PeerBlock updated to 1.0+ beta r320

PeerBlock 1.0+ beta r320 (Windows, Open Source, 1.99MB) lets you control who your computer "talks to" on the Internet.  By selecting appropriate lists of "known bad" computers, you can block communication with advertising or spyware oriented servers, computers monitoring your p2p activities, computers which have been "hacked", even entire countries!  They can't get in to your computer, and your computer won't try to send them anything either.

Major Changes:

• Fix for List-Download Crash - This should resolve the "PeerBlock randomly crashes / disappears overnight" problems.  It had been crashing occasionally, on some people's computers, while checking for updated lists.
• Save Failed Lists - If a newly downloaded list fails verification, we'll now save that file as "...\lists\numnumnum.list.failed".
• Warn if Exit While Blocking Recently - When you attempt to exit PeerBlock, if we've blocked some non-HTTP packet recently (i.e. within the past 60 seconds), we will pop up a warning message.  This 60 second value is configurable by hand-editing peerblock.conf via Notepad - change the RecentBlockWarntime setting from 60 to however many seconds you'd like; 0 disables this feature.
• Force PeerBlock to Start Enabled - If PeerBlock was disabled when you last exited it, it will now start as Enabled the next time you restart it.
• Allow HTTP for X minutes - The systray right-click menu has two new options: "Allow HTTP for 15 minutes" and "...for 60 minutes".  After the specified amount of time has passed, PeerBlock will revert to Blocking HTTP again.
• Click on tray icon to minimize window - Previously, left-clicking on the systray icon would merely display the PeerBlock window . . . even if it was previously displayed. Now, if the window is currently displayed left-clicking on the tray-icon will minimize it; and if the window is currently minimized, it will restore it.

PeerBlock is a fork of the PeerGuardian2 software. If you use a computer for downloading via bittorrent, PeerBlock could give it some needed protection.

IceRocket Tags: peerblock, p2p sharing, bittorrent

uTorrent updated to 2.0 Build 17920 – Small Footprint BitTorrent Client

uTorrent 2.0 Build 17920 (Windows, Freeware, 312KB) [alt DL] is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.

Changes:

• Change: update TCP/IP overhead estimation
• Fix: handle wrapping in uTP timestamps
• Fix: Crash in setup dialog when dialog is exited before server list is downloaded.

IceRocket Tags: utorrent bittorrent client, windows freeware

FileZilla 3.3.1 – Fast and Reliable Open Source FTP Client

FileZilla 3.3.1 (Windows, Open Source, 3.93MB) [alt DL] is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.

Also available for Linux.

Changes:

• Implement missing tab creation from context menu
• *nix: Reduce flicker on tab creation
• Set initial focus in chmod dialog to input box for numeric value
• Correct handling of unexpected closure of SFTP connection

IceRocket Tags: filezilla, ftp client, windows open source

PeerBlock 0.9.2 r93 – Protect Your Computers from Online Trolls

PeerBlock 0.9.2 r93 (Windows, Open Source, 1.85MB) [alt DL] is a new version of the popular Peer Guardian 2 software. It blocks "known bad" computers from accessing yours, for example governments, corporate entities, and those flagged for anti-p2p activities. It maintains the functionality of the original Peer Guardian 2 program, but includes fixes for various issues that remain unaddressed in the latest (~2 year old) version of PG2.

Changes:

• Checks for Updates - Public Releases from 0.9.2 on will always check for new Public Releases, and Interim Releases like this one will now check for new Interim Releases (redirecting here to the Dev Blog main page if one is found).
• Smaller History.db - When archiving/deleting history file, perform an SQL "vacuum" operation on history.db to cause it to shrink in size. This means that your history.db should generally be much smaller than it might have been previously
• Permanent Blocks list now actually Blocks - Prior to this fix, this list defaulted to Allow; you needed to manually reset it to Block after adding something to it.
• Auto-Close Update Window - For new installations (i.e. where no .conf file is found, and it runs you through the Startup Wizard) we default to auto-closing the Update Window after 10 seconds.
• Fixed FwpmCalloutAdd0 Error and Crash - Rare bug and accompanying OS crash; fixed in 0.9.2 as well.
• XP Pro x64 Detection - Previously, the program would detect XP Pro x64 as Windows Server 2003 x64, and log it as such to peerblock.log.
• iBlocklist Lists - Switched P2P, Ads, and Spy lists from PeerGuardian-hosted ones to the iBlocklist-hosted variants; removed Gov list as it was long ago merged into P2P.
• Exception Logging - We now should be logging information on all exceptions to peerblock.log.
• Log Timestamps - Peerblock.log now includes date/time-stamps. This should help us track down performance issues, and figure out what was going on closer to the time of failure when troubleshooting.
• FwpmEngineOpen0 Messagebox - If the "Base Filtering Engine" isn't set to Automatic (and running), we used to get a very obtuse error message before PeerBlock terminated. We're now trapping this error, and displaying a much more user-friendly message

It’s sad that some entities brand users who use the power of peer-to-peer sharing as pirates. P2P actually is a great way to share open source and freeware apps, without putting a huge strain on the servers.

PeerBlock looks to be a great fork to the infamous PeerGuardian2 app.

IceRocket Tags: peerblock, peerguardian, p2p, sharing, windows open source

FileZilla 3.2.7.1 – Fast and Easy-to-use Open Source FTP Client

FileZilla 3.2.7.1 (Windows, Open Source, 3.9MB) [alt DL] is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.

Also available for Linux.

Changes:

• Fix crash if adding new filters
• Small performance optimization for local directory tree

IceRocket Tags: filezilla, ftp, windows open source

uTorrent 1.8.4 Build 16150 – Small Footprint BitTorrent Client

uTorrent 1.8.4 Build 16150 (Windows, Freeware, 282KB) [alt DL] is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.

Changes:

• Feature: Enabled magnet bundles.
• Change: run the 64 bit version of explorer when running as a 32 bit app in a 64 bit windows os.
• Change: disable toolbar offers for Wine installs
• Change: uninstaller is added to all user profiles
• Fix: crash when assigning new label to torrents from RSS
• Change: Incomplete downloads sort after completed downloads if sorting by "Completed On"
• Fix: maintain category list selection on update for some edge cases
• Change: if selected, install start menu and desktop shortcuts to all users instead of only current user
• Fix: buffer overrun vulnerability in create torrent dialog
• Fix: Check at startup for incompatible versions of NVIDIA nForce firewall

IceRocket Tags: utorrent, bittorrent, windows freeware

FileZilla 3.2.7 – Fast and Reliable Open Source FTP Client

FileZilla 3.2.7 (Windows, Open Source, 3.9MB) [alt DL] is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.

Also available for Linux.

Changes:

• Make external address resolver IPv6 aware, resolve correct address type on hosts both with working IPv4 as well as IPv6
• Bumped minimum required GnuTLS version to 2.8.3
• Keep URLs copied to clipboard even after FZ gets closed

For me, this is one of the easiest-to-use FTP clients out there. And it’s free and open source too.

IceRocket Tags: filezilla, ftp, windows open source

iTunes 8.2.1.6 – Plays and Manages Your Music and Video Collection

iTunes 8.2.1.6 (Windows, Freeware, 74.4MB) [alt DL] lets you create your own personal digital music library, allowing you to manage and play your music collection with drag-and-drop simplicity.

Changes:

• Provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices.

IceRocket Tags: apple, itunes, windows freeware

FileZilla 3.2.6 – Fast and Reliable FTP Client

FileZilla 3.2.6 (Windows, Open Source, 3.8MB) [alt DL] is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.

Also available for Linux.

Changes:

• Don't display error messages multiple times if modification times of edited file cannot be obtained
• Fix problems with certificate dialog introduced in 3.2.6-rc1

IceRocket Tags: filezilla, ftp, windows open source

uTorrent 1.8.3 Build 15638 – Small but Feature-filled Freeware Bittorrent Client

uTorrent 1.8.3 Build 15638 (Windows, Freeware, 281KB) [alt DL] is a small and incredibly popular BitTorrent client.

Changes:

• Fix: make "alternate upload rate when seeding" apply when the seeding is set by the scheduler
• Fix: align "Web Seeds" in torrent creation dialog
• Fix: translated strings in uninstaller

IceRocket Tags: utorrent, bittorrent, client, windows freeware

FileZilla 3.2.5 – Fast and Reliable Open Source FTP Client

FileZilla 3.2.5 (Windows, Open Source, 3.8MB) [alt DL] is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.

Also available for Linux.

Changes:

• Fix adding remote directory symlinks to queue not working
• Fix "Timer creation failed" message boxes on update download dialog. Actual update download was not affected, only display of the progress bar.
• MSW: Use deferred volume label gathering on local file list as well

IceRocket Tags: filezilla, ftp, ftps sftp, file transfer, windows open source

HashCheck Shell Extension 2.1.8 – Calculate and Verify Checksums and Hashes from Windows Explorer

HashCheck Shell Extension 2.1.8 (Windows, Open Source, 81KB) makes it easy for anyone to calculate and verify checksums and hashes from Windows Explorer. In addition to integrating file checksumming functionality into Windows, HashCheck can also create and verify SFV files (and other forms of checksum files, such as .md5 files). It is fast and efficient, with a very light disk and memory footprint, and it is open-source.

Features:

• Checksum/hash verification
• Shell integration: checksums at your fingertips
• Create checksum files
• Lean and mean
• Free and open-source
• Compatibility: international support and 64-bit-compatible

IceRocket Tags: hashcheck shell extension, windows open source

FileZilla 3.2.4

FileZilla 3.2.4 (Windows, Open Source, 3.75MB) [alt DL] is a powerful FTP-client that has been designed for ease of use and with support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable.

Also available for Linux.

Changes:

• Fix crash on SFTP download resume caused by uninitialized variable in PuTTY code
• Properly refresh remote directory after chmod if synchronized browsing is enabled
• Fix unediting locale files in file editing dialog
• Fix regression with custom post-login commands on servers supporting MLSD
• Trigger refresh of transfer progress bars after resizing queue
• Several small fixes to minimize to tray functionality

IceRocket: filezilla ftp client, windows open source

FileZilla 3.2.2.1 – Powerful and Easy to Use FTP Client

FileZilla 3.2.2.1 (Windows, Open Source, 3.7MB) [alt DL] is a powerful FTP-client for Windows NT4, 2000 and XP. It has been designed for ease of use and with support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable.

Also available for Linux.

Changes:

• Fix local directory creation during downloads. If multiple directory levels were missing, they were created in the reverse order
• MSW: Restore ability to navigate to drive list through .. entry in local file list

IceRocket: filezilla ftp client, windows open source

FileZilla 3.2.1 – Open Source FTP Client

FileZilla 3.2.1 (Windows, Open Source, 3.7MB) [alt DL] is a powerful FTP-client for Windows NT4, 2000 and XP. It has been designed for ease of use and with support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable.

Also available for Linux.

Changes:

• New iconset: Minimal
• Fix filter edit dialog sizing issue
• MSW: Fix icon transparency in status bar and use better disabled icons in toolbars

IceRocket: filezilla ftp client, windows open source

uTorrent 1.8.2 Build 14458 – Small Footprint BitTorrent Client

uTorrent 1.8.2 Build 14458 (Windows, Freeware, 264KB) [alt DL] is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients.

Changes:

• Fix: installer crashes after installing on Vista
• Fix: total downloaded and total uploaded was being truncated to 32-bit integer (affected only 14153)
• Change: installer will appear based on revision number instead of executable modification time

IceRocket: utorrent bittorrent client, windows freeware

FileZilla 3.2.0 – Fast and Reliable FTP Client

FileZilla 3.2.0 (Windows, Open Source, 3.7MB) [alt DL] is a fast and reliable FTP client and server with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface.

Also available for Linux.

Change: Fix account logon type in combination with FTP proxies.

IceRocket: filezilla ftp client, windows open source

JavaRa 1.12 – Cleanup Your Java Runtime Environment Installs

JavaRa 1.12 (Windows, Open Source, 58KB) [alt DL] will check if your computer has the latest version of Java Runtime Environment (JRE). If the version you have installed has been superseded by a newer version the program will download and install this newer version for you, by running Java's update program. It then allows you to remove all possible older versions of this program. This will ensure that the security of your computer is enhanced and extra space on your hard disk is created.

Changes:

• [Added] JavaRa registry definitions file
• [Added] Program now asks Windows to delete locked folders upon reboot
• [Changed] Minor GUI changes
• [Changed] Method of finding and deleting old JRE folders. Dramatic code reduction
• [Fixed] Registry key bug
• [Fixed] MessageBox continually showing regardless of silent mode selection
• [Added] French Translation. Thanks to Pierre Lacaze
• [Added] Swedish Translation. Thanks to Eldmannen
• [Added] Finnish Translation. Thanks to Tero H
• [Fixed] Minor bug

IceRocket: javara, java runtime environment, windows open source

Core FTP LE 2.1 – Free Secure FTP Client

Core FTP LE 2.1 (Windows, Freeware, 3.3MB) [alt DL] free Windows software that includes the client FTP features you need. Features like SFTP (SSH), SSL, TLS, IDN, browser integration, site to site transfers, FTP transfer resume, drag and drop support, file viewing & editing, firewall support, custom commands, FTP URL parsing, command line transfers, filters, and much, much more.

Changes:

• User/password issues on misc servers fixed.
• Scheduler path issues on Vista/x64 versions fixed.

IceRocket: core ftp le, secure ftp client, windows freeware

FileZilla 3.1.6 – Powerful and Easy to Use FTP Client

FileZilla 3.1.6 (Windows, Open Source, 3.5MB) [alt DL] is a powerful FTP-client that has been designed for ease of use and with support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable.

Also available for Linux.

Changes:

• Automatically refresh remote directory listing if queue finishes successfully
• Speed up refresh of remote directory listing if adding files during uploads
• Connections no longer time out waiting on a directory listing getting retrieved by a different connection
• Number of files were not updated if deleting remote files
• MSW: Update manifest so that the evil filesystem virtualization stays disabled under Vista

IceRocket: filezilla ftp client, windows open source