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My Favorite Free* Software

All of the software listed on this page are free*. Yes, that means you pay nothing to download and use these software applications. I have personally used every application on this page and would highly recommend any of them. Start by clicking the categories to see what's avaiable.

Firefox v2.0.0.9

Browse the web more securely and efficiently with Firefox. Firefox offers more protection from viruses, spyware, and pop-ups than Internet Explorer and is highly customizable to suit your needs. It's extremely easy to migrate all settings from your current Web browser so no need to worry about loosing years of favorites. Firefox is also highly accessible to physically impaired users.

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Flock v1.0.1

"The Social Web Browser" Flock is now out of beta with it's 1.0 release. Built on the Mozilla Firefox browser, Flock brings your favorite social and web-based applications all in one place. "When using Flock, people can easily discover, access, create and share videos, photos, blogs, feeds and comments across social communities, media providers, and popular websites." Flock tightly integrates with services like flickr, Facebook, Photobucket, YouTube, Facebook, Wordpress, Blogger, Deli.cio.us and more.

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Thunderbird v2.0.0.6

Thunderbird, similar to Outlook, is a full featured email client and news reader bringing your favorite websites and e-mail to your desktop for easy organization. Featuring an intelligent spam filter that learns and improves its filtering as you mark missed spam emails. Small, fast automatic updating keeps you current with security updates. Phishing protection allerts and protects you from email scams that try and trick you into handing over your personal information. Thunderbird is fully customizable with hundreds of add-ons to extend it's functionality, check out Mozilla's soon to be released Lightning plug-in for a tightly integrated calendar.

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CCleaner v2.02.x

CCleaner is a "system optimization and privacy tool" cleaning unused files and fixing registry keys. The tools is extremely fast and works well using the default settings.

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Tweak UI v2.10

Tweak UI is a Microsoft Power Toy for Windows XP that gives you access to hidden system settings allowing you to tweak your windows configuration with ease.

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FreeRAM XP Pro v1.52

FreeRAM XP Pro is a small utility that runs in your task bar freeing and optimizing your RAM to increase performance and productivity. This little program is self configuring so it's ready to go but it also offers more advanced options if you'd like to tweak it further.

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Spybot Search & Destroy v1.5

Detect and remove spyware, a common cause of those annoying pop-ups, Internet Explorer toolbars, and changed homepage settings. Spyware tracks your surfing behavior silently creating a profile and selling the information to advertising agencies. It's relatively easy to use and can run alongside your current virus or spyware programs.

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SpywareBlaster v3.5.1

SpywareBlaster offers protection against "spyware, adware, browser hijackers, dialers, and other potentially unwanted software". Keep your computer safe and secure using this simple tool once a week. The tool is very simple to use and only takes a minute or two to update and run, enabling the latest protections.

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Windows Defender v1.1.x

Windows Defender helps protect your computer against spyware and other unwanted software that causes pop-ups, slow performance and security threats. Windows Defender has real-time protection to help stop further spread of spyware buy alerting you with recommendations as soon as it's discovered.

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RootkitRevealer v1.71 new

"RootkitRevealer is an advanced Rootkit detection utility. The term Rootkit is used to describe the mechanisms and techniques whereby malware, including viruses, spyware, and Trojans, attempt to hide their presence from spyware blockers, antivirus, and system management utilities."

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avast! 4 Home Edition v4.7

avast! 4 Home Edition is free, full-featured antivirus package with automatic updates, real-time protection, P2P and IM shields, Web Shield and email protection.

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TrueCrypt v4.3a

TrueCrypt is an open source disk encryption program used to encrypt an entire hard disk partition or a storage device such as a USB thumb drive. TrueCrypt can even create a virtual encrypted disk of a specified size. Encryption is real-time, automatic and transparent. Their "beginner's tutorial" is perfect to get you started with protecting your personal data on an encrypted section of your hard drive.

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7-Zip v4.42

7-Zip is an open source file archiver. This powerful little tool can unzip and zip in many different formats including 7z, GZIP, ZIP, TAR and RAR. 7-ZIP is is small, fast and easy to use.

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SyncToy v1.4 (2.0 coming soon)

SyncToy is a Microsoft Power Toy for Windows XP that helps you "copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers." SyncToy works well for synchronizing or backing up files and folders between multiple computers or another hard drive.

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Google Picasa v2.7

Picasa is a free photo organizer with basic edit functions. Picasa is simple to use, locating all of your photos automatically and presenting them with a nice little clean interface. Picasa, along with its sister online (Picasa Web) tool give you one-click access to publishing your photos online.

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Image Resizer

Image Resizer is a Microsoft PowerToy for Windows XP that allows you to resize one or many images files with a simple right-click. Just select one or multiple image files, right click and choose "resize pictures" and then select one of three default size options or a custom option for a size of your choosing.

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GIMP v2.4.0

GIMP is an image manipulation tool comparable to Adobe Photoshop. GIMP is intended for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

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Filemon v7.04new

Filemon is an advanced tool used for debugging. "Filemon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or application file configurations."

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Regmon v7.04new

Filemon is an advanced tool used for debugging. "Regmon is a Registry monitoring utility that will show you which applications are accessing your Registry, which keys they are accessing, and the Registry data that they are reading and writing - all in real-time. This advanced utility takes you one step beyond what static Registry tools can do, to let you see and understand exactly how programs use the Registry."

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Process Monitor v1.26new

"Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more."

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AutoRuns v8.73new

Autoruns, "which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system boot up or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them."

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Google Earth v4.2

Google Earth brings high resolution satellite imagery into your hands. Use the power of Google Search to find schools, parks, restaurants and hotels and get driving directions. Google Earth even has 3D terrain and building views as well as imagery of the sky to explore the stars.

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OpenOffice.org v2.3new

OpenOffice.org is a free open source office suite compatible with Microsoft Office and other major office suites. word processor, spreadsheet, presentation designer, graphics editor, and databases manipulator.

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Windiffnew

Windiff is a graphical file comparison tool. Compare two files or two directories to see how they differ with this tool.

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Google Desktop v5.5new

Google Desktop is a free desktop search engine. With this tool you can use the power of Google to quickly find email, office files, music, images, chat history, etc. from your computer. Google Desktop is much faster and more thorough than the built in Windows Search, give this program a try and you'll never have to worry about misplacing a document again!

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* note: Be sure to read the EULA (User end license agreement) or Terms of Use prior to use, some application are for home and personal or non-commercial use only while others are free for anyone.       top