The official site of the USTA. Find a tennis court, learn to play tennis, and get tennis news. It’s valid to wonder if the Mac’s reputation for being a safe harbor leads some Mac users to make bad security choices. But “Macs don’t get viruses” is a statement that is still overwhelmingly true. Even if it makes it awfully hard to sell Mac anti-malware software. The Safe Harbor Games Wineskin is a full implementation, full functionality version of Safe Harbor Games, using Wineskin wrapper technology, which will allow Apple Mac users running OS X on their desktops or laptops to play games at the Safe Harbor Games website.
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- License: Shareware
The DixieK CardCounter allows you to track the cards that have been played in an online game of hearts, spades, bridge, or any single deck game. One of the most important skills in these games is knowing what cards are left in play. This eliminates guesswork and gives you the clear advantage of a 'perfect memory'..
- Platform: WinOther
- Publisher:DixieK
- Date: 01-07-2002
- Size: 4653 KB
- License: Freeware
The free Online Games Toolbar lets you play many free online games directly from your browser with easy access to an endless stream of flash games and other popular online web games. Automatically updated daily so you can discover tons of new web browser games for playing directly from your browser as well as play your favorite classic games for free.Installing the Online Games Toolbar gives you direct access to all your favorite online games and helps you find many new ones so you can waste all your free time :).
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:Guy Malachi
- Date: 01-08-2006
- Size: 682 KB
- License: Freeware
Some of our specialty cardgames include, Spades, Black Jack (with a cardcounter), Gin, Tetricon Poker and other games.However we are also introducing our Virtual Deck. Now you can make your own cardgames. Plus we give you bonus games like checkers and a colors game. The Virtual Deck gives players multiple decks of cards and lets them create and play any cardgames that they know. The virtual deck also unlocks other special features such as throwing your cards and cheating. Players can make their own games, or play or modify any of the 30+ virtual deck games that we already made up for players.
- Platform: WinVista
- Publisher:ConGames
- Date: 24-02-2010
- Size: 14321 KB
- License: Shareware
Create your online games site.Fully customizable using templates.Features: Free and paid membership type, Games hits counter, Easy customizable templates,Search games, Game rating, Easy install, Search engine friendly.Admin panel features: Add,Edit, Remove categories, Admin panel games statistics page,Move games from one category to another, Set banner ads from admin panel.Search games in admin panel, Add,Edit,Remove games from admin panel..
- Platform: PHP, Scripts
- Publisher:Konstantin Atanasov
- Date: 17-06-2011
- License: Shareware
Create your online games site.Fully customizable using templates.Features: Free and paid membership type, Games hits counter, Easy customizable templates,Search games, Game rating, Easy install, Search engine friendly.Admin panel features: Add,Edit, Remove categories, Admin panel games statistics page,Move games from one category to another, Set banner ads from admin panel.Search games in admin panel, Add,Edit,Remove games from admin panel..
- Platform: PHP, Scripts
- Publisher:Konstantin Atanasov
- Date: 07-09-2011
- License: Freeware
Take advantage of thousands of learning games with ZOODLES GAMES PLAYER! Your child will have access to the best Flash learning games in KID MODE(R), the #1 trusted app for fun, safe, educational games, books, and videos.
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- Platform: Android 2.x, Android 3.x, Android 4.4, Android 4.x
- Publisher:Zoodles
- Date: 27-09-2014
- Size: 27648 KB
- License: Freeware
CUO2003 is a utility to modify certain configurations for Outlook 2003 thatare normally not configurable within Outlook 2003.. DestinyForge: Software and Game Production. DestinyForge specializes in computer software and games including board games, cardgames, and Role-playing..
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:DestinyForge
- Date: 23-07-2009
- Size: 471 KB
- License: Freeware
Vizzini is a Java game framework which provides common abstractions and interfaces to enable quick game development. Targeted areas include board games, arcade games, cardgames, and simulations..
- Platform: Linux, Mac, Windows
- Publisher:vizzini.sourceforge.net
- Date: 24-08-2012
- Size: 4789 KB
- License: Freeware
A platform for playing any number of tabletop games: board games, cardgames, role playing games, etc.
Diversion License - OSI-Approved Open Source.
- Platform: WinOther
- Publisher:Diversion
- Date:
- License: Freeware
Extra Solitaire gathers eight original solitaire games. Cardgames lovers will certainly appreciate these quick and varied games in this original compilation :)
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* Association : associate in pairs the cards of the four lines in order to eliminate them. Each line can only contain five cards, you need to be careful not covering the cards likely to be associated later.
* Frustration : a little-known game originated from Amiga.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:mfreeware
- Date:
- Size: 1024 KB
- License: Shareware
SolSuite 2004 is a high-quality collection of 416 different Solitaire CardGames with an excellent interface providing good graphics and animation. All your favorite CardGames are implemented: Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, Pyramid, Golf, Busy Aces, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Diplomat, Four Seasons, Poker Solitaire, Flower Garden, Rouge et Noir, Scorpion, Monte Carlo, Sultan, La Belle Lucie, Gaps ... and original solitaires that you cannot find elsewhere. Never play the same game twice as each Solitaire has more than 9 trillion (9,999,999,999,999) possibilities.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:TreeCardGames.com
- Date: 10-11-2004
- Size: 4293 KB
- License: Shareware
SolSuite 2005 is a high-quality collection of 420 different Solitaire CardGames with an excellent interface providing good graphics and animation. All your favorite CardGames are implemented: Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, Pyramid, Golf, Busy Aces, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Diplomat, Four Seasons, Poker Solitaire, Flower Garden, Rouge et Noir, Scorpion, Monte Carlo, Sultan, La Belle Lucie, Gaps ... and original solitaires that you cannot find elsewhere. Never play the same game twice as each Solitaire has more than 9 trillion (9,999,999,999,999) possibilities.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:TreeCardGames.com
- Date: 10-12-2004
- Size: 5153 KB
- License: Shareware
SolSuite 2005 is a high-quality collection of 442 different Solitaire CardGames with an excellent interface providing good graphics and animation. All your favorite CardGames are implemented: Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, Pyramid, Golf, Busy Aces, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Diplomat, Four Seasons, Poker Solitaire, Flower Garden, Rouge et Noir, Scorpion, Monte Carlo, Sultan, La Belle Lucie, Gaps ... and original solitaires that you cannot find elsewhere. Never play the same game twice as each Solitaire has more than 9 trillion (9,999,999,999,999) possibilities.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:TreeCardGames.com
- Date: 10-11-2005
- Size: 5654 KB
- License: Shareware
SolSuite 2006 is a high-quality collection of 459 different Solitaire CardGames with an excellent interface providing good graphics and animation. All your favorite CardGames are implemented: Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, Pyramid, Golf, Busy Aces, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Diplomat, Four Seasons, Poker Solitaire, Flower Garden, Rouge et Noir, Scorpion, Monte Carlo, Sultan, La Belle Lucie, Gaps ... and original solitaires that you cannot find elsewhere. Never play the same game twice as each Solitaire has more than 9 trillion (9,999,999,999,999) possibilities.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:TreeCardGames.com
- Date: 10-06-2006
- Size: 6789 KB
- License: Shareware
SolSuite 2007 is a high-quality collection of 468 different Solitaire CardGames with an excellent interface providing good graphics and animation. All your favorite CardGames are implemented: Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, Pyramid, Golf, Busy Aces, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Diplomat, Four Seasons, Poker Solitaire, Flower Garden, Rouge et Noir, Scorpion, Monte Carlo, Sultan, La Belle Lucie, Gaps ... and original solitaires that you cannot find elsewhere. Never play the same game twice as each Solitaire has more than 9 trillion (9,999,999,999,999) possibilities.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:TreeCardGames.com
- Date: 10-12-2006
- Size: 12181 KB
- License: Freeware
FREE cardgames, board games, and dominoes including canasta, spades, euchre, pinochle, checkers, and more. Play with or without internet, online against people or robots. Famous for having thousands of types of each game. Both single deck and double deck pinochle, cut throat euchre, both US checkers and English draughts, thousands of types of canasta, or invent your own rules for these games. 2-4 player games with and without partners. Dominoes has double 6, double 7, double 9, double 12, and double 15 playing.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:Metamorphosis Productions International
- Date: 3-3-2006
- Size: 8681 KB
- License: Freeware
FREE cardgames, board games, and dominoes including canasta, spades, hearts, euchre, pinochle, checkers, and more. Play online against people or robots. Famous for having thousands of types of each game. Both single deck and double deck pinochle, cut throat euchre, both US checkers and English draughts, thousands of types of canasta, or invent your own rules for these games. Great graphics with full scoring charts and large sized cards and buttons make it ideal for learning and those with minor vision problems.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:Metamorphosis Productions International
- Date: 19-6-2006
- Size: 8465 KB
- License: Shareware
SolSuite 2007 is a high-quality collection of 474 different Solitaire CardGames with an excellent interface providing good graphics and animation. All your favorite CardGames are implemented: Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, Pyramid, Golf, Busy Aces, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Diplomat, Four Seasons, Poker Solitaire, Flower Garden, Rouge et Noir, Scorpion, Monte Carlo, Sultan, La Belle Lucie, Gaps ... and original solitaires that you cannot find elsewhere. Never play the same game twice as each Solitaire has more than 9 trillion (9,999,999,999,999) possibilities.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:TreeCardGames.com
- Date: 10-06-2007
- Size: 11370 KB
- License: Shareware
SolSuite 2008 is a high-quality collection of 492 different Solitaire CardGames with an excellent interface providing good graphics and animation. All your favorite CardGames are implemented: Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, Pyramid, Golf, Busy Aces, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Diplomat, Four Seasons, Poker Solitaire, Flower Garden, Rouge et Noir, Scorpion, Monte Carlo, Sultan, La Belle Lucie, Gaps ... and original solitaires that you cannot find elsewhere. Never play the same game twice as each Solitaire has more than 9 trillion (9,999,999,999,999) possibilities.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:TreeCardGames.com
- Date: 10-08-2008
- Size: 13093 KB
- License: Shareware
SolSuite 2009 is a high-quality collection of 500 different Solitaire CardGames with an excellent interface providing good graphics and animation. All your favorite CardGames are implemented: Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, Pyramid, Golf, Busy Aces, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Diplomat, Four Seasons, Poker Solitaire, Flower Garden, Rouge et Noir, Scorpion, Monte Carlo, Sultan, La Belle Lucie, Gaps ... and original solitaires that you cannot find elsewhere. Never play the same game twice as each Solitaire has more than 9 trillion (9,999,999,999,999) possibilities.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher:TreeCardGames.com
- Date: 10-12-2008
- Size: 14546 KB
Malwarebytes, a company that sells anti-malware software, came out with its annual report on the state of malware this week. It has fed a bunch of overhyped headlines around the web about malware on the Mac growing rapidly. What it really reveals is that the Mac is increasingly a target for annoying adware apps—which isn’t quite the same as malware. Meanwhile, Apple has also been adjusting its policies and adding new features to fight the spread of this stuff.
Malwarebytes reports:
…most Mac threats, and certainly the most prevalent ones of 2019, are families of adware and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). The most common Mac malware family, OSX.Generic. Suspicious, fell well down the list at 30th place in Mac- specific detections, and hundreds of spots down on a cross-platform threat list.
The key here is to differentiate between adware, PUPs, and malware. The top 29 bad actors tracked by Malwarebytes in 2019 were adware or PUPs, which are annoying and disingenuous but not considered actually harmful. The big new entry in 2019 was called New Tab and is a browser hijacker.
It’s worth considering the tools Apple has at its disposal to make the Mac safe from questionable software. First, there’s the Mac App Store, which has a rigorous approval process that blocks most or all of the techniques that these sorts of apps use. Occasionally something leaks through, but those mistakes are rare and rapidly corrected. If you’re only downloading software from the Mac App Store, you’re pretty much safe.
Next is Apple’s relatively new notarization process. Sofware developers now have to pass their apps through an automated analysis on an Apple server, and then Apple cryptographically signs the app. Apps that fail some checks can be rejected, and Apple can remotely kill those apps if they are found to be behaving badly.
And then there’s Gatekeeper, which scans apps when you launch them and doesn’t let them run unless they pass a bunch of checks. Depending on your Mac’s security settings, Gatekeeper can prevent the launching of software that doesn’t pass muster.
The Malwarebytes report covers the entirety of calendar year 2019, but in November Apple actually stepped up its efforts to identify problematic software and clarified some of its policies to give it wider latitude to shut off software that doesn’t quite fit the definition of malware. Apple pointed me to this note to developers that specifies what kinds of software will be considered for removal. There are three kinds:
- Deceptive apps that misrepresent functionality, mimic other software, make misleading claims, or consume resources without user content.
- Difficult to remove apps that fight to stay on your Mac, want to charge you a fee to remove themselves, or display ads outside the app.
- Apps that degrade security or privacy and are therefore more classic definitions of malware. This category also includes apps that violate a user’s privacy expectations by transmitting sensitive data elsewhere that is contrary to the stated purpose of the software.
Now, does this mean that Apple is going to shut down all of those apps that claim to clean your system and keep it running smoothly? Though most Mac experts would suggest that such apps are not really necessary, it’s an arguable point—and Apple appears to be erring on the side of allowing apps in that gray area to exist. At least, so long as they don’t violate other aspects of its policies. (The FDA doesn’t prohibit homeopathic remedies, either.)
It seems that many of the items in Malwarebytes’ report have gotten the hammer from Apple and are no longer actively circulating. The report’s long list of Mac software is an alert that the Mac is now a much more enticing target for makers of adware and other scam software. It certainly can’t be a coincidence that Apple is stepping up enforcement of its policies at the same time that the number of these sleazy apps is increasing.
There is also one very interesting observation in the Malwarebytes report that gives me pause, as someone who uses the Mac’s unix underpinnings to drive a lot of automation:
We expect to see that trend continue in 2020 as Apple tightens the requirements and conditions for checking, code signing, and notarization. Since shell scripts are exempt from these restrictions, we expect to see them used more and more by malware.
I would imagine that future versions of macOS will make it harder to run arbitrary shell scripts, which is a bummer—but if that’s where the scoundrels are heading, Apple’s security team will have to chase them there. This is why we can’t have nice things.
As the creators of anti-malware software, Malwarebytes is perfectly positioned to understand these trends, and their report is full of valuable information. At the same time, their business also potentially benefits if Mac users are more fearful about malware. And Malwarebytes’s Mac expert, Thomas Reed, stoked those fears in an interview with Recode:
There is a rising tide of Mac threats hitting a population that still believes that ‘Macs don’t get viruses,'” Reed said. “I still frequently encounter people who firmly believe this, and who believe that using any kind of security software is not necessary, or even harmful. This makes macOS a fertile ground for the influx of new threats, whereas it’s common knowledge that Windows PCs need security software.”
It’s valid to wonder if the Mac’s reputation for being a safe harbor leads some Mac users to make bad security choices. But “Macs don’t get viruses” is a statement that is still overwhelmingly true. Even if it makes it awfully hard to sell Mac anti-malware software.
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