great freewares

[sam8240]

Here's a list of useful freeware applications, arranged alphabetically by category. If you wish to add to the list or make a correction, post your suggestion in this thread and I (or another mod) will revise the list.

Antivirus:
AVG - *www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
Avast - *www.avast.com/
AntiVir - *www.free-av.com/
Panda ActiveScan - *www.pandasoftware.com/activescan

Audio Players:
Foobar2000 - *www.foobar2000.org/
Sonique - *sonique.lycos.com/
iTunes - *www.apple.com/itunes/
jetAudio - *www.jetaudio.com/
QCD - *www.quinnware.com/
Winamp - *www.winamp.com/

Audio Utilities:
CDex - *cdexos.sourceforge.net/
dbPowerAMP Music Converter - *www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

CD Recording:
ASPI Drivers - *www.adaptec.com/worldwide/su...oduct/ASPI-4.70
CD/DVD Burner XP - *www.cdburnerxp.se/
Burn 4 Free - *www.burn4free.com/

CD Utilities:
Daemon Tools - *www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/portal.php

Download Managers:
WackGet - *millweed.com/projects/wackget/
LeechGet - *www.leechget.net/en/
wget for Windows - *xoomer.virgilio.it/hherold/

Encryption:
PGP Freeware Edition - *www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html
Axcrypt - *axcrypt.sourceforge.net/
GnuPG - *www.gnupg.org/

Firewall:
ZoneAlarm - *www.zonelabs.com/
Sygate Personal Firewall - *smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
Kerio Personal Firewall - *www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
Outpost - *www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html

GUI Utilities:
Tclock - *homepage1.nifty.com/kazubon/tclock/index.html
IconPhile - *www.virtualplastic.net/scrow/iphile.html
PowerMenu - *www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/
Glass2k - *www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
D-Color XP - *dliboon.freeshell.org/products/dcolor/index.php
CursorXP - *www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.html
MobyDock - *www.mobydock.com/
Samurize - *www.samurize.com/

Image Viewers:
IrfanView - *www.irfanview.com/
iBrowser - *ibrowser.fcodersoft.com/
AhaView - *www.aha-soft.com/ahaview/free.htm

Instant Messaging:
Miranda IM - *www.miranda-im.org/
Gaim - *gaim.sourceforge.net/
Trillian - *www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/
Yahoo Instant Messenger - *messenger.yahoo.com/
MSN Messenger - *messenger.msn.com/
AOL Instant Messenger - *www.aim.com/
ICQ - *www.icq.com
Jabber - *www.jabber.org/

Networking:
Putty Telnet/SSH Client - *www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
IP Tools - *www.ks-soft.net/ip-tools.eng/
Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - *www.ethereal.com/
HyperTerminal Private Edition - *www.hilgraeve.com/htpe/download.html
RealVNC - *www.realvnc.com/
Nmap - *www.insecure.org/nmap/

Programming:
ActivePerl - *www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/
jEdit - *www.jedit.org/
Dev-C++ - *www.bloodshed.net/
MySQL - *www.mysql.com
SciTE - *www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

Publication/Document Manipulation:
OpenOffice.org - *download.openoffice.org/index.html
AbiWord - *www.abisource.com/download/

Spyware Protection:
Ad-Aware - *www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Spybot: Search & Destroy - *spybot.safer-networking.de/
CWShredder - *www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Hijack This - *www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
IE-SPYAD - *www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYAD
SpywareBlaster - *www.javacoolsoftware.com

System Utilities:
BootVis - *www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664
Resource Hacker - *www.users.on.net/~johnson/resourcehacker/
PC Inspector File Recovery - *www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
Motherboard Monitor - *mbm.livewiredev.com/
Sysinternals Utilities - *www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml
WCPUID - *hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA00...c/download.html

Video Players:
BSPlayer - *www.bsplayer.org/
Core Media Player - *www.tcmp.org/
Media Player Classic - *sourceforge.net/project/show...?group_id=82303
VideoLAN - *www.videolan.org/
Zoom Player - *www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_download.shtml

Video Utilities:
KVCD - *www.KVCD.net
TMPGEnc - *www.tmpgenc.net/
VirtualDUB - *www.virtualdub.org/

Web Browsers:
Mozilla FireFox - *www.mozilla.org/download.html
Mozilla - *www.mozilla.org/
Netscape - *channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp
MyIE2 - *www.myie2.com/
Avantbrowser - *www.avantbrowser.com/
SlimBrowser - *www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm

Web/FTP Servers:
SlimFTPd - *www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd/
Filezilla - *filezilla.sourceforge.net/
Xitami - *www.xitami.com/
Apache - *www.apache.org/
Savant - *savant.sourceforge.net/

i hope u all would like it

Edit[Nemesis]: Always post the source if the work is your your own. Do NOT plagiarize. It is against the forum rules.
Here is the original source as provided by Nimda:
Source: *www.tech-forums.net/showthread.php?s=b697ea83600e0db70e6489fe062ae6c3&threadid=18743

 

[shwetanshu]

good list man

 

[cheetah]

hehe whats the use....got all in digit DVDs

 

[jagaqua9]

Suggest add some movie clip joiner-whatever given in digit cd are not good-want afreeware

 

[Charley]

hehe whats the use....got all in digit DVDs

Then how do those ppl who dont subscribe or check issues know abt it...

 

[SWEET SNEHA]

Did u took the pain of finding every softwares websit link
or is it a ripoff

 

[Nimda]

Did u took the pain of finding every softwares websit link
or is it a ripoff

Ripoff. Look here

 

[anandk]

nothing is original. life itself is a rip-off !

thanx for posting it anywayz. else i would have missed such an exhaustive list.

but next time do try and post the link too, to avoid such embarassing questions.

 

[grinning_devil]

ya man ... do post the link frm where copy paste took place...!!!

nyway heres a list of threads already present on freewares....so "SEARCH" before posting ..

thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19410
thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18677
thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16028

etc...etc...u'll find many more if u search !!!

 

[Nimda]

Didn't mean to embarass you in any way, sam. No hard feelings I just replied to the question whether it was a rip off.

 

[Delpiero]

Man Avg sucks imo it makes my 256kbps connection crawl

 

[ashisharya]

Use Kaspersky AntiVirus Personal Pro 5.0.

 

[pradipudhaya]

Here's a list of useful freeware applications, arranged alphabetically by category. If you wish to add to the list or make a correction, post your suggestion in this thread and I (or another mod) will revise the list.

Are you saying you are a mod??

 

[Ashwin Saxena]

No he mean to say that he maded this post so he is able to edit his post.
Am I right sam8240.
All this freeware also avilable in digit CD or DVD.

 

[cyberia.in]

the list is a good one, whereever it's from.

snapfiles.com has a gr8 collection of freeware

 

[visvo]

cant we make a sticky of all time gr8 freewares.. links and downloads?

 

[rajkumar_personal]

cant we make a sticky of all time gr8 freewares.. links and downloads?

I AGREE !!!

 

[mariner]

cant we make a sticky of all time gr8 freewares.. links and downloads?

ya thats a gr8 idea !!

 

[whoopy_whale]

Ripped or not,it's a good list!
I am gonna try iBrowser.

 

[cyberia.in]

The list would be a great idea, i support that