ActivityMon WebGuard by Advanced Software - "will notify you (or your children for example) when you have visited such a suspicious site. Using it you can avoid troubles with owners of mentioned sites and meaningless communication with them. ActivityMon WebGuard supports all currently available versions of Microsoft's Windows operating systems." No longer available

Dr Solomon's Virex antivirus - now part of McAfee

Part of Flash-Networks NettGain2000 product. NettGain 2000 is a combined hardware/software networking solution, which is designed to improve performance of satellite networks by increasing data transmission speeds and maximizing the existing bandwidth for complete utilization when sending TCP/IP applications over a satellite. It is needed when connecting to the internet via satellite to provide speed faster than 60k or so

From McAfee VirusScan up to version 4.x. Provides functionality for VShield Download Scan and Internet Filter modules. Enables internet scanning. Guards against malicious ActiveX programs, etc

WinFax 10.0 and maybe earlier versions. Used to initiate the WinFax port to enable printing to the WinFax printer (send a fax) from any application.

WinFax 10.0 and maybe earlier versions. Used to initiate the WinFax port to enable printing to the WinFax printer (send a fax) from any application

Part of Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation - software that allows remote management application programs to access information about, monitor the status of or change the state of the client computer, such as shutting it down remotely. Uses the DMI and/or common information model (CIM) protocols, which are systems management protocols defined by industry standards. The specific function of this is to load MIF's in order for Dell OpenManage Client to work

Windows 7 Firewall Control from Sphinx Software - "Protects your applications from undesirable network incoming and outgoing activity, controls applications internet access. Allows you to control personal information leakage via controlling application network traffic"

"Winpooch is a watchdog for Windows (2000, XP, 2003, but only 32-bits). It detects modifications in your system, so as to detect a trojan or a spyware installation. It also includes a real-time anti-virus"

WinPoET is the industry's first Windows-based PPP over Ethernet client. Developed by iVasion, WinPoET is attractive to equipment providers, modem suppliers, RBOCs and ISPs. For more info read here. It uses dial-up networking for new high-speed internet customers who are more familiar with analogue modems. If unchecked in MSCONFIG it reports Error 360 - Hardware Error in dial-up networking

Part of WinPatrol

System Tray access to, and notifications from Windows Live OneCare - now superseded by Microsoft Security Essentials. "OneCare helps keep your PC safe and secure while making your life easier. From virus scanning and file backups, to automatic printer sharing of all the PCs in your household, OneCare helps manage all of this. Delivered to you in a smooth, hassle-free package"

System Tray access to, and notifications from Windows Live OneCare - now superseded by Microsoft Security Essentials. "OneCare helps keep your PC safe and secure while making your life easier. From virus scanning and file backups, to automatic printer sharing of all the PCs in your household, OneCare helps manage all of this. Delivered to you in a smooth, hassle-free package"

Software for software based modems. Required if you have one of these. WinModems use software rather than hardware - hence putting a load on the CPU. Needed if you have it for loading the drivers. See here for more WinModem information

Driver for an external ESI sound card

Linksys WMP54Gv4 Wireless PCI adapter driver - required in order to automatically connect to the wireless router/gateway at bootup. Note - may not install correctly on Windows Me/9x computers which have Slipstream accelerator installed. Uninstall Slipstream first, disabling slipcore and slipgui are insufficient

Part of an older version of the Kerio Control integrated security solution when it was just a "UTM firewall designed to protect businesses from a comprehensive range of invasive and crippling corporate network threats." Previously Kerio WinRoute Firewall & WinRoute Pro/Lite

WebRunner Accelerator customized user interface for Slipstream - internet acceleration through compression/decompression techniques, intelligent cacheing on the server side, and real-time conversion of large/high-bandwidth images to less bulky pix

Part of SecureAnywhere security software from Webroot - including Complete, Essentials and Antivirus versions