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Swiff Player is a Free stand-alone player that enables you to easily play Flash movies as well as any .swf file on your computer. If you have the ability to extract .swf files, you can play those files, whether a movie, video, or game with this easy to use player provided free by GlobeFX Technologies.

Swiff Player offers a variety of playback capabilities including full-screen mode. Swiff Player also includes the unique OpenGL hardware accelerated playback mode, for visualizing Flash movies full screen at maximum frame rate.

Download Swiff Player here

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codecs are required to encode and/or decode (play) audio and video. K-Lite Codec pack gives you the ability to play 99% of all the movies that you download from the Internet.

There are several different variants of the K-Lite Codec Pack. Ranging from a very small bundle that contains only the most essential decoders to a large and more comprehensive bundle. The global differences between the 5 variants can be found here.

Download K-Lite Codec Pack here

WinSCP is an open source SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Its main function is the secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers basic file manager functionality. It uses Secure Shell (SSH) and supports, in addition to Secure FTP, also legacy SCP protocol.

WinSCP is free, open-source software, and is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

WinSCP Screenshots

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TIPS TO AVOID HAITI RELIEF SCAMS

Cybersecurity experts and the FBI offer several safety tips for consumers:

• Whitehouse.gov, the United Nations and the Red Cross list legitimate websites for Haiti relief donations.
• Don’t respond to unsolicited e-mail or click on links contained within those messages.
• Make contributions directly to established organizations.
• Be wary of claims that 100% of donations will assist victims.
• Do not give your personal or financial information to anyone soliciting contributions.

411-Spyware.com is an excellent resource for the tech-savvy as well as the casual user. It provides detailed information about the latest threats affecting computers. They tell you what the latest badware is, how to spot it, and how to remove it with free instructions and recommended software.

411-Spyware.com was founded in 2006 by Kristopher Dukes to help computer users understand what may be causing their computer frustration, not flood them with technical jargon that they don’t understand.

If you frequent thesmilingpirate.com, you know that we highly recommend keeping your Anti-Virus and Anti-Spware up-to-date. This will help you avoid contacting one of these malicious attacks. However, if you happen to contact one of these software attacks, you can reference 411-Spyware.com to get more information about what you’ve been infected with. In fact, The Smiling Pirate recommends adding 411-Spyware.com as a Favorite or Bookmark and making frequent visits to the site to get educated on the current attacks as well as attacks that were prevalent in months past.

Surf Safe.

-The Smiling Pirate