Helge's Switchblade

When a computer breaks down or it malfunctions, there are several applications that can help you fix it, provided you have them within reach, on a portable drive or on a USB stick.

If you do not have them already, you will need to download each of them separately, which might prove to be a time-consuming task - the alternative is to rely on Helge's Switchblade, a collection with multiple tools, that you can carry on your portable flash drives.

In order to keep the size of the package as small as possible, the application provides you with a few links for downloading dedicated security apps (such as MBAM or MSE), however you will only need to click their respective link and the downloading automatically starts (i.e you will not need to manually open a browser, navigate to a page and download them).

Helge's Switchblade comes with some specialized security programs that can help you quickly scan your PC for viruses, rootkits or trojans, while also providing you with the needed tools to check the hash of your files or encrypt them.

Since a computer’s performance can also be affected by outdated drivers or too many junk files that slow it down, Helge's Switchblade also includes some apps for safely uninstalling old programs, erasing temp files or cleaning traces left behind by other software solutions.

You can also examine the utilities that run at Windows startup or the currently running processes, so you can terminate the suspicious ones.

Due to Helge's Switchblade, you can also ping a domain and check if your Internet connection is functional, you can run traceroute on a specified URL and you can launch a built-in browser (which can come in handy if all your other browsers have been blocked by malware).

Helge's Switchblade can help you save a lot of time when you want to apply a quick fix to a computer or when you are simply looking for a portable junk cleaner, uninstaller, FTP client or process monitor.