Agent Ransack -- Search Your Files
Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 10:14 PM by Randall
Much has been made of various free search desktop programs provided by large companies like Google and Yahoo. However, many people have security concerns when it comes to allowing large search firms index their computer's hard drive. If you fall into that category, it doesn't mean you are stuck with the primative search built in to Windows. Give Agent Ransack a try.
From the Agent Ransack website:
Agent Ransack is a free tool for finding files and information on your hard drive fast and efficiently. When searching the contents of files Agent Ransack displays the text found so you can quickly browse the results without having to separately open each file!
Agent Ransack provides compelling advantages over similar search tools:
* Regular expressions that allow complex rule based searches.
* Immediate contents results view.
* Various wizards to walk the user through the searching process.
Agent Ransack doesn't index your files, it just searches through them -- so it is not the danger that some programs can be. It searches much faster than the search built in to Windows -- and has more powerful search options. It can't do all the things that a program like Google's Desktop search can, but should be much more secure.
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Operating System: Windows
License:
Commercial Freeware
Price: Free
Version Reviewed:
1.7.3
Web Site: http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/
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