make it back to your hard disk. Protecting your Freecell statistics using Sandboxie may be a good idea when a less qualified player comes along, but you will probably want to play most of your games outside the sandbox. On the other hand, you may want to run your Web browser inside the sandbox most of the time. This way any incoming, unsolicited software (spyware, malware and the like) that you download, is trapped in the sandbox. Changes made to your list of Favorites or Bookmarks, hijacking of your preferred start page, new and unwanted icons on your desktop -- all these, and more, are trapped in and bound to the sandbox. You could also try a new toolbar add-on, browser extension or just about any kind of software. If you don't like it, you throw away the sandbox, and start again with a fresh sandbox. On the other hand, if you do like the new piece of software, you can re-install it outside the sandbox so it becomes a permanent part of your system. Sandboxie intercepts changes to both your files and registry settings, making it virtually impossible for any software to reach outside the sandbox. Sandboxie traps cached browser items into the sandbox as a by-product of normal operation, so when you throw away the sandbox, all the history records and other side-effects of your browsing disappear as well.
Sandboxie is free so you really don't have to look around for an alternative.

However, if you still don't like or can't use Sandboxie for whatever reason, here are some alternatives.
Anti-Virus Software, Anti-Spyware Tools
These tools scan your computer files and registry settings looking for known viruses and unsolicited software (spyware). Such tools can only remove some viruses and spyware but also produce a lot of false positive alerts. They can be wrong or right or not identify, and usually only after that software has made its way into your computer. Contrast this with the Sandboxie approach, which keeps the viruses and spyware trapped in the sandbox, and makes them disappear when you throw away the sandbox.
Untrusted Browsing
The ActiveX mechanism lets Web sites run little programs in your computer. These are mostly well-natured programs, for example automatic download managers or automatic toolbar installation. Some not-so-well-natured Web sites use this mechanism to install spyware into your computer. You could browse with ActiveX disabled (by turning it off, or by switching to a browser that doesn't offer support for ActiveX), but you would be trading security over functionality. With Sandboxie, you can keep ActiveX turned on, and have both security and functionality.

Version news: http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?VersionChanges#v_3_22

Sandboxie.v3.22 32bit (393.31 KB) - Sandboxie.v3.22 32bit+64bit (707.37 KB)

A Trojan makes online connections out and incoming. A good Firewall in extension to a NAT tells you not only a short overview of these connections. The full trace log with details for example by browsing the web, not just the domains, DNS, Ip's but the full url's to and from destinations up to the file extensions by request in the internet online traffic. With a connection monitor it shows you if something is wrong on all protocols. It will alert you if a component from your hard disk starts to make or receive connections and you can tracing the ways, set the access control, terminate single connections, add them to your own black list, forbid applications to go online. For example if a picture program go online its suspicious it have no messenger, email or web browser except it have picture upload function to your ftp website in the menu. If a program begins to do online update you can capture the url and download the update file if you want an update manual. Also you can block online updates.