Free Software Database

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Anti-Malware:

• Installed
  • Ad-Aware Free
  • avast! Free Antivirus
  • Avira AntiVir
  • Emsisoft Anti-Malware
  • HijackThis
  • HostsMan
  • IObit Security 360
  • Microsoft Security Essentials
  • Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
  • Spybot Search & Destroy
• Online Scanners:
  • ESET Online Virus Scanner
  • F-Secure Online Virus Scanner
  • Panda ActiveScan

Audio Utilities:

• Audacity       ... Record/Edit
• CDex          ... Convert CD to WAV/MP3/etc
• MP3Gain       ... Volume Normalization
• Youtube to MP3 ... Extract audio from Youtube videos

Backup & Recovery:

• Acronis True Image WD Edition
• Macrium Reflect Free
• Seagate DiscWizard

Burn CD / DVD / Blu-ray:

• CDBurnerXP
• ImgBurn

Compression Utilities:

• 7-Zip
• IZArc
• PeaZip

Data Encryption:

• TrueCrypt

Disk Cleaning:

• CCleaner
• MyUninstaller
• Revo Uninstaller

Disk De-fragmenting:

• Defraggler

Disk Partitioning:

• EaseUS Partition Master Home
• Partition Wizard Home

Disk Virtualization:

• Daemon Tools Lite
• Magic Disk
• PowerISO

E-mail:

• Pop Peeper ... Get notified of new mail
• MailWasher ... Spam Filter

File & Folder:

• Everything      ... Searching
• Recuva        ... Recovery
• Take Ownership ... Accessing / Permissions
• Unlocker       ... Moving or Deleting
• WildRename    ... Mass Renaming

Icons:

• Icon Cache Rebuilder

Image Creators / Photo Editors / Viewers:

• Chasys Draw IES
• Photofiltre
• GIMP
• Irfanview
• Paint.NET
• Picasa
• Windows Live Photo Gallery

Language Translator:

• Dictionary.NET

Media Players:

• AIMP2 Media Player
• Spider Player
• VLC Media Player

Mouse & Hotkey Enhancements / Onscreen displays:

• 3RVX     ... Customized onscreen volume bars
• AquaSnap ... "Aero-plus" (also works on starter & home editions !!!)
• KatMouse ... Scroll wheel effects window under mouse even if not active
• WizMouse ... Scroll wheel effects window under mouse even if not active

Network Monitoring:

• Networx

Office Software:

• LibreOffice (the new OpenOffice)
• Apache OpenOffice

Password Tools:

• KeePass
• Windows Password Remover

Registry & GUI Tweaks:

• Sizer (32-bit only)
• Ultimate Windows Tweaker
• Windows Club GUI Customization Tools

Screen Capture:

• Greenshot

Software Vulnerability Scan:

• Secunia PSI

System Information:

• Belarc Advisor
• CPU-Z
• GPU-Z
• RW-Everything
• SIW - System Information for Windows
• Speccy

System Monitoring:

• SpeedFan
• Process Monitor
• Process Explorer
• TCPView

Text Editors:

• Fluent Notepad
• GetDiz Text Editor
• Notepad++ ... Source Code Editor

Virus Removal:

• RKill
• TDSSKiller

Virtualization:

• VirtualBox
• Virtual CloneDrive
• Virtual PC 2007
• Virtual PC w/XP Mode

Windows Boot-Manager:

• EasyBCD

NOTE: Please read the license agreements for any products suggested here; while they are free for personal home use, many are not legal for use in corporate or business environments.