Tools for Bloggers

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Here you will find a collection of useful blogging tools.

PageRank Display Widget

Check your blog’s PageRank and display your ranking as a widget anywhere in your blog. Add PageRank Display Widget >>

Email Scrambler

Posting your email address online can encourage spam to your inbox. Thwart those pesky email harvesters by scrambling your email address! Scramble your email link >>

Web Color Calculator

Need to find the hex value of your favorite color? Use this free tool to find the values for the colors you need. Use the Web Color Calculator >>

Button Maker

Create small 80x15px buttons in your favorite colors. Ideal for blog promotion, RSS feeds and more. Create 80x15px buttons >>

Favicon Maker

Favicons are those tiny icons you often see in the left of the URL window in your browser. Using this tool, you can transform any JPG image into a customized favicon of your own! Create favicons from your favorite images >>

Lorem Ipsum “Dummy Text” generator

If you’re working on a new design and need some dummy text to fill in the gaps, you can use this free Lorem Ipsum generator to create “dummy text” (you’ll often find this used in my demonstration templates!). Generate Lorem Ipsum Text >>

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Firewalls and Security Downloads

AxCrypt 1.6.4.4 Axantum Software – 1.45MB (Open Source) AxCrypt is used to share and work with stored documents, and e-mail attachments, in a secure manner. Download

Comodo Internet Security 3.13.119746 Comodo – 38.71MB (Freeware) Comodo claim that their firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Co… Download

KeePass 1.16 KeePass – 1.46MB (Open Source) KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one databa… Download

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1.1 Microsoft Corporation – 1.53MB (Freeware) Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 2.0 is an easy-to-use tool that helps small and medium businesses determine their security state in accord… Download

Outpost Firewall Free 6.51 Agnitum Ltd – 16.63MB (Freeware) Outpost Firewall gives peace of mind from any virtually every Internet danger. Unlike other personal firewalls, Outpost starts protecting against all … Download

Password Safe 3.19 Rony Shapiro – 4.41MB (Open Source) Password Safe allows you to manage your old passwords and to easily and quickly generate, store, organize, retrieve, and use complex new passwords, us… Download

PeerBlock 1.0 Phoenix Labs – 1.86MB (Open Source) PeerBlock lets you control who your computer “talks to” on the Internet. By selecting appropriate lists of “known bad” computers, you can block commu… Download

PeerGuardian 2.0 Beta 6c Phoenix Labs – 1.60MB (Open Source) PeerGuardian 2 is Phoenix Labs’ premier IP blocker for Windows. PeerGuardian 2 integrates support for multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates,… Download

Sunbelt Personal Firewall 4.6.1861 Sunbelt Software – 5.72MB (Non-Commercial Freeware) Protect yourself from hackers. Secure your PC with a 100% free firewall download. Sunbelt Personal Firewall (SPF), previously known as Kerio Firewall,… Download

Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6.2808 Sygate Technologies – 8.80MB (Freeware) Free for personal use, Sygate Personal Firewall provides best of breed security in a user friendly interface, protecting your PC from hackers, trojans… Download

TrueCrypt 6.3 TrueCrypt Foundation – 3.20MB (Open Source) TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted drive. On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically… Download

ZoneAlarm Free 8.0.298.0 Zone Labs – 32.38MB (Non-Commercial Freeware) ZoneAlarm Free Firewall blocks hackers from infiltrating your home PC by hiding your computer from unsolicited network traffic. By detecting and preve… Download

Anti-Spyware Downloads

AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5.1.43 AVG Technologies – 11.84MB (Shareware) AVG Anti-Spyware offers protection against urgently growing threats like Trojans, Worms, Dialers, Hijackers, Spyware and Keyloggers. Download

Ad-Aware 2009 8.1.0.0 Lavasoft – 73.52MB (Non-Commercial Freeware) Ad-Aware gives you comprehensive malware protection. With real-time monitoring, threat alerts, and automatic updates you can rest easy knowing that yo… Download

CWShredder 2.19 Trend Micro Inc – 520KB (Freeware) Trend Micro CWShredder is the premier tool to find and remove traces of CoolWebSearch – the name for a wide range of insidious browser hijackers– from… Download

HijackThis 2.0.2 Trend Micro Inc – 793KB (Freeware) HijackThis inspects your computers browser and operating system settings to generate a log file of the current state of your computer. Using HijackThi… Download

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.41 Malwarebytes – 3.86MB (Shareware) Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware can detect and remove malware that even the most well known anti-virus and anti-malware applications fail to detect. Malwar… Download

Rootkit Revealer 1.71 Microsoft SysInternals – 226KB (Freeware) RootkitRevealer is an advanced rootkit detection utility. It runs on Windows NT 4 and higher and its output lists Registry and file system API discrep… Download

Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2 PepiMK Software – 15.65MB (Freeware) Spybot – Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware sile… Download

Spyware Terminator 2.6.4.165 Spyware Terminator – 632KB (Freeware) Millions of users worldwide rely on Spyware Terminator, winner of many awards and high ratings from industry experts and users. Its free comprehensive… Download

SpywareBlaster 4.2 Javacool Software – 2.87MB (Non-Commercial Freeware) Spyware, adware, browser hijackers, and dialers are some of the fastest-growing threats on the Internet today. By simply browsing to a web page, you c… Download

SuperAntiSpyware 4.30.1004 SUPERAntiSpyware – 7.03MB (Freeware) SUPERAntiSpyware Professional features our highly advanced Real-Time Protection to ensure protection from installation or re-installation of potential… Download

WinPatrol 17.0.2010.0.0 BillP Studios – 971KB (Freeware) WinPatrol alerts you to hijackings, malware attacks and critical changes made to your computer without your permission. As a multipurpose support util… Download

Windows Defender 1.1.1593 Microsoft Corporation – 4.95MB (Freeware) Windows Defender is software that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwa… Download

a-squared Free 4.5.0.21 Emsi Software – 60.26MB (Freeware) Security must not be a privilege. Under this motto, Emsi Software provides the Malware scanner a-squared Free completely free of charge for private us… Download

Anti-Virus Downloads

AVG Free Edition 9.0.707 AVG Technologies – 74.19MB (Freeware) AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is trusted antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows available to download for free. In addition, the new included … Download

AntiVir Personal 9.0.0.407 Avira GmbH – 32.39MB (Non-Commercial Freeware) Avira AntiVir Personal – FREE Antivirus is a reliable free antivirus solution, that constantly and rapidly scans your computer for malicious programs … Download

Avast! Home Edition 4.8.1356 Alwil Software – 36.99MB (Non-Commercial Freeware) avast! antivirus Home Edition represents the best free antivirus protection currently available on the market. This edition is FREE OF CHARGE for non-… Download

BitDefender 10 Free Edition BitDefender.com – 21.08MB (Freeware) BitDefender Free Edition is your chance to use one of the world’s most effective antivirus engines for free! Download

ClamWin 0.95.3 ClamWin – 31.19MB (Open Source) ClamWin is a Free Antivirus program for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 and Vista. ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open … Download

Cloud Antivirus 1.0 Panda Security – 21.98MB (Freeware) Panda Cloud Antivirus protects you while you browse, play or work and you won’t even notice it. It is extremely light as all the work is done in the c… Download

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 9.0.0.736 Kaspersky – 64.17MB (Commercial Trial) Kaspersky anti-virus protects you from the Phishing and Malware sites that you wouldn’t otherwise know were attempting to steal from you. Download

McAfee VirusScan 10 McAfee – 9.54MB (Commercial Trial) Proven security that protects against viruses and spyware Download

Microsoft Security Essentials Microsoft Corporation – (Freeware) Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Security Essentials 1.0.1611 Vista 64-bit – Download Security Essentials 1.0.1611 Vista – Download Security Essentials 1.0.1611 XP – Download

NOD32 AntiVirus 4.0.468 ESET – 30.14MB (Commercial Trial) ESET NOD32 Antivirus is the most effective protection you can find to combat today’s huge volumes of Internet and email threats. It provides comprehen… Download

Norton AntiVirus 2009 16.5.0.134 Symantec – 60.10MB (Commercial Trial) Norton Antivirus stops viruses, worms, spyware, bots, and more—Keeps your system protected against all types of malicious threats. Norton Insight deli… Download