The Best Free Software Web Sites On the Internet

SECURITY

• www.avast.com -- A nice antivirus app. It looks like a high tech media player, but it's really a virus fighter. It scans files on demand and on access. It even scans e-mail attachments. If you like to have the scheduling feature you have to pay for it. It dose send a warning on detecting malware. A boot-time scan option removes tenacious malware. It is also 64 bit compatible.
• http://free.grisoft.com -- This program splits the users interface between control center and test center. This can be som what confusing. But this program dose what an antivirus program is suppose to do. It scans files on access, on demand, and also on schedule mode. this program also scanes e-mail.
• www.comodogroup.com -- A new great choice for free firewall protection. Comodo Firewall keeps hackers out and also keeps unautherized programs form accessing the internet, even the tricky ones that sneak around the normal program control. It also resists being forcibly terminated.
• www.tenebril.com -- Tenebril's SpyCatcher dose very well at cleaning out spyware, and at preventing further infestation. The free Spycatcher express edition has almost the same features as the paid version.
• www.snpsoftware.com --  Start up monitor alerts you when programs are trying to install themselves when Windows boots up.
• www.thegreatpuzzle.com  --  SuperStorm freeware protects a sensitive file up to 200 kb by encrypting it and hiding it inside a JEPG Image. Then completely gets rid of the original file. The Pro version is a pay for app, and offers more features like no size limit, and a user defined password. SuperStorm can extract anything hidden by the pro edition, and has a simple drag and drop interface.
• www.zonelabs.com --  ZoneAlarm dosn't have all the features as the ZoneAlarm Pro's firwall. It's app control will ask you if you want to allow a program access. Instead of consulting with the Smart Defense advisor data base. But the program is tough enough that malware can't disable it.

PRODUCTIVITY

• www.editpadpro.com  --  EditPad Lite has a lot going for it, and offers more then the built in word program for windows. EditPad lite offers a tabbed interface for editing multiple files, line numbering auto indenting, and printing box for text. The pro version runs around $49.95 and adds a lot of extras.
• www.openoffice.org  --  A great alternative to Microsoft Office. The program includes a very capable word processor and spreadsheet that are compatible with Microsoft Office.
• www.wordpress.org  --  WordPress is one of the most powerful free personal Blogging tools around. You can host Wordpress on your own server or get a free Blog at wordpress.com. WordPress offers the user multiple contributors, and the ability to customize the looks. also offering the use of Rss feeds.

UTILITIES & PC MANAGEMENT

• www.maxmem.com  --  AnalogX MaxMem gives you the ability to free up memory with just a click. This allows some of the older computer systems to work more efficiently without the need to reboot at every other turn.
• www.autohotkey.com  --  This open source AutoHotkey allows you to automate all of your continual tasks. AutoHotkey allows scripts to be compiled and shared with other people who don't have the program.
• www.mlin.net  --  Clipomatic is one of the most compact and usable clipboard extenders. It allows you to store text that you copy to windows Clipboard for pasting into any application.
• www.mozy.com  --  Mozy is a web based backup system that gives you 2GB of free storage space for backing up your files and programs. But for a small fee you can get up to 30Gb  of useful storage space.
• www.robform.com  --  RoboForm is a program that will automaticly fill in the user name and password in the browser for you. Also has the option to password protect the passwords you store offering increased security, and is not offered  in IE and Firefox. It has a safe note feature that allows you to store credit card numbers, and other secured information. The free version allows you up to ten passwords, and the pro version is unlimited.
• www.ubcd4win.com -- This program helps you to create a CD that boots into its own windows. This disc contains a lot of useful utilities like antivirus, spyware, networking, and also disc repaire.
• www.winmerge.org  --  This program is for the programmers. As the code grows in the world of programming it gets harder to spot the differences between the old code and the new one. Winmerge will compare the two file or folders highlight the differences and help you keep everything in sync.
• http://filezilla.sourceforge.net  --  FileZilla is a full featured FTP client, and supports secure SSL, and FTP, along with other proticols in a nice interface. It's has a tree type structured site manager that will allow you to store setting for multiple sites. The option to set speed limits that can trigger down load quotas from going off on networks that monitor bandwidth.
• http://ecleaner.tripod.com  --  This program goes through some files that you can get from e-mail or web discussions that are full of symbols or brackets, and an occasional html fill, and cleans it up so you can see the message.
• http://gaim.sourceforge.net  --  Gaim is a program that hooks into most any chat service you could have. The program is a multiprotocol instant messaging client that works with most all IM services. With Gaim you can talk to one friend on a IM while chatting with another on a different IM service at the same time.

MUSIC & AUDIO

• http://audacity.sourceforge.net  --  A powerful audio editing and recording program that doesn't require a lot of training to operate. The program works with Mac, Windows and Linux. This program handles many file types, including OGG, MP3, AU, AIFF, and WAV. The program offers 32bit & 96KHz recording and editing with up to 16 channels. Has an independent speed and pitch control, noise removal, a spectrogram mode, and a lot of built in effects. It's also great for quick recording and editing of long files.
• www.mediamonkey.com  --  A digital music player for ripping, organizing, converting, burning, and playing your music. This program also offers smart tagging, auto DJ, and party mode that lets you make requests without changing the library. The free version offers most features but limits MP3 encoding and burns at a slower rate.
• www.dbpoweramp.com  --  This program for Microsoft windows let you Rip CD's convert files, and record your music. The program supports MP3, MP4, M4a, WMA, OGG, AAC, APE, FLAC, and a lot more. This program integrates with windows so you only have to use the right click function for converting files.

• www.dvdshrink.org  --  This program backs up part or all commercial DVD by using you own burning software.
• http://gallery.menalto.com  --  If you manage a personal or community web site Gallery2 is a great tool for organizing photos and itergrating them into your web site. You can create and manage albums, upload photos, set permissions, and a lot more.
• www.gimp.org  --  Gimp is a powerful and very efficient open source bitmap editing package. That can for a free program get the job done quite nicely. Gimp is well equipped to do graphic editing.
• http://picasa.google.com  --  This is a photo management tool from Google. This application creates a library of the images on your computer or any hard drive, and sorts the images by date. From Picasa you can edit the images with a decent set of editing tools. You can send photos via Gmail, burn them to a CD, or upload them to Blogs, and photo printing sites.
•  www.nullsoft.com  --  This is a classic music player. The player is free but owned by Time Warner. The player is small and infinitely skinable. This player supports virtually every audio format.

NETWORKING & MOBILITY

• http://juice.altirs.com/svs  --  With SVS you can run applications Virtually and enable and disable applications with the click of the mouse. When disabling a application it's gone without a trace. When enabling a application it pops right up. SVS is great for trying out new applications and running applications that conflict with one another.
• www.handcraftedsoftware.org  --  When on a open wireless network it's easy to get a little worried that someone could be looking at your traffic. You can make your surfing secure and unseen by others Simply by using the FreeProxy proxy server running on your home computer.
• www.logmeinhamachi.com  --  Logmein Hamachi gives you a secure way of connecting to your other computers by creating an encrypted tunnel between computers so you can access your home computer from anywhere.
• www.netstumbler.com  --  This application can poorly covered spots, and detects overlapping networks that could be causing interference in your network. It can even detect unauthorized rouge networks.
• www.powergramo.com  --  PowreGramo can be used on Skype calls to record the conversation.
• www.sightspeed.com  --  SightSpeed is the best in free video calling programs today. Has 30 frame per second video calls as well as voice chat, conference calling, and more. Requires a 30fps webcam and a broadband connection.
• www.skype.com  --  Skype is the most popular VoIP service. The application adds click to call for dialing phone numbers from your PC, and Skypecasts moderated discussions with up to 100 people.
• www.ultravnc.com  --  LogMein Free is the simplest solution for accessing your work PC from home or vise versa. For a powerful windows remote access solution, try UltraVNC. It gives the ability to transfer files, and use text chat. It's considered to be the best performing application in the open source VNC. (Virtual Network Computing).

• www.bzflag.org  --  This is a multiplayer 3D tank battle. One of the most popular open source games, with over a million downloads. It's available for Irix, Windows, Mac, Linux, and more.
• www.stargazing.net/astropc  --  With Cartes du Ciel known as Sky Map you can find out what constellations are visible in the sky on any given day at any given time, and in any place on the face of the earth.
• www.conware.org  --  Thisutility lets you create and edit your very own cursors and icons. You can import images or part of images and save them as icons.
• www.freciv.org  --  this is a multiplayer strategy game for Windows, Mac, and linux. You can become the leader of your own civilization and work towards becoming the greatest. Win the game by conquering the other civilizations, or by building a space ship and flying Alpha Centauri before your opponents can.
• www.nexiuz.com  --  This is a 3D first person shooter game. It's available For Windows, Mac, and Linux. The multiplayer game has minimal hardware requirements, and offers you the choice of 15 different player modes.
• www.zsnes.com  --  With ZSNES a open source Super Nintendo emulator, available for Windows, Linux. One of the best two player gaming over the net. ZSNES can use hardware accelerated graphic cards so some games look better than the original consol game did.

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