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Windows Software
Browsers/Browser Extensions
Firefox
Firefox web browser | Faster, more secure, & customizable
Opera
Opera browser: Home page [TCi]
Maxthon
Maxthon Browser - Full-Featured Browser [Paul Adams]
Ghostzilla (secret surfing)
ghostzilla.com Coming Soon! [0iD]
Google Toolbar (search tools, popup blocker)
Google Toolbar [Jiff Lemon]
ieSpell (spellchecker for Internet Explorer)
ieSpell - Spell Checker add-on for Internet Explorer [Zathras]
K9 (spam filter)
Robin Keir's home page - Software - K9 [Zathras]
Mail PV (recovers passwords from POP3 mail accounts in a variety of programs)
[Jiff Lemon]
FTP
FileZilla
FileZilla - The free FTP solution [wilkied]
SmartFTP
SmartFTP - FTP Client [BUFF]
Multimedia
Media Player Classic (a meg big player, will play ANYTHING)
SourceForge.net: Files [directhex]
RealAlternative (non-bloated alternative to RealPlayer)
RealAlternative v. 1.04 [Moby-Dick]
QTAlternative (non-bloated alternative to QuickTime)
Free-Codecs.com : QuickTime Alternative 2.2.0 : QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player. [BUFF]
LAME (MP3 encoder)
LAME MP3 Encoder [Dr. X]
GIMP (image manipulation program)
GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program [Ravens Nest]
WinAmp (media player)
Winamp Media Player - MP3, Multimedia, and Music Player [Dorza]
Quintessential Player (CD player)
Quintessential Player » Play, Rip, Manage and Enjoy your music [Dorza]
IrfanView (free image viewer/resizer/converter)
IrfanView - Official Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide [Paul Adams]
Paint.NET (Photshop Alternative)
Redirecting ...[chinny]
Foxit PDF Reader (Lightweight PDF Viewer)
Foxit Software[chinny]
FastStone Image Viewer (Lightweight Image Editor)
FastStone Image Viewer, Screen Capture, Photo Resizer ...[this_is_gav]
Networking Utils
NetStumbler (locate wireless networks)
NetStumbler.com [Caged]
PuTTY (SSH client)
PuTTY: a free telnet/ssh client [DaBeeeenster]
Radmin (remote administration tool)
PC Remote Access Software - Radmin 3 Remote Control - fast remote desktop access, secure remote computer control [Howard]
TCPView (view all currently active network connections on your system)
[Paul Adams]
CD/DVD Authoring/Ripping/Emulation
burnatonce (Free Nero-equivalent CD copying/authoring)
[directhex]
Alcohol 120% (CD copying)
CD and DVD Burning Software - Alcohol 120% - Alcohol 52% and Alcohol 52% Free [Jiff Lemon]
Daemon Tools (CD/DVD emulation, image mounting)
THE DAEMONS HOME [DaBeeeenster]
Exact Audio Copy (CD ripping)
Introduction » Exact Audio Copy [Dr. X]
Autorun.inf Maker
Autorun.inf Maker [petrefax]
dBpowerAMP (CD ripping)
dBpoweramp Music Converter [Ravens Nest]
MagicISO (create/open/burn ISOs to CDs/DVDs - useful for VirtualPC)
Compression
WinRAR
WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files [Jiff Lemon]
7zip
7-Zip [wilkied]
UPX (makes executables compressed but still directly executable)
UPX: the Ultimate Packer for eXecutables - Homepage [Zathras]
TugZip
TUGZip - The Free Archiving Utility [this_is_gav]
System Utils
Powertoys for XP
Windows XP: Home Page [Jiff Lemon]
Startup Control Panel (lists startup programs)
Mike Lin's Home Page [TiG]
DriverGuide Toolkit (backs up all drivers into 1 file)
DriverGuide.com - DriverGuide Toolkit [petrefax]
Driver cleaner (cleans up old ATI and nVidia drivers prior to installing new versions)
[Ravens Nest]
AutoRuns (view/edit all auto-starting programs on your system)
Process Explorer (incredibly well-featured task manager)
CPU-Z (quick tool to identify chipset, CPU type & memory configuration)
CPUID
Unlocker (unlock files which are locked by an application to allow deletion, moving or renaming.)
UNLOCKER 1.8.5 BY CEDRICK 'NITCH' COLLOMB [this_is_gav]
UDI - unknown Device Identifer (Identifies unknown devices within windows and also has the ability to source drivers for some of them.)
Unknown Device Identifier - Freeware Download [Lee@Scan]
CC:Cleaner (system optimization and privacy tool)
CCleaner - Home [godsdog]
Spyware/Adware Removal
Spybot Search & Destroy
The home of Spybot-S&D! [Jiff Lemon]
Ad-Aware
[Ravens Nest]
Microsoft AntiSpyware (beta)
Windows Defender - Spyware Protection for Free
Anti-Virus
AVG
AVG Anti-Virus and Internet Security - Welcome - [josh.co.uk]
Anti-virus:
Avast! (x64 & free versions available)
avast! antivirus software - computer virus, worm and Trojan protection by ALWIL Software
NOD32 (x64 version available)
Anti Virus Free Download - Free Anti Virus Download of NOD32 from ESET
EICAR TEST FILE (test your AV functionality safely)
eicar | THE ANTI-VIRUS OR ANTI-MALWARE TEST FILE
Rootkit Revealer (check for rootkits)
Misc
RBTray (adds right-click and send-to-system-tray facility to any app) DEAD LINK?
[DaBeeeenster]
Icon Restore (saves & restores icon layout)
Icon Restore [Zathras]
RadLinker (allows forcing of AA/AF in games that
[Ravens Nest]
Hexplorer (hex editior)
SourceForge.net: Files [Paul Adams]
NoClone (searches / removes duplicate files )
Reasonable NoClone 2007 - Find and remove duplicate files, true byte-by-byte comparison [Splash]
Linux Software
Browsers/Browser Extensions
Firefox
Firefox web browser | Faster, more secure, & customizable
Opera
Opera browser: Home page [TCi]
"Application" Linux
NSLU-Linux : (Turn a Linksys NAS box into a multi-function server)
NSLU2-Linux - Main / HomePage browse [peterb]
Websites
Networking tools
Free software downloads, audio tools, internet utilities, DirectX plugins, original MP3 music, MIDI software, web tools, and much more! /// AnalogX [Moby-Dick]
Windows Support Centre
Windows Support Center [Moby-Dick]
Bookmarklets (extends the search & surf capabilities of IE and Netscape)
Bookmarklets Home Page - free tools for power surfing [Zathras]
DVD-R/RW 'How To' guides
VideoHelp.com - Forum, Guides, Tools and hardware lists [petrefax]
Athlon identifier
HWspirit.com :: Tools - [petrefax]
Windows Updates
Microsoft Windows Update [josh.co.uk]
Fast mirroring site for the UK
ftp.mirror.ac.uk [Big RICHARD]
Lots of Linux/UNIX software
freshmeat.net: Welcome to freshmeat.net [ingouk]
Windows skinning guide
Samurize 0.85b Visual Tutorial [petrefax]
Fast Tucows mirror for BlueYonder users
Tucows Downloads - Download Freeware and Shareware Software [ingouk]
Online TV listings
FreeGuide - your TV Guide [Halo]
Free security tools
[0iD]
Online penetration tests / spyware scans
Firewall Test, Web Tools and Free Internet Security Audit [47 65 65 6b]
Windows freeware utils
[0iD]
Freeware software
FREEWARE LINKS [0iD]
Freeware/shareware software
Free downloads encyclopedia - Softpedia [Dorza]
CD image with all the best open source software on it
Open CD project [Az]
Open Office
OpenOffice.org: Home [KeZZer]
AbiWord (Lightweight Word Processor)
AbiWord [godsdog]
Home PC Firewall Guide
Home PC Firewall Guide [killkoy]
