Here's a list with goodies for you... There's info and links to software. Most of the stuff or tools listed here are freeware. The links are categorized into several sections.

Antivirus

Avast Free for home use. Windows  95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP  7.4MB
If you are looking for information and advice to secure your PC the best you can, visit this site. Have a look at their free tools page for free antivirus soft. Remember to update the database regularly or set it to automatic updating.

AVG Grisoft Free for home use.
This is a great Anti virus software.

Symantec Removal Tools are tools to automatically conduct what would often amount to extensive and tedious manual removal tasks. If your system has become infected, the tools listed here should aid you in repairing the damage.

Wilders.org
If you are looking for information and advice to secure your PC the best you can, visit this site. Have a look at their free tools page for free antivirus soft.

 

E-mail

 

Graphics and other file format Reader

Mihov Image Resizer Freeware, 316 kb
This powerful utility can do two things: it can change the size of a picture (including smooth resize) and it can convert pictures from one graphic format to another. The important thing: the program does all that in batch mode, which means only one click for you! The program supports JPG, GIF and BMP file formats.

FastStone Image Viewer Freeware, 2.6Mb.
A FREE image browser, viewer, converter and editor that supports all major graphic formats. Other features include a batch image converter / resizer, a Full Screen image viewer with Select-Zoom support, a clear magnifier and a slideshow with 150+ transitional effects.

FastStone Screen Capture Freeware, 1.6Mb.
A FREE image viewer, editor and screen capture. It supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA.

File Renamer Freeware,
Rename all your files and folders, with a lot more options. You can numerate files sequentially, batch rename, replace strings, change dates, etc. Has 'undo' function, and you can also create scripts for repetitive rename actions. Great when you rename lots of photos in one batch run.

PaintdotNet Freeware, 3.6Mb
Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Server 2003. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. You need Microsoft dotnet 2.0 framework to get it to work (23Mb)

PDF Reader Freeware,1.65Mb
Foxit Reader-Widely used format to view and read document which have been saved in the popular pdf format.

PDF Writer Freeware,1.2Mb
Great software to make pdf files called CUTEPDF.

Picasa Freeware,
Picasa instantly locates and organises all the pictures on your computer.

 

Games
GameHippo
Many sites have freeware and shareware games mixed together and it is cumbersome to just view the free games. This site is devoted to list only absolute free games. All games here are free without restrictions!


Music
CDex Freeware 
Same as Exact Audio Copy but it is easier to use and nearly as good.

Exact Audio Copy Cardware (The developer only expects a postcard from you)
If you are looking for a software to make audio files in a different format - with the lame encoder, this is it.
You also must download the appropriate encoder separate.

Lame Encoder Freeware
Encoder for Exact Audio Copy

MP3myMP3 Freeware
Standalone recorder of  any sound out of your sound card.

musikCube Freeware
Really good music player. Try it, you won't regret it.

 XTREMERadio Freeware
Radio online

 


Office Suite
OpenOfiice.org  Freeware 
An alternative to Microsoft Office or others but it is free. It is also compatible with all other major office suites. You can get word processing, spreadsheets, database, presentation and others.

 







Security


Ad-aware Free version available. Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP. 1.45MB.
A free spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spy and scumware components and lets you remove them safely. Remember to update the database regularly. Must Have!

Spybot-S&D Free version available. Windows XP/Me/NT4/2000/98. 2.32MB
Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. An excellent free spyware removal utility that can also clean usage tracks and allows to fix some registry inconsistencies. 'Easy mode' for new users who want just the basic features, and 'Advanced mode' for professional users and those who want more control. Both modes are available in the free version. Remember to update the database regularly. Must Have!

ZoneAlarm Free version for homeuse available. Windows XP/Me/NT4/2000/98/95.  9.1MB
Superb firewall. Checks all incoming & outgoing traffic, passes leak tests, under stealth mode you're invisible to the web. Free version is great, Pro version offers extra Mailsafe file types, does Ad-blocking, Active Content & Cookie control amongst others.

Kerio Free version for home use available. Windows XP/Me/NT4/2000/.  7.5MB
Superb firewall. Checks all incoming & outgoing traffic, passes leak tests.

 

 

Time zones and times
SymmTime is free. Windows XP/Me/NT4/2000/98/95.
Once it is up and running you can set as many — or as few — clocks on your computer as you want. You can set the display to any size or color you want and at a glance you can see what time it is in Tokyo, Sydney, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Buenos Aires, London, Moscow, Dakar, Singapore and Beijing.

 

Utilities
Crap Cleaner Freeware.
It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.

Izarc Freeware.
IZArc is the ultimate archive utility supports many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO.

Kylix Ringtone Maker Freeware for 8 seconds of recording
 Kylix Ringtone Maker is a software producing ringtone for mobile phone. It's able to convert various kinds of media files to ringtones, such as MP3 files, or others as far as it can be played on your PC. You get 8 seconds of recording for the free version of the software.

 

Website Design and utilities
NVU Freeware.
  • WYSIWYG editing of pages, making web creation as easy as typing a letter with your word processor.
  • Integrated file management via FTP. Simply login to your web site and navigate through your files, editing web pages on the fly, directly from your site.
  • Reliable HTML code creation that will work with all of today's most popular browsers.
  • Jump between WYSIWYG Editing Mode and HTML using tabs.
  • Tabbed editing to make working on multiple pages a snap.
  • Powerful support for forms, tables, and templates.


FileZilla Freeware.
FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features.