The items on this page are all copyright IWR Consultancy, with the
exception of some supporting code which is covered by the GPL or other
free software license. In most cases, sourcecode is available.
All are free from spyware, nagware, malware or other undesirable
content. None are time-limited. Please do bear
in-mind that most are designed for use by a network
administrator, and as such they may be dangerous in the hands of a user
who doesn't properly understand their purpose!
MyLogon
Probably our most popular download, this is a replacement
logon-screen for Windows. Unlike most of the other logon-screen
replacements you will find, this one is functional in nature rather
than being an excercise in pointless prettification. (Though to keep
the narcissists happy it does allow you to display your company
banner!) Aimed at small local area networks, it allows a client
computer to log-on and access resources on one or more fileservers.
With MyLogon installed on the client, the user logs-on to the server
instead of locally to the client computer. In this respect it's
similar in function to the Active Directory logon which Microsoft
promotes, except that it's far simpler and easier to setup and manage.
Plus, it provides a network logon for Home versions of Windows,
which is not (intended to be) possible by the standard method.
Note that this utility is only of value to computers on a LAN.
We all know that running as a limited user greatly reduces the amount o
damage which malware can do to your system. What is not so
widely-known is that another feature of recent Windows versions,
Software Prestriction Policies, can offer even more protection by
preventing most types of malware from being launched in the first case.
So, why are software policies not more widely-used? Mainly. I
suspect, because they have to be set-up usind the Group Policy Editor,
and are buried deep within a mass of labyrinthine options. That, and
once activated, turning the policy off, for example when installing
legitimate software, is equally laborious and complicated.
What I've done here is to write a script which creates and implements
an 'off-the-peg' policy to suit most desktop computers. The
settings can be adjusted if necessary, but unless you have an exotic
setup the chances are it will suit your computer without
adjustment. That, and the script provides a neat
system-tray option to turn the policy off when required.
This takes effect immediately, with no need to log-off or reboot.
This version is an Alpha, however I've been using it on my
regular desktop for several weeks and have found it to give no
problems. In fact -and this is always a hallmark of good security
software- I mostly forget it's there.
A very frequent helpdesk request is that of the user who has
mysteriously lost acccess to their files and settings, the Windows
desktop having defaulted back to how it looked the first time the
computer was used. The same issue will almost always arise when a
computer is joined-to or taken out of a Domain.
These kinds of problem are almost always due to
profile-association issues. ReProfiler makes it easy to fix these
issues, without the need for a knowledge of registry-editing or the
like as would normally be required. Please be aware that this is
a powerful system utility which can do serious damage if used
incorrectly. Also, the present version is still undergoing testing,
hence it is classed as Alpha software. Use at your own
discretion.
An antivirus add-on for the popular MDaemon mailserver.
ScanMail acts as an interface between the mailserver and a Windows port
of the well-known Clam AV antivirus package. Checks incoming mail
for mailware, and also detects most phishing emails. Automatic update
of definitions.