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The Best-ever Freeware Utilities by Jimiyke(m): 8:26am On Jul 27, 2007 |
Hi everyone, I hope that you'll enjoy that big list of Best-ever Freeware Utilities. I'll be posting only TWO of the list today, as there's quite much to post, Wink I'll also be updating. Meanwhile others will base on individual request, just tell me the one you will like and i will send it to your email. ENJOY BEST-EVER FREEWARE UTILITIES LIST 1 Best Free Web Browser 2 Best Free Anti-Virus Software 3 Best Free Adware/Spyware/Scumware Remover 4 Best Free Browser Protection Utility 5 Best Free Firewall 6 Best Free Trojan Scanner/Trojan Remover 7 Best Free Rootkit Scanner/Remover 8 Best Free Intrusion Detection Utility 9 Best Free Anonymous Surfing Service 10 Best Free Software Suite 11 Best Free File Manager 12 Best Free Email Client 13 Best Free Web Mail Accessory 14 Best Free Clipboard Replacement Utility 15 Best Free HTML Editor 16 Best Free Spam Filter for the Average User 17 Best Free Spam Filter for Experienced Users 18 Best Free Popup Stopper 19 Best Free Desktop Search Utility 20 Best Free Digital Image Viewer 21 Best Free Digital Editor 22 Best Free Digital Photo Organizer 23 Best Free Notepad Replacement 24 Best File Archiver/Zip Utility 25 Best Free Hotkey Utility 26 Best Free Registry Cleaner 27 Best Free BitTorrent Client 28 Best Free FTP Client 29 Best Free Bookmark Cleaner 30 Best Free Folder Synchronization Utility 31 Best Free Screen Capture Utility 32 Best Free Search Toolbar 33 Best Free Download Manager 34 Best Free Web Site Ripper 35 Best Free Download/Upload Meter 36 Best Free TCP Settings Tweaker 37 Best Free File Cleaner 38 Best Free Resource Meter 39 Best Free Sticky Notes Utility 40 Best Free Secure Erase Utility 41 Best Free Registry Editor 42 Best Free Process Viewer 43 Best Free System Information Utility 44 Best Free Search and Replace Utility 45 Best Free Outliner 46 Best Free Rename Utility 47 Best Free Digital Image Stitcher 48 Best Free PDF Writer 49 Best Free File Comparison Utility 50 Best Free Paint Program 51 Best Free Time Correction Utility 52 Best Free Startup Manager 53 Best Free Wi-Fi Network Finder Utility 54 Best Free NFO Viewer 55 Best Free Data Recovery Utility 56 Best Free Remote Access Software 57 Best Free PIM 58 Best Free Windows Driver Backup 59 Best Free Program Un-installer 60 Best Free Internet Accelerator 61 Best Free Windows Toolbar Backup 62 Best Free Encryption Utility for Personal Use 63 Best Free CD Catalogue Organizer 64 Best Free File Encryption Utility 65 Best Free Drive Encryption Utility 66 Best Free Non-Adobe PDF Reader 67 Best Free Disk De-fragmenter 68 Best Free Dictionary/Thesaurus Utility 69 Best Free Spell-Checker 70 Best Free Audio Editing Software 71 Best Free Web Form Filler/Password Manager 72 Best Free File Un-delete Utility 73 Best Free Outlook Express Backup 74 Best Free Outlook Add-in 75 Best Free Timesheet Program 76 Best Free CD Recovery Utility 77 Best Free Application Minimizer 78 Best Free Parental Filter 79 Best Free Route Tracer 80 Best Free Browser Scrubber 81 Best Free Instant Messaging Client 82 Best Free Video Editor 83 Best Free CD Ripper 84 Best Free Video Conversion Program 85 Best Free Reminder/To-Do Program 86 Best Free CD Burning Software 87 Best Free Notes Organizer 88 Best Free Virtual Desktop Manager 89 Best Free Duplicate File Detector 90 Best Free Program Launcher 91 Best Free Streaming Media Recorder 92 Best Free Backup Program 93 Best Homebrew Beer Software 94 Best Free Boilerplate Text Manager 95 Best Free Drive Imaging Program 96 Best Free RSS Reader/Aggregator 97 Best Free Project Manager 98 Best Free Memory Testing Utility 99 Best Free Software Cataloging Utility 100 Best Free Web Site Link Checker 101 Best Free Internet Business Guide 102 Best Free Program Scheduler 103 Best Free Tray Clock Replacement 1 Best Free Web Browser Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) is a competent browser with enough features to meet the needs of most users but is difficult to recommend due to on-going security concerns. In the past IE has been a focus for security attacks and there is little to suggest this will change with the release of IE7. Additionally, Microsoft have a poor track record for speedily fixing IE defects and this has left users open to drive-by attacks and other forms of zero-day exploits. There are several excellent alternatives with the new Mozilla Firefox V2 [1] a solid first choice. It's safer than IE, so safe in fact that many users have reported no spyware infections since they started using the product. It's also browses a tad faster than IE, is very stable and is more standards compliant. The program loads slower than IE but once running, it positively zips along. With tabbed browsing and over 2000 free extensions (add-ons) that allow you to customize your experience, it provides most users with a major surfing upgrade. Firefox is now my everyday browser though I still leave IE on my PC for the occasional web site that's designed around IE's non-standard features. An equal first choice is Opera [3]. It's a speed demon; probably the fastest of all the common browsers. But it's much more than that; it's full featured, standards compliant and safe. Just as Firefox is extensible through add-ins, Opera can be enhanced using Widgets, though there are not nearly as many of these available as Firefox extensions. Then again, it doesn't need as many extensions as a lot of the features added by Firefox add-ins are already available built into the standard Opera browser. There's just so much to like about Opera V9 that you could easily create a case that it's better than Firefox. Indeed, if I could get an Opera replacement for some of my key Firefox add-ins, I'd probably switch. Users who don't want to drift too far from the Microsoft stable can get some of the feature advantages of Firefox and Opera by using one of the many customized shells for Internet Explorer such as Maxthon [4] and Avant [5]. Their main selling feature for these products used to be tabbed browsing but now that this is available in IE7 it's hard to create a case for their general recommendation. Still if you need a specialized feature they are worth considering. On the downside these shells share most of the same security problems as IE as they utilize the IE engine. Last but not least is the K-Meleon browser [6], a slimmed down cousin of Firefox that's optimized for Windows. Of the four browsers I use regularly on my different PCs, K-Meleon is the quickest loading and along with Opera, the fastest for surfing. On the downside there are only a limited number of add-ons and plug-ins available so you are pretty well limited to the features available in the standard product. If you are the type of person who prefers performance to bells and whistles you should definitely try K-Meleon. link http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ ( 5.6MB) http://www.techsupportalert.com/firefox.htm http://www.opera.com/ (4.6MB) http://www.maxthon.com/index.htm (1.9MB) http://www.avantbrowser.com/ (1.86MB) http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/ (6MB) 2 Best Free Anti-Virus Software There are three equal recommendations in this category. First there is AVG Antivirus 7 Free Edition. This product [1] has been continuously refined since it was first released in 1991 and the recently released V7.5 makes further improvements to an already solid product. Additionally, it's relatively small, light on resources, has regular automatic updates and handles email scanning. There is a free and a pro version, the only difference being that the free version has a few non-critical features disabled and has no direct technical support. Equally effective is the free Avast! scanner [2] though its funky media player style interface is not to everyone's taste. Avast! also required periodic re-registration while AVG does not. However Avast! does not seem to suffer the signature file update problems that plague some AVG users. My third choice is the AOL Anti Virus Shield [3]. This is a cut down version of the top rated Kaspersky AV and is being made available for free to all uses not just AOL members. On first sight it seems like an unbeatable deal but it's not quite what it seems. This really is a "lite" version. It lacks the important html and heuristics modules present in the full Kaspersky product so the protection afforded against hostile web sites is actually inferior to AVG and Avast!. Gone, too, is the ability to create rescue disks and to fully manage the quarantine area. The configuration options are also more limited. That said, AOL Anti Virus Shield still offers more powerful malware detection than AVG and Avast! . It does however need to be augmented by other products to improve protection again hostile sites and zero-day threats. Possible candidates would be a sandbox for surfing (see section 4) and an anti-spyware product with strong real time protection (see section 3). Both AVG and Avast! are excellent free products that will meet the needs of most users. However neither offers the best malware detection available. That title belongs to commercial products like NOD32, F-Secure, the full version of Kaspersky AV and others. They are however capable packages and offers the financially challenged a real alternative to the major anti-virus suites. However if you use these free products in conjunction with a free on-demand scanner, you can achieve a level of detection approaching that of the best commercial products. Further improvement is possible by creating a layered defense using additional free security products such as AVG Anti-Spyware (formerly Ewido). On-demand scans should be run regularly, at least weekly, to check for viruses and other malware that may have been missed by your main scanner. If you don't use AOL AVS as your main AV product then this should be your the top choice as an on-demand scanner as its detection is outstanding. You should though, disable the AOL AVS real time monitor otherwise you may run into conflicts with the monitor on your primary AV product. Another top recommendation for an on-demand scanner is AntiVir Personal Edition Classic [4]. It offers significantly better detection rates than either AVG or Avast! but the lack of email scanning precludes recommendation as a primary scanner. However as an on-demand scanner, it's first rate. If you use it in this role, make sure you disable its resident virus guard during installation to prevent it interfering with your main AV scanner. Even so , it's quite an intrusive product -you will certainly be well aware of its presence. Note that the recently released V7 unfortunately introduces a time limited license though apparently this will be renewable. Yet another good option for on-demand scanning is the free version of the commercial AV product BitDefender [5]. It's a first class product with outstanding detection rates but as the free version lacks an email scanner and a resident virus guard, it's only really suited for use as an on-demand scanner rather than your main AV product. There are some other limitations as well. First it has an annoying habit of detecting malware products that have been quarantined by other security products and you can't exclude these areas from subsequent scans. Secondly, it is only available on a one year non-renewable license. links http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/ (16.0MB) http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html (8.8MB) http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp? (13.9MB) http://www.free-av.com (8.7MB) http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html (13.2MB) ONCE AGAIN, ENJOY |
Re: The Best-ever Freeware Utilities by egoldman(m): 8:40am On Jul 27, 2007 |
Interesting , but in a wrong thread . |
Re: The Best-ever Freeware Utilities by Mobinga: 8:21pm On Jan 30, 2011 |
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