HEXUS.freeware list

[gss03]

Sophos have released a free mac Anti-Virus application today (2/11/2010).
Sophos AV for Mac

[CHiLL]

CCleaner - Great for getting rid of temp files and has a built-in registry cleaner.
Defraggler - Nice little defragmentation tool
Media Player Classic - Plays any media
VLC Media Player - Plays any media
ImgBurn - Bruning tool
JDisk - Tree view of data on a disc
Memtest - For checking memory
Network Notepad - For designing networks
Notepad++ - Advanced Notepad
AllWaySunc - Nice backup/transfer tool.

[Ultima2876]

Pixelformer is an awesome free image editor targeted at pixel art but with a photoshop-like interface. It's pretty epic.

For programming in AS3 I use FlashDevelop, and absolutely incedible IDE for programming flash games/apps/movies.

[iloveRicers]

+1 internetz

[Zadock]

Can I suggest that we add google sketch-up to the list? I know its technically not freeware but the free version is not exactly limited

Brilliant piece of software, I love it its so easy to use.

[Paulus]

Antivirus:
Microsoft Security Essentials
Sandboxie (not antivirus - runs processes in sandboxes, so that all changes made are redirected to a single folder and your system remains intact) - sometimes has a 5 second nag-screen for you to upgrade when starting a sandboxed process, but otherwise not intrusive.


Programming:
Eclipse - very good general IDE.
Netbeans - same as above, but I prefer Eclipse
Aptana (Eclipse plugin or standalone version of Eclipse with better support for JavaScript or HTML editing - I forget which)
Visual Studio 2010 Express - for C#, VB.NET, C++ etc. Free but only for non-commercial use. Probably the best C++ auto-complete available.

[pakendsuw]

foxit is another free pdf reader

[dave4jc]

I will include Lightworks. Totally free!

[watercooled]

Just found a really useful (IMO) app for saving + restoring desktop icon positions. I tried Stardock Fences but it was a bit much for what I wanted, I don't organise my desktop into categories (documents/apps/etc) but I like to group icons together. For instance, if I'm working on a project I like to group related stuff together to make it easier to find. However, when you install new video drivers, it scatters your icons all over the screen - I was taking a screenshot and manually re-organising but it's a real PITA. This little app lets you take a snapshot of icon positions then restore them later - simple.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

[pipTheGeek]

I hadn't noticed this thread existed. If anyone is actally updating this thread then I would like to add.
Synergy - Great app that allows the mouse / keyboard from one PC to be used to control several others.

K-Lite codec pack - umm, its a codec pack.

http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ - This is a password reset / registry editing tool for windows.

[Jace007]

Thanks ppl , nice list

[tumbledragon]

KM Player is no longer updated, the original developer is now working on Pot Player instead. It's my media player of choice.

[Tonka777]

File Blender

A very handy little drag and drop app for converting various file types. Particularly useful for converting png's and bmp's to jpeg for forum uploads etc.

[h4150h4150]

SSD and HDD tools:
- Clonezilla (clonezilla.org/)
- Easus Partition Manager (www.partition-tool.com/)

[CJ.UK]

Just in case anyone isn't already aware of it this website is incredibly useful:

http://ninite.com/

Great for installing and updating freeware.

[Phenom_965]

really interesting site Ninite! Thanks for sharing CJ.UK!