Free Software
While consulting for our customers
we often come across free Windows software (for personal
and non-commercial use) which should not be overlooked.
With this list you can easily create a fully operational,
secure and legal home office computer system. No warranty
given, download at your own risk.
Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
free.grisoft.com
Trend Micro System Cleaner - remove
viruses
www.trendmicro.com
OpenOffice - leading open source office
suite
www.openoffice.org
Neo Office - OpenOffice port for Mac OSX
www.neooffice.org
Mozilla Firefox- best web browser
ever? Probably.
www.mozilla.com
ajaxWrite - An on-line Word Processor
only available in Firefox
www.ajaxwrite.com
Mozilla Firefox - extensions
update.mozilla.org/extensions
www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1758866,00.asp
Opera Web Browser - now available
for free!
www.opera.com
Irfanview - image viewer with tag
support
www.irfanview.com
The GIMP - a free alternative to Photshop
and PaintShop Pro
www.gimp.org
Photo Resize Magic - resize multiple
images with one command
www.realfiletools.com/free/photo-resize.htm
Multiple Image Resizer .NET - resize
images, overlay text, convert to a different formats and
so much more.
www.multipleimageresizer.net
FileZilla - Open source FTP client and server
http://filezilla-project.org
SmartFTP - FTP client
www.smartftp.com
Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - open PDF
files
www.adobe.com
Cute PDF Writer - create your own
PDF files
www.cutepdf.com
Fresh Download Manager - pause and
resume downloads in IE
www.freshdevices.com
Spybot Search & Destroy - spyware
removal
www.safer-networking.org
Ad-Aware SE - spyware removal
www.lavasoft.de
BHODemon - find, enable and disbale
Internet Explorer Browser Objects which are often used by
spyware.
www.definitivesolutions.com
HijackThis - browser hijacker detector
and removal (advanced)
www.merijn.org
CCleaner - clean and optimise your
computer
www.ccleaner.com
ShellExView - identify windows shell
extensions
www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
Password Recovery Tools from Nirsoft
www.nirsoft.net
Mozilla Thunderbird - Popular
e-mail client
www.mozilla.com
Pegasus Mail - Popular
e-mail client
www.pmail.com
POPFile - junk mail / anti-spam filter
for any POP3 client
popfile.sourceforge.net
Sysinternals - various superb utilities
www.sysinternals.com
TestDisk - Data recovery for most file systems
www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
ProcessScanner - Anaylsis of the processes on your PC
www.processlibrary.com/processscan/
Flexible Renamer - powerful file renaming
utility
hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA014830/english/FlexRena/
Jam Software - Treesize & other
nice utilities
www.jam-software.com
WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics
windirstat.info
Xinorbis - Simple but poweful hard disc analyser
freshney.org/xinorbis/
7-Zip - file archiving/compression
www.7-zip.com
Eraser - Remove sensitive data from your hard drive
www.heidi.ie
AnalogX - various utilities
www.analogx.com
Boot and Nuke - securely wipes the
hard disc drive
dban.sourceforge.net
Belarc - great computer auditing tool
www.belarc.com
SIW - System Information for Windows (Advanced Info)
www.gtopala.com
TightVNC & RealVNC - remote control
software
www.tightvnc.com
& www.ultravnc.com
Web Browsers - every browser ever
released
browsers.evolt.org
Custom Fit Software - Various utilities
including ReplaceEM
www.boolean.ca
Securitywonks - open source and free
security software
www.securitywonks.net
HDD Health Check - displays SMART
status of hard drives
www.panterasoft.com
CDBurnerXP Pro - CD/DVD burning solution
www.cdburnerxp.se
Audacity - Free Cross-Platform Sound
Editor and Recorder
audacity.sourceforge.net
mp3DirectCut - Free and fast mp3 audio editor
mpesch3.de1.cc
Windows Inventory - Windows PC Auditing
Software
winventory.sourceforge.net
Ethereal - Powerful network analyzer
www.ethereal.com/
Wireshark - Powerful network analyzer
www.wireshark.org
Netstumbler - Wireless networking tool
www.netstumbler.com
Knoppix - Bootable Linux OS on CD
www.knoppix.org
Puppy Linux - Another bootable Linux
OS on CD
www.puppylinux.org
ConciseFreeware.com - All the free
stuff you could want
www.concisefreeware.com
VideoLAN - Play MPEG and DVD movies
includes a DVD decoder
www.videolan.org
DriverToolkit - Backup your currently
installed drivers (Version 1 includes a fully functional
trial)
www.driverguidetoolkit.com
Server Software
Internet Software Consortium - DNS, DHCP server and more
www.isc.org
Apache HTTP Server - most popular
on the Internet
www.apache.org
FileZilla - Open source FTP client and server
filezilla-project.org
EZMTS Mail Server - very stable mail
server for windows
www.ezmts-nz.org
Mercury Mail Transport System - Popular
e-mail server
www.pmail.com
PostgreSQL - Popular and powerful open source relational DB.
www.postgresql.org
MySQL - Widely used DB
www.mysql.com
PHP - Scripting language for web servers
www.php.net
FreeNAS - Network Attached Storage server for your space PC!
www.freenas.org
Samba - Provides file and print services to Windows clients
www.samba.org
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