25 Oct 2008

Freeware & software all in one!

Anti-Virus:
AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/ Current rating http://www.virusbulletin.com/vb100/arch … ntivir.xml
Avast - http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1018.html Current rating http://www.virusbulletin.com/vb100/arch … ?avist.xml
AVG - http://www.grisoft.com/ Current rating http://www.virusbulletin.com/vb100/arch … ml?avg.xml this may be for V7, the free one is V6
AVG GUI - http://www.paehl.de/english.php
Active Virus Shield - http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivi … /index.adp
GUI for the Free Editon and the full/trial version from the AVG Virus scanner. The free edition doesn't support SCAN one or more drive and other settings.

Trojan Hunters, can be used alongside existing AV software
A2 - http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
Ewido - http://www.ewido.net/en/

Anti-Virus On Demand Scanners Only:
Bit Defender 7 http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/prod … p?p_id=24#
Bit Defender also offer other free AV utilities see http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/down … menu_id=21 for current list
Clam AV for Windows - http://www.clamwin.com/index.php?option … mp;Itemid=
MicroWorld's Free Antivirus Toolkit Utility http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp

Anti-Virus Scanners Online:
Bit Defender http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
Command OnDemand http://www.command2.co.uk/cod_ev/codie.htm
eTrust http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Freedom Online Virus Scan http://www.freedom.net/viruscenter/onli … check.html
Panda Active Scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan … ncipal.asp
RAV http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/indexn.php
Symantec (Norton) Security Check http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/defa … ;venid=sym
Trend Micro http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Anti Virus Removal Tools:
Avast Virus Cleaner http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_cleaner.html
McAfee Stinger - http://vil.nai.com/vil/averttools.asp
Panda Removal Tools - http://www.pandasoftware.es/library/pqremove_en.htm
Sophos SAV32Cli Command line - http://www.sophos.com/support/disinfection/worms.html#2

Anti Spyware:
Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Diet K - http://www.dietk.com/
SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard - http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html

Free Web Scan\Clean
Trend Micro AntiSpyware Scan - Trend Micro

IRC Clients:
BersIRC - http://www.bersirc.com/
BitchX - http://bitchx.org/download.php
HydraIRC - http://www.hydrairc.com/
TinyIRC - http://www.tinyirc.net/
XChat - http://www.xchat.org/

Audio Players:
1by1 - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch
Foobar 2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Jet Audio Basic - http://www.jetaudio.com/
Musik - http://musik.berlios.de/
QCD Player - http://www.quinnware.com/
Sonique - http://sonique.lycos.com/
Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/

Audio Tools:
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
CD-DA X-Tractor - http://www.mp3-converter.com/cdda_xtractor.htm uses Lame MP3 Encoder
CDex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
dBpowerAMP Music Converter - http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
EAC - http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
Encounter 2003 - http://www.waschbusch.com/
GermaniXEncoder - http://www.germanixsoft.de/
GoldWave - http://www.goldwave.com
K-MP3 - http://www.katarncorp.com/
KraMixer - http://www.kramware.com/
Best and Free MP3 Encoder Lame3.95.1 - http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/software.htm
MP3 Book Helper - http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/
MP3 Tag - http://www.mp3tag.de/
mp3DirectCut - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch/
MP3Gain - http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/
mp3Trim - http://www.logiccell.com/~mp3trim/
MusicBrainz - http://musicbrainz.org/
Rarewares - http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/
SoundEngine Free - http://www.cycleof5th.com/en/index.htm
TagScanner - http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm
The GodFather - http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/

CD/DVD Burning:
Burn4Free - http://www.burn4free.com/
Burnatonce - http://www.burnatonce.com/
CDBurnerXP - http://hem.bredband.net/cdburnerxp/
CDRDAO - http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/
CDR Tools Frontend - http://demosten.com/cdrfe/
Deepburner - http://www.deepburner.com/
DVD Decrypter: http://www.dvddecrypter.com/
Easy Burning, DropCD & Audio CD - http://www.paehl.de/cdr
SmallCDWriter - http://ordoss.programist.ru/scdwriter112eng.rar (English Version)
SmallCDWriter - http://www.avtlab.ru (Russian Version)

Compression / Decompression:
7-zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
bzip2 - http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/index.html
FilZip - http://www.filzip.com/
IZArc - http://www.florida.plus.com/izarc/
NewZip - http://www.paehl.de/english.php
QuickZip - http://www.quickzip.org/
Simply Zip - http://www.paehl.de/english.php
TUGZip - http://www.tugzip.com/
UltimateZIP - http://www.ultimatezip.com/
UPX - http://upx.sourceforge.net/
WinRAR - http://www.rarsoft.com
WinZIP - http://www.winzip.com
Zip Central - http://zipcentral.iscool.net/
Zip&Go - http://www.handybits.com/zipngo.htm
Zipgenius - http://www.zipgenius.it/

Defrag Software:
DefragNT - http://andreigaceff.tripod.com/DefragNT.html
DIRMS & Buzzsaw - http://www.dirms.com/
Diskkeeper - http://www.webattack.com/get/dkeeperlite.shtml
OpenVMS - http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp
Power Defragmenter - http://www.excessive-software.eu.tt/

Desktop Enhancements:
CursorXP - http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.html
MobyDock - http://www.mobydock.com/
tclock2 - http://home.inreach.com/2tone/tclock2/tclock2.htm

Data Emulation and Extraction
Daemon Tools - http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/portal.php
Floppy Image - http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page3.html
ISO Buster - http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/
WinISO - http://www.winiso.com/download.htm

Download Managers
Free Download Manager - http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
Fresh Download - http://www.freshdevices.com/
MetaProducts Download Express - http://www.metaproducts.com/mp/mpProduc … urrent.asp

Encryption and data security:
Axcrypt - http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/
Blowfish Advanced CS- http://web.bsn.ch/lasse/bfacs.htm
Eraser - http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php
File Shredder - http://www.sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htm
GnuPG - http://www.gnupg.org/
PGP Freeware - http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html
WindowsCleaner - http://www.winnowsoft.com/internet-eraser.htm

File Managers:
2xExplorer - http://netez.com/2xExplorer/
A43 - http://www.shawneelink.net/~bgmiller/
File Commander - http://www.freecommander.com/index_en.htm
Gyula's Navigator - http://www.wanari.com/
JExplorer - http://home.megapass.co.kr/~woosjung/
MeeSoft Commander - http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/

File repair and recovery:
Disk Inspector - http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/dskinv.html
Freeundelete - http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/index.htm
PC Inspector File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
Handy Recovery - http://www.handyrecovery.com/
Restoration - http://www.aptv38.dsl.pipex.com/Downloa … ration.zip
UnCHK & FileCHK - http://ericphelps.com/uncheck/
Unstoppable File Copier - http://www.roadkil.net/

Firewalls:
Filseclab Personal Firewall - http://www.filseclab.com/eng/products/firewall.htm
Kerio (Kerio Personal Firewall is FREE for home and personal use) - http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
Outpost Firewall (version 1 is free) - http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html
R-Firewall - http://www.r-firewall.com/
Securepoint Personal Firewall & VPN Client - http://www.securepoint.cc/en/products-pcfirewall.html
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall - http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/
Sygate (FREE for personal use) - http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
Zonealarm Basic firewall - http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/c … wnload.jsp

FTP Clients:
Filezilla! - http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla
SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com/
WS_FTP LE - http://www.webattack.com/get/wsftple.shtml

FTP Servers:
FileZilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
GuildFTPD - http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/detai … ation=8334
Quick 'n Easy FTP Server - http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/ftp_server.html
SlimFTPd - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd
WarFTPD - http://www.jgaa.com/

HTML Editors:
1st page 2000 - http://www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml
AceHTML - http://freeware.acehtml.com/download.html
Aracnophilia - http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/
HTML-Kit - http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
Selida - http://www.amaryllis.8m.com/
Trellian webPAGE - http://webpage.vendercom.com/
TSW WebCoder - http://www.tsware.net/

Image viewers:
Ahaview - http://www.aha-soft.com/ahaview/ahaviewfree.exe
Irfanview - http://www.irfanview.com/
SlowView - http://www.slowview.at/
XNView - http://www.xnview.com/

Instant Messenger:
Gaim - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Miranda IM - http://www.miranda-im.org/
Rhymbox - http://www.rhymbox.com/
PSI - http://psi.affinix.com/
Trillian Basic - http://trillian.cc/downloads

Internet Explorer Front-Ends:
Avantbrowser - http://www.avantbrowser.com/
MyIE2 - http://www.myie2.com/
SlimBrowser - http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm

Mail programs:
Calypso - http://10xshooters.com/calypso-free/
i.Scribe - http://www.memecode.com/
Mahogany Mail - http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/
Pegasus Mail - http://www.pmail.com/
Thunderbird - http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/

Anti-spam programs:
K9 - http://www.keir.net/k9.html
MailWasher- http://www.mailwasher.net/
POPFile - http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
SpamBayes - http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/

Network Tools:
CMDTime NTP Utility - http://www.softshape.com/download/
Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/
NMap - http://www.insecure.org/nmap/
Ntop - http://www.ntop.org
PingPlotter - http://www.pingplotter.com
PuTTY - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
RAS Graph & Stats - http://forum.flashfxp.com/showthread.ph … eadid=2400
RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/
TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.org/
UltraVNC - http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
WinSCP - http://www.winscp.com/

Notepad Replacements:
Crimson Editor - http://www.crimsoneditor.com/english/download.html

Office Suite:
602PC Suite free edition - http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/download.html
AbiWord - http://www.abiword.com/
Easy Office - http://www.e-press.com/downloads/index.html
Open Office - http://www.openoffice.org/

Partition Managers:
Digital Dolly - http://www.innotrix.com/
NTFS Resize Tools (Linux) - NTFS Linux Resize Tools
Partition Logic - http://visopsys.org/partlogic/index.html
Partition Resizer - http://zeleps.com/
Ranish Partition Manager - http://www.ranish.com/part/
System RescueCD - http://www.sysresccd.org/index.en.php
TestDisk - http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html

PDF Utilities:
Free PDF - http://www.webxd.com/zipguy/frpdfdl.htm
Ghostscript/GSView - http://www.ghostscript.com/
PDF 995 - http://www.pdf995.com/
PDFCreator - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

Photo manipulation and image design:
ColorPic - http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Pixia - http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/
Sodiodi - http://www.sodipodi.com/
The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
Paint.net - http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/index.htm
Tuxpaint - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint

Programming:
ActivePerl - http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl
Dev C++ - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Dev Pascal - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Eclipse - http://www.eclipse.org/
Freepascal - http://www.freepascal.org/
jEdit - http://www.jedit.org/
PHP Hypertext Parser - http://www.php.net/
Python - http://www.python.org/
Ruby - http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index_en.html
SharpDevelop - http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/

Pop-up Blockers:
Google Toolbar - http://www.google.com/
NoAds - http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/
PopUp Stopper - http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
Privoxy - http://www.privoxy.org/
Proxomitron - http://www.proxomitron.info/


System Information and monitoring:
AIDA32 - http://www.aida32.hu/
CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Gkrellm - http://bill.nalens.com/
Motherboard monitor - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
WCPUID - http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374 … nload.html

System Tweaking and Diagnostics
X-Setup Pro - http://www.x-setup.net/downloads/home.asp?lang=EN
Speed XP - http://www25.brinkster.com/chirisoft/speedxp.htm
Startup Mechanic - http://www.startupmechanic.com/
RegCleaner - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html
RegSupreme - http://www.webmasterfree.com/regcleaner.html
WT RegCleanerXP - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3560.html
EasyCleaner - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download414.html
Tweak Now RegCleaner - http://www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html
MS BootVis Tool - http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/12/2/12-2-1.shtml

Video codes :
DivX Codec - http://www.divx.com/divx/?src=toptab_di … /index.php
FFDSHOW - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow
Kazaa Lite Codec Pack - http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/
Nimo Codec Pack - http://www.divx-digest.com/software/nimo_pack.html
Quicktime Alternative - http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/
Real Player Alternative - http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/

Video players :
BsPlayer - http://www.bsplayer.org/
Cygwin MPlayer - http://armory.nicewarrior.org/projects/cygmp/
MaximusDVD - http://www.maximusdvd.com/
Media Player Classic - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile … p_id=82303
VideoLan - http://www.videolan.org/
Zoom Player - http://www.inmatrix.com/

Video tools:
BBMpeg - http://www.divx-digest.com/software/avi2mpg2.html
DVD Shrink - http://www.dvdshrink.org/
DScaler - http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/
FlasKMPEG - http://www.flaskmpeg.net
GSpot - http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
VirtualDub - http://www.virtualdub.org/
VirtualDubMod - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile … p_id=65889
xviD - http://www.roeder.goe.net/~koepi/xvid.shtml
Zwei-Stein Video Editor - http://www.thugsatbay.com/software/index.html

Web browsers:
Firebird - http://texturizer.net/firebird/index.html
K-Meleon - http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) - http://www.maxthon.com
Mozilla - http://www.mozilla.org/
Netscape - http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp

Web servers:
Abyss - http://abyss.sourceforge.net/
Apache - http://httpd.apache.org/
Sambar - http://www.sambar.com/
Savant - http://savant.sourceforge.net/
TinyWeb - http://www.ritlabs.com/tinyweb/index.html

Webcam Software:
booruWebCam - http://www.booru.net/
Pryme - http://www.hilo.dk/pryme/

3D Graphics:
Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/
Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/
gmax - http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/
Maya Personal Learning Ed. - http://www.alias.com/eng/products-servi … ndex.shtml
Now3D - http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm
SOFTIMAGE|XSI EXP - http://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/

Checksum Utilities:
fsum - http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/
hksfv - http://www.big-o-software.com/products/hksfv/
md5sum - http://www.etree.org/md5com.html
md5summer - http://www.md5summer.org/

General Utilities And Other Applications:
AnalogX - http://www.analogx.com/
AppRocket - http://www.candylabs.com/approcket/
Baby Splat - http://www.syntap.com/products.htm
Celestia - http://www.shatters.net/celestia
Cygwin - http://www.cygwin.com
Dirkey - http://www.protonfx.com/dirkey/
DVD Backup/Editing software/help galore - http://www.doom9.org/
DVD Movie/Video software/help galore - http://www.videohelp.com/
EditPad Lite - http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
Inno Setup - http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
Memtest-86 - http://www.memtest86.com
MWSnap - http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
NetTime - http://nettime.sourceforge.net
Nullsoft Installer - http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis
Peerguardian - http://xs.tech.nu/
QuickSFV - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/4668/
png2ico - http://winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico
Stickies - http://finiteloop.org/~btaylor/software/stickies/
Sysinternals - http://www.sysinternals.com/
Vim - http://vim.sourceforge.net
Time Stamp - http://www.syntap.com/products.htm
Ultimate Boot CD - http://www.ultimatebootcd.com
Various Freeware Tools - http://www.moox.ws/tech/freeware/
Windows Ultimate Boot CD (Duh!) - http://www.windowsubcd.com

Linux Alternative to WindowsUBCD - http://www.inside-security.de/INSERT_en.html

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