About Ashraf
Happily married to the most beautiful woman ever, Ashraf is the founder of dotTech. Ashraf spends insane hours on dotTech (usually writing articles but sometimes doing absolutely nothing except staring). Yes he is weird, but he is also very friendly.
There are many online malware scanners that use multiple antivirus engines to scan files. However, as shown in dotTech’s analysis of Avira vs avast! vs AVG vs Microsoft Security Essentials, antivirus software don’t det...
Does it feel like you just updated to Firefox 8? That is because you literally did just update to Firefox 8. But hey, Mozilla has a rapid release cycle schedule to meet. Who cares if these rapid updates are bloody annoying. Here c...
Software Description The following is a list of Outpost Security Suite Pro features, as per the developer: Anti-Malware module (Anti-Virus + Anti-Spyware) with greater detection accuracy Two-way firewall for secure network connect...
There are many, many programs out there that serve the purpose of analyzing your hard drive usage (such as O&O DiskStat which was recently just posted about on dotTech). So, for a analyze-hard-drive program to stand out, it ne...
Update: WinOptimizer 8 is now available as a freebie! Go get it now. Software Description The following is a description of WinOptimizer 7, as per the developer: What does this program do? Just as dirt and trash accumulate in buil...
Ever working on a project and wished you could place two windows side by side to make it easier for you to do whatever you were doing? I know I have. Well, you know as they – be careful what you wish for… you might jus...
Ever crash your computer? If you say “no” you are a liar. Ever crash your computer and then it refuses to load into Windows? One of the most common causes of computer crashes is a new software change you made. One of t...
Software Description The following is a description of Paragon Disk Wiper, as per the developer: Disk Wiper 10 Personal allows you to: Completely erase a whole hard disk, a separate partition or just clean free space. Irreversibly...
You may have heard Google is rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich to GSM/UMTS Nexus S devices over the next month. If you are impatient and don’t want to or cannot wait for ICS to hit your Nexus S, there is way to manually update/...
Software Description The following is a quick description of Backup4All Lite, as per the developer: Backup4all Lite edition implements the basic functionalities of a backup application, thus more suitable for home users that don...
Some of us may have relatives in other parts of the other world while others have business contacts. Yet others have friends while others just online acquaintances. The fact is with globalization occurring at a stunning pace and t...
Software Description The following is a description of CyberLink MediaShow 5, as per the developer: CyberLink MediaShow 5 is a fast and easy way to preserve and share your life’s best moments. One-click fixes, photo slidesho...
Software Description The following is a description of StuffIt Deluxe 2010 (Windows), as per the developer: The only compression utility you need StuffIt Deluxe® gives you all the features you need to backup, share, archive, encry...
Software Description The following is a description of ABBYY Screenshot Reader, as per the developer: Create your own “snapshots” of images and texts from opened documents, file menus, Web pages, presentations, or PDF files with j...
Update: Back when I wrote this article two years ago SUPERAntiSypware’s online scanner was “new”. It isn’t new anymore. Still, this article is applicable to the scanner because it is still around today. SUP...