Links to Freeware

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Freeware = programming that is offered at no cost, but it is copyrighted. Also, while free for personal use, you need to check the license agreement for details on commercial use.

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Anti Spyware & Privacy Utilities        Antivirus Programs        Antivirus Online Scanners        Backup Utilities
Boot Disks        CD & DVD Burning Tools        CD Ripping Tools        CD-RW Tools
Data Recovery Tools        Diagnostics      Disk Image Programs        Download Manager        Encryption Tools
E-mail Programs        E-mail Tools        File Managers        File Splitting Tools        Firewalls
FTP Servers & Clients        Hard Disk & Files Tools        Hex Editors        Media Player, MP3 Player & Codec
Microsoft Freeware        Miscellaneous        Must Have Portable Applications       Network Utilities        Office Suites        Operating Systems        Packing & Zipping    Pop-up Stopper        Remote Control        Registry Tools        Rescue CD        Security Tools        System Tweaking Tools        Utilities      Virtualization Tools        Viewers & Readers & PDF Creators        Virus Removal Tools       Webbrowser        Web page Editors

Anti Spyware & Privacy Utilities:

SpywareBlaster
SpywareGuard
Lavasoft Ad-aware
Spybot-S&D!
Bazooka Adware and Scanner
HijackThis
CWShredder (New download site, New version, New owner)
Hitman Pro
a-squared (a²) HiJackFree
Windows Defender
Super Winspy 3.02
Combofix or A guide and tutorial on using Combofix
Malwarebytes

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Antivirus Programs:

Avira AntiVir® Personal Version
Avast! Free Antivirus
AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition
BitDefender Free Edition v7
eTrust EZ Armor
ClamWin Free Antivirus
Comodo Antivirus

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Antivirus Online Scanners:

Jotti's malware scan
BitDefender ScanOnline
McAfee - FreeScan
Panda ActiveScan - Free online scanner
PC Pitstop AntiVirus Center
RAV AntiVirus - Scan Online
Symantec Security Check
Trend Micro - Free online virus Scan

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Backup Utilities:

SyncBack
Cobian Backup

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Boot disk:

Free Pc Tech Support - Boot Disk Downloads
Bootdisk.Com
Bart's Boot disks

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CD & DVD Burning Tools:

CDBurnerXP Pro
DeepBurner - Powerful CD and DVD burning package
DVD Shrink
burn4free
IMGBurn

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CD Ripping Tools:

Audiograbber
Focus Free CD Ripper

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CD/DVD Tools:

UnderCoverXP

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Data Recovery Tools:

PC INSPECTOR smart recovery
Disk Investigator
PC INSPECTOR File Recovery

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Diagnostics:

Lavalys - EVEREST Home Edition
BootVis
SIW - System Information for Windows

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Disk Image Programs:

DrvImagerXP 2.2 (Creates and Restores images of FAT32 and NTFS partitions for Windows2000/XP)
Roadkil's Disk Image
DriveImage XML Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from drives currently in use.

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Download Manager:

Download Express
LeechGet - The ultimate download utility
Free Download Manager

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Encryption Tools:

PGP - Pretty Good Privacy

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E-mail Programs:

Pegasus Mail
IncrediMail - Email has Finally Evolved
Thunderbird - Reclaim Your Inbox
MemeCode - Scribe
Geminisoft Pimmy
Koma-Mail (Requires no installation)

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E-mail Tools:

POP Peeper - Email Notification
PopTray Mail Notifier
Poppy for Windows

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File Managers:

2xExplorer
WazTree II
A43
freeCommander
ExplorerXP - Freeware file manager for Win2K/XP

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File Splitting Tools:

GSplit - Powerful File Splitter

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Firewalls:

Sygate Personal Firewall
Free ZoneAlarm
Agnitum Outpost Firewall
Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall

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FTP Servers & Clients:

The Personal FTP-Server v4.46
SmartFTP - FTP Client
FileZilla

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Hard Disk & File Tools:

Ranish Partition Manager
Disk Investigator
CONVAR & PCinspector Data Recovery
Disktective disk-space reporting tool for Windows
Piky Basket - Simplify the way you copy/paste files in Windows
System Wiper
Delpart Partitioning Tool

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Hex Editors:

Freeware Hex Editor
Tiny Hexer

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Media Player, MP3 Player & Codec:

Ace DivX Player - Free Divx Player
Winamp
Media Jukebox
UltraPlayer Digital Media Player
RealPlayer
Apple QuickTime (standalone installer)

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Microsoft Freeware:
    Windows Tools:
        SyncToy
        USB Flash Drive Manager
        Windows XP Screensaver
        ActiveSync
        Microsoft Color Control Panel
        Microsoft .NET Framework
        Microsoft Calculator-Plus
        Microsoft Windows Installer
        TweakUI
        Windows-Desktop Search
        Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
        Microsoft Photo Info 1.0
        Image Resizer
        Alt-Tab Replacement
    Multimedia Tools:
        Microsoft Max
        Photo Story
        Expression
        Group Shot
        Media Connect
        Powertoy Wallpaper Changer
        Video Cube
        Video Screensaver
        RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer
        Windows Media Player - Skins
        Windows Media Player - Visualizations
        Image Resize
    Security Tools:
        Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
        Microsoft Remove Hidden Data
        Port Reporter
        Account Lockout Status
        New Cipher.exe Tool
        PromqryUI
        Rights Management Add-On for Internet Explorer
        SubInACL
        Windows Defender
        Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool
    Office Tools:
        Lookout
        Debugging Tools
        Microsoft Time Zone
        Snapshot Viewer for Access
        Read in Microsoft Reader Add-in for MS Word
        SMS Sender
        SNARF
        PowerPoint Viewer 2003
        Excel Viewer 2003
        Word Viewer 2003
        Visio Viewer 2003
        Journal Viewer 1.5
        Oversized PST and OST crop tool utility to truncate an oversized .pst file back under 2 GB
    Internet Tools:
        Location Finder
        MSN Messenger
        Webcam Timershot
        MSN Screen Saver
        MSN Search Toolbar
        MSN Weather Add-in (for MSN Search)
        Remote Desktop Connection Software
        Search Result Clustering Toolbar
        Virtual WiFi

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Miscellaneous:

WinLibre - Free, Open Source Software for Windows (a rigorous selection of free, legal software for Windows 98, 2000, XP)
Freshdevices - Fresh and Free Utilities
Sysinternals Freeware - Advanced Utilities
Startup Inspector for Windows™
CdCoverCreator
AMP WinOFF 4.21 (an utility to shut down Windows computers automatically, with several working ways)
Microsoft Calculator Plus
REL Link Checker Lite
ForensiT User Profile Wizard (allows different Windows users to share the same profile on a machine)
Snippy (taking snapshots easy and without installing any software)
Universal Extractor (a program that extract files from any type of archive)
Camouflage (allows you to hide files by scrambling them and then attaching them to the file of your choice)
Remote Selector (is an add-on utility for PC DVD players with features like: Reagion Free, Disabling or forced subtitles...)
Returnil (Powerful technology that clones a copy of your Windows system into RAM)
Allway Sync is free file and folder synchronization software for Windows.

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Must Have Portable Applications:

Portable AbiWord - word processing made portable
Portable ClamWin AV - antivirus to go
Portable FileZilla - FTP in your pocket
Portable Firefox - your browser, your way... in your pocket
Portable Gaim - instant messaging made portable and secure
Portable GIMP - image editing on the go
Portable Miranda IM - compact, portable instant messaging
Portable NVU - web editing on the go
Portable OpenOffice.org - the complete office suite that's completely portable
Portable Sunbird - your calendar in your pocket, without a PDA
Portable Thunderbird - your email, on the go... no webmail required
Portable VLC media player - play your media anywhere
PortableApps.com Suite and PortableApps.com Platform

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Network Utilities:

dynamicIP v3
Angry IP Scanner

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Office Suites:

OpenOffice.org

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Operating Systems:

New Operating System, still in development - Still Alpha phase, but very promissing

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Packing & Zipping:

tugzip
7-Zip
ZipGenius
FilZip, Try a great, free zip program
Quickzip

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Pop-Up Stopper:

Pop-Up Stopper Free Edition