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UPDATE1: This is post is not about the freeware version of AnVir Task Manager but rather the shareware version which you would normally have to $39.95 pay for.
UPDATE2: If you have Kaspersky you may get a warning when trying to install AnVir. As far as I know, it is a false positive – AnVir is 100% clean. If anyone has any information that says otherwise, please let me know.
UPDATE3: It seems that the AnVir Task Manager’s installer now comes with offer(s) to install third party software. Be sure to uncheck those software(s) during installation unless you want them be to installed. You don’t need the third party software for AnVir Task Manager to work properly.
dotTech is batting a 3/3 and with an average of .AWESOME. Okay fine, fine: I admit – that was my lame attempt at a baseball related joke. Give me a break… I have not followed baseball since Micheal Jordan played for the Chicago Yankees. The point of my lame joke is to let you know there is another dotTech Exclusive freebie on the horizon and this is another winner: AnVir Task Manager. In fact AnVir Task Manager is such a good program that it made my pick of top ten giveaways.
The best way I can describe AnVir Task Manager is a “buffed up” Windows task manager that supplements your anti-malware software. AnVir Task Manager is a program that monitors and analyzes your processes, services and startup programs. In addition to doing all the typical tasks accomplished by Windows task manager (i.e. close a service/process, monitor computer resource usage, etc.), AnVir balances CPU usage and tells you how much of a “security risk” each process, service or startup program is. AnVir also includes a Windows XP/Vista tweaker which lets you tweak many Windows settings. AnVir Task Manager includes tons of features – too many to describe in this little post. Here is a short description by the developer on what AnVir Task Manager can do:
AnVir Task Manager gives full information about process, services, TCP/UPD connections, drivers, DLLs. It has descriptions for 70 000+ startup programs and services. It detects new and unknown Trojans using security analysis and alerts on new startups. It can speed up boot time (Delayed Startup), balance CPU usage, optimize memory. Tray icons shows status of disk, network, memory, CPU. Tray menu keeps last launched programs and folders. Also users can hide windows to system tray, set windows ‘always on top’, and change windows transparency.
Monitor your system and replace Windows Task Manager
- Information about processes, startup programs, services, internet connections, drivers
- Integrated database with Descriptions for 70 000+ startup programs, Internet Explorer toolbars and services
- Icons in the tray that indicate CPU, disk, network, memory and battery
Get rid of viruses, Trojans and spyware that your antivirus missed
- Security risk rating for each active process and startup program
- Get notification when any program tries to add itself to startup
Enhance and tune up XP or Vista
- Tweaker that gives access to hundreds of XP / Vista settings
- Click on the title of any application to minimize window to system tray
- List of recently used folders in Open / Save dialogs
- Drive’s free space as a colored horizontal bar in Windows ‘My Computer’
Speed up your PC and Windows startup
- “Delayed Startup” lets you set up any startup program to run few minutes later after Windows startup
- Run startup programs minimized to system tray, or as a floating icon
- Balance CPU usage
If you would like to know more about AnVir Task Manager you can read my review of AnVir Task Manager v5.4.1 or visit the developer’s homepage for more information but I can tell you two of my favorite features of AnVir Task Manager is the ability to lower the processing priority of programs hogging your CPU and the ability to deal with memory leaking programs.
Now get this: today’s offering of free AnVir Task Manager is not of an older version. You are getting v5.6 of AnVir Task Manager – the latest version which just came out on May 2nd 2009. Also, this is not a time limited offer so you can install, uninstall, reinstall, etc. as you please and you will receive free updates until 10/1/2009. Cool, huh?
Update: When this promotion was originally available, back in May ’09, you were getting v5.6 (the latest version at the time). However since then AnVir Task Manager has been updated a few times and the latest version is v6.3.1 (as of November 26, 2010). This offer for free AnVir Task Manager is still available even with the latest version; the registration information you find below still works on the latest v6.3.1!
To get AnVir Task Manager:
- Download AnVir Task Manager (click here).
- Install and run AnVir Task Manager. When prompted to enter registration information enter the following:
- Name: dotTech.org
- Key: TN2M-HQLZPN-NCWBSH-YU9W41-14GB2M-KNYZ5P-LRCZ1
Note: This is a dotTech.org exclusive offer. You may not copy, paste, or reprint this registration name or key anywhere else including private or public forums, blogs, etc. nor can you mirror the download. If you want to spread information about this offer, you may link to it by providing a permalink to your audience.
If you have any problems getting AnVir Task Manager post below – I will try to help.
Lastly, I would like to point out if you enjoy AnVir Task Manager and agree it is a great software, consider upgrading to AnVir Task Manager Pro or AnVir Security Suite. You can learn of the feature differences between Task Manager, Task Manager Pro, and Security Suite from here. If you do plan on upgrading, you can get 20% off by using the coupon code dotTech. Don’t worry – the coupon is exclusively for your benefit because dotTech is not earning any commission what so ever.
Enjoy!
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Beautifull offer, as usual…Was hoping to see this back on GOTD but here it is!Keep up the good work and thanks for everything!
Hi Ashraf! And congrats on the program! I’ve been trying all day to d/l it, but I keep getting the same message over and over again: “Firefox can’t find the server at http://www.anvir.com“. Is this because the server is overloaded with people trying to d/l it? Is anyone else having this problem?
Thanks Ashraf
Hi
Thanks for the software.
Can’t wait to try it.
Just a clarification:
Is this “Task manager” or “TM Pro” or “Security Suite”?
Plaese don’t be angry for a dumb question but I could not find the answer.
Once again, thanks Ashraf!
Nice offer. Thank you.
Surfing the internet for Ashampoo Burning Studio brought me to this website. Am a regular at Giveawayoftheday and was surprised to see this is where the famous Ashraf resides. Must admit that I was never very impressed with the summarized reviews you gave in GAOTD. Was doubly surprised to see genuine free promotions of good software exclusive to dotTech. Very impressed now! Thank you!
@Ozzie: I think it is just you.
@Pawel: “Task Manager”.
WARNING!!!
When I ran the dotTech download over my GAOTD copy, it remained registered to giveawayoftheday. So I removed it with the highest level of RevoUninstaller, but it still remained registered to giveawayoftheday (after installing Ashraf’s new version). I tried uninstalling with Revo and installing the new version a couple more times, but the new reinstall (updated!) always remained registered to giveawayoftheday–even with reboot. So I finally went to Help>Registration Key (even tho it was already registered to GOATD) and entered DotTech and the code in the fields. It finally registered to dotTech, but now says “Free updates till 2009/10/01!!! Previously, when it upgraded the GOATD-registered one, there was no restriction! Is everyone getting the free-updates-limit with the dotTech download?
Janet
@Janet Berg: Everyone is because free upgrades are until 10/1/2009. You will still be able to use the program past 10/1/2009 though – just no more free upgrades.
Were you able to do upgrades from the GOTD version?
@Ashraf:
A.:
Pentultimate sentence of my original post:
“Previously, when it upgraded the GOATD-registered one, there was no restriction!” That was my point…..:-)…
That’s why I posted “WARNING!!!”…:-)…
Janet
@Janet Berg: Oops… must have missed that part =P.
I assumed the dotTech one would NOT have the usual GOATD restriction. Otherwise I would have left it registered to Goatd when I saw that it in fact DID upgrade..:-)…The GOATD-registered version did not have any notice under the registration bit saying upgrades are limited, while the dotTech one does (right under the line “Registration”).
I thought it was interesting that RevoUninstaller left an entire AnVir folder in the registry with tons of data in it (I was trying to find where it kept the registry key so I could change it to dotTech)…Had I been able to find the reg code in it, I could have put it back now to continue getting unlimited upgrades…:-)…
Janet
@Janet Berg: Well I did say in my post “you will receive free updates until 10/1/2009″.
The GAOTD version of 5.4.1 cannot be updated or upgraded. This can at least be updated for a few months.
@Ashraf:
Oops… must have missed that part =P.
Janet …:-)…
@Harlan:
Harlan Said: “The GAOTD version of 5.4.1 cannot be updated or upgraded. This can at least be updated for a few months.”
As I said in my earlier post here, I DID IN FACT update the GAOTD version of 5.4.1 to 5.6 just yesterday!!!!!! That was my point …:-)…It’s not supposed to update, but it did. So anyone who has it might do well to leave it registered to GOATD….
Janet
Janet and Ashraf, I reported a similar experience on this computer way above, comment #12. When I noticed that update worked fine and the registration hadn’t changed (from GODT), I just stopped.
I’m still wondering if I’ll get future upgrades OK. Problem is that it’s tricky to upgrade without knowing. I could use a sandbox or something like my ($10!) Acronis True Image 11, which has a “Try something out” feature. If it reverts to the Free version, or has a time limit, I could roll it back. . .
I can confirm that Anvir TM issued by GOTD updates with no problem,I’ve just done it and it’s still registered and functional.
I had the same problem as some others. The program would not accept the key. It said it was for another product. I was left with an unregistered version. I attempted a restore my computer but it said “no changes were made to your system” after the reboot. Anyway after another reboot I have version 5.6 and it’s still registered to GAOTD. I’m not sure how this happened but others that the key didn’t work for them may want to try rebooting again.
Well, I’m stumped. Completely stumped. It’s morning here now and I still can’t get on to the Anvir website. I even tried my partner’s laptop, but still the same message. Does anyone know an alternative download site for this program as I really want to d/l it?
Help appreciated!
Hi Ashraf! Thanks for the great offer! Just wondering: If I already have WinPatrol do I still need AnVir Task Manager? Won’t they conflict with each other? Your help is greatly appreciated. More power to you!
Thanks for sharing, I’ve never used anything to replace my task manager.
Received a warning on Kaspersky AV about taskman.exe, said it displays trojan like behavior…..
@Ozzie: Check your email. :)
@George N. True II: They do overlap in somethings so yes there is a chance of conflict. A huge kill-your-computer conflict? No I don’t think so. If you are really worried you can turn off some features that overlap for one of them, such as homepage guard and startup guard to minimize conflict. Actually you probably should do that. So far I have been running WinPatrol and AnVir together just fine but eventually I am thinking I will run WinPatrol passively and AnVir actively (AnVir will be very useful for my reviews – very handy for monitoring computer resource usage) since I have WinPatrol PLUS.
For a quick comparison, WinPatrol is more focused on security while AnVir is more focused on Windows Task Manager replacement that has security elements as a supplement. WinPatrol is more light on resources.
Although it is probably a bit unnecessary, you should be able to run both just fine (as long as you disable as many overlapping settings as possible).
@ms: It is a false positive. I experienced the same thing when I reviewed the software way back when. AnVir is clean.
You are the best Ashraf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The absolute best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!