XP TCP/IP Repair
Is Spyware and/or Adware messing up your internet connection after you have uninstalled it? Has your internet connection slowed down and you just don't know why? Have you used an Internet Optimizer that just didn't optimize your internet, instead it made it slower? ... If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then XP TCP/IP Repair may help fix your internet connection and possibly even protect your privacy. ... Data outward bound from your computer to a legitimate destination on the Internet can be intercepted by an LSP and sent somewhere other than where you intend it to go.
http://www.xp-smoker.com/downloads/xptcprep.exe - 463Kb - Download - Screenshot

Accelerate
Slow Internet connection speeds can be frustrating, and the hardware upgrades necessary to speed your system up can get very expensive. Webroot Software offers solutions designed to help you get the most out of your current Internet connection without making costly investments in hardware upgrades. ... Accelerate is an easy-to-use software program that improves Internet connection speed for dial-up modems, cable modems, DSL, and LAN connections. ... While the maximum transfer speed of a modem/network connection can only be changed by costly hardware upgrades, Accelerate optimizes Windows...
http://www.webroot.com/download/trial/1/accsetup1.exe - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

Adware Agent
Adware Agent is a Windows 98/ME/XP/2000 product to view and delete those annoying Spyware/Adware programs that run on your PC without your knowledge. They can send your browsing history back to their company, slow down your Internet connection and even slow down your PC! ... It will also block all known "bad" Active-X controls from installing on your IE Browser.
http://www.killersoftware.com/software/AdwareAgent.exe - 537Kb - Download - Screenshot

SimpleDownload
SimpleDownload is an easy to use freeware download manager. Greatly speed up downloads, download large files over poor internet connections, resume broken downloads, pause downloads or shut down and resume when it suits you, automatically organise new downloads as you like and have complete... No ads to slow your downloads, no spyware to slow your system and no trial period.
http://www.moogsoftware.com/downlo...ad/3.1/SimpleDownload-install.exe - 12Mb - Download - Screenshot

Proxy Workbench
Proxy Workbench is a unique proxy server ideal for developers, trainers and security experts that displays its data in real-time. You can actually see the data flowing between your e-mail client and the e-mail server, web browser and web server or even analyse FTP in both Passive and Active modes. ... Major Features - See data flow between socket connections - Animated socket connection diagram - 'Pass Through' protocol handler for debugging protocols - Connection failure simulation strategies allow you to simulate: a) Slow or asymmetric Internet connections (bandwidth throttling) b)...
http://pwb-download.tcpiq.com/downloads/PWB.exe - 6Mb - Download - Screenshot

Dial-Up Optimiser
Dial-up Optimiser is a program that changes internal settings in Windows in order to give you the full potential of your Internet connection. Not like the rest - Almost all of the Internet Optimisers on the market, work on the same principal - They change your MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) to... If your not happy with its performance then simply uninstall to revert to Windows default settings Reasonably priced - If you pay for your Internet connection by the hour then at just $14. ... Dial-up Optimiser works on a unique combination of settings to boost your Internet speed.
http://home.iprimus.com.au/stillwa...r/Dial-Up%20Optimiser%20Setup.exe - 375Kb - Download

IP Traffic Monitor
There are many reasons why you may want to monitor your Internet traffic flows. I'll point out only a few of the most popular reasons. No anti-virus can guarantee you 100% protection from Trojan Horses and malicious spyware or adware programs. Some of them are highly customized and checking... The program shows extensive information about each connection: remote host IP, remote host name (if available), amounts of incoming and outgoing traffic through this connection, timestamps of the first and last activity of this connection, name of the process that initiated or accepted this...
http://www.skyward-soft.com/TraffMon.zip - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

Optimize Computer
Keep your PC running faster, cleaner, and error free with Optimize Computer! This award wining application is a suite of 7 powerful tools designed to increase the performance of your computer, by correcting problems, cleaning and fixing Windows registry, deleting unnecessary files, fine-tuning... Features: - Removes junk files from your hard disk - Improve the general system performance - Clean and fix Windows registry - Accelerates your internet connection - Protects your privacy and shred unwanted files - Find and fix annoying faults - Allows you to customize your system to your needs A...
http://www.amicutilities.com/download/OptimizeComputerSetup.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

98/ME Smoker
98/ME Smoker is a Windows 98 and Windows ME tweaking utility that will help to reduce system bottlenecks, decrease boot times and increase system stability. In addition 98/ME Smoker has a new State-Of-The-Art internet optimizer that will tune any internet connection to perfection. ... Get it, or stay slow! ... Boost your dialup, cable, dsl, satellite, etc.
http://xp-smoker.com/downloads/98smoker.exe - 4Mb - Download - Screenshot

Optimizer Rx
Optimizing utility for enhancing the performance and security of PC's. Optimizer RX is a suite of 6 robust utilities that have been designed to increase the performance and security of PC's... Correcting problems, cleaning and fixing Windows registry, deleting unnecessary files, deleting traces... This is the root cause of system slow and this degrades the performance of Windows, your hard drive and your Internet connection. ... Otherwise, they will start to suffer from slow downs, random freezes and unexpected crashes.
http://www.horizondatasys.com/file...OptimizerRX_Single_User_Setup.zip - 5Mb - Download - Screenshot