Most popular applications for 2011.
For XP, Vista, Windows 7
All of these applications are Reliable, and WORK GREAT in most any system.
This software is FREE...and ALL are malware/spyware CLEAN...
Links are directly to the developers/providers site so you can check out all the details and features of an application.
You ALWAYS get the up-to-date version
Optional items or toolbars are sometimes auto-selected in freeware, so be sure to deselect these during your software installation..
**MUST Have apps. for ANY OS**
Adobe Reader; Flash Player; AIR; Shockwave Player; http://www.adobe.com/downloads/
CCLeaner; http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download
DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer; http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...displaylang=en
Java; http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
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1) Anti-Virus/Security;
Avast Free AV; http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download
AVG Free; http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Vi...dlPid=11014801
Avira Free; http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus
Comodo; http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/free-download.html
Microsoft Security Essentials; http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/secur...s/default.aspx
Panda USB Vaccine; (USB anti-malware) http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeuse...ds/usbvaccine/
SpywareBlaster; http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/
Sandboxie;http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?DownloadSandboxie
2) Audio;
Audacity; http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
EAC-Exact Audio Copy; http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
FreeCommander; http://www.freecommander.com/index.htm
Power Sound Editor Free; http://www.free-sound-editor.com/
Rename Master; http://www.joejoesoft.com/cms/showpage.php?cid=108
Songbird; http://getsongbird.com/product/
3) Browsers;
Avant Browser; http://www.avantbrowser.com/default.aspx?uil=en-US
Firefox; http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/Mozbackup; http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/
Google Chrome; http://www.google.com/chrome/index.h...&utm_medium=ha
kylo; http://kylo.tv/
Opera; http://www.opera.com/
RockMelt (beta); http://www.rockmelt.com/
SpaceTime-3D Browser/search; http://www.spacetime.com/home.php
4) CD/DVD Burning & Tools;
bitRipper- DVD to AVI software; http://www.bitripper.com/
CDBurnerXP; http://cdburnerxp.se/
BurnAware Free; http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html
DeepBurner; http://www.deepburner.com/index.php
DVDShrink; http://www.dvdshrink.org/
Free Easy CD DVD Burner; http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.html
Free ISO Burner; http://www.freeisoburner.com/
ImgBurn; http://www.imgburn.com/
Infra Recorder;http://infrarecorder.org/
Nero Kwik Media; http://www.nero.com/enu/downloads-nbl-free.php
5) Codec packs;
CCCP; http://www.cccp-project.net/wiki/ind...itle=Main_Page
K-Lite Codec pack; http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
Shark007; http://shark007.net/win7codecs.html
6) CPU, Hardware & Memory testing tools;
CPUID; http://www.cpuid.com/
CoreTemp; http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
Disk Benchmark; http://www.attotech.com/products/pro...Disk_Benchmark
IntelBurn Test; http://majorgeeks.com/IntelBurnTest_d5987.html
Memtest86; http://www.memtest.org/
Prime95; http://www.mersenne.org/
RealTemp; http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/
SIW - System Information for Windows; http://www.gtopala.com/
7) Data & File Recovery - In order of user ratings…
Recuva; http://www.piriform.com/recuva/features
Mini-Tool; http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/
EASEUS; http://www.easeus.com/product.htm
PC Inspector; http://www.pcinspector.de/default.htm?language=1
TestDisc; http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download
PhotoRec; http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
Restoration; http://www.aumha.org/a/recover.php
8) Encryption;
TrueCrypt; http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads
AxCrypt; http://www.axantum.com/axcrypt/
dsCrypt; http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulif...ezip/freeware/
Pismo File Mount; http://www.pismotechnic.com/pfm/ap/
9) Extraction and Compression;
7zip; http://www.7-zip.org/
ExtractNow; http://www.extractnow.com/
HaoZip; http://www.haozip.com/Eng/index_en.htm
IZArc; http://www.izarc.org/
PeaZip; http://www.peazip.org/
Universal Extractor; http://legroom.net/software/uniextract
Winrar; http://www.win-rar.com/download.html
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10) File transfer & sharing;
JDownloader; http://jdownloader.org/
Free Download Manager; http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
Live SkyDrive-(25GB Windows cloud file share); http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...e-file-storage
PeerBlock; http://www.peerblock.com/
Shareaza; http://shareaza.sourceforge.net/
Tixati; (+1) http://www.tixati.com/
uTorrent; http://www.utorrent.com/
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a) FTP Clients*
FileZilla; http://filezilla-project.org/
PuTTY; http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
WinSCP; http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction
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11) Hash tools;
WinMD5Free; http://www.winmd5.com/download/winmd5free.zip
HashTab; http://www.implbits.com/Products/HashTab.aspx
HashMyFiles; http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/hash_my_files.html
HashCheck Shell Extension; http://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/
Marxio File Checksum Verifier; http://download.cnet.com/Marxio-File...b_content;main
Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier; http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...3-7365c1686c08
MD5summer (Windows MD5 Sum generator); http://download.cnet.com/MD5summer/3...-10050856.html
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12) Home & OFFICE;
CSVed; http://csved.sjfrancke.nl/index.html
Everything Search: http://www.voidtools.com/
FileLocator Lite; http://www.mythicsoft.com/Page.aspx?...&page=download
FreeOCR; http://www.paperfile.net/
Microsoft Mathematics; http://www.microsoft.com/education/t...atics_4.0.aspx
NFOPad; http://thd.dyndns.org/s_nfopad.php
Q10; http://www.baara.com/q10/
SimpleOCR; http://www.simpleocr.com/
Speckie-Spell check for IE; also for IE9 http://www.speckie.com/home/
Stickies - Any Windows OS; http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
Total Commander (file manager); http://www.ghisler.com/index.htm
Wunderlist (great task manager); http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist/
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a) MICROSOFT Office Alternatives*
LibreOffice; http://www.libreoffice.org/
OpenOffice.org; http://www.openoffice.org/
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b) PDF readers/writers*
Bullzip PDF Printer; http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php#download
CutePDF; http://www.cutepdf.com/
doPDF; http://www.dopdf.com/
Foxit PDF reader; http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/
Nitro PDF Reader; http://www.nitroreader.com/
PDFill PDF Editor; http://www.pdfill.com/download.html
PDF Creator; http://www.pdfforge.org/
PDF-XChange; http://www.tracker-software.com/prod...xchange-viewer
Sumatra PDF; http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/...df-reader.html
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13) Image & Photo Editing;
Artweaver; http://www.artweaver.de/home-en/
GIMP; http://www.gimp.org/
IrfanView; http://www.irfanview.com/
Inkscape-vector graphics editor; http://inkscape.org/
Paint.NET; http://www.getpaint.net/download.html
PhotoFiltre; http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm
PhotoWipe; (magic eraser) http://www.hanovsolutions.com/?prod=PhotoWipe
Picasa; http://picasa.google.com/#utm_campai...tm_term=picasa
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a) Creative tools*
AniFX- cursor creator; http://icofx.ro/anifx/index.html
GIF Viewer; http://www.gifviewer.org/
IcoFX- icon creator; http://icofx.ro/
PicPick; http://www.picpick.org/
PowerBullet Presenter; http://powerbullet.com/info.php
14) ISO tools;
Alchohol 52% Free Edition; http://www.free-downloads.net/progra...utmk=233181854
Daemon Tools; http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads
ei.cfg removal tool; http://code.kliu.org/misc/win7utils/
MagicDisc; http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/mi...c-overview.htm
Virtual CloneDrive http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher; http://code.kliu.org/misc/win7utils/
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(Free use up to 300mb file size)
Magic ISO; http://www.magiciso.com/
Power ISO; http://www.poweriso.com/
Ultra ISO; http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/download.htm
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15) Malware detection and removal;
Malwarebytes; http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Ad-Aware; http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware.php
Emsisoft Anti-Malware; http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/antimalware/
GMER; http://www.gmer.net/
HijackThis; http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/
Kaspersky Online Scanner; http://www.kaspersky.com.my/virusscanner.php
RKill; http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic308364.html
Sophos Anti-Rootkit; http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products.../download.aspx
Spybot Search and Destroy; http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
SUPERAntiSpyware; http://www.superantispyware.com/index.html
Trend Micro HouseCall - Free Online Virus Scan; http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
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16) Media Players & Centers;
AIMP; http://www.aimp.ru/
GOM Player; http://www.gomlab.com/eng/GMP_download.html
KMPlayer; http://www.kmplayer.com/korea/index.php
Media Player Classic; http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/
Kantaris; http://kantaris.org/
QuickTime; http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
UMPlayer; http://www.umplayer.com/
VLC Player;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
WINAMP; http://www.winamp.com/
Zune; http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/s...ad/default.htm Offline installer; http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...displaylang=en
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a) Media Centers*
Ashampoo ClipFinder HD- Online video finder/viewer; https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/...-ClipFinder-HD
Boxee; http://www.boxee.tv/
Hulu-desktop; http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop
MediaPortal; http://www.team-mediaportal.com/
XBMC- player and media center app.; http://xbmc.org/about/
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17) Programming;
Code::Blocks; http://www.codeblocks.org/
ConTEXT; http://www.contexteditor.org/
Crimson Editor; http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
Flashdevelop;http://osflash.org/flashdevelop
GetDiz; http://www.outertech.com/en/notepad-replacement
HxD; http://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD
Notepad++; http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Programmer's Notepad; http://www.pnotepad.org/
SharpDevelop; http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/
Win32Pad; http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction
18) Remote access and remote support;
TeamViewer; http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/index.aspx
Join.me; https://join.me/
LogMeIn; http://help.logmein.com/SelfServiceDownloads
Mikogo; http://www.mikogo.com/product/what-is-mikogo/
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19) System Tools;
Advanced SystemCare Free (all-in-one); http://www.iobit.com/advancedsystemcareper.html
EasyBCD; http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
GLARY All-In-One; http://www.glaryutilities.com/
Hiren's BootCD; http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/
Inno Setup (installer); http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
Kiwi-program monitor/tweak; http://drinkprog.com/kiwi/
MGA Diagnostic tool; http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012
.NET Framework- All versions; http://www.askvg.com/what-is-microso...rsions-inside/
pserv (pserv.cpl replacement); http://p-nand-q.com/gtools/pserv3.html
System Nucleus-tweak and monitor; http://www.spencerberus.com/projects.aspx
TweakNow PowerPack; http://tweaknow.com/powerPack.php
TweakUI for XP;http://download.cnet.com/Tweak-UI/30...-10002117.html
Ultimate Windows Tweaker; http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultima...ista#more-1957
Unlocker; http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/
Unknown Device Identifier; http://www.zhangduo.com/udi.html
WinMend Auto Shutdown; http://www.winmend.com/auto-shutdown/
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a) Defragmentation*
Auslogics Defrag; http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/
Defraggler; http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
MyDefrag; http://www.mydefrag.com/
O&O Defrag; http://www.oo-software.com/free/en/
Smart Defrag;http://download.cnet.com/Smart-Defra...nt;contentMain
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b) Disk Utilities*
Active KillDisc; http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm
CrystalDiskInfo-HDD/SSD utility; http://crystalmark.info/software/Cry...o/index-e.html
DBAN; http://www.dban.org/about
GParted; http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
HotSwap! http://mt-naka.com/hotswap/index_enu.htm
HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool; http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk...-10974082.html
NoDrives Manager (hide windows drives); http://nodrvman.sourceforge.net/
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c) DOCKS for Windows*
ObjectDock; http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/ ...+1
Nexus by Winstep; http://www.winstep.net/index.asp
XWindows Dock http://xwdock.aqua-soft.org/
Ultimate Docks collection; http://www.askvg.com/ultimate-collec...s-for-windows/
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d) Driver tools*
Double Driver; View, backup and restore Windows drivers. http://www.boozet.org/download.htm
Driver Genius-Driver backup tool; Free to try (Drivers download disabled) http://www.driver-soft.com/
Driver Magician; http://www.drivermagician.com/Lite.htm
DriverMax; (requires free registration for full features) http://www.drivermax.com/index.htm
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e) File Splitter*
FFSJ-file splitter/joiner; http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~hoangle/filesj/
Free File Splitter; http://www.filesplitter.org/
GSplit; http://www.gdgsoft.com/gsplit/index.aspx
HJsplit; http://www.hjsplit.org/
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f) Password Managers*
KeePass Password Safe; http://keepass.info/
LastPass; https://lastpass.com/
Password Safe; http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/
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g) Startup Managers*
Autoruns for Windows (startup manager); http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...rnals/bb963902
BootVis (XP startup manager);http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664
Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel; http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Startup Delayer; http://www.r2.com.au/page/products/show/startdelay
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h) Uninstallers*
IObit Uninstaller; http://www.iobit.com/advanceduninstaller.html
Revo Uninstaller free version; http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_..._download.html
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i) Virtualization*
Paragon GO Virtual; http://www.paragon-software.com/home/go-virtual/
VirtualBox; http://www.virtualbox.org/
Virtual PC/XP Mode; Windows 7 Pro & Ult. only- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/
VMware software trial evaluation; https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=default
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20) Video Downloaders and Converters;
Any Video Converter; http://www.any-video-converter.com/p...or_video_free/
CamStudio; http://camstudio.org/
Feemake Video Downloader(40+ sites support); http://www.freemake.com/free_video_downloader/
Freemake Video Converter (200+ Input Formats); http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/
Hamster Free Video Converter; http://videoconverter.hamstersoft.com/en/
Handbrake; http://handbrake.fr/
iMedia Converter; http://www.iskysoft.com/imedia-converter-windows.html
MediaCoder; http://www.mediacoderhq.com/
Orbit Downloader; http://www.orbitdownloader.com/
WinX DVD Ripper; http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper/
21) Other apps.
DOSBox- DOS emulator; http://www.dosbox.com/information.php?page=0
FREEOPENER (multi-file opener/player); http://www.freeopener.com/
GameSave Manager; http://gsm.duncsweb.com/
Mozilla Thunderbird-multiple email client;http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
Open++ (context menu); http://download.cnet.com/Open/3000-2094_4-10743609.html
Path Copy; http://download.cnet.com/Path-Copy/3...4-1487176.html
Skype; http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home
TeraCopy; (faster copier) http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
Tweaks.com Logon Changer for Windows 7; http://tweaks.com/software/tweakslogon/
World Clock; http://www.wimsprograms.com/programs.html#wclock30
UNetbootin-Linux; http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
Our DATA is always most important.
Some options below are not FREE, but compared to their low cost they are invaluable…!
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22) Data backup Only;
Paid- Continuous, auto backup and 24/7 secure and encrypted.
Access to your files from any PC in the world for less than $5 a month.
Unlimited storage. 15 day risk-free trial…
Carbonite; http://www.carbonite.com/
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Free data backup (up to 2GB)
Availability from anywhere-sync and sharing
Pro 50 (50GB max.) for $9.99 a month
Dropbox; http://www.dropbox.com/
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Free data backup (up to 2GB)
Simple online backup for only $5.99 a month (up to 50GB max.)
MOZY; https://mozy.com/home/
23) Image and Data backup;
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FREE Backup
Comodo Backup; http://www.comodo.com/home/data-stor...odo-backup.php
EASEUS Todo Backup Home; http://www.todo-backup.com/products/...p-software.htm
GFI Backup 2011; http://www.gfi.com/pages/backup-freeware.asp
Macrium Reflect (free version imaging only); http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
Paragon Backup and Recovery 2011; http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/
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PAID backup
Acronis True Image; http://www.acronis.com/
Norton Ghost; http://us.norton.com/ghost/
