Web Lightning

The first (shareware) software ever released by Xenon Inc. which was essentially a very robust Hosts file editor back in the days when adding pre-resolved domains to your Hosts file made an ENORMOUS difference.

Nowadays with broadband it doesn't make much difference, hence the passing of our beloved and popular program; the first and most popular (amongst the following clones) of its kind.

It's interesting to note that the anti-cracking protection that I hand crafted for it was NEVER cracked! ;) It was carded once however with someone purchasing a license with a stolen credit card, and anyone using that license in subsequent versions was dealt with uhm ... accordingly. :p