I found this free program while I was trying out some security apps from a disk my friend gave me. It shuts down all dangerous services in XP at a click. I looked for it on the web and the original domain is up for sale so it looks like it wont be updated. I scanned it with F-secure and Kasperspy and also geocities scans it with mcafee before they let you upload to their servers. Its 356kb,No install just extract somewhere click to open and shut down what you want. I put it on a geocities page because its one program I thought was well worth sharing. http://www.geocities.com/securewin2004 Good luck

How very odd... Wouldn't be a keylogger/virus/trojan/spyware/malware of some sort, would it?

Hi, Well I have full faith in F-secure.It deletes many trojans every day just from surfing the web.Also scanned with kasperpy,(mcafee on uploading to Geocities)TDS-3 Trojan scanner and it comes up clean.I also checked netstat -an in DOS to see if any ports opened and nothing. Spybot and adaware also on this system,nothing it is totally clean. I would say it didnt take long to make the program,maybe something he did when he was bored.He had a good idea though and should have kept with it ,maybe market it in the future. I am extremely careful with p.c's if it was dodgy I would not have put it on here. Good Luck.

Sorry to be suspicious... But I could write a program now that would do all sorts of malicious things and no virus scanner or Adaware-type thing will flag it as dangerous...

Just the fact that the site is up for sale would make me wonder. Sounds too "fly-by-night".

Go to the correct website for Safe XP 1.4.4.20, this site is not up for sale etc. http://theorica.mirrorz.com/ And it is also listed at "Major Geeks" http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4070.html Iligitimi non carborundum est

I personally try to understand what each service is for and why its running..if i know its not gonna screw anything up by turning it off...i will...but only after testing for a while in everday use... these apps that do it for you at the click of a switch..may be good for the newbie...but ultimately they can also cause other problems..mainly down to the fact that everyones pc is configured differently..and a service i might need leaving on...(security flawed as it may be) would no doubt be switched off by using these type of apps...same goes for black vipers safe service settings reg files...they are what HE has found to be good for him under testing..but not for everyone... see where i'm heading :) use at your own risk...no matter where they come from...you may find that you could turn something off you will need...then you'll be in here posting for a solution as to why something isnt working :)... just a thought...no offense meant.. :) BLeeM