Freeware List Version 2 [Updated 7/4/06]

[omfg karl marx]

Some asked for a cleaned up freeware list, so here it is:

Click on the names to go to the program's webpage!
Some users hadn't realized I was doing that, so I wanted to clarify.

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I. Players
1. Media Player Classic for 2k/XP (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Players/Media-Player-Classic-for-Win2kXP.shtml) or 95/98/ME (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Players/Media-Player-Classic-for-Win9xME.shtml) - Updated and upgraded version of Windows Media Player 6.4. Great for video playback.
2. VideoLAN (http://www.videolan.org/) - Great support for most every type of video file.
3. Winamp (http://winamp.com/) - Supports a good number of file types and has great skins.
4. foobar2000 (http://foobar2000.org/) - The best "hifi" audio player out there. Supports nearly every type of audio codec, highly customizable, and a low memory footprint are the best features of this awesome player.
II. Rippers, Editors, and Encoders
1. EAC (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/) - (Exact Audio Copy) - Excellent CD-ripper; very easy to use.
2. dBpowerAMP (http://dbpoweramp.com/) - Great little encoder, although the MP3 encoder is on a 30-day trial. (Due to the MP3 licence.)
3. Audiograbber (http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/download.html) - Another audio ripper; great for ripping anything from CDs to LPs to cassette tapes
4. DVD Shrink (http://www.dvdshrink.org/) - One step DVD backup software; easy to use.
5. Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) - Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
6. VirtualDub (http://www.virtualdub.org/) - VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms. *

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I. Graphics Editors and Renderers
1. GIMP (http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/) - (GNU Image Manipulation Program) - Poor man's Photoshop. Features many of the same tools, but the interface is very different.
2. Blender3D (http://www.blender3d.com/) - Open source software for 3D modeling, animation and rendering.
3. Paint.NET (http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/) - MS paint on steroids. It also supports layers.
4. Sodipodi (http://www.sodipodi.com/index.php3) - It is designed specifically around the SVG standard, using the file format (with some extensions to hold metadata) as its native storage format. It will import and export plain SVG data, and can also export raster graphics in PNG format.
5. INKSCAPE (http://www.inkscape.org/) - 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.
6. @icon sushi (http://www.towofu.net/soft/e-aicon.php) - Icon converter that supports the mask editor and the creation of Windows XP 32bit icons.
II. Image Viewers
1. Irfanview (http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/) - IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact graphic viewer for Windows.
2. FastStone Image Viewer (http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm) - FastStone is a user-friendly image browser, converter and editor.
3. XnView (http://www.xnview.com/) - XnView is an image viewer and converter that supports more than 400 graphics format.
4. Microsoft Image Resizer (http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe) - This PowerToy enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click. *

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I. Antivirus
1. Grisoft AVG (http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/) - Great little antivirus program; unlimited use and unlimited updates for non-commercial users.
2. AntiVir (http://free-av.com/) - One of the best free antivirus programs out there.
3. Avast! (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html) - One of the most popular full-featured free anti-virus applications for Windows.
4. ClamWin (http://www.clamwin.com/) - (ClamAV) - Free and open source antivirus.
5. Stinger (http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/) - Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. (List in link)
II. Firewalls and Network Monitors
1. Outpost Firewall (http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpostfree/index.php) - Just another firewall. I have the Pro version and it works amazingly well.
2. Kerio Personal Firewall (http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_download.html) - Great little free firewall
3. ZoneAlarm (http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=nav_za) - Award winning free firewall.
4. Sygate Firewall (http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm) - Another free firewall.
5. Active Ports (http://www.download.com/3000-2085-10062969.html?part=65960&subj=dlpage&tag=button) - Enables you to monitor all open TCP/IP and UDP ports on your computer.
III. Spyware/Adware Removers
1. Spybot - Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/) - Probably the best free anti-malware program out there. Includes an "Immunize" feature which can be used to block the installation of spyware before it occurs and a file shredder for the secure deletion of files.
2. Spyware Blaster (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html) - Can prevent spyware from popping up in the first place.
3. Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/) - Another anti-malware program with a good reputation.
4. A-Squared (http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/) - Another malware killer.
5. HijackThis! (http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip) - A general homepage hijackers detector and remover. Not for the novice user.
6. CWShredder (http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/) - A program for removing the CoolWebSearch family of spyware.
7. Windows Defender (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx) - (Formerly Microsoft AntiSpyware) - Free anti-malware program for any Windows user

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I. Disk Monitors
1. HD_Speed (http://www.steelbytes.com/?mid=20) - HD_Speed measures both sustained and burst data transfer rates of your hard disk drives, CD/DVD-ROM drives and floppy drives with real-time graphical display.
2. BruteBenchmark (http://www.geocities.com/andreigaceff/BruteBenchmark.html) - BruteBenchmark checks the performance of your CPU, video card and hard disk. It computes a score for each quickly, and you can use it to compare against other entries in the database.
3. HDDlife (http://www.hddlife.com/eng/features.html) - /HDDlife constantly monitors the health of your hard drives at regular intervals and informs you about the results of these checks.
II. Optimizers
1. HDCleaner (http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/mainpage_e.htm) - Scans and removes junk files, duplicate files, and various other removable files.
2. CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/) - CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.

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I. Browsers
1. Opera (http://opera.com/) - One of the best browsers out there. It's fast and light.
2. Mozilla Firefox (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/) - Free foxy goodness.
3. K-Meleon (http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/) - Built on the same engine Firefox is, K-Meleon is aimed to provide a light-weight browser running under Windows using the operating system's native interface for the application's toolbars and menus - similar to Galeon or Epiphany on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, and Camino on Mac OS X.
4. SeaMonkey (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/) - The continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite.

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I. Bit Torrent
1. ?Torrent (http://utorrent.com/) - The best Bit Torrent client out there. Fast, light, and small, weighing in at only 130KB.
2. Azureus (http://azureus.sourceforge.net/) - Another Bit Torrent client. Sports many cool features.
II. Instant Message Clients
1. GAIM (http://gaim.sourceforge.net/) - Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, GroupWise Messenger, and Zephyr networks.
2. Miranda IM (http://www.miranda-im.org/) - Miranda IM is a multi protocol instant messenger client.Miranda IM is designed to be resource efficient and easy to use. It uses very little memory and requires no installation.
3. Skype (http://www.skype.com/) - The basic computer-to-computer service allows users to speak, to send instant messages or to send files to one another from their computers via the Internet at no cost. Conferences of up to five users are supported.
4. Trillian (http://www.trillian.cc/) - Trillian is a multiprotocol instant messaging application for Windows created by Cerulean Studios that can connect to multiple IM programs from one client, such as AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Bonjour, Jabber, and Skype networks (the later four with Trillian Pro which allows for additonal plugins).
5. Google Talk (http://www.google.com/talk/) - Google Talk is a service offered by Google for Voice over IP and instant messaging.
6. Xfire (http://www.xfire.com/) - AIM for Gamers basically. Allows users to send messages without minizing their game.
7. mIRC (http://www.mirc.co.uk/) - The most popular IRC client
8. SilvereX's Build (http://www.silverex.org/news/) or Daemon404's Build (http://falcao.homelinux.org/~daemon404/) of X-Chat? - Excellent IRC client.
III. Servers
1. XAMPP (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html) - Apache, MySQL, PHP, FileZilla, and Perl rolled into one easy to install file. Great if you need to run a web server.
2. Apache Web Server (http://httpd.apache.org/) - Best web server out there.
3. PHP (http://www.php.net/) - PHP is a programming language used to create websites. Short for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor", it is an open-source, reflective programming language used mainly for developing server-side applications and dynamic web content.
4. MySQL Database (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html) - Best database software around.
5. J.A.M.E.S (http://james.apache.org/) (Java Enterprise Mail Server)
6. PHPBB (http://www.phpbb.com/) - Message boards.
7. GuildFTPd (http://www.guildftpd.com/) - Features plug-in and network support. It has the ability to set each login to a different port and provide log statistics. You can review graphs of past connections and control the speed of your uploads and downloads.
VI. FTP Clients
1. FileZilla (http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/) - The best FTP client, imo. Very easy to use, reliable, and fast.
2. SmartFTP (http://www.smartftp.com/) - SmartFTP is full-featured FTP client with a snazzy interface.
3. BlazeFTP (http://www.flashpeak.com/blazeftp/) - Very much like filezilla, but with the ability to connect to multiple servers in a tabbed interface.
V. Email Clients
3. Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/) - Love Firefox ?? Try Mozilla's email client, complete with built in spam filtering.
2. Pegasus Mail (http://www.pmail.com) - Standards-based email client with spam filtering.
VI. Other Applications
1. UltraVNC (http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/) - Doing any remote desktop management? This client/server is miles beyond Windows' integrated VNC client/server.
2. Foxit Reader (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php) - Foxit is a free reader for PDF documents. You can view and print PDF documents with it.

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I. Office
1. OpenOffice 2 (http://www.openoffice.org/) - Very stable and free office suite. Compatible with MS Office.
2. AbiWord (http://www.abisource.com/download/) - Another great alternate to Microsoft Office.
3. TaxAct (http://www.taxact.com/) - Free software for doing your taxes.
4. Wink (http://www.debugmode.com/wink/) - 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, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.

II. Programming
1. Visual Studio Express (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx) - IDE for almost ever programming language.
2. HTML-Kit (http://www.chami.com/html-kit/) - HTML Kit is a free, full-featured, customizable, multi-purpose editor designed to help HTML, XHTML and XML authors to create and publish web pages.
3. NVU (http://www.nvu.com/) - WYSIWYG HTML editor
4. Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org/) - Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused on providing an extensible development platform and application frameworks for building software.
5. NetBeans (http://www.netbeans.org/products/ide/) - Supports development of all Java application types (J2SE, web, EJB and mobile applications) out of the box.
6. Dev-C++ (http://www.bloodshed.net/) - A free C++ IDE for Windows and Linux for MinGW compiler.
7. #develop (http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/) - A free IDE for C# and VB.NET projects on Microsoft's .NET platform.

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I. Compression
1. 7-zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) - 7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression ratio.
2. Filzip (http://www.filzip.de/en/index.html) - Filzip is a file archiver with support for many different formats.
3. IZArc (http://www.izsoft.org/izarc.htm) - Small download, ugly icons, nice interface, support for a number of formats.
4. ZipGenius (http://www.zipgenius.it/eng/index.php) - Tons of features with a nice interface.
5. Universal Extractor (http://www.legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Open_Source&file=index&page=software&app=uniextract) - Universal Extractor allows you to extract files from many types of archive files, including ZIP, ARJ, LZH, MSI, EXE created using various installer packages such as Wise and Inno Setup etc. *

II. Others
1. TreeSize (http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml) - TreeSize shows you instantly which files or folders are taking up the most space on your harddisk. *
2. freeCommander (http://www.freecommander.com/index_en.htm) - freeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager. *
3. SyncEXP (http://syncexp.com/main/index.php?c=1) - SyncExp enables the synchronization of files and folders within a single PC or over the LAN. *
4. tabbyFile (http://bradlima.com/index.php?page=tabbyFile) - tabbyFile is a minimalist file explorer for windows without the bloat and obscure features of the more fancy explorer replacements. *
5. FileCommander (http://www.godlikesoft.de/html/products.html) - FileCommander is a multi-pane file manager that supports up to 4 simultaneous browser windows. *

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I. Misc
1. Object Dock (http://www.download.com/ObjectDock/3000-2341_4-10210264.html) - An OSX-clone dock. (It replaces your Windows Taskbar and provides access to shortcuts.)
2. Belarc Advisor (http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html) - Provides a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, Internet security benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser.
3. Rainlendar (http://vapaa.dc.inet.fi/~rainy/index.php?pn=projects&project=rainlendar) - Rainlendar is a customizable calendar that displays the current month along with various alarms and task schedules.
4. Send To Toys (http://www.gabrieleponti.com/software/) - Allows editing and customization of Windows' "Send To" menu.
5. Sysmetrix (http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/) - SysMetrix is a skinnable clock and metering application. Its purpose is to provide system metrics in a variety of interesting, useful, and cool ways. It can monitor and report on the hundreds of statistics.
6. WinRoll (http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/) - Various handling of windows including shade mode among others.
7. NASA World Wind (http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/) - World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth.
8. Yahoo Widgets (http://widgets.yahoo.com/) - Formerly known as Konfabulator, it has several cool desktop plugins that show you weather, system info and even Simpsons quotes!
10. WinGrep (http://www.wingrep.com/) - Windows Grep is designed for searching plain-ASCII text files, such as program source, HTML, RTF and batch files, but it can also search binary files such as word processor documents, databases, spreadsheets and executables.
11. DAEMON Tools (http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/announcements.php) - A virtual cd/dvd-rom emulator.
12. freeCommander (http://www.freecommander.com/index_en.htm) - freeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager.
13. Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/) - Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop.
14. Celestia (www.shatters.net/celestia/) - Celestia is a free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Page seems to be down.
15. NoteTabs (http://www.donatesoft.com/portal/Default.aspx?alias=www.donatesoft.com/portal/notetabs) - NoteTabs is a common notepad replacement program in a tabbed environment.

? X-Chat's original coder decided to charge for Windows versions of X-Chat, but due to X-Chat being licensed under the GPL, he has to release the source code. SilvereX and Daemon404 compile that code and release the binary for Windows.

* Denotes a new entry (I'll remove the "new entry" status after a month)

If you have something you would like added to the list, Please add it here and I'll edit it into the list.

If you spot a typo, please let me know.

Note: Fraps (http://www.fraps.com/) is a great piece of software, but not freeware.

[Cain]

Thank you !!

I love MW Snap and use it often, and a thing called WinGrep, and another called Notetab lite.

NoteTab Notepad Replacement
http://www.notetab.com/ntl.php

MWSnap a Screenshot thingy
http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html

WinGrep - For scanning multiple text files
http://www.wingrep.com/


-- Cain

[33milk33]

wow, this really helpful to me.

[Duke{CLR}]

WOW nice post! :arrow:

[Tire{CLR}]

Nice Job OKM.

[omfg karl marx]

Bump

[alpha]

you should sticky this and unsticky the other one

[ViTO]

Bump

No more need to bump... You just got a sticky !
Excellent and very helpful thread.

[BigTwinky]

Thanks a bunch for making that list!

[WalkinTarget]

Another great MP3 ripper - AudioGrabber 1.83 - now freeware. After installing and going thru the options screen, it will direct you to a download of the Lame encoder to enable higher encoding rates (up two 320bps)

Mozilla Thunderbird, with built in spam filtering would be a great addition as well. Too many peeps using Outlook Express !!!

Keep 'em comin' !!

Now, if you get bored, you could link every program listed !! :D

[ViTO]

Mozilla Thunderbird, with built in spam filtering would be a great addition as well. Too many peeps using Outlook Express !!!


+1

I have been using TB for a few years now and LOVE IT !!

[Nomadicus]

Add stinger http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/ to the antivirus list. It is a tool to be used after symnatec, avg, etc. let a virus get into your machine.

Great list!

[Kenshiro]

I use NoteTabs for text editing, instead of NotePad.

http://www.donatesoft.com/portal/Default.aspx?alias=www.donatesoft.com/portal/notetabs

[paceman]

My favorite image viewer is irfanview (http://www.irfanview.com/)

It supports darn near any format.

[Grisu]

Ok, here are some links from my side.
You can at them at the top.

Audio Ripper (better than EAC):
Audiograbber: http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/download.html

Image Viewer:
Irfanview: http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/
Faststone: http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

Filemanager (such as: total commander):
Free Commander: http://www.freecommander.com/index_en.htm

PDF-Reader (Faster than Aodobe's):
Foxit: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

FTP-Tools:
Smart FTP: http://www.smartftp.com/

Full Office Suite:
Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/index.html

HDD + Registry tools:
CCleaner: http://www.ccleaner.com/
HDD Cleaner: http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/hdcleaner.htm

Packer Suites:
7-Zip: http://www.7-zip.org/
Filzip: http://www.filzip.de/en/index.html

Other:

Space Simulator:
Celestia: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

[omfg karl marx]

Another great MP3 ripper - AudioGrabber 1.83 - now freeware. After installing and going thru the options screen, it will direct you to a download of the Lame encoder to enable higher encoding rates (up two 320bps)

Mozilla Thunderbird, with built in spam filtering would be a great addition as well. Too many peeps using Outlook Express !!!

Keep 'em comin' !!

Now, if you get bored, you could link every program listed !! :D

I have already. >_>

[alpha]

don't forget virtual dub, if your doing video editing, this is a must

http://www.virtualdub.org/

[Tire{CLR}]

Everyone should download this.

http://www.fraps.com/download.php

Not only does it calculate real-time FPS and provides statistical benchmarks, but you can record a segment of your game in an uncompressed video format or better, take a screenshot of any game, at any time, under any condition. I was playing Oblivion, when I found that I can't take a screenshot if the anti-aliasing was on. With fraps you can. When I play UT2004, I get the correct FPS rather than some strange number give by UT. Also screenshots taken by fraps doesn't slow down the computer as much as taking it with the game.

[Trout of Doom]

PLEASE get the image resizer here, and USE It to resize screenies to something reasonable like 800x600
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

[Nomadicus]

Just found this
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
Very handy.

[Grisu]

Flashget 1.73 - Downloadmanager (was Shareware now Freeware)!
http://www.flashget.com/

[Gremlin_flg]

Karl nice list :) Grisu thanks for the link

[darth_nevus]

Here's a link to a huge list of freeware alternatives as well, maybe we could incorperate some of it?

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=456913

[alpha]

few more to add

tightvnc - remote desktop http://www.tightvnc.com/

Xming - Xserver for windows, simple easy, clean http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming

rdesktop - linux remote desktop to windows http://www.rdesktop.org/

tortiousSVN - lazy man SVN http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

octave - OS matlab http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/

qcad - OS autocad http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad.html

DivX - supports many file types http://www.divx.com/

google desktop seach - google search your computer http://desktop.google.com/

Graphcalc - full 2-D and 3-D graphing calculator http://www.graphcalc.com/

K-lite Codec Pack - every codec you will ever need in one package http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm

mmconvert - multimedia filetype converter http://mmconvert.sourceforge.net/en_us/

picasa - (made by google) finds and orgazines all pictures on your computer http://picasa.google.com/

startup inspector - control what starts when your computer boots up http://www.windowsstartup.com/startupinspector.php

freemind - brainstorm organizing "mind mapping" program http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

[omfg karl marx]

I will get around to updating this sometime. I promise.

[alpha]

just to keep you on your toes, here is a similar list from another forum, it has some overlap

1.0 - Firewalls:
1.1 Zonealarm
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US〈=en&lid=dbtopnav_ pro
1.2 Steganos Internet Security http://www.steganos.de/
1.3 Kerio WinRoute Firewall http://www.kerio.com/
1.4 Sygate Personal Firewall http://www.sygate.de/
1.5 Securepoint Firewallsystem with VPN IPSec Client http://www.securepoint.cc/ (best FW atm)

2.0 - Anti virii: (2 good virii scanner ftw, some AV software slow down your system)
2.1 Norton Anti Virus 06 http://www.symantecstore.com
2.2 AntiVir PE Classic http://www.free-av.com/ (free)
2.3 AVG Anti-Virus http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti.../lng/us/tpl/v5 (free)
2.4 Comodo AntiVirus http://www.antivirus.comodo.com/
2.5 Kaspersky www.kaspersky.com / www.avp.ch
2.6 Avast Home Edit http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html (free)
2.7 AntiVirenKit (AVK) 2006 http://www.gdata.de/
2.8 BitDefender www.bitdefender.de
2.9 EZ AntiVirus http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/ (1year free)
2.10 NOD32 http://www.nod32.de/
2.11 Steganos AntiVirus 2006 http://www.steganos.de/
2.12 ClamAV http://www.clamav.net/
2.13 FProt http://www.fprot.org/

3.0 - Spy-/ Ad-/ Malware:
http://www.spywareremove.com/ (Manually remove, good Solutions if it?s too late)
3.1 Spybot - Search & Destroyhttp://www.safer-networking.org/de/index.html
3.2 Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal Editionhttp://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html
3.3 SpyHunterhttp://www.enigmasoftware.com/affili...86&productid=4 (best)
3.4 SpywareBlaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html (Prevention only)
3.5 Ewido Anti Spware http://free.grisoft.com/doc/ewido-an.../lng/us/tpl/v5 (free)

4.0 - Firewall Test/ Port Scan Online/ Pinging IPs:
4.1 Free Firewall Tests http://www.auditmypc.com/
4.2 Broadband Port Scan http://www.dslreports.com/scan
4.3 Anti Hacker Online Community http://probe.hackerwatch.org/probe/hitme.asp
4.4 IP Pinging + chooseable No. of sending Packets: http://www.gulli.com/tools/net/ping/
4.5 Traceroute, Ping, NSLookup: http://www.gulli.com/tools/net/traceroute-ping-und-nslookup/
4.6 Anonomity instant check-up: http://www.gulli.com/tools/anonymitaetscheck/
4.7 Redirector Service: http://www.gulli.com/tools/redirector-service/
4.8 Whois: http://www.gulli.com/tools/whois/


5.0 - Browsers/ Add- Ons:
5.1 FireFox http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/
5.2 Mozilla http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/mozilla1x/
5.3 Opera http://www.opera.com/
SPECIAL: SeaMonkey: Browser, E-Mail, Editor, Chat; based on FireFox:
http://www.chip.de/downloads/c1_downloads_18048069.html

Add-Ons: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/themes/
5.4 NoScript https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/
5.5 AdBlock http://adblock.mozdev.org/

6.0 - E-Mail:
6.1 Thunderbird http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/thunderbird/

7.0 - Open Source:
7.1 http://www.openoffice.org/ (free office products)

8.0 - Overclocking/ Tweaking:
8.1 Riva Tuner http://downloads.guru3d.com/download...t=163#download
8.2 NVIDIA Firmware Update Utility http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1425
8.3 nTune 5.00.06.06 Final http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1427
8.4 SiSoft Sandra 2005 http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=177
8.5 nVHardPage SE 3.4 http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=362
8.6 3DMark03 Build 3.6.0 (Full Version) http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=576
8.7 ATI Tray Tools http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=733
8.8 ATi Tool http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=725

9.0 - System Proggies/ Others:
9.1 MemTest, Free/ Pro-Spell, Forever Connected, Lean CD Playerhttp://www.hcidesign.com/windows/

10.0 - Operating System Tools:
10.1 Internet Explorer and XP Cache Cleaner:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/CleanCache_d4122.html
10.2 Famous Black Viper DIY Page:
http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP%20Services.htm

Majority Links: ...
Top 50 All-Time Downloads: http://www.chip.de/bildergalerie/c1_...57.html?show=1
Password Genreator: http://www.gulli.com/tools/krypto-passwort/passwort/


Tweaking/ Clocking atc pp:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/
http://www.tweakpc.de/tweaking/athlon_64_oc/s06.php

Links:
http://return.to/scheinsicherheit/ (de/ eng)
http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-fr...ies/index.html (Long list of Freeware)
http://www.stop-sign.com/downloads/ and http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/
http://www.ccc.de/hackerethics?language=en

[F?U?T]

Here is something I have been using for many years and have never had a problem with it or it causing a problem with something else.

http://www.iespell.com/

ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage. It should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of web-based text entry (e.g. web mails, forums, blogs, diaries). Even if your web application already includes spell checking functionality, you might still want to install this utility because it is definitely much faster than a server-side solution. Plus you get to store and use your personal word list across all your applications, instead of maintaining separate ones on each application.

It's sits in the browser "tools" pulldown. It's small, simple and fast also well coded.

Good idea to start this thread in here as well. :2thumbs:

[mapes]

One of the coolest programs out there is now free. Vmware server is now free. Vmware server allows your to emulate a hardware enviroment in software. It's very badass. For example I run a Linux server in my house. However I have replaytvs (tivo like device) theres a software tool for my replays that does a bunch of cool things but, It only runs in windows. No prob dig up vmware. Install it launch it. Then install windows. You can connect to the instance of the windows machine over the network or from the local desktop. It's just not for linux either. You can run it on Windows and install Linux as an instance too. This obviously isn't something you want running when your playing games but, it's a very handy tool.

http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

As for network monitors theres the best packet capture for windows Wireshark (used to be Ethereal) at http://www.wireshark.org/
and of course netstumbler a wifi scanner http://www.netstumbler.com/

Actually if you want free network tools go to http://sectools.org/

compiled by the maker of nmap. It covers free, commercial, unix and windows based tools. Very informative.

[jaspurr]

Anyone have any good software for converting documents to pdf???

[alpha]

http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

thats what i use

[jaspurr]

http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

thats what i use

Thanks alpha :2thumbs:

[paceman]

Looking for something that will convert typical video files, mpeg, wma, avi to ipod format, mp4, I think.

[darth_nevus]

Looking for something that will convert typical video files, mpeg, wma, avi to ipod format, mp4, I think.

Due to Ipod's DRM, i don't think its possible. you have to use itunes to do it from a CD if im not mistake.

[alpha]

a quick google search yields some 15 day trial shareware that should do what you want, didn't see any freeware for it

[alpha]

giant list of freeware:

http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freeware-utilities/index.html

[Sirex]

Brining this up again lmao

See HD Cleaner.... Every time i run it says its out date, so i got the site, dl it, out of date.
Only one that works is the german beta, and i dont know any german....

[Smoking]

I don't know about most of you but i use dual monitors, i have always loved my dual monitor setup also. The thing i didn't like was the fact i didn't have a taskbar on the extended display. There is a program out there you can try for free and buy, but i thought i might look around and see if i can find a free version thats like it and i found Oscar's Multi-Monitor taskBar, its not as fancy as the one you can buy but i like it and works quite well and 100% free, no spyware nothing

http://www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm

[darth_nevus]

i love it. i was looking for something like this. while its not as pretty as the XP bar, its still just as functional, albiet a bit slow.

good looking out. this helps with the bajillion app i have running at work.

[{CLR}geneSW]

a very nice firewall i've been running with for a few months now is fileclab. Available at http://www.download.com/Filseclab-Personal-Firewall-Professional-Edition/3000-10435_4-10421598.html?tag=lst-0-1

[alpha]

just found out about this great networking program, basically LAN through the internet:

http://www.hamachi.cc/

[Devilguns]

Windows ultimate boot cd

http://www.ubcd4win.com/

I've used this thing so much in the last 6 months to save peoples machines. These computers were totally dead due to virus's or hard drive failures and this thing brought them back.

These were instances where I normally would have just done a reformat and start over. This allows you to boot windows into memory and run a plethora of aps.

It just has so many tools, a great support forum on the site, and it's free. Definitely a great thing to stuff in the tool bag.

[Nomadicus]

bump.
This is my #1 place to lookup free stuff!
How about an update Carl?
If you don't have time, I can volunteer.

Thanks for a great thread!

[tupinambis]

Looking for something that will convert typical video files, mpeg, wma, avi to ipod format, mp4, I think.

Due to Ipod's DRM, i don't think its possible. you have to use itunes to do it from a CD if im not mistake.
Negative... try this....
http://www.bestshareware.net/ipodvideoconverter.htm

[omfg karl marx]

bump.
This is my #1 place to lookup free stuff!
How about an update Carl?
If you don't have time, I can volunteer.

Thanks for a great thread!

*cough* I haven't been around much lately between school and work. If you wanna sort through everything and categorize stuff/write descriptions, I'll PM you the code layout. Just make your changes, PM it back to me, and I'll update it.

[juneau]

Just thought i'd add this to the list. Great free defragger and has won many awards.

http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/

[Nomadicus]

*cough* I haven't been around much lately between school and work. If you wanna sort through everything and categorize stuff/write descriptions, I'll PM you the code layout. Just make your changes, PM it back to me, and I'll update it.I have some freetime now. I'll take a shot at it. PM me when you get a chance.

[ryanbatc]

Slipstream your windows installation, doesn't support vista I think....

http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

Really handy so if you want to include SP's and hotfixes you can easily add them to your windows installation disk.

[omfg karl marx]

Just wanted to let everyone know, I can no longer edit (not that I was doing a much beforehand) this topic.
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[Zantheus]

Slipstream your windows installation, doesn't support vista I think....

http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

Really handy so if you want to include SP's and hotfixes you can easily add them to your windows installation disk.

Vista version is Vlite :D

[ryanbatc]

Vista version is Vlite :D


ah interesting, I will have to check that one out :)

[CarbonFire]

Can't believe I forgot to post this little gem till now....

Hate having to always hunt for a desired application or folder window on the Windows Taskbar? Ever wish you could easily reorganize the position of the taskbar buttons or the System Tray icons?

Well, now you can, with this simple, lite, and intuitive little utility:

Taskbar Shuffle (http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm)

Should work with all versions of Windows, including Vista (though I've only tested it with XP). Uses no more than 4MB of memory, so it has almost zero impact on system performance. It boggles my mind why this hasn't been added by MS as a core windows feature.

Enjoy :2thumbs:

[ryanbatc]

sweet, thanks for that Carbon!