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Sunbelt-Software’s Sunbelt Personal Firewall (Formerly Kerio Personal Firewall) is on-sale for $9.95 a copy ($10 instant rebate).  If you buy now you can also get the Award-Winning CounterSpy for an additional $9.95.  For under $20 you can secure your system with an awesome firewall and malware-spyware blocker.  You can also use a full-featured version of Kerio for 30 days.  After that it loses some functionality but the firewall itself is left intact.

I’ve used Kerio for years and for me it’s the best host-based firewall and host intrusion prevention system out there.  I run it on my systems at home.  It’s powerful, easy-to-use, and much easier to navigate than Comodo Personal Firewall.

CounterSpy is a state-of-the-art anti-spyware application similar to Windows Defender.  It runs in the system tray and actively blocks malicious code execution.  CounterSpy is simple to configure and runs a full system scan at 1:00 AM by default.

Check both of these apps out here.

If you want to hack your desktop (Windows) to look like something else, check out this MakeUseOf.com article.  Five new (Sort of) looks for your Windows XP system.

Use at your own risk, considering these apps are provided by the community who knows how ’safe’ they are. =)

If you feel like spending some of your hard-earned Christmas cash check out Windows Blinds by Stardock Software.

Happy New Years!