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
• Offline Scanners:
  • Windows Defender Offline

Audio Utilities:

• Audacity       ... Record/Edit
• CDex          ... Convert CD to WAV/MP3/etc
• MP3Gain       ... Volume Normalization

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.

NOTE 2: Free software often includes Toolbars, free trials, or additional programs; the designers use this as a method to make some income while giving their software away free. It is important that you read everything during the installation and if available use the advanced installation path. We recommend you only install the specific software listed here and that you uncheck boxes beside extras which you do not want/need.