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Free Software and Utilities
Anti-Spyware/Malware
| Ad-Aware Privacy - stay protected while searching & surfing the web |
| Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner |
| HijackThis 2.05 - produces an indepth registry report, useful for identifying malware |
| Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware |
| Spybot S&D - detects and removes spyware |
| Spyware Blaster |
| SUPERAntiSpyware |
Anti-Virus
| Avast | |
| AVG Anti-Virus | |
| ClamWin AntiVirus | |
| Panda Free Antivirus | |
| Trend Micro HouseCall - Free Online Virus Scan |
Audio/Video
| Audacity - Cross-Platform Sound Editor |
| DivX - media player + codec pack |
| iTunes |
| LAME MP3 Encoder |
| Miro Video Converter |
| Miro 3.5 - music and video player |
| MP3 Trim & WAVTrim - Clean up Wav and MP3 files |
| Media Player Classic Home Cinema - Audio and video player |
| MPlayer - video player |
| Open Broadcaster Software - Free, open source software for live streaming and recording |
| Quicktime - media player |
| RealPlayer - media player |
| ShareX - video and screen capture |
| ShotCut - cross-platform video editor |
| VLC Media Player |
Backup
| Dropbox - online file storage |
| EaseUS Backup |
| FileFort Backup Software |
| Google Drive |
| iDrive - Free online backup service |
| pCloud - Europe's most secure cloud storage |
CD-Burning
| CDBurnerXP |
| Roxio UDF Volume Reader |
| Gmail - free web based email |
| Pegasus Mail - the internets longest-serving PC e-mail system |
| Thunderbird E-mail - free email application |
| Thunderbird Lightning Calendar - cross-platform calendar |
Firewalls
| Comodo Personal Firewall |
| Filseclab Personal Firewall |
| ZoneAlarm Free Firewall |
FTP
| CoffeeCup Free FTP |
| Core FTP |
| Filezilla FTP |
Image/Photo Editing + Clipart
| BRL-CAD - open source cross-platform solid modeling system |
| Daily Clip Art - free clip art |
| Fresh View - Multimedia Viewer |
| GIMP - Image + photo editing |
| GIMPShop - free alternative to Photoshop |
| Greenshot - screen capture tool for Windows |
| Inkscape - Free image editing and drawing program |
| IrfanView - Graphics viewer, covers all main image formats |
| Krita - sketching and painting program |
| Paint.net - Image + photo editing |
| PhotoFiltre - Image retouching program |
| Remove.bg - removes the background from photos |
| Scribus - Open source desktop publishing |
| Shutter - screen capture tool for Linux |
Instant Messaging/Social Networking
| Camfrog - video chat |
| Miranda NG - IM client |
| ooVoo - video chat |
| Pidgin - chat client |
| Signal - IM client |
| Skype |
| Telegram - IM client |
Misc System Utilties
| Advanced System Care - one-click approach to help protect, repair, clean, and optimize your PC |
| Atomic Clock Syn - Keep your PC's clock accurate |
| Belarc Advisor - provides a detailed audit of your PCs hardware and software |
| Bootdisk.com - Download bootdisks for older Microsoft Operating Systems |
| CCleaner - system optimisation, privacy and cleaning tool |
| Comodo System Cleaner - system optimisation, privacy and cleaning tool |
| CPU-Z - collects system information |
| DBAN Data Wiping Software |
| EasyCleaner - Windows registry cleaner |
| Eraser - remove sensitive data |
| FreeUndelete - restores deleted files |
| Fresh Diagnose - analyse and benchmark your computer system |
| Fresh UI - optimise and customise windows settings |
| Glary Utilities - pc maintenance suite |
| LSP-Fix - repairs winsock 2 settings |
| PC Inspector File Recovery |
| RegSeeker - windows registry cleaner |
| Recovery Toolbox for CD Free - tool for recovering data from damaged CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-Ray discs |
| Recuva - file recovery |
| SpeedFan - allows you to monitor voltages, fan speeds, and temperatures |
| TestDisk - data recovery software |
| TOKIWA DataRecovery - data recovery software |
| Ultimate Boot CD |
| VirtualBox - general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware |
| WinMerge - compare both folders and files |
| Windows Password Recovery Tools |
| Wise Registry Cleaner |
Office
| Adobe Acrobat Reader - View and print PDF files |
| BB Edit - professional HTML and text editor for macOS |
| Bean - word processor designed for MAC 0S X |
| Brackets - lightweight, yet powerful, modern text editor |
| Foxit Reader - small and fast PDF viewer |
| GnuCash - personal and small-business financial-accounting software |
| Google Docs - create and share your documents online |
| LibreOffice - personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and GNU/Linux |
| LyX – word processor designed for scientists and researchers |
| Note++ - simple plain text editor |
| NoteTab Light - feature-rich text editor |
| Open Office - free and open productivity suite |
| Online2PDF - Online PDF-Converter |
| PDFCreator - create PDFs from any program that is able to print |
| PrimoPDF - PDF creation tool |
Others
| Convert - unit conversion program |
| FreeMind - mind mapping software |
| Fresh Download - download manager |
| Google Earth - world's geographical information at your fingertips |
| Hayley's Tables - a great free kids multiplication game |
| iDailyDiary - keep your own diary |
| Juice - cross-platform podcast receiver |
| KeePass - password manager |
| RSSOwl - powerful news feed reader |
| Xenu Link Checker - Check your website for broken links |
| Xmind - mind mapping software |
VPN
| Hotspot Shield |
| OpenVPN |
| ProtonVPN |
Web Browsers + Plugins
| Firefox |
| Google Chrome |
| Java - plugin used by many websites |
| K-Meleon |
| Konqueror - Linux only |
| Maxthon |
| Microsoft Edge |
| Mozilla Seamonkey |
| Opera |
| Safari |
ZIP Utilities
| 7-Zip - file archiver |
| ExtractNow - extract multiple archives at the same time |
| Info-ZIP - create/extract zip files |