Smart Disk Checker - for testing your HDD and SSD disks

Smart Disk Checker is a free software program developed and published in France, providing you with a summary of the state of health of the disks on your machine. It gives you an overview of current and future problems, with a SMART diagnosis that details all indicators.

Smart Disk Checker

This way, in the event of a degraded or bad disk, you'll be able to understand why it was rated poorly. And if necessary, the software can perform a secure erasure of an entire physical disk. You can use it before cloning an image of a disk, so as not to retrieve previous information. More advanced users will also be able to view the hexadecimal part of a disk.

The free version of Smart Disk Checker, available as a portable version or for installation, does not allow you to create and print a full or partial report; only the professional version does.

OS: Windows 10 & 11

Language: French

Price: free

Official website Post and text by Kappa. Thanks to him for presenting it on the libellules.net forum, in the "Kappa's discoveries" section.

RogueKiller AntiMalware - scans Windows processes and kills malicious ones

Here's what I wrote about this program at the time of the coronavirus pandemic...

RogueKiller AntiMalware

"Lately, my Internet connection has been yo-yoing. From being hyper-fast, it was capable of exasperating me a few minutes later, loading a page in several minutes. My first thought was to blame it on the Coronavirus, an overload of the Internet network due to confinement, telecommuting, etc. I was prepared to live with it until the end of the year. I was ready to live with this pandemic for the rest of my life when, while rummaging through the blog's many aging entries, I came across RogueKiller.

I decided to refresh the program description and to do so, as always, I installed and tested the program on my aging laptop.

RogueKiller AntiMalware

The scan revealed 5 suspicious items, which I immediately placed in quarantine, a term in vogue these days. Since this clean-up, my Internet connection has regained all the vigour of my twenties, and I'm very pleased about that. Judge the program's strength by reading the description below, written in its time by Falkra. I should point out that Malwarebytes Premium provides continuous protection for my laptop in addition to Windows Defender..."

RogueKiller AntiMalware

RogueKiller scans running Windows processes and kills malicious ones. It can clean up running processes and, on request, clean up the registry. It also has additional functions (Hosts file restoration, Proxy and DNS configurations, recovery of hidden files).

It is capable of analyzing and removing malicious registry keys, as well as scheduled tasks, autostart folders and suspicious or known file locations, rootkits and their bypass methods such as SSDT hooks, Shadow SSDT, IRP, hidden processes, hidden registry keys and Master boot Record (MBR) hijacking.

It detects DNS configuration hijacking, malicious Proxy setup or Hosts file hijacking, and recovers all files/folders and shortcuts hidden by "Fake HDD" rogues (System Check, System Restore, System Fix). Over 10,000,000 downloads worldwide.

Adlice, the publisher, believes that everyone should have access to free malware removal, so the free plan is in line with their philosophy. If you're a business or just like the software, I'd advise you to help them out by buying a license.

Please note! Only the paid version offers real-time and ransomware protection! RogueKiller does not replace antivirus software, but complements it.

OS: Windows 10 & 11

Language: multilingual

Price: Free

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P.S.: from the same publisher

UCheck - a kind of hydroalcoholic gel for your PC. Updating your software is essential to keep your machine safe, but it's often a nightmare and nobody does it. Read more about this program