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The quality of software you can get for free on the internet is quite amazing, so we've put
together this carefully selected list. There are
alternatives
to
most of
the titles here, but it is a good place to start
before spending lots of money on software...
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Security
- AVG
Antivirus free edition
AVG
Free for Windows is a free anti-virus
protection tool developed by Grisoft
for home use.
- Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall
Concerned
that the Windows Firewall in WinXP isn't
checking any outgoing traffic from your PC?
It isn't!
- SpywareBlaster
Prevents
the installation of spyware and other potentially
harmful software.
- Spybot Search&Destroy
Detect
and remove spyware from
your computer.
- Lavasoft Ad-Aware Se Personal
Ad-Aware
Personal provides advanced protection from
known data-mining, aggressive advertising,
Trojans, dialers, malware, browser hijackers,
and tracking components.
- WinPatrol
As a
robust security
monitor, WinPatrol will alert you to hijackings,
malware attacks and critical
changes made to your computer without your
permission.
Graphics
- Picasa
Picasa
is software that helps you instantly find,
edit and share all the pictures on your PC.
- Paint.net
Image
and photo manipulation software.
- Gimp
Photo
retouching, image composition and image authoring.
- ArtRage
ArtRage
is a fun and easy to use painting tool for
Windows and Mac OSX that lets you play
with realistic paints on your computer.
- Pixel Toolbox
Excellent icon creation tool for Windows.
Browsers
- Mozilla
Firefox
Browse
the Web with confidence - Firefox protects
you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups.
Email
- Mozilla
Thunderbird
Enjoy
safe, fast, and easy email, with intelligent
spam filters, quick message search, and customizable
views. Supports RSS.
Utilities
- Foxit
PDF Reader
Lightning fast PDF reader.
- Primo PDF Creator
Create PDF documents from most applications
for free.
- EverNote
Quickly
create, organize and find any type of notes
on an endless,
digital roll of paper.
- IZArc
File archive utility that supports many formats.
- Captura
Allows you to take full or partial screen
shots and save them as JPG files.
- Cropper
Cropper is a screen capture utility written
in C# on the Microsoft .Net
platform.
- HTTrack Website Copier
Allows
you to download a World Wide Web site from
the Internet
to a local directory.
Multimedia
- Audacity
Audacity®
is free, open source software for recording
and editing sounds. Available for mac and
PC.
- Winamp
Multimedia
player, CD ripper and burner + more.
- dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC)
Convert
between different audio formats with a
simple right click.
- Juice
If
you want to listen to podcasts, this program
is for you.
CD / DVD
Software Suite
- OpenOffice
OpenOffice.org
is a multiplatform office
suite and an open-source project. Compatible
with all other major office suites.
Misc
- Pivot
Stickfigure Animator
Brilliant little program as an introduction
to creating stop-motion animation. Finished
projects can be exported as animated GIF
files.
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