tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21807608973265340162024-03-14T03:08:21.186+07:00AcepediaGo Forward UndeteredAditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-17404490895414711612013-12-15T00:17:00.003+07:002013-12-15T14:31:54.408+07:00Biografi Sir Isaac Newton<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">
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Sir <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Isaac Newton</b> adalah seorang fisikawan,matematikawan, ahli astronomi dan juga ahli kimia yang berasal dari Inggris. Ia juga ilmuwan paling besar dan paling berpengaruh yang pernah hidup di dunia, lahir di Woolsthrope, Inggris, tepat pada hari<st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Natal</st1:city> tahun 1642, bertepatan tahun dengan wafatnya Galileo. Seperti halnya Nabi Muhammad, dia lahir sesudah ayahnya meninggal Beliau merupakan pengikut aliran heliosentris dan ilmuwan yang sangat berpengaruh sepanjang sejarah, bahkan dikatakan sebagai bapak ilmu fisika</div>
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<st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> dilahirkan di kota <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"></span>Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, hamlet di <st1:place st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><st1:placetype st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">county</st1:placetype>Lincolnshire lahir secara prematur, dimana saat itu bayi prematur tidak diharapkan kehadirannya di dunia. Ayahnya, Isaac, meninggal tiga bulan sebelum kelahiran <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city>, dan dua tahun kemudian ibunya, Hannah Ayscough Newton, menikah dengan lelaki lain dan meninggalkan <st1:place st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city></st1:place> dengan neneknya. <st1:place st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city></st1:place> merupakan kanak-kanak pintar.</st1:place></div>
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<st1:place st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</i></st1:city></st1:place><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> memulai sekolah saat tinggal bersama neneknya di desa dan kemudian dikirimkan ke sekolah bahasa di daerah Grantham dimana dia akhirnya menjadi anak terpandai di sekolahnya. Saat bersekolah di Grantham dia tinggal di-kost milik apoteker lokal yang bernama William Clarke. Sebelum meneruskan kuliah di Universitas Cambridge pada usia 19, Newton sempat menjalin kasih dengan adik angkat William Clarke, Anne Storer. Saat Newton memfokuskan dirinya pada pelajaran, kisah cintanya dengan menjadi semakin tidak menentu dan akhirnya Storer menikahi orang lain. Banyak yang menegatakan bahwa dia, Newton, selalu mengenang kisah cintanya walaupun selanjutnya tidak pernah disebutkan <st1:place st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city></st1:place> memiliki seorang kekasih dan bahkan pernah menikah.</i></div>
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Sejak usia 12 hingga 17 tahun, <st1:place st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:place> mengenyam pendidikan di sekolah The Kings School yang terletak di Grantham (tanda tangannya masih terdapat di perpustakaan sekolah). Keluarganya mengeluarkan <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> dari sekolah dengan alasan agar dia menjadi petani saja, bagaimanapun<st1:place st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:place> terlihat tidak menyukai pekerjaan barunya. Tapi pada akhirnya setelah meyakinkan keluarga dan ibunya dengan bantuan paman dan gurunya, <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> dapat menamatkan sekolah pada usia 18 tahun dengan nilai yang memuaskan.</div>
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Di masa bocah dia sudah menunjukkan kecakapan yang nyata di bidang mekanika dan teramat cekatan menggunakan tangannya. Meskipun anak dengan otak cemerlang, di sekolah tampaknya ogah-ogahan dan tidak banyak menarik perhatian. Tatkala menginjak akil baliq, ibunya mengeluarkannya dari sekolah dengan harapan anaknya bisa jadi petani yang baik. Untungnya sang ibu bisa dibujuk, bahwa bakat utamanya tidak terletak di situ.</div>
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Pada umurnya delapan belas dia masuk Universitas Cambridge. Di sinilah <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> secara kilat menyerap apa yang kemudian terkenal dengan ilmu pengetahuan dan matematik dan dengan cepat pula mulai melakukan penyelidikan sendiri. Antara usia dua puluh satu dan dua puluh tujuh tahun dia sudah meletakkan dasar-dasar teori ilmu pengetahuan yang pada gilirannya kemudian mengubah dunia.</div>
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Pertengahan abad ke-17 adalah periode pembenihan ilmu pengetahuan. Penemuan teropong bintang dekat permulaan abad itu telah merombak seluruh pendapat mengenai ilmu perbintangan. Filosof Inggris Francis Bacon dan Filosof Perancis Rene Descartes kedua-duanya berseru kepada ilmuwan seluruh Eropa agar tidak lagi menyandarkan diri pada kekuasaan Aristoteles, melainkan melakukan percobaan dan penelitian atas dasar titik tolak dan keperluan sendiri. Apa yang dikemukakan oleh Bacon dan Descartes, sudah dipraktekkan oleh si hebat Galileo. Penggunaan teropong bintang, penemuan baru untuk penelitian astronomi oleh Newton telah merevolusionerkan penyelidikan bidang itu, dan yang dilakukannya di sektor mekanika telah menghasilkan apa yang kini terkenal dengan sebutan “Hukum gerak Newton” yang pertama.</div>
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Dengan berbagai hasil karya ilmiah yang dicapainya, Newton menulis sebuah buku Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, dimana pada buku tersebut dideskripsikan mengenai teori gravitasi secara umum, berdasarkan hukum gerak yang ditemukannya, dimana benda akan tertarik ke bawah karena gaya gravitasi. Bekerja sama dengan Gottfried Leibniz, <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> mengembangkan teori kalkulus.<st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> merupakan orang pertama yang menjelaskan tentang teori gerak dan berperan penting dalam merumuskan gerakan melingkar dari hukum Kepler, dimana <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> memperluas hukum tersebut dengan beranggapan bahwa suatu orbit gerakan melingkar tidak harus selalu berbentuk lingkaran sempurna (seperti elipse, hiperbola dan parabola). <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> menemukan spektrum warna ketika melakukan percobaan dengan melewati sinar putih pada sebuah prisma, dia juga percaya bahwa sinar merupakan kumpulan dari partikel-partikel. <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> juga mengembangkan hukum tentang pendinginan yang di dapatkan dari teori binomial, dan menemukan sebuah prinsip momentum dan angular momentum.</div>
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Pendapat Kepala Akademi Ilmiah <st1:state st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Berlin</st1:state> tentang <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city>: "<st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> ialah seorang jenius besar yang pernah ada dan paling beruntung, yang tak bisa kita temukan lebih dari suatu sistem dunia untuk didirikan." [See Shapley.</div>
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Ilmuwan besar lain, seperti William Harvey, penemu ihwal peredaran darah dan Johannes Kepler penemu tata gerak planit-planit di seputar matahari, mempersembahkan informasi yang sangat mendasar bagi kalangan cendikiawan. Walau begitu, ilmu pengetahuan murni masih merupakan kegemaran para intelektual, dan masih belum dapat dibuktikan –apabila digunakan dalam teknologi– bahwa ilmu pengetahuan dapat mengubah pola dasar kehidupan manusia sebagaimana diramalkan oleh Francis Bacon.</div>
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Walaupun Copernicus dan Galileo sudah menyepak ke pinggir beberapa anggapan ngelantur tentang pengetahuan purba dan telah menyuguhkan pengertian yang lebih genah mengenai alam semesta, namun tak ada satu pokok pikiran pun yang terumuskan dengan seksama yang mampu membelokkan tumpukan pengertian yang gurem dan tak berdasar seraya menyusunnya dalam suatu teori yang memungkinkan berkembangnya ramalan-ramalan yang lebih ilmiah. Tak lain dari Isaac Newton-lah orangnya yang sanggup menyuguhkan kumpulan teori yang terangkum rapi dan meletakkan batu pertama ilmu pengetahuan modern yang kini arusnya jadi anutan orang.</div>
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<st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> sendiri agak ogah-ogahan menerbitkan dan mengumumkan penemuan-penemuannya. Gagasan dasar sudah disusunnya jauh sebelum tahun 1669 tetapi banyak teori-teorinya baru diketahui publik bertahun-tahun sesudahnya. Penerbitan pertama penemuannya adalah menyangkut penjungkir-balikan anggapan lama tentang hal-ihwal cahaya. Dalam serentetan percobaan yang seksama, <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city>menemukan fakta bahwa apa yang lazim disebut orang “cahaya putih” sebenarnya tak lain dari campuran semua warna yang terkandung dalam pelangi. Dan ia pun dengan sangat hati-hati melakukan analisa tentang akibat-akibat hukum pemantulan dan pembiasan cahaya. Berpegang pada hukum ini dia –pada tahun 1668– merancang dan sekaligus membangun teropong refleksi pertama, model teropong yang dipergunakan oleh sebagian terbesar penyelidik bintang-kemintang saat ini. Penemuan ini, berbarengan dengan hasil-hasil yang diperolehnya di bidang percobaan optik yang sudah diperagakannya, dipersembahkan olehnya kepada lembaga peneliti kerajaan Inggris tatkala ia berumur dua puluh sembilan tahun.</div>
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Keberhasilan Newton di bidang optik saja mungkin sudah memadai untuk mendudukkan <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> pada urutan daftar buku ini. Sementara itu masih ada penemuan-penemuan yang kurang penting di bidang matematika murni dan di bidang mekanika. Persembahan terbesarnya di bidang matematika adalah penemuannya tentang “kalkulus integral” yang mungkin dipecahkannya tatkala ia berumur dua puluh tiga atau dua puluh empat tahun. Penemuan ini merupakan hasil karya terpenting di bidang matematika modern. Bukan semata bagaikan benih yang daripadanya tumbuh teori matematika modern, tetapi juga perabot tak terelakkan yang tanpa penemuannya itu kemajuan pengetahuan modern yang datang menyusul merupakan hal yang mustahil. Biarpun Newton tidak berbuat sesuatu apapun lagi, penemuan “kalkulus integral”-nya saja sudah memadai untuk menuntunnya ke tangga tinggi dalam daftar urutan buku ini.</div>
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Tetapi penemuan-penemuan <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> yang terpenting adalah di bidang mekanika, pengetahuan sekitar bergeraknya sesuatu benda. Galileo merupakan penemu pertama hukum yang melukiskan gerak sesuatu obyek apabila tidak dipengaruhi oleh kekuatan luar. Tentu saja pada dasarnya semua obyek dipengaruhi oleh kekuatan luar dan persoalan yang paling penting dalam ihwal mekanik adalah bagaimana obyek bergerak dalam keadaan itu. Masalah ini dipecahkan oleh <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> dalam hukum geraknya yang kedua dan termasyhur dan dapat dianggap sebagai hukum fisika klasik yang paling utama. Hukum kedua (secara matcmatik dijabarkan dcngan persamaan F = m.a) menetapkan bahwa akselerasi obyek adalah sama dengan <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">gaya</st1:city> netto dibagi <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">massa</st1:city> benda. Terhadap kedua hukum itu<st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> menambah hukum ketiganya yang masyhur tentang gerak (menegaskan bahwa pada tiap aksi, misalnya kekuatan fisik, terdapat reaksi yang sama dengan yang bertentangan) serta yang paling termasyhur penemuannya tentang kaidah ilmiah hukum <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">gaya</st1:city> berat universal. Keempat perangkat hukum ini, jika digabungkan, akan membentuk suatu kesatuan sistem yang berlaku buat seluruh makro sistem mekanika, mulai dari pergoyangan pendulum hingga gerak planit-planit dalam orbitnya mengelilingi matahari yang dapat diawasi dan gerak-geriknya dapat diramalkan. <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> tidak cuma menetapkan hukum-hukum mekanika, tetapi dia sendiri juga menggunakan alat kalkulus matematik, dan menunjukkan bahwa rumus-rumus fundamental ini dapat dipergunakan bagi pemecahan problem.</div>
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Hukum Newton dapat dan sudah dipergunakan dalam skala luas bidang ilmiah serta bidang perancangan pelbagai peralatan teknis. Dalam masa hidupnya, pemraktekan yang paling dramatis adalah di bidang astronomi. Di sektor ini pun <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> berdiri paling depan. Tahun 1678 <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city>menerbitkan buku karyanya yang masyhur Prinsip-prinsip matematika mengenai filsafat alamiah (biasanya diringkas Principia saja). Dalam buku itu <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> mengemukakan teorinya tentang hukum<st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">gaya</st1:city> berat dan tentang hukum gerak. Dia menunjukkan bagaimana hukum-hukum itu dapat dipergunakan untuk memperkirakan secara tepat gerakan-gerakan planit-planit seputar sang matahari. Persoalan utama gerak-gerik astronomi adalah bagaimana memperkirakan posisi yang tepat dan gerakan bintang-kemintang serta planit-planit, dengan demikian terpecahkan sepenuhnya oleh <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city>hanya dengan sekali sambar. Atas karya-karyanya itu <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> sering dianggap seorang astronom terbesar dari semua yang terbesar.</div>
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Apa penilaian kita terhadap arti penting keilmiahan <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city>? Apabila kita buka-buka indeks ensiklopedia ilmu pengetahuan, kita akan jumpai ihwal menyangkut <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> beserta hukum-hukum dan penemuan-penemuannya dua atau tiga kali lebih banyak jumlahnya dibanding ihwal ilmuwan yang manapun juga. Kata cendikiawan besar Leibniz yang sama sekali tidak dekat dengan <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> bahkan pernah terlibat dalam suatu pertengkaran sengit: “Dari semua hal yang menyangkut matematika dari mulai dunia berkembang hingga adanya <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city>, orang itulah yang memberikan sumbangan terbaik.” Juga pujian diberikan oleh sarjana besar Perancis, <st1:place st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Laplace</st1:place>: “Buku Principia Newton berada jauh di atas semua produk manusia genius yang ada di dunia.” Dan Langrange sering menyatakan bahwa<st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> adalah genius terbesar yang pernah hidup. Sedangkan Ernst Mach dalam tulisannya di tahun 1901 berkata, “Semua masalah matematika yang sudah terpecahkan sejak masa hidupnya merupakan dasar perkembangan mekanika berdasar atas hukum-hukum <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city>.” Ini mungkin merupakan penemuan besar <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> yang paling ruwet: dia menemukan wadah pemisahan antara fakta dan hukum, mampu melukiskan beberapa keajaiban namun tidak banyak menolong untuk melakukan dugaan-dugaan; dia mewariskan kepada kita rangkaian kesatuan hukum-hukum yang mampu dipergunakan buat permasalahan fisika dalam ruang lingkup rahasia yang teramat luas dan mengandung kemungkinan untuk melakukan dugaan-dugaan yang tepat.</div>
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Dalam uraian yang begini ringkas, adalah mustahil membeberkan secara terperinci penemuan-penemuan <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city>. Akibatnya, banyak karya-karya yang agak kurang tenar terpaksa harus disisihkan biarpun punya makna penting di segi penemuan dalam bidang masalahnya sendiri. <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> juga memberi sumbangsih besar di bidang thermodinamika (penyelidikan tentang panas) dan di bidang akustik (ilmu tentang suara). Dan dia pulalah yang menyuguhkan penjelasan yang jernih bagai kristal prinsip-prinsip fisika tentang “pengawetan” jumlah gerak agar tidak terbuang serta “pengawetan” jumlah gerak sesuatu yang bersudut. Antrian penemuan ini kalau mau bisa diperpanjang lagi: Newtonlah orang yang menemukan dalil binomial dalam matematika yang amat logis dan dapat dipertanggungjawabkan. Mau tambah lagi? Dia juga, tak lain tak bukan, orang pertama yang mengutarakan secara meyakinkan ihwal asal mula bintang-bintang.</div>
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Nah, sekarang soalnya begini: taruhlah <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> itu ilmuwan yang paling jempol dari semua ilmuwan yang pernah hidup di bumi. Paling kemilau bagaikan batu zamrud di tengah tumpukan batu kali. Taruhlah begitu. Tetapi, bisa saja ada orang yang mempertanyakan alasan apa menempatkan <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city>di atas pentolan politikus raksasa seperti Alexander Yang Agung atau George Wasington, serta disebut duluan ketimbang tokoh-tokoh agama besar seperti Nabi Isa atau Budha Gautama. Kenapa mesti begitu?</div>
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Pertimbangan saya begini. Memang betul perubahan-perubahan politik itu penting kalau tidak teramat penting. Walau begitu, bagaimanapun juga pada umumnya manusia sebagaian terbesar hidup nyaris tak banyak beda antara mereka di jaman <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">lima</st1:city> ratus tahun sesudah Alexander wafat dengan mereka di jaman <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">lima</st1:city> ratus sebelum Alexander muncul dari rahim ibunya. Dengan kata lain, cara manusia hidup di tahun 1500 sesudah Masehi boleh dibilang serupa dengan cara hidup buyut bin buyut bin buyut mereka di tahun 1500 sebelum Masehi. Sekarang, tengoklah dari sudut perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan. Dalam <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">lima</st1:city> abad terakhir, berkat penemuan-penemuan ilmiah modern, cara hidup manusia sehari-hari sudah mengalami revolusi besar. Cara berbusana beda, cara makan beda, cara kerja dan ragamnya beda. Bahkan, cara hidup santai berleha-leha pun sama sekali tidak mirip dengan apa yang diperbuat orang jaman tahun 1500 sesudah Masehi. Penemuan ilmiah bukan saja sudah merevolusionerkan teknologi dan ekonomi, tetapi juga sudah mengubah total segi politik, pemikiran keagamaan, seni dan falsafah. Sangat langkalah aspek kehidupan manusia yang tetap “jongkok di tempat” tak beringsut sejengkal pun dengan adanya revolusi ilmiah. Alasan ini –sekali lagi alasan ini– yang jadi sebab mengapa begitu banyak ilmuwan dan penemu gagasan baru tercantum di dalam daftar buku ini. <st1:city st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:city> bukan semata yang paling cerdas otak diantara barisan cerdas otak, tetapi sekaligus dia tokoh yang paling berpengaruh di dalam perkembangan teori ilmu. Itu sebabnya dia peroleh kehormatan untuk didudukkan dalam urutan hampir teratas dari sekian banyak manusia yang paling berpengaruh dalam sejarah manusia. <st1:place st="on" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Newton</st1:place> menghembuskan nafas penghabisan tahun 1727, dikebumikan di Westminster Abbey, ilmuwan pertama yang memperoleh penghormatan macam itu.</div>
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<span class="mw-headline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Daftar karya Newton</span></h2>
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Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-15404511258754747622013-12-14T22:23:00.002+07:002013-12-15T14:31:29.325+07:00Biografi Nabi Muhammad SAW<div id="iklan11029146937502255576" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Biografi Nabi Muhammad saw. </b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Nabi Muhammad saw</span> berasal dari kabilah Quraisy, tepatnya keturunan <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hasyim</b>. Ayah beliau adalah <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Abdullah bin Abdul Muthalib</b>, cucu Hasyim. Ibunda beliau adalah <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Aminah binti Wahb </b>yang berasal dari keturunan Bani Zuhrah, salah satu kabilah <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Quraisy</b>.<br />
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Setelah menikah, <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Abdullah</b> melakukan pepergian ke Syam. Ketika pulang dari pepergian itu, ia wafat di Madinah dan dikuburkan di kota itu juga.<br />
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Setelah beberapa bulan dari wafatnya sang ayah berlalu, Nabi pamungkas para nabi lahir di bulan Rabi’ul Awal, tahun 571 Masehi di Makkah, dan dengan kelahirannya itu, dunia menjadi terang-benderang. Sesuai dengan kebiasaan para bangsawan Makkah, ibundanya menyerahkan Muhammad kecil kepada Halimah Sa’diyah dari kabilah Bani Sa’d untuk disusui. Beliau tinggal di rumah Halimah selama empat tahun. Setelah itu, sang ibu mengambilnya kembali.<br />
<span id="fullpost" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Dengan tujuan untuk berkunjung ke kerabat ayahnya di Madinah, sang ibunda membawanya pergi ke Madinah. Dalam perjalanan pulang ke Makkah, ibundanya wafat dan dikebumikan di Abwa`, sebuah daerah yang terletak antara Makkah dan Madinah. Setelah ibunda beliau wafat, secara bergantian, kakek dan paman beliau, Abdul Muthalib dan Abu Thalib memelihara beliau. Pada usia dua puluh lima tahun, beliau menikah dengan Khadijah yang waktu itu sudah berusia empat puluh tahun. Beliau menjalani hidup bersamanya selama dua puluh lima tahun hingga ia wafat pada usia enam puluh lima tahun. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Pada usia empat puluh tahun, beliau diutus menjadi nabi oleh Allah. Ia mewahyukan kepada beliau al-Quran yang seluruh manusia dan jin tidak mampu untuk menandinginya. Ia menamakan beliau sebagai pamungkas para nabi dan memujinya karena kemuliaan akhlaknya. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Beliau hidup di dunia ini selama enam puluh tiga tahun. Menurut pendapat masyhur, beliau wafat pada hari Senin bulan Shafar 11 Hijriah di Madinah. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Bukti Kenabian Rasulullah saw </span></div>
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Secara global, kenabian seorang nabi dapat diketahui melalui tiga jalan:<br />
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1. Pengakuan sebagai nabi.<br />
2. Kelayakan menjadi nabi.<br />
3. Mukjizat.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pengakuan Sebagai Nabi</span><br />
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Telah diketahui oleh setiap orang bahwa Rasulullah saw telah mengaku sebagai nabi di Makkah pada tahun 611 M., masa di mana syirik, penyembahan berhala dan api telah menguasai seluruh dunia. Hingga akhir usia, beliau selalu mengajak umat manusia untuk memeluk agama Islam, dan sangat banyak sekali di antara mereka yang mengikuti ajakan beliau itu.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Kelayakan Menjadi Nabi</span><br />
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Maksud asumsi di atas adalah seorang yang mengaku menjadi nabi harus memiliki akhlak dan seluruh etika yang terpuji, dari sisi kesempurnaan jiwa harus orang yang paling utama, tinggi dan sempurna, dan terbebaskan dari segala karakterisitik yang tidak terpuji. Semua itu telah dimiliki oleh Rasulullah saw. Musuh dan teman memuji beliau karena akhlaknya, memberitakan sifat-sifat sempurna dan kelakuan terpujinya dan membebaskannya dari setiap karakterisitik yang buruk.<br />
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Kesimpulannya, akhlak beliau yang mulia, tata krama beliau yang terpuji, perubahan dan revolusi yang beliau cetuskan di seanterao dunia, khususnya di Hijaz dan jazirah Arab, dan sabda-sabda beliau yang mulia berkenaan dengan tauhid, sifat-sifat Allah, hukum halal dan haram, serta nasihat-nasihat beliau telah membuktikan kelayakan beliau untuk menduduki kursi kenabian, dan setiap orang yang insaf tidak akan meragukan semua itu.<br />
Mukjizat<br />
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Mukjizat dapat disimpulkan dalam lima hal:<br />
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1. Mukjizat akhlak.<br />
2. Mukjizat ilmiah.<br />
3. Mukjizat amaliah.<br />
4. Mukjizat maknawiyah.<br />
5. Mukjizat keturunan.<br />
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Sejak masa muda, Nabi Muhammad saw telah dikenal dengan kejujuran, amanat, kesabaran, ketegaran, dan kedermawanan. Dalam kesabaran dan kerendahan diri beliau tidak memiliki sekutu dan dalam kemanisan etika beliau tak tertandingi. “Sesungguhnya engkau berada di puncak akhlak yang agung.” Dalam memaafkan, beliau tak ada taranya. Ketika mendapatkan gangguan dan cemoohan masyarakatnya, beliau hanya berkata اَللّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِيْ فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ “Ya Allah, ampunilah kaumku, karena mereka tidak mengetahui.”Beliau selalu mengharapkan kebaikan seluruh umat manusia, penyayang dan belas-kasih terhadap mereka. “Ia belas-kasih dan pengasih terhadap Mukminin.”<br />
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Beliau tidak pernah menyembunyikan keceriaan wajah terhadap para sahabat dan selalu mencari berita tentang kondisi mereka. Beliau selalu memberikan tempat khusus kepada orang-orang baik di sisi beliau. Orang yang paling utama di sisi beliau adalah orang yang dikenal dengan kebajikanya terhadap Muslimin dan orang yang termulia adalah orang yang lebih bertindak toleran dan tolong-menolong terhadap umat Islam. Beliau tida pernah duduk dan bangun (dari duduk) kecuali dengan menyebut nama Allah dan mayoritasnya, beliau duduk menghadap ke arah Kiblat. Beliau tidak pernah menentukan tempat duduk khusus bagi dirinya. Beliau memperlakukan masyarakat sedemikian rupa sehingga mereka merasa dirinya adalah orang termulia di sisi beliau. Beliau tidak banyak berbiacara dan tidak pernah memotong pembicaraan seseorang kecuali ia berbicara kebatilan.<br />
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Beliau tidak pernah mencela dan mencerca seseorang. Beliau tidak pernah mencari-cari kesalahan orang lain. Budi pelerti beliau yang menyeluruh telah meliputi seluruh umat manusia. Beliau selalu sabar menghadapi perangai buruk bangsa Arab dan orang-orang yang asing bagi beliau. Beliau selalu duduk di atas tanah dan duduk bersama orang-orang miskin serta makan bersama mereka. Dalam makan dan berpakaian, beliau tidak pernah melebihi rakyat biasa. Setiap berjumpa dengan seseorang, beliau selalu memulai mengucapkan salam dan berjabat tangan dengannya. Beliau tidak pernah mengizinkan siapa pun berdiri (untuk menghormati)nya. Beliau selalu menghormati orang-orang berilmu dan berakhlak mulia. Dibandingkan dengan yang lain, beliau lebih bijaksana, sabar, adil, berani dan pengasih. Beliau selalu menghormati orang-orang tua, menyayangi anak-anak kecil dan membantu orang-orang yang terlantar. Sebisa mungkin, beliau tidak pernah makan sendirian. Ketika beliau meninggal dunia, beliau tidak meninggalkan sekeping Dinar dan Dirham pun.<br />
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Keberanian beliau sangat terkenal sehingga Imam Ali as pernah berkata: “Ketika perang mulai memanas, kami berlindung kepada beliau.”<br />
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Rasa memaafkan beliau sangat besar. Ketika berhasil membebaskan Makkah, beliau memegang pintu Ka’bah seraya bersabda (kepada musyrikin Makkah): “Apa yang kalian katakan dan sangka sekarang?” Mereka menjawab: “Kami mengatakan dan menyangka kebaikan (terhadapmu). Engkau adalah seorang pemurah dan putra seorang pemurah. Engkau telah berhasil berkuasa terhadap kami. Engkau pasti mampu melakukan apa yang kau inginkan.” Mendengar pengakuan mereka ini, hati beliau tersentuh dan menangis. Ketika penduduk Makkah melihat kejadian itu, mereka pun turut menangis. Setelah itu beliau bersabda: “Aku mengatakan seperti apa yang pernah dikatakan oleh saudaraku Yusuf bahwa ‘Tiada cercaan bagi kalian pada hari ini. Allah akan mengampuni kalian, dan Ia adalah Lebih Pengasih dari para pengasih’.” (QS. Yusuf: 92) Beliau memaafkan seluruh kriminalitas dan kejahatan yang pernah mereka lakukan seraya mengucapkan sabda beliau yang spektakuler: “Pergilah! Kalian bebas.”<br />
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Dengan merujuk kepada buku-buku yang memuat sabda, pidato dan nasihat-nasihat beliau secara panjang lebar, mukjizat ilmiah beliau ini dapat dipahami dengan jelas.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mukjizat Amaliah</span><br />
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Dapat diakui bahwa seluruh perilaku beliau dari sejak lahir hingga wafat adalah sebuah mukjizat. Dengan sedikit merenungkan kondisi dan karakteristik masyarakat Hijaz, khususnya masyarakat kala itu, kemukjizatan seluruh perilaku beliau akan jelas bagi kita. Beliau bak sebuah bunga yang tumbuh di ladang duri. Beliau tidak hanya tidak terpengaruh oleh karakteristik duri-duri itu, bahkan beliau berhasil merubahnya. Beliau tidak hanya terpengaruh oleh kondisi kehidupan masyarakat kala itu, bahkan beliau berhasil mempengaruhi gaya hidup mereka.<br />
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Dalam kurun waktu dua puluh tiga tahun, beliau telah berhasil melakukan empat pekerjaan besar dan fundamental meskipun banyak aral melintang dan problema yang melilit. Masing-masing pekerjaan itu dalam kondisi normal semestinya memerlukan usaha bertahun-tahun untuk dapat tegak berdiri sepanjang masa. Keempat pekerjaan besar itu adalah sebagai berikut:<br />
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Pertama, berbeda dengan agama-agama yang sedang berlaku pada masa beliau, beliau mendirikan sebuah agama baru yang bersifat Ilahi. Beliau telah berhasil menciptakan banyak orang beriman kepada agama tersebut sehingga sampai sekarang pun pengaruh spiritual beliau masih kuat tertanam di dalam lubuk hati ratusan juta pengikutnya. Menjadikan seseorang taat adalah sebuah pekerjaan yang mudah. Akan tetapi, menundukkan hati masyarakat, itu pun sebuah masyarakat fanatis dan bodoh tanpa syarat dan menjadikan mereka taat dari lubuk hati bukanlah sebuah pekerjaan yang mudah.<br />
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Kedua, dari kabilah-kabilah berpecah-belah yang selalu saling bermusuhan dan memiliki hobi berperang, beliau berhasil sebuah umat yang satu dan menjalin persaudaraan, persamaan, kebebasan dan kesatun kalimat dalam arti yang sebenarnya di antara mereka. Setelah beberapa tahun berlalu, beliau berhasil membentuk sebuah umat yang bernama umat Muhammad saw. Hingga sekarang umat ini masih eksis dan terus bertambah.<br />
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Ketiga, di tengah-tengah kabilah yang berpecah-belah, masing-masing memiliki seorang pemimpin, biasa melakukan pekerjaan secara tersendiri dan tidak pernah memiliki sebuah pemerintahan yang terpusat itu, beliau berhasil membentuk sebuah pemerintahan yang berlandaskan kepada kebebasan dan kemerdekaan yang sempurna. Dari sisi kekuatan dan kemampuan, pemerintahan ini pernah menjadi satu-satunya pemerintahan mutlak di dunia setelah satu abad berlalu.<br />
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Beliau pernah menulis enam surat dalam satu hari kepada para raja penguasa masa itu dan mengajak mereka untuk memeluk Islam, raja-raja yang menganggap diri mereka berada di puncak kekuatan dan meremehkan kaum Arab.<br />
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Ketika surat beliau sampai ke tangan raja Iran dan melihat nama beliau disebutkan di atas namanya, ia marah seraya memerintahkan para suruhannya untuk pergi ke Madinah dan membawa Muhammad ke hadapannya.<br />
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Ya! Para raja itu berpikir bahwa bangsa Arab adalah sebuah bangsa yang tidak akan menunjukkan reaksi apa pun di hadapan pasukan kecil seperti bala tentara Habasyah. Bahkan, mereka akan lari tunggang-langgang meninggalkan Makkah dan kehidupan mereka, serta berlindung ke gunung-gunung. Mereka tidak dapat memahami bahwa bangsa Arab telah memiliki seorang pemimpin Ilahi dan mereka bukanlah bangsa Arab yang dulu lagi.<br />
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Keempat, dalam kurun waktu dua puluh tiga tahun, beliau telah menetapkan dan menunjukkan sederetan undang-undang yang mencakup seluruh kebutuhan umat manusia. Undang-undang ini akan tetap kekal hingga hari Kiamat, dan mempraktikkannya dapat mendatangkan kebahagiaan umat manusia. Undang-undang ini tidak akan pernah layu. “Kehalalan Muhammad adalah halal selamanya hingga hari Kiamat dan keharamannya adalah haram selamanya hingga hari Kiamat.”[1] Undang-undang ini akan selamanya hidup kekal. Di hauzah-hauzah ilmiah selalu dibahas dan didiskusikan oleh para fuqaha besar dalam sebuah obyek pembahasan fiqih,<br />
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<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Furu’uddin dan kewajiban amaliah. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mukjizat Ma’nawiyah</span> <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Mukjizat abadi beliau adalah al-Quran yang telah turun kepada beliau dalam kurun waktu dua puluh tiga tahun, dan dari sejak saat itu hingga sekarang selalu mendapatkan perhatian dan penelaahan dari berbagai segi oleh seluruh masyarakat dunia. Kitab ini berhasil membangkitkan rasa heran para ilmuan dan sepanjang masa masih memiliki kekokohan dan kedudukannya yang mulia. Kitab ini terselamatkan dari segala bentuk tahrif, pengurangan dan penambahan. Ratusan tafsir dan buku tentang hakikat arti dan kosa katanya telah ditulis. Allah telah menjamin keterjagaannya dalam firman-Nya: <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَ إِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُوْنَ <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“Kami-lah yang telah menurunkan al-Quran ini dan Kami pulalah yang akan menjaganya.” <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mukjizat Keturunan</span> <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Salah satu mukjizat beliau yang lain adalah keturunan suci beliau yang terjaga dari dosa. Hanya kedudukan tinggi kenabianlah yang mampu menghaturkan putri-putri dan para imam ma’shum seperti ini kepada masyarakat. Seseorang yang sadar dengan memperhatikan ilmu, kehidupan, ucapan dan perilaku Ahlubait as akan mengakui bahwa setiap dari mereka, sebagaimana al-Quran, adalah dalil tersendiri atas kenabian Rasulullah saw. Seandainya tidak ada dalil lain untuk membuktikan kenabian Rasulullah saw kecuali keberadaan keturunan semacam itu, hal itu sudah mencukupi dan hujjah sudah sempurna. Pembahasan panjang-lebar tentang masalah ini tidak relevan untuk kesempatan pendek ini. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">KARAKTER DAN KEUTAMAAN RASULLULLAH SAW</span> <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Salah satu karekter rasulullah saw yang paling menonjol adalah kemenangan tidak menjaga kan dia bangga hal ini bisa kita lihat diperang badar dan pembebasan kita makkah(fathu makkah) dan kekalahan tidak membuat dia putus asa dapat kita lihat pristiwa perang uhud bahkan dengan cekatan is mempersiapkan pasukan baru untuk menghadapi hamru"ul asad dan pengingkari perjanjian yang dilakukan kaum yahudi bani quraizah ,dan kewaspadaan beliau,selalu mengedek kekuatan musuh dengan teliti dan mempersiapkan segalanya. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Dia memperlakukan kaum dan pengikutnya dengan tujuan mempererat silaturrahmi dan selalu menamamkan rasa percaya diri dalam mereka is selalu mengasihi anak anak kecil dan mengayomi mereka.berbuat baik dengan fakir miskin dan terhadap hewan dia selalu menanamkan rasa kasih sayang dan melarang untuk menyakiti binatang <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Salah satu contoh rasa prikemanusian rasul saw adalah ketika mengutus pasukan untuk berperang dengan musuh dia selalu berpesan tidak boleh menyerang kaum sipil,dia lebih memilih damai terhadap musuh dari pada berperang ketika berperang dia berpesan tidak boleh membunuh lanjut usia anak kecil perempuan dan mengniaya musuh yang sudah tidak berdaya <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ketika kaum quraisi minta suaka politik kepadanya ia tidak memberlakukan baikot ekonomi bahkan ia menyepakati import gandum dari yaman <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ia juga menyerukan realisasikan sebuah perdamaian dunia dan melarang peperanga kecuali hal yang darurat <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">USAHA RASUL SAW DALAM MEMBENTUK MASYARAKAT &BERPRIKEMANUSIAN</span> <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Kedatangan rasul adalah sebuah rahmat bagi manusia semuanya is tidak pernah membedakan seseorang pun baik itu kulit putih atau kulit hitam dan dari suku bangsa mana,karma semua manusia itu makan dari rizki allah yang diberikan allah <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Rasul saw mengajak manusia untuk <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />1:meningkatkan harkat martabat manusia ia bersabda semua manusia berasil dari adam dan ia berasal dari tanah <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />2: mengajak damai sebelum perang <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />3: memaafkan sebelom membalas <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />4: mempermudah seseorang sebelom membalas perbuatan <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />dari uraian diatas dapat kita simpulkan bahwa peperangan yang dilaksanakan bertujuan untuk merealisasikan tujuan tujuan insani yang agung dan menuju kepada tatanan masyarakat yang berprikemanusian <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />ia telah membuktikan bahwa dirinya adalah sebuah rahmat bagi manusia dan alam semesta peristiwa itu bisa dilihat dari pembebasan kota makkah dangan segala kemenangan yang telah digapai saat itu ia tetap berbuat baik dengan musuh dan enggan untuk membalas dendam padahal ia dapat melaksanakan ia pernah memaafkan mereka dengan sabda"pergilah kalian karma kalian sekarang sudah bebas pada waktu perang dzatur riqa dia berasil menangkap pemimpin gauts bin al harits yang berusaha beberapa kali membunuh beliau akan tetapi tetap dimaafkan <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />rasul memperlakukan tawanan perang dengan baik ,ia telah membebaskan seorang tawanan perang dengan tangan dia sendiri disaat ia mendengar keluhan rasa sakit tangannya diikat. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">RASUL SEBAGAI PANGLIMA PERANG</span> <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Kita bisa lihat keberasilan beliau dalam memenangkan peperangan dan menciptakan perdamaian dan mengujudkan manusia yang berakhlak dan memimpin pasukan dengan gagah berani <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">TATA KRAMA BERGAUL</span> <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Beliau tidak pernah sombong dalam pergaulan selalu tersenyum berbuat baik sesame manusia selalu menyenguk orang sakit tidak pernah memotong pembicaraan lawan tidak pernah mengangap dirinya mulia dari teman yang diajak bicara.Masih banyak lagi sipat2 rasul yang kita bisa dapat teladani.. mudah2an kita bisa dapat meniru akhlak rasulullah amin.... <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Detik-detik Sakaratul Maut Rasulullah SAW</span> <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Inilah bukti cinta yang sebenar-benarnya tentang cinta, yang telah dicontohkan Allah SWT melalui kehidupan Rasul-Nya. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Pagi itu, meski langit mulai menguning di ufuk timur, burung-burung gurun enggan mengepakkan sayapnya. Rasulullah dengan suara lemah memberikan kutbah terakhirnya, “<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Wahai umatku, kita semua ada dalam kekuasaan Allah dan cinta kasih-Nya. Maka taati dan bertakwalah kepada-Nya. Kuwariskan dua perkara pada kalian, al-Qur’an dan sunnahku. Barang siapa mencintai sunnahku, bererti mencintai aku dan kelak orang-orang yang mencintaiku, akan masuk syurga bersama-sama aku.</span>” <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Khutbah singkat itu diakhiri dengan pandangan mata Rasul yang tenang menatap sahabatnya satu persatu. <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Abu Bakar</b> menatap mata itu dengan berkaca-kaca, <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Umar</b> dadanya naik turun menahan nafas dan tangisnya. <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Usman</b> menghela nafas panjang dan <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ali</b> menundukkan kepalanya dalam-dalam. “<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Isyarat itu telah datang, saatnya sudah tiba. Rasulullah akan meninggalkan kita semua,</span>” keluh hati semua sahabat kala itu. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Manusia tercinta itu, hampir selesai menunaikan tugasnya di dunia. Tanda-tanda itu semakin kuat, tatkala <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ali</b> dan Fadhal dengan cergas menangkap Rasulullah yang berkeadaan lemah dan goyah ketika turun dari mimbar. Di saat itu, kalau mampu, seluruh sahabat yang hadir di sana pasti akan menahan detik-detik berlalu. Matahari kian tinggi, tapi pintu rumah Rasulullah masih tertutup. Sedang di dalamnya, Rasulullah sedang terbaring lemah dengan keningnya yang berkeringat dan membasahi pelepah kurma yang menjadi alas tidurnya. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Tiba-tiba dari luar pintu terdengar seorang yang berseru mengucapkan salam. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bolehkah saya masuk?</span>” tanyanya. Tapi Fatimah tidak mengizinkannya masuk. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Maafkanlah, ayahku sedang demam,</span>” kata Fatimah yang membalikkan badan dan menutup pintu. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Kemudian ia kembali menemani ayahnya yang ternyata sudah membuka mata dan bertanya pada Fatimah. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Siapakah itu wahai anakku?</span>” <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Tak tahulah ayahku, orang sepertinya baru sekali ini aku melihatnya,</span>” tutur Fatimah lembut. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Lalu, Rasulullah menatap puterinya itu dengan pandangan yang menggetarkan. Seolah-olah bahagian demi bahagian wajah anaknya itu hendak dikenang. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ketahuilah, dialah yang menghapuskan kenikmatan sementara, dialah yang memisahkan pertemuan di dunia. Dialah malakul maut,</span>” kata Rasulullah. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Fatimah menahan ledakkan tangisnya. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Malaikat maut telah datang menghampiri. Rasulullah pun menanyakan kenapa Jibril tidak menyertainya. Kemudian dipanggilah Jibril yang sebelumnya sudah bersiap di atas langit dunia menyambut ruh kekasih Allah dan penghulu dunia ini. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jibril, jelaskan apa hakku nanti di hadapan Allah?</span>” tanya Rasululllah dengan suara yang amat lemah. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pintu-pintu langit telah terbuka, para malaikat telah menanti ruhmu. Semua syurga terbuka lebar menanti kedatanganmu,</span>” kata Jibril. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Tapi, semua penjelasan Jibril itu tidak membuat Rasul lega, matanya masih penuh kecemasan dan tanda tanya. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Engkau tidak senang mendengar kabar ini?</span>” tanya Jibril lagi. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Kabarkan kepadaku bagaimana nasib umatku kelak, sepeninggalanku?</span>” <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jangan khawatir, wahai Rasul Allah, aku pernah mendengar Allah berfirman kepadaku: ‘Kuharamkan syurga bagi siapa saja, kecuali umat Muhammad telah berada di dalamnya,</span>” kata Jibril meyakinkan. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Detik-detik kian dekat, saatnya Izrail melakukan tugas. Perlahan-lahan ruh Rasulullah ditarik. Nampak seluruh tubuh Rasulullah bersimbah peluh, urat-urat lehernya menegang. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jibril, betapa sakitnya, sakaratul maut ini.</span>” Perlahan terdengar desisan suara Rasulullah mengaduh. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Fatimah hanya mampu memejamkan matanya. Sementara Ali yang duduk di sampingnya hanya menundukan kepalanya semakin dalam. Jibril pun memalingkan muka. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jijikkah engkau melihatku, hingga engkau palingkan wajahmu Jibril?</span>” tanya Rasulullah pada Malaikat pengantar wahyu itu. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Siapakah yang sanggup, melihat kekasih Allah direnggut ajal,</span>” kata Jibril sambil terus berpaling. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Sedetik kemudian terdengar Rasulullah memekik kerana sakit yang tidak tertahankan lagi. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ya Allah, dahsyat sekali maut ini, timpakan saja semua siksa maut ini kepadaku, jangan pada umatku,</span>” pinta Rasul pada Allah. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Badan Rasulullah mulai dingin, kaki dan dadanya sudah tidak bergerak lagi. Bibirnya bergetar seakan hendak membisikkan sesuatu. Ali pun segera mendekatkan telinganya. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Uushiikum bis shalati, wa maa malakat aimanuku, peliharalah shalat dan peliharalah orang-orang lemah di antaramu.</span>” <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Di luar pintu tangis mulai terdengar bersahutan, sahabat saling berpelukan. Fatimah menutupkan tangan di wajahnya, dan Ali kembali mendekatkan telinganya ke bibir Rasulullah yang mulai kebiruan. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ummatii, ummatii, ummatiii?</span>” Dan, berakhirlah hidup manusia mulia yang memberi sinaran kemuliaan itu. Kini, mampukah kita mencintai sepertinya? Allahumma sholli ‘ala Muhammad wa baarik wa salim ‘alaihi. Betapa cintanya Rasulullah kepada kita. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Kirimkan kepada sahabat-sahabat muslim lainnya agar timbul kesadaran untuk mencintai Allah dan RasulNya. Seperti Allah dan Rasul mencintai kita semua. mudah mudahan kita berusaha untuk bisa menjadikan nabi muhammad sebagai huswatun hasanah dalam kehidupan kita amin </span></div>
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Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-16602755451364972802013-12-13T19:38:00.001+07:002013-12-15T08:59:15.153+07:00100 Tokoh Paling Berpengaruh Dunia<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white;">100 Tokoh Paling Berpengaruh Di Dunia Sepanjang Sejarah menurut buku karya Michael H. Hart yang diterbitkan pada tahun 1978. Dalam bukunya ini Michael H Hart menyebutkan 100 tokoh yang ia rasa memiliki pengaruh terkuat dalam sejarah manusia. Bukunya secara hangat diperdebatkan, konsep bukunya secara luas ditiru. Penting untuk dicatat bahwa Dr. Hart tidak memasukkan orang terbesar. Kriterianya ialah yang berpengaruh.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br />Michael H. Hart (lahir 28 April 1932) telah bekerja pada NASA dan guru besar astronomi dan fisika perguruan tinggi di Maryland, AS. Ia sarjana fisika, astronomi, dan hukum dan pengarang buku laris, 100 Tokoh yang Paling Berpengaruh dalam Sejarah, yang telah diterjemahkan dalam sejumlah bahasa, termasuk Tionghoa. Dan lagi, ia telah menulis dan menerbitkan secara luas dalam bermacam bidang teknis. Ia juga kembali bersama mempersiapkan buku, di Luar Bumi, di Manakah Mereka? dan merupakan pengarang Sebuah Pandangan dari Tahun 3000.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br />Menurut Michael Hart, Nabi Muhammad SAW adalah orang yang paling berpengaruh di antara milyaran penduduk dunia, karena ia dianggap olehnya sebagai satu-satunya manusia yang berhasil secara luar biasa baik dalam kegiatan keagamaan maupun pemerintahan.</span></div>
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<tr><td><b>Peringkat</b></td><td><b>Nama</b></td><td><b>Pengaruh</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Nabi Muhammad</td><td>Penyebar agama Islam, penguasa Arabia.</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Isaac Newton</td><td>Fisikawan, pencetus Teori Gravitasi umum, Hukum gerak</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Yesus / Nabi Isa</td><td>Isa Al Masih Nasrani</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)</td><td>Pendiri agama Buddha</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Kong Hu Cu</td><td>Pendiri agama Kong Hu Cu</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Santo Paulus</td><td>Penyebar ajaran Kristen</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Ts'ai Lun</td><td>Penemu kertas</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Johann Gutenberg</td><td>Mengembangkan mesin cetak, mencetak Alkitab</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Christopher Columbus</td><td>Penjelajah, memimpin orang-orang Eropa ke Amerika</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Albert Einstein</td><td>Fisikawan, penemu Teori Relativitas</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Louis Pasteur</td><td>Ilmuwan, penemu Pasteurisasi</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>Galileo Galilei</td><td>Astronom, secara akurat mengemukakan teori Heliosentris</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>Aristoteles</td><td>Filsuf Yunani yang berpengaruh</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>Euclides</td><td>Matematikawan, membuktikan tentang Geometri</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>Nabi Musa</td><td>Nabi terbesar Yahudi</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>Charles Robert Darwin</td><td>Biologis, mendeskripsikan teori Evolusi</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>Kaisar Qin Shi Huang-Di</td><td>Kaisar Tiongkok</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>Augustus Caesar (Kaisar Agustus)</td><td>Kaisar pertama Kekaisaran Romawi</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>Nicolaus Copernicus</td><td>Astronom, salah satu tokoh Teori Heliosentris</td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>Antoine Laurent Lavoisier</td><td>Bapak Kimia modern, Filsuf dan Ekonom</td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>Constantine yang Agung</td><td>Kaisar Romawi yang menjadikan agama Kristen sebagai agama resmi negara</td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>James Watt</td><td>Mengembangkan Mesin uap</td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>Michael Faraday</td><td>Fisikawan, Kimiawan, menemukan Induksi Elektromagnetik</td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>James Clerk Maxwell</td><td>Fisikawan, penemu Spektrum Elektromagnetik</td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>Martin Luther</td><td>Pendiri agama Protestan dan aliran Lutheran</td></tr>
<tr><td>26</td><td>George Washington</td><td>Presiden pertama Amerika Serikat</td></tr>
<tr><td>27</td><td>Karl Heinrich Marx</td><td>Bapak Komunisme</td></tr>
<tr><td>28</td><td>Orville Wright dan Wilbur Wright</td><td>Penemu Pesawat terbang</td></tr>
<tr><td>29</td><td>Genghis Khan</td><td>Penakluk dari bangsa Mongol</td></tr>
<tr><td>30</td><td>Adam Smith</td><td>Ekonom, pelopor Kapitalisme</td></tr>
<tr><td>31</td><td>Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford</td><td>Kemungkinan menulis karya yang berkaitan dengan William Shakespeare</td></tr>
<tr><td>32</td><td>John Dalton</td><td>Kimiawan, Fisikawan, penemu Teori Atom, Hukum Tekanan Parsial (Hukum Dalton)</td></tr>
<tr><td>33</td><td>Alexander yang Agung</td><td>Penakluk dari Makedonia</td></tr>
<tr><td>34</td><td>Kaisar Napoleon Bonaparte</td><td>Penakluk dari bangsa Perancis</td></tr>
<tr><td>35</td><td>Thomas Alva Edison</td><td>Penemu bola lampu dan Fonograf, dll.</td></tr>
<tr><td>36</td><td>Antony van Leeuwenhoek</td><td>Ahli Mikroskop, mempelajari kehidupan mikroskopis</td></tr>
<tr><td>37</td><td>William Thomas Green Morton</td><td>Pelopor Anestesiologi</td></tr>
<tr><td>38</td><td>Guglielmo Marconi</td><td>Penemu Radio</td></tr>
<tr><td>39</td><td>Adolf Hitler</td><td>Penakluk, memimpin Blok Poros dalam Perang Dunia II</td></tr>
<tr><td>40</td><td>Plato</td><td>Filsuf Yunani</td></tr>
<tr><td>41</td><td>Oliver Cromwell</td><td>Politikus Inggris dan pemimpin militer</td></tr>
<tr><td>42</td><td>Alexander Graham Bell</td><td>Salah seorang penemu Telepon</td></tr>
<tr><td>43</td><td>Alexander Fleming</td><td>Penemu Penisilin, memajukan Bakteriologi, Imunologi dan Kemoterapi</td></tr>
<tr><td>44</td><td>John Locke</td><td>Filsuf dan Teolog liberal</td></tr>
<tr><td>45</td><td>Ludwig van Beethoven</td><td>Komponis musik klasik</td></tr>
<tr><td>46</td><td>Werner Karl Heisenberg</td><td>Pencetus Prinsip Ketidakpastian</td></tr>
<tr><td>47</td><td>Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre</td><td>Penemu/pelopor Fotografi</td></tr>
<tr><td>48</td><td>Simon Bolivar</td><td>Pahlawan nasional dari Venezuela, Kolombia, Ekuador, Peru, dan Bolivia</td></tr>
<tr><td>49</td><td>René Descartes</td><td>Filsuf Rasionalis dan matematikawan</td></tr>
<tr><td>50</td><td>Umar bin al-Khattab</td><td>Khalifah Ar-Rasyidin kedua, memperluas Daulah Khilafah Islamiyah.</td></tr>
<tr><td>51</td><td>Paus Urbanus II</td><td>Penyeru Perang Salib</td></tr>
<tr><td>52</td><td>Michelangelo Buonarroti</td><td>Pelukis, pematung, arsitek</td></tr>
<tr><td>53</td><td>Asoka</td><td>Raja India yang masuk dan mengembangkan agama Buddha</td></tr>
<tr><td>54</td><td>Santo Augustinus</td><td>Teolog Kristen awal</td></tr>
<tr><td>55</td><td>William Harvey</td><td>Penemu sirkulasi darah</td></tr>
<tr><td>56</td><td>Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson</td><td>Fisikawan</td></tr>
<tr><td>57</td><td>John Calvin</td><td>Tokoh Reformasi Gereja, pendiri Calvinisme</td></tr>
<tr><td>58</td><td>Gregor Johann Mendel</td><td>Penemu teori genetika</td></tr>
<tr><td>59</td><td>Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck</td><td>Fisikawan, mengemukakan Termodinamika</td></tr>
<tr><td>60</td><td>Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister</td><td>Pelaku penemuan Antiseptik yang secara besar mengurangi kematian akibat pembedahan</td></tr>
<tr><td>61</td><td>Nikolaus August Otto</td><td>Penemu mesin pembakaran 4 tak</td></tr>
<tr><td>62</td><td>Francisco Pizarro</td><td>Penakluk dari bangsa Spanyol yang menaklukkan Kerajaan Inka di Amerika Selatan</td></tr>
<tr><td>63</td><td>Hernando Cortes</td><td>Penakluk dari bangsa Spanyolyang menaklukkan Meksiko</td></tr>
<tr><td>64</td><td>Thomas Jefferson</td><td>Presiden ketiga AS</td></tr>
<tr><td>65</td><td>Ratu Isabella I</td><td>Penguasa Spanyol, penyokong Cristopher Colombus</td></tr>
<tr><td>66</td><td>Joseph Stalin (Joseph Vissarionovich Dzugashvili</td><td>Tokoh revolusioner dan penguasa Uni Soviet</td></tr>
<tr><td>67</td><td>Julius Caesar</td><td>Penguasa Roma</td></tr>
<tr><td>68</td><td>Raja William I sang Penakluk</td><td>Meletakkan pembangunan Inggris modern</td></tr>
<tr><td>69</td><td>Sigmund Freud</td><td>Pendiri sekolah Freud untuk psikologi, ahli psikoanalisis</td></tr>
<tr><td>70</td><td>Edward Jenner</td><td>Penemu vaksin cacar</td></tr>
<tr><td>71</td><td>Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen</td><td>Penemu sinar X</td></tr>
<tr><td>72</td><td>Johann Sebastian Bach</td><td>Komponis</td></tr>
<tr><td>73</td><td>Lao Tzu</td><td>Pendiri Taoisme</td></tr>
<tr><td>74</td><td>Voltaire</td><td>Penulis dan filsuf</td></tr>
<tr><td>75</td><td>Johannes Kepler</td><td>Astronom penemu Hukum Kepler tentang pergerakan planet</td></tr>
<tr><td>76</td><td>Enrico Fermi</td><td>Salah satu tokoh abad atom, Bapak Bom Atom</td></tr>
<tr><td>77</td><td>Leonhard Euler</td><td>Fisikawan, matematikawan penemu Kalkulus Diferensial dan Integral serta Aljabar</td></tr>
<tr><td>78</td><td>Jean-Jacques Rousseau</td><td>Filsuf dan pengarang Prancis</td></tr>
<tr><td>79</td><td>Niccolò Machiavelli</td><td>Penulis Sang Pangeran (risalat politik yang berpengaruh)</td></tr>
<tr><td>80</td><td>Thomas Robert Malthus</td><td>Ekonom penulis Esai Prinsip Populasi dalam Pengaruhnya pada Kemajuan Masa Depan pada Masyarakat</td></tr>
<tr><td>81</td><td>John Fitzgerald Kennedy</td><td>Presiden AS yang mendirikan "Program Luar Angkasa Apollo"</td></tr>
<tr><td>82</td><td>Gregory Goodwin Pincus</td><td>Endokrinolog, menemukan pil KB</td></tr>
<tr><td>83</td><td>Mani (en)</td><td>Nabi Iran abad ke-3, Pendiri Manicheanisme</td></tr>
<tr><td>84</td><td>Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov)</td><td>Tokoh revolusioner dan pemimpin Rusia</td></tr>
<tr><td>85</td><td>Kaisar Sui Wen</td><td>Menyatukan Tiongkok, pendiri Dinasti Sui</td></tr>
<tr><td>86</td><td>Vasco da Gama</td><td>Navigator, penemu rute pelayaran Eropa ke India</td></tr>
<tr><td>87</td><td>Raja Cyrus yang Agung</td><td>Pendiri kekaisaran Persia</td></tr>
<tr><td>88</td><td>Tsar Peter yang Agung</td><td>Mendekatkan Rusia kepada Eropa</td></tr>
<tr><td>89</td><td>Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)</td><td>Bapak Maoisme, komunisme Tiongkok</td></tr>
<tr><td>90</td><td>Sir Francis Bacon</td><td>Filsuf, menggambarkan secara induktif metode ilmiah</td></tr>
<tr><td>91</td><td>Henry Ford</td><td>Pembuat mobil model T</td></tr>
<tr><td>92</td><td>Meng Tse</td><td>Filsuf, pendiri sekolah Konfusianisme]</td></tr>
<tr><td>93</td><td>Zarathustra (Zoroaster)</td><td>Pendiri Zoroastrianisme</td></tr>
<tr><td>94</td><td>Ratu Elizabeth I</td><td>Ratu Inggris, memperbaiki Gereja Inggris setelah Ratu Mary</td></tr>
<tr><td>95</td><td>Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev</td><td>Perdana Menteri Rusia yang mengakhiri Komunisme di Uni Soviet dan Eropa Timur</td></tr>
<tr><td>96</td><td>Raja Menes</td><td>Menyatukan Mesir Hulu dan Hilir</td></tr>
<tr><td>97</td><td>Kaisar Charlemagne</td><td>Kaisar Romawi Suci</td></tr>
<tr><td>98</td><td>Homer</td><td>Penyair epik</td></tr>
<tr><td>99</td><td>Kaisar Yustinianus I</td><td>Kaisar Romawi Timur, menaklukkan kembali sebagian Kekaisaran Romawi Barat</td></tr>
<tr><td>100</td><td>Mahavira</td><td>Pendiri Jainisme</td></tr>
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Hence most IT admins often rely on log files to detect and fix system
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What if you can have tool which can automatically collect all the log
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As the name suggests, this tool is for Microsoft’s next major
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<a name='more'></a><br /> <span class="fullpost"><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">HoboCopy is a small utility that can do the job of copying a file that is being used by a program</span>. It is actually works like a <span style="font-weight: bold;">backup utility </span>that needs to be run from the command line i.e. the command prompt utility in Windows. It can t be run by <span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">double </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">clicking</span></span> the program’s exe file. Thats why it needs to be run in command line.</span><br />
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software than can help you out of this tedious job of backing
up/copying only the changed or modified files automatically.<span id="more-212"></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><br /> <span class="fullpost"><br /> <img alt=" How To Copy/Backup Changed or Modified Files automatically" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392464696229584034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_w5wihhWgeMgs2bxrz8JiV_5J5fdP5uWQQ5RcKExQtgsXlmIP9mONUoCS5G448giAEDS9p3CBDtnMFr-kR90u5aw9E8muSyhxq1D1c36ZNggE2HqUAsEoOXMe_7PDJqPwrtcVJ0S33w/s400/foldersss.jpeg" style="display: block; height: 107px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 143px;" title="How To Copy changed files automatically" />The copy changed <span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">files </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">utility</span></span> is a small tool that lets you to copy changed files from one directory to another.</span><br />
The program copies only the changed files, the non changed files will be left intact.<br />
<h2>
Features of Copy Changed Files</h2>
* Copy changed files only<br /> * Multi threaded<br /> * Append current date to destination directory for easy version maintenance<br /> * Set from directory<br /> * Set to directory<br /> * Set the from date, to scan for files changed after that date<br /> * Compare date AND time<br /> * Maintain directory structure in destination directory<br /> * Exclude files from copying, eg. thumbs.db<br /> * Automatically check for <span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">new </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">version</span></span><br />
<h2>
Screen Shot Of Copy Changed Files</h2>
<img alt="CopyChangedFiles How To Copy/Backup Changed or Modified Files automatically" border="0" src="http://www.copychangedfiles.com/CopyChangedFiles.png" style="display: block; height: 537px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 494px;" title="How To Copy or Backup Changed or Modified Files automatically" /><br />
The program doesn’t needs to be installed, it just needs to be extracted and can be run directly.<br />
<strong><a href="http://www.copychangedfiles.com/download.htm" target="_blank">Download Copy Changed Files</a></strong>Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-73387553141534454932012-01-07T12:57:00.002+07:002012-01-07T12:57:35.330+07:00how to Restore Bookmark on FirefoxIf you are the type of person who depends on website bookmarks a lot for reading and for your <span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">work</span></span>, you’ll have hard time when you lose them or accidentally delete them.<br />
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You
might sometimes delete the bookmarks accidentally or the bookmark might
not work due to a corrupt file. You’ll be saved in such a situation if
you have activated the cloud sync service that Firefox provides. Yes, <span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">firefox </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">sync</span></span>
feature is staggering useful if activated, you’ll not have the pain of
moving your firefox data to another pc for resuming your browsing
session. Syncing firefox on a new pc would help you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) ! important; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">resume</span></span>
the work you’ve paused in another pc. Its really that useful. Sorry
about talking too much regarding this, I’m sure this tend some users to
start using the sync feature if you’ve still haven’t started using it.<br />
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<h2>
Restore Bookmarks in Firefox</h2>
<ol>
<li>Bring up the Bookmarks Manager Library by Clicking <em>Bookmarks > Show All Book Marks</em>.</li>
<li>Click on “ <em>Import and Backup “ </em>to see the drop down <span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">menu</span></span>.</li>
<li>It is important to create a current backup of your existing bookmarks. (This is important!). For this click on “ <em>Export Bookmarks to HTML </em>“.</li>
<img alt="exporting bookmarks in firefox 8 7 6 How To Restore Bookmarks on Firefox ?" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2058" height="421" src="http://cdn.amalroyamal.netdna-cdn.com/cu/uploads/exporting-bookmarks-in-firefox-8-7-6.jpg" title="exporting bookmarks in firefox" width="590" /><br />
<li>After creating the backup, Hover the mouse over “ <em>Restore</em> “ option this show you backups of bookmarks created by firefox on different dates.</li>
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<li>Clicking
on a date would restore the bookmarks but it overwrites the existing
bookmarks. No worries, just import the bookmarks backed up earlier and
you’re set to go.</li>
</ol>
There is another option for <span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">creating </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">backup</span></span> of the bookmarks file manually. For this you need to click the “ <em>Backup </em>“ option which shows up when you click on “ <em>Import and Backup “ . </em>The <span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">backup </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">file</span></span> would be saved in JSON format.<br />
You will see an option below those bookmarks backup (see step 5) , to “ <em>Choose File</em> ” which will help you to restore the bookmarks using the json file.<br />
<em>Did
you come across such a situation where you lost all the bookmarks ? Did
you get them back via any other option ? What did you do to restore
them ?</em>Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-38380744341705035612012-01-07T12:53:00.002+07:002012-01-07T12:53:23.076+07:00How to Reset Windows 8 Setting to Factory DefaultWith Windows 8, its now far more easy to get your computer to previous state. You now no longer need to <span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">reinstall</span></span> windows from the beginning to get the settings to factory default. <span id="more-2016"></span> Reset Your PC option in windows 8 will help you restore the settings to the default. <em>Caveat</em>: You will lose all your documents and files stored in the drive you’ve installed windows 8.<br />
<ul>
<li>Insert the Windows 8 DVD into the drive / a <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-install-windows-8-from-bootable.html%20" target="_blank" title="Make Botable Windows 8 USB">bootable windows 8 USB Drive</a>.</li>
<li>Open up “<strong><em> Control Panel </em></strong>” from the main Mero Window.</li>
<li><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">Click</span></span> on ” <strong><em>General </em></strong>” and you could see the ” <strong>Reset Your PC & Start Over</strong> ” option on the right <span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">pane</span></span>l.<a name='more'></a><img alt="Windows 8 factory settings reset Steps to Reset Windows 8 Settings To Factory Default" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2018" height="349" src="http://cdn.amalroyamal.netdna-cdn.com/cu/uploads/Windows-8-factory-settings-reset.jpg" title="Reset Windows 8" width="620" /></li>
<li>After Clicking on the ” Get started ” button you will see the following screen.<img alt="reset windows 8 pc and start over Steps to Reset Windows 8 Settings To Factory Default" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2019" height="302" src="http://cdn.amalroyamal.netdna-cdn.com/cu/uploads/reset-windows-8-pc-and-start-over.jpg" title="reset windows 8 pc and start over" width="580" /></li>
<li>Click on ” <strong>Next</strong> ” and windows will bring up another screen asking whether you want to remove all the files from all the<a class="kLink" href="http://www.computingunleashed.com/reset-windows-8-settings-default-factory.html#" id="KonaLink4" style="font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 153); color: rgb(0, 0, 153) ! important; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"></span></span></a> drives or you just want to remove the files in the drive windows 8 is installed. Clicking on the ” <strong>Show me the list of driver that will be affected</strong> ” option will show you the drives that would be affected during windows reset process (Applicable only when you choose ”<strong> all drives</strong> ” option).<img alt="pc has more than one har drive windows 8 Steps to Reset Windows 8 Settings To Factory Default" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2020" height="287" src="http://cdn.amalroyamal.netdna-cdn.com/cu/uploads/pc-has-more-than-one-har-drive-windows-8.jpg" title="pc has more than one har drive" width="580" /></li>
<li>Clicking
on ” Only the drive where Windows is installed ” is preferable if you
are concerned with the files stored in other drives.</li>
<li>Now click ” Reset ” option in the window displayed. The <span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">Windows</span></span> 8 reset process would start off and reboot your PC.<img alt="reset windows 8 Steps to Reset Windows 8 Settings To Factory Default" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2022" height="435" src="http://cdn.amalroyamal.netdna-cdn.com/cu/uploads/reset-windows-8.jpg" title="reset windows 8" width="580" /></li>
<li>The process would take a while and once this process is finished, you’ll be asked to enter the <span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">Windows </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">8</span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">product </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">key</span></span>. If you are using the developer version of windows 8, you can progress by clicking the ” <strong>Skip</strong> ” button.<img alt="windows 8 product key screen Steps to Reset Windows 8 Settings To Factory Default" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2021" height="435" src="http://cdn.amalroyamal.netdna-cdn.com/cu/uploads/windows-8-product-key-screen.jpg" title="windows 8 product key screen" width="580" /></li>
<li>Now Accept <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-install-windows-8-from-bootable.html%20"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: #009 !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; position: static;">the </span><span class="kLink" style="color: #009 !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; position: static;">Windows</span></span> 8</a> License Agreement and Windows will ask you to enter the Computer Name.<img alt="windows 8 license agreement3 Steps to Reset Windows 8 Settings To Factory Default" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2026" height="364" src="http://cdn.amalroyamal.netdna-cdn.com/cu/uploads/windows-8-license-agreement3.jpg" title="windows 8 license agreement" width="580" /></li>
<li>Thats it. Your Windows 8 PC will be back to new again.</li>
</ul>
If
you don’t want your files to be removed and only need to have a fresh
copy of windows 8 installed its better not reset windows 8. Instead go
for the Refresh your PC option which will preserve all your documents
while doing a reinstall of the operating systemAditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-49198790039344558022012-01-07T11:59:00.000+07:002012-01-07T11:59:03.723+07:00Top 5 Software to create Videos from PhotosSince Digital Cameras have become cheap, it has become must carry thing
on Holiday Tours. Landscapes, “we”, the bar, the hotel, the palm tree,
the bush and the thousands of fuzzy duplicates. Our virtual photo albums
are full of the most improbable shots, repeated in many different ways.<br />
Perhaps, after returning from the vacation, we have a distressing
habit of forcing friends and relatives to attend endless projections of
photos accumulated. To mitigate the drama, the first advice is, of
course, to make a skimming. But it might not be enough.<br />
The best solution may be to <b>create slideshows with music</b>:
will take a little time and ‘commitment, but results will be more
satisfied and our loved ones may even discover that the ritual
photographic projection back from vacation can be an enjoyable
experience!<br />
Among the numerous <b>software to create video from photos and music</b> we have chosen five, in our opinion the best:<br />
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<h3>
The Easiest</h3>
<a href="http://www.magix.com/ca/photostory-on-cd-dvd/" target="_blank"><b>MAGIX PhotoStory on CD & DVD</b></a> – <b>Easy to use</b>.
A wizard guides you in creating the slideshow, and you do not have to
worry about anything. If you are a beginner, it’s a good option to bet
on. It supports many different formats in the entry, which can save you
from the boredom of having to convert video files, audio or image to be.<br />
Two Disappointing things in the overall evaluation of the program: the <b>heaviness of the application in terms of resources</b>
and the highest quality output, which remains very low. But let’s face
it, often export to HD is totally useless and sometimes
counterproductive. So, if you’re not a video artist and you’re not
obsessed by the high quality MAGIX PhotoStory on CD & DVD is a good
solution.<br />
<h3>
The Microsoft Classic</h3>
<a href="http://explore.live.com/windows-live-movie-maker" target="_blank"><b>Windows Movie Maker</b></a>
– What can I say? Well, which needs no introduction. Present by default
in Windows XP, is now back with a version for Windows Vista and 7. A
holy hand for his followers having regard to the disappointment of the
successor to Windows Live Movie Maker.<br />
If you’re a traditionalist, you do not like change and you are fond
of the old editor of Redmond OS, then continue on your way. It is true,
those who leave the old road to the new … But for once, is it better to
trust those who have already tried alternative routes? Windows Movie
Maker is really very basic and supports a few formats.<br />
<h3>
Working in High Definition</h3>
<a href="http://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/0066/Multimedia_Software/Ashampoo-Slideshow-Studio-HD" target="_blank"><b>Ashampoo Slideshow Studio HD</b></a>
– Guarantee of stability and efficiency, can not go wrong with this
program. Operation is intuitive, clear interface but with many features
at your fingertips. The editor is not particularly rich, but to make the
transition effects are many and are automatically inserted between a
photo and the next. If you want you can also add subtitles or audio
commentary. The strong point remains the ability to export movies in
full HD quality . In short, if you want reliability, quality and an
intuitive your search ends here.<br />
<h3>
For DVD Player</h3>
<a href="http://download.videohelp.com/tin2tin/" target="_blank"><b>DVD Slideshow GUI</b></a>
– DVD Slideshow GUI program to create presentations designed
specifically for your DVD player. Obviously with all the corollaries
various outbuildings, including the ability to create the menu for the
DVD , save to the subtitles, and divided into chapters. Do not expect
much more though: the interface is very sparse, most of the available
effects and does not support drag and drop . The output quality is high,
but it gets better.<br />
<h3>
Multiple Devices, Many Formats</h3>
<a href="http://www.nchsoftware.com/slideshow/index.html" target="_blank"><b>Photostage</b></a>
– is itself a pretty basic program, available with fewer side effects-
installation of other applications for video editing. You can install
Video, Photo and Wave editor when the installation file, but if not you
felt at the time, you can always do it later by pressing Later. The best
things about it are the usability of the application, the output video
format and the ability to export in HD. If you do not have excessive
demands and prefer the high compatibility of format you are made ??for
each other!<br />
In conclusion, <b>each of these 5 programs has its pros and cons</b> and the choice depends on your personal needs… Which one do you prefer?Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-56804194564951843952011-12-30T15:43:00.000+07:002011-12-30T16:30:23.752+07:00Optimize & Speedup Windows 7 with EnhanceMySe7en Freeware Utility<div>
</div>
<img alt="Windows 7" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3471" height="104" src="http://cdn.blogsdna.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/windows-7.jpg" style="float: right;" title="Windows 7" width="126" />I am sure all those users who have used Windows 7 Beta or Windows 7 RC will accept the fact that <b>performance of Windows 7 is superior to Windows Vista or XP</b>. However a big issue with all windows operating system is <b>performance degradation over period of time</b>.<br />
Here is handy <b>freeware utility EnhanceMySe7en</b> with which you can <b>tweak, optimize & control</b> many aspects of the windows<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"></span></span> 7 with maximum convenience. It has all necessary features for maintaining Windows 7 in a perfect condition.<span id="more-3469"></span><br />
<a href="http://www.seriousbit.com/tweak_windows_7/" target="_blank" title="EnhanceMySe7ven">EnhaceMySe7en</a> has tools that take care of the registry, disk space and its defragmentation, installed software, HDD temperature and all sorts of things related to system’s
health. Also there are lots of other options helping to boost your
system’s performance.<br />
<h3>
Features of EnhaceMySe7en for Windows 7<a name='more'></a></h3>
1. Process Identification – Identify unrecognized software<br />
2. Start-Up Management – Disable unnecessary software increasing performance<br />
3. Registry Cleaner – Can easily checks your registry and repair
incorrectly linked registry entries, automatically remove invalid
entries<br />
4. Disk Cleaner – Find out which files or folders engross your disk space and shown with chart<br />
5. Registry Defragmenter – Rebuilds and re-indexs your registry to reduce application response time and registry access time<br />
6. Disk Defragmenter – Reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems<br />
7. Hard Drive Monitor – Gives the current values of various hard disk
parameters such as Temperature, Head Flying Height, Spin-Up Time etc.<br />
8. System Tools, File, network and Security Tools<br />
9. Security – EnhanceMySe7en has easy to configure security settings for managing the new security features of Windows Vista<br />
10. Optimization – Optimize settings for maximum speed and stability<br />
11. Customization – customize system desktop, menus, toolbar and notifications settings<br />
12. Network – Optimize your Internet connection speed<br />
<h3>
Screenshot of EnhanceMySe7en</h3>
<img alt="EnhanceMySe7ven For Windows 7" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3470" height="375" src="http://cdn.blogsdna.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/enhancemyse7ven-for-windows-7.png" title="EnhanceMySe7ven For Windows 7" width="500" /><br />
<a href="http://www.seriousbit.com/download/EnhanceMySe7enSetup.exe" target="_blank" title="Download EnhanceMySe7en">Download EnhaceMySe7en</a> to <b>Optimize and Speed Up Windows 7</b>.Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-35011333466430350452011-12-30T15:36:00.001+07:002011-12-30T15:36:32.220+07:00View Programs & Files Loaded After Windows Boot with After Boot File ViewerWe are sure you would have noticed that machine with freshly Installed
Windows boots faster than the one which has Windows running for past
six months to year. The reason for this is as you start installing
programs and applications many of the files are added to Windows boot
process to load at startu and this is what causes the slowdown in
Windows boot process.<br />
If you can control & remove those unnecessary files and programs added to Windows startup then you can reduce the windows<a class="kLink" href="http://www.blogsdna.com/18156/view-programs-files-loaded-after-windows-boot-with-after-boot-file-viewer.htm#" id="KonaLink1" style="font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: blue !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; position: static;"></span></span></a>
boot time significantly but unfortunately Windows doesn’t provide any
way to let us know which programs are loaded in startup. To solve this
problem here is free utility After Boot<a class="kLink" href="http://www.blogsdna.com/18156/view-programs-files-loaded-after-windows-boot-with-after-boot-file-viewer.htm#" id="KonaLink2" style="font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: blue !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; position: static;"></span></span></a> File viewer.<br />
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As the name suggest this utility lets you to view the programs that
load after PC boots. This utility can also become handy in case when
you are suspicious about virus or malware infection. The utility can be
run any time once your Windows is booted.<br />
<h3>
After Boot Files Viewer</h3>
<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18157" height="363" src="http://cdn.blogsdna.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/After-Boot-File-Viewer.png" title="After Boot File Viewer" width="496" /><br />
<a href="http://download1us.softpedia.com/dl/5280f66f14fe2d548820fdc9701a2ceb/4e6617f0/100195914/software/system/AfterBoot10.zip">Download After Boot File Viewer</a>.Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-8682835393731880292011-12-30T15:24:00.000+07:002011-12-30T15:24:19.371+07:00View Windows 7 Startup Program List with Startup Discoverer<br />
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<strong>Windows 7</strong> has several ways to start applications &
programs automatically commonly referred as startup locations. A tight
control over startup programs can save you from viruses & malicious
programs. Manually keeping check of <strong>windows 7 startup locations</strong> could be cumbersome task and many don’t know all Windows 7 startup locations.</div>
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Here is nifty app <strong>Startup Discoverer</strong> which can retrieve <strong>list of programs added into startup</strong> locations of Windows 7. You can view program list based on startup category like machine runs, user runs etc.<span id="more-5659"></span><br />
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Startup Discoverer</h3>
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The main interface has 19 categories that you can click on to get the
auto start programs list for each category. Blue category label means
that there are auto programs in this category, black label means empty
category.<br />
Click on <strong>Show All Runs</strong> to view full list of Startup Programs.<br />
<img alt="Start Discoverer Windows Startup List" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5661" height="466" src="http://cdn.blogsdna.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Start-Discoverer-Windows-Startup-List.png" title="Start Discoverer Windows Startup List" width="600" /><br />
It is also possible to save a list as a text file and to print the a list to the default printer.<br />
<a href="http://www.esnips.com/doc/bbb2e7de-69d4-4250-9447-7ea692e48ce4/smg" target="_blank" title="Download Startup Discoverer">Download Startup Discoverer</a> to <strong>get Windows 7 Startup List</strong>.Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-25962873544191835642011-12-30T14:49:00.000+07:002011-12-31T04:07:09.203+07:00Speedup Windows 7 Startup with My Startup DelayerWindows exhibits typical characteristics of system slow down, slow startup and frequent crashes as the time passes after
fresh installation of Windows operating system. Though Microsoft has
significantly improved the booting time from Vista to Windows 7 but
there is no control over the applications which adds entry to startup
process list in order to auto start with every Windows boot.<br />
This could be very frustrating, especially when you want to quickly go online for some reason and patiently waiting for your System to startup. Not
any more, My Startup Delayer is here to rescue you. As the name
suggests, this is small application designed to help in removing or
delaying the applications which auto starts with Windows there by
increasing overall Windows boot time.<span id="more-18367"></span><br />
My Startup Delayer has simple user interface and multiple options to
adjust delay of application launch on startup as per your need. It also
offers option to either delay or completely disable selected application
from Windows Startup.<br />
My Startup Delayer is portable app, so it doesn’t need any
installation. Simply download and run My Startup Delayer. You will
notice that when you run this app, it provides you the list of all the
application currently added into Windows Startup process list.<br />
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<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18368" height="299" src="http://cdn.blogsdna.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/My-Startup-Delayer.png" title="My Startup Delayer" width="550" /><br />
Right clicking on any entry and you will be provided with an option
to Delay, Disabled or set Normal. You can also check the current status
of any exe present in startup.<br />
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The executable set as delayed will be highlighted in yellow bar.<br />
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You can also define the delay options such as seconds to wait before
launching delayed executable or seconds to wait before launching every
executable etc. This will help you to prevent system becoming
unresponsive during startup.<br />
<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18369" height="272" src="http://cdn.blogsdna.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Delay-Options.png" title="Delay Options" width="234" /><br />
Please note that if you plan to remove My Start Delayer then you must revert back all the delayed executable to normal.<br />
<b>You may like to check out below articles,</b><br />
<a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/view-windows-7-startup-program-list.html">View Windows 7 Startup Program List</a><br />
<a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/view-programs-files-loaded-after.html">View Programs loaded after Windows Boot</a><br />
<a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/optimize-speedup-windows-7-with.html">Optimize and Speed Windows 7</a><br />
<b>Download My Startup Delayer</b><br />
<a href="http://www.myportablesoftware.com/mystartupdelayer.aspx" target="_blank">Download My Startup Delayer</a>.Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-72286500531030051072011-12-23T13:14:00.001+07:002011-12-23T13:14:42.791+07:00My 2012 Review Of PC Tools Antivirus Free v9The latest in my series of reviews of free 2012 antivirus programs is for <strong>PC Tools Antivirus Free v9</strong>.<br />
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The Good:</h5>
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<li>1. Fair detection rates</li>
<li>2. Nice clean interface</li>
<li>3. Low memory usage during scans</li>
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The Bad:</h5>
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<li>1. Took a long time to install</li>
<li>2. Very high CPU usage during a full scan</li>
<li>3. -</li>
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If
you are looking for a good free antivirus program should you consider
PC Tools Antivirus Free v9, the company’s new program for 2012?<br />
Lets find out…<br />
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<strong>Installation and first impression</strong><br />
The
first thing that surprised me with this antivirus program was it’s
size. The download was some 140 MB in size and it did take some time
before I was in a position to run the program.<br />
One thing you may
want to look out for during the installation is the toolbar installation
prompt. On the whole I hate toolbars and typically am wary of
installing them. You may have differing views. In either case, you will
be prompted to choose whether to install the PC Tools Defender Toolbar:<br />
<img alt="PC Tools Antivirus Free v9 toolbar" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28475" height="395" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/PC-Tools-Antivirus-Free-v9-toolbar.png" title="PC Tools Antivirus Free v9 toolbar" width="576" /><br />
Once
installed, however, I have to say that the new graphical user interface
is very good looking indeed. The blue, white and green colour scheme
works very well and the way the features are laid out make this a very
simple and intuitive program to use.<br />
<img alt="PC Tools Antivirus Free v9 scan settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28477" height="423" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/PC-Tools-Antivirus-Free-v9-scan-settings.png" title="PC Tools Antivirus Free v9 scan settings" width="600" /><br />
The
features on offer in this antivirus program are functional but quite
limited and you’ll see an Upgrade link at the bottom of the screen. The
paid for version (review coming soon) is much better in my opinion but
this free version certainly does a job.<br />
<strong>Conclusion</strong><br />
In
use I found PC Tools Antivirus Free v9 to be very good at finding
questionable files, such as adware and tracking cookies. When it came to
the most important items to detect – malware – it certainly didn’t get a
100% detection rate against the sample list that I used. Thats not to
say that it gave a disaterous result but it certainly didn’t do quite as
well as the other free antivirus programs I’ve looked at thus far.<br />
<img alt="PC Tools Antivirus Free v9 CPU usage" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28476" height="423" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/PC-Tools-Antivirus-Free-v9-CPU-usage.png" title="PC Tools Antivirus Free v9 CPU usage" width="600" /><br />
Of bigger concern to me was the resource usage.<br />
On
the plus side, this antivirus program never required a huge amount of
memory. Even during a full scan I never saw more than half a gig of RAM
being used by the entire system.<br />
CPU usage, however, was an entirely different matter…<br />
As
you can see in the screenshot above, the central processing unit was
kept very busy indeed during a full scan with usage typically above 80%
for pretty well the entire operation.<br />
To conclude then, I wouldn’t
choose this program for myself as I’m always busy on my computer and
multitasking whilst running a scan (yes, I know they can be scheduled
but I like to turn my computer off when not being used) was a virtual
impossibility. PC Tools Antivirus Free 2012 v9 isn’t the worst free
antivirus program I’ve looked at but I believe there are better choices
available this year.<br />
<em>Check out my other <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/top-10-free-antivirus-programs-2012.html" title="free antivirus reviews">reviews of 2012 free antivirus programs</a>.</em>Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-36313115918183645032011-12-23T13:10:00.000+07:002011-12-23T13:16:57.266+07:00The Top 10 Free Antivirus Programs 2012As summer 2011 comes around the security vendors cast their eyes to
the following year and start releasing the paid for versions of their
antivirus programs. For most people I would definitely recommend handing
over a few dollars to get a good level of protection but, for some
people, that may not be necessary.<br />
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<img alt="AVG Anti-Virus 2012" border="0" class="aligncenter" height="250" src="http://www.awltovhc.com/image-3745244-10865888" width="300" /><br />
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With that in mind it is time once again for me to look at what free antivirus protection is available.<br />
Over
the next couple of months I will be writing some new reviews for what I
believe are the top 10 free antivirus programs you can get in 2012
without parting with your cash. I’ll be looking at programs from the
usual suspects, including -<br />
<ul>
<li>AVG</li>
<li>Avira</li>
<li>Avast!</li>
<li>Comodo</li>
<li>and, assuming no fingers have just fallen off, 6 others.</li>
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Check back soon to read each review as I add it and to see if you agree with the choices I make and the commentary I write.<br />
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Top 10 Free Antivirus Programs 2012</h3>
1. <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/avg-antivirus-2012-free-edition-review.html" title="AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 review">AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012</a><br />
Its quick, its free, its low on system resources. Well worth checking out.<br />
2. <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/download-microsoft-security-essentials.html" title="Microsoft Security Essentials review">Microsoft Security Essentials</a><br />
Capped CPU usage and its free. Might not be well suited to business users though.<br />
3. <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/avira-free-antivirus-2012-review.html" title="Avira free antivirus 2012 review">Avira Free Antivirus 2012</a><br />
Quick, accurate and good detection rates.<br />
4. <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-2012-review-of-pc-tools-antivirus.html">Pc Tools Antivirus Free v9</a><br />
Easy to use but high CPU usage may be an issue.<br />
5. <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/11/avast-free-antivirus-60-final-version.html" title="My review of Avast! Free Antivirus 6">Avast! Free Antivirus 6</a><br />
Offers the lowest memory and CPU usage I’ve seen yet.Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-89319222424579707912011-12-19T14:43:00.000+07:002011-12-19T14:43:02.684+07:00Review Of Webroot Secure Anywhere AntivirusToday’s 2012 antivirus review features the latest offering from Webroot; <strong>Webroot Secure Anywhere</strong>.<br />
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Key Benefits:</h5>
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<li>Quick scans</li>
<li>Offers a sandbox mode</li>
<li>Happily works in conjunction with other security products</li>
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There
is a growing trend with antivirus programs these days and that is to
combine traditional databases full of virus definitions with cloud
technology which provides a quicker response to new threats. Webroot
Secure Anywhere Antivirus bucks the trend somewhat by dispensing with
the database model completely.<br />
This of course offers some
advantages, namely that most of the ‘work’ performed by the program is
not reliant on your PC. Therefore, hourly/daily updates are not required
as all the pertinent information is stored and frequently updated on
Webroot’s own servers.<br />
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<strong>System Requirements</strong><br />
The minimum system requirements are as follows:<br />
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<li>Windows XP (32 bit and 64 bit) SP2 or later / Vista (32 bit and 64 bit) SP1 or SP2 respectively / 7 (32 bit and 64 bit) SP1</li>
<li>128 MB of RAM</li>
<li>10 MB of hard drive space</li>
<li>Pentium / Celeron / K7 / Athlon / Duron or compatible processor</li>
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As you can see, this antivirus program should run on many older computers as well as more modern ones too.<br />
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<img alt="Webroot Secure Anywhere interface" class="size-full wp-image-28650 aligncenter" height="436" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Webroot-Secure-Anywhere-interface.png" title="Webroot Secure Anywhere interface" width="600" /></div>
<strong>Installation and first impression</strong><br />
the
first thing I noted about Webroot Secure Anywhere Antivirus is that it
is very quick. Very quick indeed. The program installed in seconds and
then launched into a full scan. This again was very fast, taking less
than 2 minutes!<br />
When installation and the first scan have
completed you will be presented with the screen shown above. You’ll note
that the interface is very clean and uncluttered, making this an easy
program for beginners to get to grips with.<br />
<img alt="Webroot Secure Anywhere" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28652" height="441" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Webroot-Secure-Anywhere.png" title="Webroot Secure Anywhere" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Features</strong><br />
As
a standalone antivirus product Webroot Secure Anywhere Antivirus was
never going to be as feature packed as an internet security suite and
that is quite evident when you start looking around the <em>Settings</em>
area. Beyond the sandbox, which allows you to run suspicious programs
in a protected environment, there is nothing much here that you won’t
find in any other antivirus program on the market today.<br />
You can see pretty much what is on offer in the screenshot below:<br />
<img alt="Webroot Secure Anywhere settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28653" height="438" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Webroot-Secure-Anywhere-settings.png" title="Webroot Secure Anywhere settings" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Effectiveness</strong><br />
This
is a good antivirus program that does a fine job of detecting and
blocking viruses as well as spyware, worms, etc. It’s key selling point,
to my mind, is it’s ability to run on older machines and without using
much in the way of memory or CPU.<br />
<img alt="Webroot Secure Anywhere scanning" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28651" height="376" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Webroot-Secure-Anywhere-scanning.png" title="Webroot Secure Anywhere scanning" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Conclusion</strong><br />
<br /> I
can think of nothing negative to say about this program but, equally,
it just didn’t get me overly excited either. Thats not to say I wouldn’t
recommend it though – its good at what it does, runs very well and
is terrifically fast at scanning – it just, as you may have guessed by
now, didn’t inspire me for some reason.<br />
But if you want an easy to use program and quick scans then you may want to check it out for yourself…<br />
<em>Do you want to see what the other vendors are offering this year? If so, read my other <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/11/best-10-antivirus-programs-2012.html" title="2012 Antivirus reviews">2012 Antivirus reviews</a>.</em>Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-15187974449655220282011-12-19T11:55:00.002+07:002011-12-19T18:50:21.492+07:00Review Of Norton Internet Security 2012 | DownloadI didn’t originally have any intention of looking at any Norton
products as part of my 2012 antivirus and internet security reviews,
mainly because I have not been impressed their products in the past.
However, I have had many requests from you guys to do just that so, by
popular demand, here is my impression of <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/11/norton-2012-internet-security-review.html"><b>Norton Internet Security 2012</b></a>.<br />
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Key Benefits:</h5>
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<li>Packed full of features</li>
<li>Very good malware detection rates</li>
<li>Accurate spam filter</li>
</ul>
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If
you buy Norton Internet Security 2012 then you will discover that the
download is around 100 MB in size and, as the screenshot below implies,
it installs quite quickly.<br />
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<img alt="installing Norton Internet Security 2012" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28628" height="400" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/installing-Norton-Internet-Security-2012.png" title="installing Norton Internet Security 2012" width="600" /><br />
After installation you may need to restart your computer before you can get going.<br />
<b>System Requirements</b><br />
<a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-of-norton-internet-security-2012.html">Norton Internet Security 2012</a> has the following system requirements:<br />
<ul>
<li>Windows XP (32 bit) SP2 / Vista (32 bit and 64 bit) with SP1 / 7 (32bit and 64 bit)</li>
<li>300 Mhz Processor (Windows XP) / 1 Ghz Processor (Vista and 7)</li>
<li>256 MB or more of RAM</li>
<li>300 MB of hard drive space</li>
</ul>
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<img alt="Norton Internet Security 2012 interface" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28629" height="400" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Norton-Internet-Security-2012-interface.png" title="Norton Internet Security 2012 interface" width="600" /></div>
<b>Installation and first impression</b><br />
When
you run <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/11/norton-2012-internet-security-review.html">Norton Internet Security 2012</a> for the first time you will be
see the interface above. As you can see, the program will need to be
updated straight away if you wish to be fully protected. Luckily, that
update is quite quick, taking less than a minute to install on my
machine. Strangely, perhaps, a <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-reset-windows-7-to-original.html">system restart</a> was required after the
update. Thats not something I’m used to these days as most security
programs I look at will update and then continue running.<br />
<img alt="Norton Internet Security 2012 restart after update" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28630" height="398" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Norton-Internet-Security-2012-restart-after-update.png" title="Norton Internet Security 2012 restart after update" width="600" /><br />
Other
than that, all is good however. The interface is nice and easy to
navigate. (Thanks to Symantec for choosing yellow text to go with their
dark background as white text on black gives me headaches!)<br />
<b>Features</b><br />
As I mentioned at the beginning, this program is packed full of useful features, some of which you can see below:<br />
<img alt="Norton Internet Security 2012 features" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28632" height="400" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Norton-Internet-Security-2012-features.png" title="Norton Internet Security 2012 features" width="600" /><br />
It
goes without saying that you should expect many features if you are
buying a full<a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-10-internet-security-programs-2012.html"> internet security</a> suite but with Norton you really do get a
lot for your money. Not only that but some of the extras really are
quite good. For instance, the antispam component works very well indeed.
It may seem strange that I am highlighting something like that but it
is a component that other internet security suites often struggle with
so it was nice to find antispam that just works.<br />
<img alt="Norton Internet Security 2012 settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28633" height="400" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Norton-Internet-Security-2012-settings.png" title="Norton Internet Security 2012 settings" width="600" /><br />
Other features include:<br />
<ul>
<li>Antivirus</li>
<li>Firewall</li>
<li>Exploit Prevention</li>
<li>Antispam</li>
<li>Performance Monitoring</li>
<li>Identity Protection</li>
<li>Anti-Phishing</li>
<li>Parental Controls</li>
</ul>
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<b>Effectiveness</b></div>
When
reviewing <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-10-internet-security-programs-2012.html">internet security programs</a> I typically find that they perform
most of the tasks listed above quite well indeed, though they often
don’t excel in each and every one (antispam seeming to be the common
achilles heel). Norton Internet Security, however, performs very well
indeed in each and every area.<br />
Malware detection and cleanup of
the samples I used was very good indeed. And the program performs very
well in independent tests too.<br />
the firewall performs admirably too, stealthing ports and proving <del></del><br />
very difficult<br />
impossible to terminate using traditional attack methodologies.<br />
Anti-phishing
comes courtesy of a Norton toolbar which uses behavioural analysis as
well as a database in order to protect you from even the newest of
phishing sites. Again, this worked very well when I tested it.<br />
Parental
Control doesn’t come as standard with this internet security suite but
is free nonetheless. You can access it via a button at the bottom of the
interface and then configure it via your Norton account. You can easily
set rules and access controls and the program even lets you print these
out to share with your children so as to let them know what they can
and cannot do.<br />
<img alt="Norton Internet Security 2012 resource usage" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28631" height="400" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Norton-Internet-Security-2012-resource-usage.png" title="Norton Internet Security 2012 resource usage" width="600" /><br />
The
program comes with it’s own Perfomance Monitoring tool, as seen above.
Comparing this with Windows’ Task Manager showed it’s reporting to be
comparable in terms of CPU and Memory Usage. As you may be able to tell
from the graph displayed, <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/11/norton-2012-internet-security-review.html">Norton Internet Security 2012</a> is not too heavy
on either whilst a scan is in process. Additionally, this is a useful
tool for determining if a particular program or service is causing you a
problem.<br />
<b>Conclusion</b><br />
As noted at the beginning, this program offers a very large range of useful features which all work very well indeed.<br />
My opinion, based on my own testing, is that detection rates (the most important feature) are, perhaps, second only to <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-of-bitdefender-total-security.html" title="BitDefender Total Security 2012 review">BitDefender’s Total Security</a> program.<br />
This
edition of Norton is, at the time of writing, one of the more expensive
options on the market right now but probably offers the best overall
value if you think you will take advantage of all the features that it
offers.<br />
Overall then, I have to say that my previously poor
opinion of Norton products (formed many years ago) has been changed
considerably. If you want an all round good security suite and value
antispam features highly then this may well be the program you want for
2012.<br />
You can download a trial <a href="http://us.norton.com/downloads/">here</a> and see for yourself.<br />
<i>Do you want to see what the other vendors are offering this year? If so, read my other <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-10-internet-security-programs-2012.html" title="2012 Internet Security reviews">2012 Internet Security reviews</a>.<a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/11/best-10-antivirus-programs-2012.html"> The Best 10 Antivirus Programs 2012</a></i>Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-47547016092007585732011-12-19T11:50:00.002+07:002011-12-19T11:50:49.967+07:00Review F-Secure Internet Security 2012 | DownloadBefore I review this F-Secure Internet Security 2012, I have reviewed <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/f-secure-internet-security-2012-review.html" title="my review of F-Secure Internet Security 2012 beta">F-Secure Internet Security 2012</a>
but back then it was only in beta form. Now the final retail version
has been released so I thought I’d take another quick look…<br />
<div class="highlight_box_white">
<h5>
Key Benefits:</h5>
<ul><a href="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="size-full wp-image-25803 alignright" height="66" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yes1.jpg" title="yes" width="66" /></a>
<li>Familiar interface</li>
<li>Very easy to use</li>
<li>Highly effective</li>
</ul>
</div>
As
regular readers will know, F-Secure Internet Security products have
been my favourite for some time now and, indeed, this year’s version,
the subject of this review, is again my own personal choice.<br />
Why is that?<br />
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<img alt="launch F-Secure Internet Security 2012" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28277" height="106" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/launch-F-Secure-Internet-Security-2012.png" title="launch F-Secure Internet Security 2012" width="281" /><br />
Well,
quite simply, it is very good at what it does. It is easy to install
and even easier to use. It doesn’t use much in the way of system
resources, stays largely in the background and my kids give it the
thumbs up too. <em>(Disclosure: F-Secure have given me a free key for
this program {thanks @FSecure!} but I would like to think that I would
wax lyrical anyway as I was a fan of this program long before that
anyway)</em>.<br />
<strong>System Requirements</strong><br />
F-Secure Internet Security 2012 has the following system requirements:<br />
<ul>
<li>all versions of Windows from XP through to 7</li>
<li>512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended for Vista and 7)</li>
<li>600 MB of free hard drive space</li>
<li>Internet Explorer 6 or better</li>
<li>CD Rom and internet connection</li>
</ul>
<img alt="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 interface" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28278" height="435" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/F-Secure-Internet-Security-2012-interface.png" title="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 interface" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Installation and first impression</strong><br />
I’m
not going to go into too much detail with this review as I covered a
lot of ground when I looked at the beta version a few months ago. For
the most part the interface is unchanged though the keen-eyed amongst
you will notice that the graphical designed has been spruced up
slightly.<br />
<img alt="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 features" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28281" height="432" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/F-Secure-Internet-Security-2012-features.png" title="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 features" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Features</strong><br />
As
a full internet security suite, F-Secure Internet Security 2012 is
feature packed. You can see what is available in the image below but
they key highlights would be:<br />
<ul>
<li>Antivirus</li>
<li>Anti-spyware</li>
<li>Firewall</li>
<li>DeepGuard</li>
<li>Application control</li>
<li>Intrusion prevention</li>
<li>Dial-up control</li>
<li>Email filtering</li>
<li>Mobile broadband protection</li>
</ul>
<img alt="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28284" height="453" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/F-Secure-Internet-Security-2012-settings.png" title="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 settings" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Effectiveness</strong><br />
There
are many reasons why I run this program on my own PC. Beyond being
simple and unobtrusive the main point for me is it’s top quality
protection. F-Secure Internet Security 2012 scores well in independent
tests but, more importantly, it has done an excellent job of protecting
my own PC for the last few years. And thats what counts!<br />
Whats more, it passes my own key test: top quality protection without using an obscene amount of system resources.<br />
As
you may be able to see in the image below, CPU usage was very low
whilst running a full system scan. Whats more, whilst this scan was in
process I clicked on Send/Receive in my email client, watched a video on
the BBC website and had another video running on YouTube. I also had
another 3 instances of Chrome running and was playing some music too.
All the while, F-Secure Internet Security 2012 was using around 10-15%
of the CPU. Thats impressive!<br />
<img alt="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 resource usage" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28280" height="297" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/F-Secure-Internet-Security-2012-resource-usage.png" title="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 resource usage" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Plus and minus points</strong><br />
I’m
not really someone who gets overly excited about many things, perhaps
because I’m getting old now, but I absolutely love this program. I’ve
had various versions on my main desktop PC for a few years now and never
had any issues whatsoever with malware or any other type of threat. The
program does what it should, easily, simply, quickly and in the
background.<br />
I’ve tested many such programs and this is my
favourite. I can’t think of anything negative to say here despite the
fact that I do always look for potential problems in everything I
review. It works. Simple as that. And, unlike some other security
vendors that some of you may have experience with, these guys have, in
my experience, always taken customer service very seriously indeed.<br />
In comparison to all the other such programs I’ve looked at recently I’d put F-Secure Internet Security 2012 second behind <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/bitdefender-total-security-2012-review.html" title="BitDefender Total Security 2012 review">BitDefender Total Security 2012</a>
in terms of detection rates. Other than that, I’d rate this program as
being the best in just about every aspect and would definitely
recommended you add this one to your shortlist.<br />
<a href="http://www.kqzyfj.com/fc81tenkem15967466132A3892B?sid=F-Secure+IS+2012+final" target="_blank"><br /> <img alt="F-Secure Internet Security 2012" border="0" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.lduhtrp.net/20110p59y31NRVSTQSSNPOWPUVOX" /></a><br />
<em>Do you want to see what the other vendors are offering this year? If so, read my other <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-10-internet-security-programs-2012.html" title="2012 Internet Security reviews">2012 Internet Security reviews</a>.</em>Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-17032156035019961472011-12-19T11:38:00.002+07:002011-12-19T11:38:47.662+07:00Review Of Bullguard Internet Security 2012 | DownloadNext up in my continuing series of personal reviews of internet security products for the coming year is BullGuard Internet Security 12<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.lduhtrp.net/9h115tkocig15967466132A9443B" width="1" />.<br />
<div class="highlight_box_white">
<h5>
Key Benefits:</h5>
<ul><a href="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="size-full wp-image-25803 alignright" height="66" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yes1.jpg" title="yes" width="66" /></a>
<li>Very good at blocking malware</li>
<li>PC Tune Up is good at what it does</li>
<li>5 GB of hosted online backups</li>
</ul>
</div>
Bullguard Internet Security 12 is a quick installation with the initial files coming in at a fairly modest 23 MB:<br />
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<img alt="Bullguard Internet Security 12 installation" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27895" height="421" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bullguard-Internet-Security-12-installation.png" title="Bullguard Internet Security 12 installation" width="496" /><br />
During the installation the program handily checks which version of Windows you are running and installs the appropriate files.<br />
<strong>System Requirements</strong><br />
Bullguard Internet Security has the following system requirements:<br />
<ul>
<li>Windows XP (SP2) / Vista / 7</li>
<li>An internet connection</li>
<li>512 MB of RAM</li>
<li>200 MB of available hard drive space</li>
</ul>
<img alt="Bullguard Internet Security 12 installed" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27896" height="296" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bullguard-Internet-Security-12-installed.png" title="Bullguard Internet Security 12 installed" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Installation and first impression</strong><br />
As
I mentioned before, installation of this program is very quick and it
will automatically detect which version of Windows you are running. A
quick scan is automatically run as part of this installation process
and, assuming all is well, you will firstly be greeted by a screen like
the one above giving you the good news that your computer is safe.<br />
After this you are free to run scans or check out the control panel:<br />
<img alt="Bullguard Internet Security 12 control panel" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27898" height="293" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bullguard-Internet-Security-12-control-panel.png" title="Bullguard Internet Security 12 control panel" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Features</strong><br />
As
you can see in the Control Panel screenshot above, Bullguard Internet
Security 12 divides it’s functions into 4 main groups, namely:<br />
<ul>
<li>PC Protection (antivirus/firewall/spam filter/vulnerabilities)</li>
<li>Data Protection</li>
<li>Family Protection</li>
<li>PC Tune Up (the all important Game Mode can be found here)</li>
</ul>
<div>
By clicking on the <em>Settings</em>
link found in the bottom left of that screen you can see each of these
main headings in more detail and configure the settings to suit your own
needs:</div>
<img alt="Bullguard Internet Security 12 settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27901" height="529" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bullguard-Internet-Security-12-settings.png" title="Bullguard Internet Security 12 settings" width="554" /><br />
<strong>Effectiveness</strong><br />
In terms of effectiveness Bullguard Internet Security 12 is a bit of a mixed bag.<br />
An
internet security program is obviously installed in order to provide
multiple types of protection but the main component is still the
antivirus side of things. I found that the program did well at blocking
known viruses that I threw its way but wasn’t so good at detecting some
newer samples I tried.<br />
I’m also sure there were a significant
number of false positives too. For example, the image below shows that
it has detected Cookie.2o7 as malware. As far as I am aware that it is
simply a cookie used by an advertiser – sure you may not want it on your
system – but it isn’t a virus by any means.<br />
<img alt="Bullguard Internet Security 12 resources" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27899" height="344" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bullguard-Internet-Security-12-resources.png" title="Bullguard Internet Security 12 resources" width="600" /><br />
Resource
usage is also an issue. This isn’t the most sluggish internet security
suite I’ve ever used but there were noticeable periods of system
slowdown whilst a scan was in progress. As one commentator on a previous
post mentioned, you can get around this issue by scheduling scans for
the middle of the night if you wish but how many ‘average’ computer
users would want to leave their PC on overnight?<br />
The firewall that comes with this program is suspect too. If you go back to the <em>Settings</em> screen then you will see that there is a tick box for Self Protection. Ticking this should <em>Allow Bullguard to protect its components against termination</em>.<br />
<img alt="Bullguard firewall" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27910" height="41" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bullguard-firewall.png" title="Bullguard firewall" width="336" /><br />
So its a shame that doesn’t work too well!<br />
It
will stop someone using Ctrl + Alt + Del to go into Task Manager and
kill the program but other, not particularly difficult, techniques can
be employed to switch the firewall off. A simple Registry tweak can
render this firewall completely redundant and that is a trick I would
imagine even the newest of malware writers could execute.<br />
Its not all doom and gloom though.<br />
The
Data Protection element is very good, offering 5 GB of online backup
space which is better than most of the competition. This free storage
space can be used to host backups of your most important files and
Bullguard Internet Security will remind you to configure this service
whenever you start the program. You get a lot of control over what is
backed up, how often and when or if backups are deleted or updated. You
can also encrypt or compress you backups.<br />
The other high point of
this program is the PC Tune Up section. Here you can check for
unnecessary files on your computer which can then be got rid of.
Likewise, you can easily clear out temporary Windows files and temporary
internet files too. You can’t undo anything here though so do please
check that you know what you are getting rid of!<br />
<strong>Plus and minus points</strong><br />
Bullguard Internet Security 2012 is very good at some things and so-so at others in my opinion.<br />
The
backup and PC tune up options are great. It is unfortunate, however,
that the program is less convincing in areas such as virus detection and
the firewall as these surely have to be a far, far bigger selling point
of such a program.<br />
<img alt="Bullguard Internet Security 12 scan results" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27900" height="385" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bullguard-Internet-Security-12-scan-results.png" title="Bullguard Internet Security 12 scan results" width="506" /><br />
This
internet security suite isn’t bad by any means but my opinion is that a
potential purchaser would and should want a better antivirus engine and
firewall option.<br />
I like the backup side of things, the PC Tune Up
and the clean and simple interface. If Bullguard can keep those and
improve on the core components then they may be able to produce a top
product for next year but I don’t think they have it quite right just
now.<br />
For me that is a great shame as the guys at Bullguard offer great support and the chaps(girls?) behind their Twitter account
are knowledgeable, informative and totally likeable. Heres hoping
Bullguard #13 realises the potential that this program hints at.<br />
<a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-3745244-10858952?sid=Bullguard+banner" target="_blank"><br /> <img alt="" border="0" class="aligncenter" height="60" src="http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-3745244-10858952" width="468" /></a><br />
<em>Do you want to see what the other vendors are offering this year? If so, read my other <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-10-internet-security-programs-2012.html" title="2012 Internet Security reviews">2012 Internet Security reviews</a>.</em><br />Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-55608200075229753472011-12-19T11:28:00.003+07:002011-12-19T11:28:56.897+07:00ESET Smart Security 5 - ReviewA short while ago I took a look at ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5 and was
very impressed. Is the bigger brother, ESET Smart Security 5, just as
impressive? Read on to find out.<br />
<div class="highlight_box_white">
<h5>
Key Benefits:</h5>
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<li>Easy to use</li>
<li>Fast updates and low system resource usage</li>
<li>Effective detection and removal of threats</li>
</ul>
ESET
Smart Security 5 is an easy to use security program that will do a
grand job of protecting your computer from all of the latest threats. It
uses a small amount of memory and CPU usage is also low so if you
shouldn’t notice any slowdown if you use your computer while scans are
in progress.<br />
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<strong>System Requirements</strong><br />
The system requirements as per ESET’s website are as follows:<br />
<ul>
<li>Intel or AMD x86-x64 processor</li>
<li>55 MB of free hard drive space</li>
<li>Windows XP / 2000 / Vista / 7</li>
</ul>
<div>
<img alt="ESET Smart Security 5 installation" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27186" height="392" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ESET-Smart-Security-5-installation1.png" title="ESET Smart Security 5 installation" width="499" /></div>
<strong>Installation and first impression</strong><br />
ESET
Smart Security 5 is a security suite that is very quick to install.
After downloading the initial file that is only a few megabytes in size
you will run it and the program proper will then be downloaded. This
comes in at around 55 MB in size and took about a minute to download on
my connection.<br />
Loading up the program for the first time will
present you with the interface as seen in the image below (yeah, I know,
it needs some attention at this stage). You will note straight away
that ESET Smart Security 5 has a very clean and uncluttered interface
which is something many computer users will appreciate.<br />
Just like
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5, the first thing I noticed is that the program
was notifying me that my Windows installation was not up to date (it is
now!). Not many security programs check for this, despite the fact that
keeping Windows updated is so vitally important.<br />
<img alt="ESET Smart Security 5 first look at interface" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27187" height="425" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ESET-Smart-Security-5-first-look-at-interface.png" title="ESET Smart Security 5 first look at interface" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Features</strong><br />
For
an internet security suite that is so easy to use and with such a
simple interface, ESET Smart Security 5 manages to pack in a large range
of features, the pick of which are:<br />
<ul>
<li>Antivirus</li>
<li>Antispyware</li>
<li>Antirootkit</li>
<li>Antispam</li>
<li>Cloud based whitelisting</li>
<li>Firewall</li>
<li>Gamer mode</li>
<li>Host based intrusion prevention systems (HIPS)</li>
<li>Parental controls</li>
</ul>
<div>
<img alt="ESET Smart Security 5 features" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27189" height="425" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ESET-Smart-Security-5-features.png" title="ESET Smart Security 5 features" width="600" /></div>
With ESET Smart Security 5 you will also have a large number of useful tools at your disposal as well:<br />
<ul>
<li>Logging of all issues</li>
<li>Various statistics</li>
<li>A Visual display of file and network activity</li>
<li>A list of all running processes</li>
<li>The ability to schedule scans at a time that suits you</li>
<li>A list of all quarantined items that the program has identified</li>
<li>ESET SysInspector</li>
<li>A list of all active network connections</li>
</ul>
<div>
<img alt="ESET Smart Security 5 tools" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27190" height="424" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ESET-Smart-Security-5-tools.png" title="ESET Smart Security 5 tools" width="600" /></div>
<strong>Effectiveness</strong><br />
Looking
at test results from the independent test labs you will notice
that ESET Smart Security 5 scores rather well in terms of detecting and
blocking malware. Indeed the program performed well with the tests at
AV-Test.org and very well indeed with AV-Comparitives.org. It
also fared well in detecting my own list of malware links too.<br />
For
me, a frequent computer user, one of the most important aspects of any
security product is its resource usage. With any security suite you have
to expect its normal operation and, especially scanning, to have some
effect as both use some memory and CPU cycles. Some programs are far
worse that others in this respect though. Gladly, I can say that ESET
Smart Security 5 is one of the good guys in this regard though –
processor and memory usage are probably at the bottom of the scale in
comparison to other similar programs.<br />
<img alt="ESET Smart Security 5 parental controls in action" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27194" height="251" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ESET-Smart-Security-5-parental-controls-in-action.png" title="ESET Smart Security 5 parental controls in action" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Plus and minus points</strong><br />
+
ESET Smart Security 5 has a very smooth and uncluttered interface which
makes it a good choice for less-savvy computer users who still want a
robust protection package<br />
+ Updates to the virus definition database are downloaded in the background for the most part and are very quick to install<br />
+ The program has a high malware detection rate and had no problem removing the threats I tried it with<br />
-
Whilst using the program or running a scan the system resources (the
amount of CPU and RAM used) is very low, meaning you can get on with
whats important without having to wait for the program to finish what it
is doing<br /> Firewall allows all connections originating from your
computer by default so you have to hope it doesn’t let any Trojans
through! You can change the firewall setting to prompt for all outbound
connections but this will lead to you receiving many more such popups
for other programs too<br />
- Spam filter won’t slow your mailbox down too much but a fair proportion of spam still hit my inbox whilst it was running<br />
<em>Do you want to see what the other vendors are offering this year? If so, read my other <a href="http://www.security-faqs.com/the-best-10-internet-security-programs-2012-my-reviews" title="2012 Internet Security reviews">2012 Internet Security reviews</a>.</em>Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-91622744175257544512011-12-19T11:25:00.001+07:002011-12-19T11:25:19.242+07:00Review AVG Internet Security 2012 - DownloadNext up in my continuing series of personal reviews of internet security products for the coming year is <strong>AVG Internet Security 2012</strong>.<br />
<div class="highlight_box_white">
<h5>
The Good:</h5>
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<li>Good detection rate</li>
<li>Small performance hit when running</li>
<li>Gaming mode</li>
</ul>
<h5>
The Bad:</h5>
<ul><a href="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/no.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="size-full wp-image-25804 alignright" height="66" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/no.jpg" title="no" width="66" /></a>
<li>Antiquated firewall</li>
<li>Spam filter not particularly effective</li>
<li>Free antivirus program from the same company represents much better value</li>
</ul>
</div>
<br />
<a name='more'></a>Having recently reviewed the sister product, <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/avg-antivirus-2012-free-edition-review.html" title="My review of AVG Anti-Virus free 2012">AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012</a>, it will be interesting to see what extras this internet security suite can add to what the cut down version already offers.<br />
<img alt="AVG Internet Security 2012 installation" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26520" height="393" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/AVG-Internet-Security-2012-installation.png" title="AVG Internet Security 2012 installation" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Installation and first impression</strong><br />
Installation
and setup of AVG Internet Security 2012 is a quick and easy affair.
After downloading the small installer (just a few megs in size) you
double click on the file and then have to wait just a couple of minutes
for installation to complete.<br />
<img alt="AVG Internet Security 2012 dashboard" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26521" height="268" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/AVG-Internet-Security-2012-dashboard.png" title="AVG Internet Security 2012 dashboard" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Features</strong><br />
This latest offering from AVG has many features as you can see in the image above. These include:<br />
<ul>
<li>Antivirus</li>
<li>Firewall</li>
<li>Anti-spam protection</li>
<li>Link scanner</li>
<li>Anti-rootkit protection</li>
<li>System Tools</li>
<li>ID protection</li>
</ul>
<div>
Additional features such as a PC analyser and parental controls are set up for use but require additional payments to be made.</div>
<img alt="AVG Internet Security 2012 game mode" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26522" height="375" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/AVG-Internet-Security-2012-game-mode.png" title="AVG Internet Security 2012 game mode" width="600" /><br />
One
last feature that is always worth mentioning these days is the gaming
mode – no good security product should ship without one! With AVG
Internet Security 2012 it is not set as on by default – you’ll have to
check a box within the firewall area of the program, as seen above.<br />
<img alt="AVG Internet Security 2012 network detection" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26526" height="474" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/AVG-Internet-Security-2012-network-detection.png" title="AVG Internet Security 2012 network detection" width="513" /><br />
<strong>System Requirements</strong><br />
The minimum system requirements to run AVG Internet Security 2012 are as follows:<br />
<ul>
<li>Processor: Intel Pentium 1.5 Ghz or faster</li>
<li>Memory: Minimum of 512 Mb of RAM</li>
<li>Hard Drive: At least 1550 MB of free space</li>
<li>Operating System: All 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows XP / Vista / 7</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://www.kqzyfj.com/b0107wktqks7BFCDACC798GD88EG?sid=AVG+IS+2012+trial" target="_blank"><br /> <img alt="Upgrade to AVG Internet Security 2012" border="0" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.awltovhc.com/5281wquiom7BFCDACC798GD88EG" /></a><br />
<strong>Effectiveness</strong><br />
The
effectiveness of this program is a bit of a mixed bag. Antivirus
protection is the same as the company’s free Antivirus program – good,
and comparable to many of the paid alternatives.<br />
The anti-spam
component, however, was not particularly good on my system. Working in
tandem with Microsoft Outlook, the spam filter didn’t cause any slowdown
but equally I still received plenty of spam. That said, I didn’t notice
any legitimate email getting blocked which is something I’ve noticed
with my paid-for spam filter recently so it would, perhaps, be unfair to
label this as totally disastrous.<br />
With the firewall I can’t say
that it is ineffective, because it isn’t. But I do think it could have
been implemented better. By that I mean that when it comes across an
unknown program it asks the user to decide the level of access that
should be granted. That may not sound so bad until you factor in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layer_8">layer 8</a>.
In other words, the user is the weakest link in any security system so
why give them unnecessary decisions to make? Other internet security
programs use firewalls that make intelligent decisions about security
for the user and that is what I think should have been the case here.<br />
<img alt="AVG Internet Security 2012 resource usage" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26523" height="404" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/AVG-Internet-Security-2012-resource-usage.png" title="AVG Internet Security 2012 resource usage" width="600" /><br />
<strong>+ Plus Points</strong><br />
<ul>
<li>This year’s security products from AVG have a good detection rate</li>
<li>Malware blocking is also good</li>
<li>Resource
usage is higher than AVG’s antivirus program but the performance hit
still seemed quite low when multitasking during a scan</li>
</ul>
<strong>- Minus Points</strong><br />
<ul>
<li>I think the firewall could have been much, much better than what is present here</li>
<li>I
need to look at more anti-spam programs in the future to put things
into perspective but, for now, I am not impressed with the feature in
this program</li>
<li>Install a free firewall from elsewhere and grab AVG’s free antivirus program in order to get a much more cost effective solution</li>
<li>Some people like new search engines and toolbars but if you don’t then you need to untick two boxes during installation:</li>
</ul>
<div>
<img alt="AVG Internet Security 2012 toolbar" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26524" height="395" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/AVG-Internet-Security-2012-toolbar.png" title="AVG Internet Security 2012 toolbar" width="600" /></div>
<strong>Conclusion</strong><br />
AVG
Internet Security 2012 isn’t a bad program. It does what it should and
the main component, the antivirus, works very well indeed.
Unfortunately, other components are not so good in my opinion.
Considering the strength of <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/avg-antivirus-2012-free-edition-review.html" title="AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012">AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012</a> I would have to say grabbing that along with a good free firewall from elsewhere would be a smarter choice at this time.<br />
<em>Do you want to see what the other vendors are offering this year? If so, read my other <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-10-internet-security-programs-2012.html" title="2012 Internet Security reviews">2012 Internet Security reviews</a>.</em><br />
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<br /></div>Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-69341766364768516722011-12-19T11:19:00.002+07:002011-12-19T11:19:24.329+07:00Panda Internet Security 2012 - ReviewNext up in my continuing series of personal reviews of internet security products for the coming year is <strong>Panda Internet Security 2012</strong>.<br />
<div class="highlight_box_white">
<h5>
The Good:</h5>
<ul><a href="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="size-full wp-image-25803 alignright" height="66" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yes1.jpg" title="yes" width="66" /></a>
<li>Low system requirements</li>
<li>Effective detection of threats</li>
<li>Parental Controls</li>
</ul>
<h5>
The Bad:</h5>
<ul><a href="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/no.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="size-full wp-image-25804 alignright" height="66" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/no.jpg" title="no" width="66" /></a>
<li>Safe Browser</li>
<li>Interface: white text on a black background is a personal no-no</li>
<li>Panda’s 2012 Antivirus Pro may offer better value</li>
</ul>
</div>
<strong></strong><br />
<a name='more'></a><strong>Installation and first impression</strong><br />
Installation of this program is quick and straightforward, much like <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/11/july-29-2011-1-comment-new-security.html" title="Panda Antivirus Pro 2012 review">Panda Antivirus Pro 2012</a>
which I looked at a couple of weeks ago. In fact the file I downloaded
is almost the same size as the antivirus program (some 70 MB or so). The
fact that the two programs are so similar in size is something I found
of interest. More on that at the end.<br />
As you can see in the image
below, Panda Internet Security 2012 has the same white text on black
background that the AV program has. White on black seems to be a
recurring trend amongst security vendors this year. Ouch! I hate it!<br />
<img alt="Panda Internet Security 2012 interface" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25712" height="444" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Panda-Internet-Security-2012-interface.png" title="Panda Internet Security 2012 interface" width="600" /><br />
Also,
just like their antivirus program, Panda’s Internet Security is quick
to alert you to the fact that you should download the latest updates
just as quickly as you can. Considering the first update for any
security program can be quite large, Panda’s in this case was a breeze,
taking just a couple of minutes to download. That set the scene for what
was to come later…<br />
<img alt="Panda Internet Security 2012 update" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25714" height="396" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Panda-Internet-Security-2012-update.png" title="Panda Internet Security 2012 update" width="513" /><br />
<strong>Features</strong><br />
Panda Internet Security comes loaded with all the features you should expect to see in a complete internet security solution:<br />
<ul>
<li>antivirus</li>
<li>firewall</li>
<li>network manager</li>
<li>gaming mode</li>
<li>virtual keyboard</li>
<li>Panda Safe Browser (hmmm….)</li>
</ul>
The features that are available in this product that are missing from the antivirus program are:<br />
<ul>
<li>anti-spam protection</li>
<li>parental control</li>
<li>identity protection</li>
<li>backup and restoration of critical files</li>
<li>online backup</li>
<li>remote PC access</li>
</ul>
<strong>System Requirements</strong><br />
The minimum system requirements for Panda Internet Security 2012 are as follows:<br />
<ul>
<li>Windows operating system Windows XP (32-bit), Vista (32 and 64 bit) and 7 (32 bit and 64 bit)</li>
<li>A Pentium processor running at 300 Mhz or faster</li>
<li>128 MB RAM or 512 MB RAM with TruPrevent (though 1 GB RAM is recommended)</li>
<li>265 MB of available hard drive space</li>
<li>Internet Explorer 6 or higher (if you have IE 6 change it now!) / Firefox 2 or newer / Google Chrome</li>
</ul>
<strong>Effectiveness</strong><br />
Running
a full scan with this program gave a surprising result – it took close
to two hours when the Panda Antivirus program had previously taken
closer to 20 minutes to undertake the same task. That said, CPU and
memory usage was just as low so it didn’t bother me too much as I was
able to multitask quite effectively whilst the scan was in progress.
Still a strange result though.<br />
As per the antivirus program, I
would imagine that this internet security suite is well suited to lower
end computers that may otherwise struggle to run newer security programs
from other vendors.<br />
I threw my usual malware links at the program and it identified each and every one of them so there are no worries there.<br />
<strong>+ Plus Points</strong><br />
<ul>
<li>Low spec machine required to run it</li>
<li>Effective detection of threats</li>
<li>Includes firewall, anti-spam, USB vaccine, vulnerability scan and gaming mode</li>
<li>Collective Intelligence provides quick response to new threats as they are discovered</li>
<li>Virtual keyboard</li>
<li>Parental controls</li>
</ul>
<strong>- Minus Points</strong><br />
You know what I’m going to say here don’t you!<br />
Yep… the white text on black background sucks! Well, ok, maybe not sucks, but it does do my eyes in <img alt=":(" class="wp-smiley" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif" /><br />
Also, Safe Browser – its horrible in my opinion. Please improve this area next time around Panda!<br />
<img alt="Panda Internet Security 2012 statistics" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25713" height="411" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Panda-Internet-Security-2012-statistics.png" title="Panda Internet Security 2012 statistics" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Conclusion</strong><br />
Like
Panda’s latest antivirus program, this internet security suite is a
good choice if you are looking for protection in 2011/2012.<br />
It has
many features and works well. I also believe it is the best choice,
from those programs I’ve tested thus far this year, for users who have
older, slower machines.<br />
I mentioned at the beginning that this
program isn’t much bigger than the company’s antivirus program and that
is probably because the additional features only add a little to what
the lesser program already offers.<br />
Sure, some people will
definitely want anti-spam protection, parental control, identity
protection, backup and restoration of critical files, online backup
and remote PC access which is why they are looking at an internet
security suite in the first place.<br />
But <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/11/july-29-2011-1-comment-new-security.html" title="Panda Antivirus Pro 2012">Panda Antivirus Pro 2012</a>, by including a firewall, may offer much better value (its about $20 cheaper) for those who don’t need quite so many features.<br />
<em>Do you want to see what the other vendors are offering this year? If so, read my other <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-10-internet-security-programs-2012.html" title="2012 Internet Security reviews">2012 Internet Security reviews</a>.</em>Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-27339804635866570032011-12-18T14:03:00.001+07:002011-12-18T14:14:10.291+07:00BitDefender Total Security 2012 - ReviewBack on the 17th of this month I took a look at the <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-of-bitdefender-total-security.html" title="BitDefender Total Security 2012 beta review">beta version of BitDefender Total Security 2012</a>
and I have to say that I wasn’t impressed at all. There were a few
reasons for this but the main one by far was the fact that the program
reduced my laptop to a crawl. Or should I say complete and utter
standstill.<br />
<div class="highlight_box_white">
<h5>
The Good:</h5>
<ul><a href="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="size-full wp-image-25803 alignright" height="66" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yes1.jpg" title="yes" width="66" /></a>
<li>Massive improvement over the beta version</li>
<li>Auto-pilot feature requires less input from the user</li>
<li>Large range of features</li>
</ul>
<br />
<h5>
The Bad:</h5>
<ul><a href="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/no.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="size-full wp-image-25804 alignright" height="66" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/no.jpg" title="no" width="66" /></a>
<li>Large amount of RAM required</li>
<li>Interface: white text on a black background is a personal no-no</li>
<li>Some people have reported that installation can be slow</li>
</ul>
</div>
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
Still,
I said at the time that I do like BitDefender products and that I
thought they would come good in the end. So today I am taking another
look, this time at the final retail version.<br />
<img alt="BitDefender 2012 Total Security installation" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25447" height="399" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/BitDefender-2012-Total-Security-installation.png" title="BitDefender 2012 Total Security installation" width="595" /><br />
Now
I’m not going to run through everything again as all the features,
system requirements and positive and negative points are all covered in
my <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-of-bitdefender-total-security.html" title="BitDefender Total Security 2012 review">previous review</a>. Instead I’m just going to look at the big area that concerned me previously, namely the resource usage.<br />
<img alt="BitDefender 2012 Total Security resource usage" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25449" height="487" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/BitDefender-2012-Total-Security-resource-usage.png" title="BitDefender 2012 Total Security resource usage" width="499" /><br />
Well,
as I thought there might, there has been a huge turnaround. With the
beta the CPU usage was constantly between around 25% and 80% with the
higher figure being more typical. As you can see above, it is much, much
lower now which leads to a far more pleasant experience!<br />
With
this final retail version of BitDefender running on my laptop I can
actually do other things whilst a scan is in progress. I don’t know why
the beta was so poor on my machine. Sure, betas are not expected to be
perfect but all the others I have tried in the past have been fairly
close to the final versions, albeit with a few minor bugs that needed to
be discovered.<br />
The BitDefender Total Security 2012 beta was poor
indeed on my machine, for whatever reason, but the final build doesn’t
suffer from that at all. The plus points I mentioned in the previous
outing still stand and the negative points have ceased to be an issue.<br />
<br />
<b>Conclusion</b><br />
Whilst
there was no way on earth I would have recommended trying out the beta
version of this product I am glad to say that the final retail version
is as good as previous versions and lives up to what I would expect to
see from this security vendor. I’m happier now and actually looking
forward to reviewing BitDefender’s 2012 antivirus program shortly <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" /><br />
<i>Do you want to see what the other vendors are offering this year? If so, read my other <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-10-internet-security-programs-2012.html" title="2012 Internet Security reviews">2012 Internet Security reviews</a>.</i>Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-77396249022402143602011-12-18T13:47:00.001+07:002011-12-18T14:16:34.069+07:00Review Of BitDefender Total Security 2012 (beta)In my continuing series of reviews of 2012 internet security software I have already looked at the latest products from <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-of-kaspersky-internet-security.html" title="Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 review">Kaspersky Labs</a> and F-Secure. Today I will be looking at a new product from BitDefender: <b>BitDefender Total Security 2012</b>.<br />
<div class="highlight_box_white">
<h5>
The Good:</h5>
<ul>
<a href="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="size-full wp-image-25803 alignright" height="66" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yes1.jpg" title="yes" width="66" /></a>
<li>Auto-pilot feature requires less input from the user</li>
<li>Large range of features</li>
<li>Not much else I’m afraid</li>
</ul>
<br />
<h5>
The Bad:</h5>
<ul>
<a href="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/no.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="size-full wp-image-25804 alignright" height="66" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/no.jpg" title="no" width="66" /></a>
<li>Shocking performance</li>
<li>Large amount of RAM required</li>
<li>Interface: white text on a black background is a personal no-no<a name='more'></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
Like my last review, of <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/f-secure-internet-security-2012-review.html" title="F-Secure Internet Security 2012">F-Secure Internet Security 2012</a>, this too is a beta version of the software I am looking at so the final product <i>may</i> have some minor changes/improvements upon it’s release.<br />
<img alt="BitDefender Total Security 2012 installation" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24930" height="360" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/BitDefender-Total-Security-2012-installation.png" title="BitDefender Total Security 2012 installation" width="538" /><br />
<b>Installation and first impression</b><br />
Being
the epic reader of all things security that I am I have seen some
commentary across the web which suggests that BitDefender Total Security
2012 is slow to install. Now I don’t know why others have found that as
I had no such issues (other than the limiting factor of my internet
connection which was downloading Fallout: New Vegas at the same time
{from a legitimate source}). The program does scan for viruses on your
system as part of the installation process though so maybe that is what
some people perceive as a problem?<br />
Once installed, you are
presented with the interface for the first time. My first impression was
painful – white text on a black background doesn’t track well with my
eyes – but you may like it.<br />
<img alt="BitDefender Total Security 2012 interface" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24931" height="360" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/BitDefender-Total-Security-2012-interface.png" title="BitDefender Total Security 2012 interface" width="538" /><br />
<b>Features</b><br />
The program, as you should expect, has the tradition core components of any good internet security program:<br />
<ul>
<li>antivirus</li>
<li>firewall</li>
<li>antispam</li>
</ul>
Other features found directly from the dashboard include:<br />
<ul>
<li>parental control</li>
<li>privacy feature</li>
<li>safebox</li>
<li>tune-up</li>
<li>network map</li>
<li>safego</li>
</ul>
Its
just a small point but of the features listed above, 4 can be onscreen
at a time (as seen in the picture above) and you can drag and drop these
so that your most-used functions are on the ‘home screen’. Nice touch.<br />
From
each of those main heading areas I mentioned above you can delve
deeper. For example, the antivirus heading expands into further areas as
shown below -<br />
<img alt="expanding options" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24932" height="329" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/expanding-options.png" title="expanding options" width="171" /><br />
Some
new features worth mentioning are Auto-pilot which, when switched on,
prevents any alerts from being generated whilst the program goes about
fixing any issues in the background. Also noteworthy is the Scan
Dispatcher which aims to run scans in slices of time when your computer
is not otherwise engaged with other tasks.<br />
<b>System Requirements</b><br />
The minimum system requirements for BitDefender Total Security 2012 are as follows -<br />
<ul>
<li>Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1</li>
<li>1 GB RAM < seems as absolute minimum as I got a low warning message on my 1 GB laptop</li>
<li>800 Mhz processor</li>
<li>1.8 GB of hard drive space</li>
</ul>
<b>Effectiveness</b><br />
A
quick test of the program against a collection of dodgy links I have
came back with 20 out of 20 being detected as a threat so that would
seem to indicate a good detection rate at this early stage.<br />
<b>+ Plus Points</b><br />
Here is what I perceived to be the good points of BitDefender Total Security 2012 at this time -<br />
<ul>
<li>quick installation</li>
<li>auto-pilot essentially removes the user from the decision making process (but maybe thats a bad point too?)</li>
<li>good detection rate</li>
<li>large range of features</li>
</ul>
<b>- Minus Points</b><br />
With
the negative points it should be remembered that the program is still
in beta so many, or all, of these may be ironed out before the retail
version appears -<br />
<ul>
<li>some features weren’t available at the time of testing</li>
<li>the interface looks garish (my opinion)</li>
<li>resource
usage was high and made multitasking impossible whilst a scan was
running, in spite of the way Scan Dispatcher should work</li>
</ul>
<div>
<img alt="resource usage" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24934" height="221" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/resource-usage.png" title="resource usage" width="538" /></div>
<b>Conclusion</b><br />
At
this point in time the negative points I noted above outweigh the
positives for me and so this beta version of BitDefender Internet
Security didn’t get to stay on my laptop for very long at all.<br />
Having
said that, it does show potential and previous BitDefender products
I’ve looked at have been excellent. The version I looked at today is
only a beta and I believe the company will get this right with the
retail release and I’m looking forward to taking a look at that when it
is available.<br />
<b>UPDATE</b>: As predicted, the final retail version is much improved – read the new review of BitDefender Total Security 2012 now.<br />
<i>Do you want to see what the other vendors are offering this year? If so, read my other <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-10-internet-security-programs-2012.html" title="2012 Internet Security reviews">2012 Internet Security reviews</a>.</i>Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2180760897326534016.post-89507163404399557882011-12-17T22:41:00.000+07:002011-12-17T22:41:41.700+07:00F-Secure Internet Security 2012 - ReviewIn June I reviewed F-Secure Internet Security 2012
but back then it was only in beta form. Now the final retail version
has been released so I thought I’d take another quick look…<br />
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Key Benefits:</h5>
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<li>Familiar interface</li>
<li>Very easy to use</li>
<li>Highly effective</li>
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As
regular readers will know, F-Secure Internet Security products have
been my favourite for some time now and, indeed, this year’s version,
the subject of this review, is again my own personal choice.<br />
Why is that?<br />
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Well,
quite simply, it is very good at what it does. It is easy to install
and even easier to use. It doesn’t use much in the way of system
resources, stays largely in the background and my kids give it the
thumbs up too. <em>(Disclosure: F-Secure have given me a free key for
this program {thanks @FSecure!} but I would like to think that I would
wax lyrical anyway as I was a fan of this program long before that
anyway)</em>.<br />
<strong>System Requirements</strong><br />
F-Secure Internet Security 2012 has the following system requirements:<br />
<ul>
<li>all versions of Windows from XP through to 7</li>
<li>512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended for Vista and 7)</li>
<li>600 MB of free hard drive space</li>
<li>Internet Explorer 6 or better</li>
<li>CD Rom and internet connection</li>
</ul>
<img alt="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 interface" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28278" height="435" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/F-Secure-Internet-Security-2012-interface.png" title="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 interface" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Installation and first impression</strong><br />
I’m
not going to go into too much detail with this review as I covered a
lot of ground when I looked at the beta version a few months ago. For
the most part the interface is unchanged though the keen-eyed amongst
you will notice that the graphical designed has been spruced up
slightly.<br />
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<strong>Features</strong><br />
As
a full internet security suite, F-Secure Internet Security 2012 is
feature packed. You can see what is available in the image below but
they key highlights would be:<br />
<ul>
<li>Antivirus</li>
<li>Anti-spyware</li>
<li>Firewall</li>
<li>DeepGuard</li>
<li>Application control</li>
<li>Intrusion prevention</li>
<li>Dial-up control</li>
<li>Email filtering</li>
<li>Mobile broadband protection</li>
</ul>
<img alt="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28284" height="453" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/F-Secure-Internet-Security-2012-settings.png" title="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 settings" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Effectiveness</strong><br />
There
are many reasons why I run this program on my own PC. Beyond being
simple and unobtrusive the main point for me is it’s top quality
protection. F-Secure Internet Security 2012 scores well in independent
tests but, more importantly, it has done an excellent job of protecting
my own PC for the last few years. And thats what counts!<br />
Whats more, it passes my own key test: top quality protection without using an obscene amount of system resources.<br />
As
you may be able to see in the image below, CPU usage was very low
whilst running a full system scan. Whats more, whilst this scan was in
process I clicked on Send/Receive in my email client, watched a video on
the BBC website and had another video running on YouTube. I also had
another 3 instances of Chrome running and was playing some music too.
All the while, F-Secure Internet Security 2012 was using around 10-15%
of the CPU. Thats impressive!<br />
<img alt="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 resource usage" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28280" height="297" src="http://cdn.security-faqs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/F-Secure-Internet-Security-2012-resource-usage.png" title="F-Secure Internet Security 2012 resource usage" width="600" /><br />
<strong>Plus and minus points</strong><br />
I’m
not really someone who gets overly excited about many things, perhaps
because I’m getting old now, but I absolutely love this program. I’ve
had various versions on my main desktop PC for a few years now and never
had any issues whatsoever with malware or any other type of threat. The
program does what it should, easily, simply, quickly and in the
background.<br />
I’ve tested many such programs and this is my
favourite. I can’t think of anything negative to say here despite the
fact that I do always look for potential problems in everything I
review. It works. Simple as that. And, unlike some other security
vendors that some of you may have experience with, these guys have, in
my experience, always taken customer service very seriously indeed.<br />
In comparison to all the other such programs I’ve looked at recently I’d put F-Secure Internet Security 2012 second behind BitDefender Total Security 2012
in terms of detection rates. Other than that, I’d rate this program as
being the best in just about every aspect and would definitely
recommended you add this one to your shortlist.<br />
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<em>Do you want to see what the other vendors are offering this year? If so, read my other <a href="http://adityasandy123.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-10-internet-security-programs-2012.html" title="2012 Internet Security reviews">2012 Internet Security reviews</a>.</em>Aditya Sandy Pratamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17933503477396694489noreply@blogger.com7