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The following is a list of free software that’s
available on the internet at no cost.
----Internet----
Best
Browser
Firefox hands down is my favorite browser, being safer
than IE and highly customizable. Automatic updates, faster browsing, better
pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, an integrated search bar, and live bookmarks
are just some features of this browser. Another popular browser is Opera which
includes many of the same features as Firefox.
FireFox
Opera
Best
BitTorrent Client
Azureus is a java bittorrent
client offering multiple torrent downloads,
queuing/priority systems (on torrents and files), start/stop seeding options
and instant access to numerous pieces of information about your torrents. Azureus now features an embedded tracker easily set up and
ready to use. uTorrent is a
lightweight (Very) and efficient BitTorrent client
that includes bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and
Mainline DHT.
Azureus
uTorrent
Best
Multi Platform File Transfer Utility
Shareaza is a great program that connect to 4 P2P
networks, EDonkey2000, Gnutella, BitTorrent and
Gnutella2 (G2).
Shareaza
Best IP Blacklist/Blocker
Was going to put this under Security, but it's a MUST for anyone
using P2P. PeerGaurdian integrates support for
multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4, TCP,
UDP, ICMP, etc, making it the safest and easiest way to protect your privacy on
P2P<. Lite version is made to consume as little
CPU and RAM as possible. It has no UI or options and consists of a single tray
icon. PeerGaurdian
PeerGuardian
Lite
Best
FTP Client
Two amazing FTP clients that each include a great deal of features are FileZilla and SmartFTP
FileZilla
SmartFTP
Best
Chat Program
Two that stand out are Gaim and Trillian,
both are multi-platform. Gaim is compatible with AIM,
ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu,
SILC, GroupWise Messenger, and Zephyr networks. While Trillain is a skinnable chat
client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. Trillain also includes many features not included in those
chat programs.
Gaim
Trillian
Best
AIM Virus Remover
AIM Fix was created to remove all known AIM viruses in one consolidated removal
tool.
AIM Fix
Best
Phone/Talking Software
These programs allow you to call people for free and talk with them, all you
need are headphones and a microphone. Skype adds
encryption and has excellent sound quality, an addon,
SAM, adds voicemail functionallity. An alternative to
Skype is the Gizmo Project.
Skype
SAM
Gizmo Project
Best
Download Manager
There are many, but the ones that work great are FlashGet, GetRight, and Free
Download Manager. All split up files and increase the download by 100-600%,
they can also resume broken downloads.
FlashGet
GetRight
Free Download Manager
Best
Gmail File transfer
There are a couple programs that use that Gmail space of yours to upload your files and make backups
of them.
Gmail
Drive
Best
Email Client
Another from Mozilla, Thunderbird, is a full-featured
email client, that includes a spam filter, anti-phishing protection, enchanced security,
and auto updates.
Thunderbird
Best
Blogging Poster
w.bloggar is a great blogging
tool that includes a template and post editor that works with many blogging sites, including Blogger.
Unlike other blogging tools, this ione
doesn't require you to have your blog on an ftp site,
but can log in and post.
w.bloggar
Best
IRC Client
Other than the popular mIRC some outstanding IRC
clients are IceChat and HydraIRC.
HydraIRC
IceChat
Best
IRC Add-on
NoNameScript is an amazing addon
that's definitely worth installing over normal mIRC.
NoNameScript
Best
Anti-Spyware
A few stand out, mainly Spybot, Ad-Aware, Windows
Defender, and Spyware Blaster. The first three are scanners each with their own
special tools including realtime scanning, encrypted
file deletion, and history erasor. Spyware Gaurd is more of a realtime
scanner (Like Anti-Virus) of spyware while you're
downloading. Spyware Blaster is different in not being a scanner, but prevents spyware from installing on your computer in the first place
(Spybot includes a robust version of this). All four
programs are recommended since each is not 100% efficient.
Spybot
Ad-Aware SE Personal
Windows
Defender
SpywareGuard
Spyware Blaster
Best
Anti-Virus
A few come to mind, but my favorite is AVG from Grisoft,
which includes updates, real time scanner, and an email scanner. Another good one
is AntiVir PersonalEdition
Classic which includes many of the same features. Do keep in mind that free
anti virus clients are not up to par with paid ones according to testings.
AVG
AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic
Best
Firewall
My favorite by far is ZoneAlarm which is simple for begginers and contains a barrage of features for more
advanced users. Another option is Sygate Personal
Firewall includes all the same functions for the same price.
ZoneAlarm Free
Sygate Personal
Firewall
Best
Anti-Malware
Ewido really helps stop hijackers, spyware, worms, dialers, trojans,
and keyloggers. It includes a great scanner and realtime scanner. Some features are disabled in the free
version, including the realtime scanner, auto
updates, self-protection, and memory scanning, but all these are included in
the 15 day trial which can be reinstalled.
Ewdio
Best
Diagnostic Tool
Ultimate Boot CD is an amazing bootable CD to restore a crashed computer and
can fix it.
Ultimate Boot CD
Best
Disk Cleaner
I couldn't believe my eyes after I ran CCleaner, it
removed around 1.5 Gigs in unused application data and internet cach (Which I thought I removed through the disk cleaner).
This truly amazing utility cleans out your computer safely and even scans and
removes obselete registry data, speeding up your
system. You might want to turn off cookie deletion if you save your passwords
on forums and such.
CCleaner
Best
File Deleter
Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to
completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several
times with carefully selected patterns.
Eraser
Best
File Encrypter
Three stand out, GNU Privacy Gaurd,
TrueCrypt, and Blowfish Advanced CS. GNU is a full
replacement of PGP that is totally command line based, and not for beginnners. On the other hand, Blowfish Advanced CS offers
multiple algorithms, efficient data compression, and safe key handling for
content protection. TrueCrypt can create virtual
encrypted disks, can encrypt an entire hard disk partition or a device, such as
USB flash drive, and provides two levels of plausible deniability, in case an
adversary forces you to reveal the password.
Blowfish Advanced CS
TrueCrypt
GNU Privacy Gaurd
Guide
to GNU Privacy Gaurd
Best
Md5 Checksum Creator/Checker
This open source utility is used to calculate the MD5 checksum of a file using
L. Peter Deutsch's MD5 code. One of the most common uses is to make sure that a
file that you have downloaded is not corrupt. Some websites post the MD5
checksum of a file on their download page. Once you have downloaded the file,
use winMd5Sum to get the MD5 checksum of the file on your computer. Then make
sure that the MD5 checksum from the web site is the same. If they are the same,
then your file is exactly the same as the file on the website.
winMD5Sum
Best
File Unlocker
Unlocker is an Windows Explorer extension allowing
you with a simple right-click on a file or folder to get rid of error message
such as error deleting file or folder, cannot delete folder: it's being used by
another person or program.
Unlocker
Best
Image Editor
A few stand out, mainly The GIMP and Paint.NET. GIMP is more like Photoshop and
there is a seperate version that renames GIMP tools
to the ones in Photoshop. Piant.NET replaces the simple MS Paint program and
adds tons of features and includes many of the things Photoshop has.
The GIMP
GIMP Shop
Paint.NET
Best
Vectar Image Editor
Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor,
with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics
(SVG) file format.
INKSCAPE
Best
Image Viewer/Editor
IrfanView supports many formats of images and
includes some plugins that allow it to view many
other formats such as videos, flash, and some audio formats. Picasa, on the other hand, differs in being able to edit
photos and searches your computer for photos. Another good one is FastStone Image Viewer which is a fast, stable,
user-friendly image browser, converter and editor.
IrfanView
>IrfanView
Plugin/Addons
Picasa
FastStone
Image Viewer
Best
Digital Album Creator
InAlbum Lite is an easy you
can use program to turn your digital photos into a great photo album slideshow.
InAlbum Lite helps you turn
your digital photos into stunning photo albums.
InAlbum Lite
Best
3-D Modelling/Animation/Rendering
Foreget Maya, Blender is the open source software for
3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and
playback.
Blender
Best
Color Capturer
Color Schemer ColorPix is a useful little color
picker that grabs the pixel under your mouse and transforms it into a number of
different color formats. You can use the built-in magnifier to zoom in on your
screen, click on a color value to copy it directly to the clipboard, and even
keep ColorPix on top of all other apps and out of the
way. Also, it doesn't require installation and is a tiny program.
Color Schemer ColorPix
Best
If you ever wanted to run that .iso
or any other CD image without having the CD or DVD in the drive just use DAEMON
Tools. Do not install the adware toolbar!
DAEMON Tools
Best
DVD Descrambler
Well the name says it all, DVD Decrypter allows you
to copy DVDs to your hard drive and re-encode them to MPEG1 (VCD) or DivX. DVD Decrypter can also write
most types of CD / DVD images via its 'ISO Write' mode.
DVD Decryptor
Best
DVD Compressor
ratDVD takes a full featured DVD-9 movie and puts it
into a highly compressed .ratDVD container format
file of about 1.x GB in size - while preserving all the features of the
original DVD.
Best
CD/DVD Burner
CDBurnerXP Pro and DeepBurner
are two fully featured DVD and CD burners and can create .iso's from them. Both are amazingly fast and meet all
your needs.
CDBurnerXP Pro
DeepBurner
Best
MPEG to DVD Converter
Got those mpegs from your digital video camera, off the web, etc. but always
wanted to convert them into DVD's? Well DVDBuilder
does exactly that, efficiently and painlessly for free.
DVDBuilder
Best
Video Player/Codec Pack
Basically, the K-Lite Mega
Codec Pack will play every video file on this planet.
K-Lite
Mega Codec Pack
K-Lite
Codec Pack Full (Less features)
Best
Audio Player
Winamp and foobar2000 comes out on top as the best
audio players. ml_ipod is a plugin that uses Winamp to
support your iPod. Winamp
DSP Enhancer increases the quality and depth of your bass and treble, but not
just making them louder but by filtering out any distortions and other bad
stuff. foobar 2000 s an
advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features
include full unicode support, ReplayGain
support and native support for several popular audio formats. Not to mention it's tiny size.
Winamp
ml_ipod
DSP
Enchancer
foobar2000
Best
Audio Editor/Ripper
Audacity is a free and gull featured audio editor and recorder. As for grabbing
audio from CDs , Exact Audio Copy is the solution,
although it's not for beginners.
Audacity
Exact Audio Copy
Best
Audio Converter
Often called the Swiss army knife of audio, dBpowerAMP
is able to convert your audio files to convert between audio formats whilst
preserving ID Tags.
dBpowerAMP Music Converter
Best
XviD/DivX Converter
AutoGK is an amazing program that converts Xvid and DivX formats of video to
many others, at the same time compressing them and it includes many other
features.
AutoGK
Best
Movie Cover Searcher
Have those "back up" DVDs but no covers? Well, no fear, iCover searches its 6 databases and the internet for over
13,000 movie covers that you can download for free.
iCover
iCover Site
(French)
Best
iPod Utility
Forget iTunes, YamiPod
gives you full control of your iPod and offers many
other features to you.
YamiPod
Best
Hard Drive Analyser
JDiskReport is an amazing program that provides many
different graphs and information on what's stored on your computer.
JDiskReport
Best
Software Collection
TheOpenCD includes many freeware programs and open
source programs that are essential to anyone.
TheOpenCD
Best
HTML Editor
Based off the firefox source, NVU, made by Linspire is a great HTML editor that is amazing for its
price, much unlike the expensive Dreamweaver and Frontpage.
NVU
NVU Features
Best
CSS Menu Designer
CSS Menu Designer is a good tool to automatically create beautiful CSS menus
that you can customize to your every whim.
Best CSS Menu Designer
Compression
Tool
Although there's many, a few stand out, mainly 7-Zip
and IZArc. 7-Zip supports: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ,
GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB. IZArc
supports many files including: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA,
C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH,
MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR,
XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO. Both also include many other features.
IZArc
7-Zip
Best
Benchmarking Tool
EVEREST Home Edition is a freeware hardware diagnostics and memory benchmarking
solution for home PC users. It offers the world's most accurate hardware
information and diagnostics capabilities, including online features, memory
benchmarks, hardware monitoring, and low-level hardware information. Sadly,
this free version has been discontinued, since they want to make some money on
their corporate version (Which is understandable).
EVEREST Home Edition
Best
Office Suite
The best one out there is OpenOffice.org. It includes many of the same features
as MS Office and more.
OpenOffice.org
Best
Word Processer
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to
Microsoft Word and is rapidly becoming a state of the art Word Processor. It
has lots of features useful for your daily work, personal needs, or for just
some good old typing fun.
AbiWord
Best
Process Viewer
Process Explorer is a incredible program that shows
you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
Process
Explorer
Best
Multi-Coding Tool
For those computer programmers, PHP Designer 2005 and Notepad++ are great
programs that include syntax highlighting and syntax folding. PHP Designer
supports: PHP, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Perl, JavaScript, VB, C#, Java
& SQL. Notepad++ supports C, C++, Java, C#, XML, HTML, PHP, Javascript, RC resource file, makefile,
ASCII art file (extension .nfo), doxygen,
ini file, batch file, ASP, VB/VBS source files, SQL,
Objective-C, CSS, Pascal, Perl, Python, Lua, TCL,
Assembler, Ruby, Lisp, Scheme, Properties, Diff, Smalltalk, Postscript and
VHDL. And that's the tip of the iceberg for both programs, they contain tons of
features.
Notepad++
PHP
Designer 2005
Other good ones (That also work with AutoIt
scripting):
PSPad
Best
AutoIt Editor
This custom made version of SciTE has syntax
highlighting and syntax folding, autocompleting, and intellisense.
SciTE
Best
.pdf Reader
Foxit Reader is small (the download is less than
1MB), so it downloads quickly. It doesn't need any installation, so you can
start to run it as soon as you've downloaded it.
Foxit
Reader
Best
Linux
Ubuntu and Kubuntu are two
of best and most well known linux distros
out there and include a barrage of programs. Another good one is Damn Small
Linux, which is 50mb and can run off your USB flash drive.
Ubuntu
Kubunu
Damn Small Linux
Best
Mouse Movement Capturer
Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at
creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc).
Using Wink you can capture screenshots, mouse movements, add explanations
boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your
users.
Wink
Best
Windows CD Creator
AutoStreamer works as a totally automated slipstreamer. Basically, all it really needs is a source
that being an original Windows CD or a local share and a Service Pack file.
Using this you can create another Windows CD that includes the newest service
pack and all the hotfixes.
AutoStreamer
Best
Dockbar
ObjectDock is the main program for this and can be
highly customized. Another, Y'z Dock, has similar
functions but was discontinued as a result of Apple's intervention.
ObjectDock
Y'z
Dock
Best
Widget Engine
Yahoo! Widget Engine is your solution to Windows widgets, it's highly customizable
and there's thousands of available widgets.
Yahoo! Widget Engine
Best
Wallpapers
EarthView replaces your background with realtime photos of Earth. Another great on is Holding
Pattern, Holding Pattern turns your idle computer screen into an airplane
window, complete with a moving aerial view. Each time the screensaver plays a
unique sequence. Hint: The plane does have a destination.
EarthView
Holding Pattern
Best
Desktop Searcher
There are many, but my favorite is Google Desktop
Search, with a plethora of features. Such as searching
(Duh?), news, maps, notepad, gmail notifier, and many other features.
Google Desktop Search
Best
Earth Viwer
Obviously Google Earth makes it, but NASA's World Wind is another program worth
a look at.
Google Earth
World Wind
Best
Bootskin Changer
This tiny and free program allows you to easily change boot skins that you
download from various theme customizing sites.
BootSkin