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System tools and utilities
EasyZip
File compression utility
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://www.thefreesite.com/easyzip111.htm
Quick Zip 3.06.1
A free alternative to Winzip supports 19 compression formats.
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://www.quickzip.org/
IZArc
Archiving "zip" tool (supports almost all compression formats)
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.florida.plus.com/izarc/
Startup.cpl
Control what programs start at boot time
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://mlin.net/
CDRIdentifier
Identify CDR manufacturer
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_utils_2.shtml
ISOBuster
Extract files from CD images/CDs
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://home.planetinternet.be/~pv435344/start2.htm
Nero plug-ins
Burn directly from various audio formats
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://neroplugins.cd-rw.org/
THERename
File renaming utility
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://www.herve-thouzard.com/therenamea.phtml
HJSplit
Splits large files into smaller ones that can be emailed/transferred between
machines & re-assembled
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/
NexusFont
Font viewer and organiser
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://xiles.kucc.net/
DeepBurner
CD / DVD burning utility with support for large number of drives and formats
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.deepburner.com/
Datalifeguard tools
Western Digitals own freeware to analyse & format Western digital hard
drives (Can format from windows)
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://support.wdc.com/download/
SiSoft SANDRA
PC diagnostics tool. Analysis of PC gives some very useful info also has
basic benchmarking.
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://www.sisoftware.net/
Free RAM XP Pro
Small utility which does what it says on the tin reclaiming RAM.
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/
Webshots desktop
It allows you to arrange wallpapers with any pictures you want, can download
some very high resolution pictures there and set it to do a slideshow for a
screensaver. Makes wallpaper management easy and much better than the
standard windows display properties.
Contains adware/spyware: contains an ad
http://www.webshots.com/samplers/
Aida32
Tells you what's inside your PC
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://www.lavalys.co.uk/
Security software (anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewalls etc.)
Adaware
Hunts for nasty nefarious spyware on your PC
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.lavasoft.de/
Spybot Search & Destroy
Spyware remover
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.safer-networking.org/
SpyHunter
Spyware scanner
Contains adware / spyware: unknown
http://www.spywareremove.com/
Avast Antivirus
Antivirus software
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.avast.com/
WinPatrol
Will sniff out Worms, Adware, Spyware, Cookies, Trojan horses and other
virus type, malicious, nasty "mysteryware" that may attack your computer.
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.winpatrol.com/
AVG
Antivirus software
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.grisoft.com/
a2 (Asquared)
Antitrojan software (Note: you do have to register on-line)
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
Spywareblaster
Helps prevent spyware getting on your pc in the first place.
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard
Stops stuff trying to take over your homepage/search engine
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
HijackThis
Prevents Homepage hijacking
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
CWShredder
Helps remove "cool web search" homepage hijacking malware
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
Zonealarm
Software firewall, trial version of Pro followed by cut down free version
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.zonelabs.com/
Kerio Personal Firewall
Firewall
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.kerio.com/
Sygate Firewall
Firewall
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.sygate.com/
Outpost firewall
Firewall
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/
Startup Monitor
Tiny program. Monitors when programs try to set themselves to run at startup
and asks you if you wish to grant them permission. Can stop nasties.
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://mlin.net/
Office software (word processing etc.)
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EditPadLite
Notepad replacement
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
AbiWord
Lightweight word processor
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://www.abisource.com/
602PCSuite
Office replacement
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/business.html
OpenOffice.org 1.1.1
Full open source office suite
Contains adware/spyware: no
http://www.openoffice.org/
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Instant messaging and voice chat
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ICQ
Instant messaging, program. Allows the trading of files but ISNT P2P
software
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.icq.com
Trillian
IM client, which can interface with all the major ones, like MSN, AOL, etc.
Free.
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/
Yahoo messenger
IM client
Contains adware / spyware: unknown
http://messenger.yahoo.com/
MSN messenger
IM client
Contains adware / spyware: unknown
http://messenger.msn.com/
CW Communicator
(Freeware) Send Morse code across the internet
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://morsecodeonweb.homestead.com/CWCOMMUNICATOR.html
Teamspeak
Free Voice communication program, speak to your mates abroad for free
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.teamspeak.org/
Ventrilo
Voice Communication Package
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.ventrilo.com/
Gamevoice
Voice Communication Package
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.gamevoice.com/gamevoice.asp
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Web browsers |
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Mozilla
Web browser
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/
Opera
Quick web browser with built in email client
Contains adware / spyware: Free version has small advert.
http://www.opera.com/
Firefox
Tabbed browser from Mozilla
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
GreenBrowser
Web browser that uses the IE settings but enables tabbed browsing
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.morequick.com/indexen.htm
MyIE2
Tabbed browser (Based on IE Shell)
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.myie2.com/
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Email clients and utilities |
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Foxmail
E-mail client with built-in pop server preview/delete [similar to
MailWasher]
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://fox.foxmail.com.cn/english.htm
Pegasus Mail
Extremely (if not excessively!) well featured email program.
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.pmail.com/
Mozilla Thunderbird
Email and News application
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
YahooPOPs!
Retrieve/send email from a yahoo account using a standard email client
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://yahoopops.sourceforge.net/
Quickdelete
Check emails on the server without having to download.
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.yeti-soft.de/eng/
Mailwasher
Allows you to preview and delete mail before downloading. Anti-spam tool
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.mailwasher.net/
PostCast Server
Run a mail server on your own PC
Contains adware / spyware: unknown
http://www.postcastserver.com/ |
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Other net tools |
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SmartFTP
FTP client
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.smartftp.com/
FileZilla
Open Source FTP client with a drag-and-drop interface.
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://filezilla.sourceforge.net
Leech FTP
Freeware FTP client
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~jdebis/leechftp/
Typsoft FTP
FTP server
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://en.typsoft.com/
PuTTY
Free SSH/Telnet client
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
Fresh Download
Download manager
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.freshdevices.com/
DLExpert v0.98
Freeware download manager
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.yanew.com/
Sam Spade for Windows
Net tool for performing traces and gaining information on internet users /
sites. Used for spam fighting and general net detective work.
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.samspade.org/
OE QuoteFix
Allows user to configure how Outlook Express quotes when replying to
messages
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://flash.to/oe-quotefix/
Unbrand IE/OE
Removes branding (e.g. provided by Freeserve) in these applications
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/unbrand.htm
Free Surfer MkII
Pop Up Stopper (for IE)
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/
Google toolbar
Pop-up stopper and search interface
Contains adware / spyware: unknown
http://toolbar.google.com/ |
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Audio, video and graphics |
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Exact Audio Copy
CD ripper/burner & basic audio editor
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.exactaudiocopy.org/
Note: this is "cardware" and you are required to send a postcard to register
mkwACT
Lossless audio compression [shorten format] converter
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://home.att.net/~mkw/mkwact.html
FLAC
Lossless audio compression [flac format] converter
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=FLAC
Monkey's Audio
Lossless audio compression [ape format] converter
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.monkeysaudio.com/
dBPowerAMP Music Converter
Convert between various audio formats
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
Multi-Frontend
Convert between various audio formats
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://members.home.nl/w.speek/multi.htm
WavTrim
Remove silence from start/end of WAVs
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.logiccell.com/~mp3trim/
Winamp media player
Media player (for lower spec pc's Winamp 2.x. Later spec pc's Winamp 3.x)
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.winamp.com
Twins Video Player
Plays videos with quite a few options available. Playlist options, slow
motion options etc.
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.twins-software.com/
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder
Create windows media format sound and video files, or stream across the
internet!
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
Audacity
Freebie Sound editor
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Ultraplayer
MP3/CD/video player for windows (I think Linux version available not 100%
though)
For those that find Winamp too bulky, nice compact easy to use, will read
playlist files from Winamp as well
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.ultraplayer.com/
QuickTime
Apple's media player
Contains adware / spyware: unknown
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
ID3 tag remover
removes ID3 and ID2 tags from MP3`s so Winamp / Ultraplayer show the file
name... easier for renaming stuff
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.marre.org/id3remover/
Irfanview
Compact, easy to use image viewer.
Plug-ins available to view many other file types
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.irfanview.com/
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Miscellaneous (i.e. I didn't know where else to put them)
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Weatherpulse
A good little program which you can configure for your local weather
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/weatherpulse.html
SatScape
Free Track hundred of satelites in real-time anywhere in the world
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.satscape.co.uk/
Celestia
Free Real-time space simulation
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
Fractint
Make pretty pictures (Fractal generator)
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/fractint.html
SETI@home
Screensaver that helps process the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Word Web
Offline Dictionary (Freeware version at bottom of page)
Contains adware / spyware: no
http://wordweb.info/free/ |
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