[RETIRED] Freeware List

[S_Doherty]

Well, here it is...the first (I think) unofficial freeware alternatives list on this forum....in here you will NOT find any illegal software, cracks, serials, cd/dvd copying tools...if anyone has any other freeware programs that they would like to add...feel free Enjoy....

Network Tools:

Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/
RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/
TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.org/
NetMeter - http://readerror.gmxhome.de/
NetProfiles - http://netprofiles.danielmilner.com/
NMap - http://www.insecure.org/nmap/
Ntop - http://www.ntop.org
PingPlotter - http://www.pingplotter.com
PuTTY - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
RAS Graph & Stats - http://forum.flashfxp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2400
UltraVNC - http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
WinSCP - http://www.winscp.com/
CMDTime NTP Utility - http://www.softshape.com/download/

Anti-Virus:
AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/
Avast - http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1018.html
AVG - http://www.grisoft.com/


Anti Spyware:
Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Bazooka - http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard – (free online site) http://spywareguard.com/

Defrag Software:
DIRMS & Buzzsaw - http://www.dirms.com/
OpenVMS - http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp
File repair and recovery:
PC Inspector File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

FTP Clients:
Filezilla! - http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla
miFiles - http://www.simdata.com.au/mifiles.html
SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com/

FTP Servers:
FileZilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
Golden FTP Server - http://www.goldenftpserver.com
GuildFTPD - http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/detail_v...pplication=8334
Quick 'n Easy FTP Server - http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/ftp_server.html
SlimFTPd - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd
WarFTPD - http://www.jgaa.com/

Office Suite:
602PC Suite free edition - http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/download.html
AbiWord - http://www.abiword.com/
OpenOffice.org - http://www.openoffice.org/

Partition Managers:
Partition Resizer - http://zeleps.com/
Ranish Partition Manager - http://www.ranish.com/part/
TestDisk - http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html

Pop-up Blockers:
Google Toolbar - http://www.google.com/
NoAds - http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/
PopUp Stopper - http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
Privoxy - http://www.privoxy.org/
Proxomitron - http://www.proxomitron.info/

System Information and monitoring:
CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Everest - http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.p...ang=en&pageid=1
Gkrellm - http://bill.nalens.com/
Motherboard monitor - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
Sysmetrix - http://www.xymantix.com
WCPUID - http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html

Web browsers:
Firefox - http://www.getfirefox.com
Opera – www.opera.com
K-Meleon - http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
Mozilla - http://www.mozilla.org/
Netscape - http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp

General Utilities And Other Applications:
AppRocket - http://www.candylabs.com/approcket/
Celestia - http://www.shatters.net/celestia
CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com
Cygwin - http://www.cygwin.com
Dirkey - http://www.protonfx.com/dirkey/
EditPad Lite - http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
HTTrack - http://www.httrack.com/
Inno Setup - http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
Memtest-86 - http://www.memtest86.com
MWSnap - http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
NetTime - http://nettime.sourceforge.net
Nullsoft Installer - http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis
png2ico - http://winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico
Stickies - http://finiteloop.org/~btaylor/software/stickies/
Vim - http://vim.sourceforge.net

 

[S_Doherty]

Has anyone found this useful?

 

[Jas420221]

For N00bs it sure is. Most of this stuff, I would think, people already know about. Nice post!!

 

[b3n]

You should have a 'Media Players' list there. Nice list BTW

 

[Verrona]

N also Firewalls, there r a few posts bout Firewalls.

 

[dlaery]

I found it useful.

Thanks!

 

[red onion]

More freeware

Easyoffice-http://www.e-press.com/

System Information-http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Graphics Viewing-www.irfanview.com/
Paint Replacement-http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
Photoshop Replacement-www.gimp.org/
PDF Creator-http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Firewall-http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
File Zipper-www.zipgenius.it/
CD Ripper/Music Format Converter-www.dbpoweramp.com/
Wallpaper Changer-http://www.kanasolution.cjb.net/
MP3 Player-http://quinnware.com/

 

[S_Doherty]

Thanks red onion those are some more useful tools in todays computer world...think i'll check out the wallpaperchanger

 

[red onion]

Thanks red onion those are some more useful tools in todays computer world...think i'll check out the wallpaperchanger

Glad I could help. Kanasolution's products are very good stuff; I use their MD5 checker, and character map as well.

 

[Verrona]

Thats wot we like 2 c, some good old fashioned helping.

 

[bard]

Here's a site where you can see a quick description of ZipCentral, the zip utility I use. There is also, of course, a download link.

http://www.webmasterfree.com/zipcentral.html

 

[Eiremax]

HijackThis! www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

HijackThis is a tool, that lists all installed browser add-on, buttons, startup items and allows you to inspect, and optionally remove selected items. The program can create a backup of your original settings and also ignore selected items. Additional features include a simple list of all startup items, default start page, online updates and more. Intended for advanced users.

 

[pc club guy]

Here are some more

here are some of the free stuff i find useful on my laptop

Mp3 stream recorder-Station Ripper (get ver. 1.13 don't get ver. 2...)
Alarm Clock-Alarm Clock ver .1.1
Dictionary-IFinger ver. 2.1--Merriam Webster's
music convertor-CDex
(this is the best utility I have) it Shuts down my pc; suspends, stand by, disconnets from internet connection, executus a program; it has a timer and a processor meter to execute the chosen commands---RS Somnifero--its great!!

All of these programs are free and have been very useful to me, if you find newer versions of the IFinger or the RS Somnifero be sure to post it--thanks

 

[OS Dragon]

Does anyone know where I can get hold of Microsoft Image Composer, Version 1.5?

 

[Geoff]

www.download.com <<---- Lots of free stuff and trials there

 

[ke_742]

Wads a great freeware to view dvds Movie clips And Everything related to that? and video

 

[Switch]

One that I just found today that has a lot of useful tools is OpenCD.

http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/

I needed to make a pdf, and was not about to pay Adobe $400 to do it

Besides a free pdf creator, there are a lot of other useful tools in there.

I love anything free and open source,..I wonder why Microsoft hates open source so much,..lol

 

[ZER0X]

http://www.atomkey.com/freeware/

Well theres a heap of Freeware Progy's

 

[SlothX311]

www.foobar2000.org

 

[irsmart]

There is some more freeware that I am not sure about licenses or anything but it is at www.freebyte.com
I downloaded some stuff from there.