Anti-virus
avast! Free Antivirus Expect great all-around protection against viruses and trojans. | AntiVir Free Version Lightweight and solid. Good ratings. Worth looking into. | AVG Antivirus Free Edition Not as good as Avast or Avira but with considerably less bloat. The most popular free antivirus. | |||
Microsoft Security Essentials Simple, effective and lightweight protection suite. Download | | Comodo Internet Security Free security suite, includes both a firewall and anti-virus protection. Download | | Lavasoft Ad-Aware+ Free A complete anti-virus and anti-malware solution in one tidy free package. | |||
Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition A capable cloud-based antivirus that’s relatively light on resources with decent detection rates. Download | |
Malware Removal
IObit Malware Fighter Advanced malware & spyware removal utility. The pro version comes with some really cool features. | Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Easy-to-use, simple, and very effective anti-malware application. Download | | Spybot S&D Detects and removes spyware. Compliments anti-virus apps. Has a very good reputation. | |||
Threatfire Spyware removal tool with real-time antispyware protection. Lightweight and memory sparing. Download | | Superantispyware Lightweight scanner to detect and remove spyware, adware, trojans, and other threats. |
Firewall Apps
PC Tools Firewall Plus 6 Powerful firewall capable of providing excellent protection. | Comodo Firewall (standalone) Long been considered one of the best free firewall tools available. | ZoneAlarm Free Firewall Provides the best overall firewall protection for advanced users. | |||
Online Armor Free All of the normal features of a firewall and more. | Ashampoo FireWall Free Very easy to use and navigate. For intermediate users. | Peerblock Provides control over who your computer “talks” to online by blocking known bad addresses. Download | | |||
TinyWall A great free firewall solution that puts you in charge of whitelisting applications in a non-intrusive manner. |
Featured
LastPass Secure plugin to store and synchronise login passwords across browsers. Comes auto-login and form filler. | Lavasoft Ad-Aware+ Pro A full-featured security suite. This edition will protect one PC for one year. | Auslogics Disk Defrag Simple, reliable and quite fast. A must-have free PC tool. Considered no.1 by many. | |||
IObit Advanced SystemCare Free One-click approach to help protect, repair, clean, and optimize your PC. Download | | Audials One Search for any song and it will find a radio playing that song and record it for you. | Audials Moviebox an excellent choice for recording videos online and converting them into various formats to play on different devices. | |||
IObit Malware Fighter Advanced malware & spyware removal utility. The pro version comes with some really cool features. Download | | deskPDF Creator 2012 Create new PDFs, convert to PDF, watermark and lock PDF documents. $34.99 | PDF Select The ultimate PDF bundle. Includes deskPDF Creator, deskPDF Editor and deskUNPDF Converter. $99 |
Defragmenters
Auslogics Disk Defrag Simple, reliable and quite fast. A must-have free PC tool. Considered no.1 by many. Download | | Defraggler Another excellent defrag tool. Portable. From the same guys behind hugely popular CCleaner. Download | | IObit Smart Defrag Extremely easy to use. Works continuously in the background. |
File Recovery
Recuva Very effective in restoring deleted files. Extremely popular. Download | | FreeUndelete No frills, just focused on the zen of file recovery. | ADRC Data Recovery Software The Renaissance Man of free data recovery. Not as popular as Recuva but still has its own fans. | |||
Pandora Recovery An easy to use yet powerful file recovery application. Download | |
Uninstallers
Revo Uninstaller Free Fast and very effective at uninstalling just about anything. Popular choice for the purpose. Download | | IObit Uninstaller New kid on the block. Gaining popularity. Boasts a bunch of features not found on other uninstallers. Download | | Absolute Uninstaller Less popular than the other two but probably the simplest to use one. | |||
Advanced Uninstaller PRO It might say “PRO” in the title but this uninstaller is completely free and already Windows 8 friendly. |
Backup Apps
Mozy Incredibly smart, highly secure, set-it-and-forget-it backup solution. Backups data to web. Download | | FBackup Easily backup important files and documents, personal settings and plugins. Download | | Todo Backup Able to backup the entire operating system, program settings, browser data, emails and other data. Download | | |||
Clonezilla Live CD to completely clone your hard drive. | SyncBack Freeware Selective synchronisation, local and remote backup to an FTP server. Download | | FreeFileSync Open source folder comparison and sync tool. Optimised for speed and usability. | |||
CopyTo Synchronizer Wide set of options for backing up, updating, and synchronizing files. | DriveImage XML Easily Backup or copy entire disks block-for-block directly to another drive without the need to reboot your computer to run the cloning process. | Cobian Backup A backup program that supports scheduling on both local and networked machines. | |||
SugarSync A multi-platform syncing tool that features 5GB of free space and mobile compatibility. |
PC Maintenance
IObit Advanced SystemCare Free One-click approach to help protect, repair, clean, and optimize your PC. Download | | CCleaner Scores high points all around. The most popular choice at the moment. Not as many features as in others. Download | | Soluto Speed up Windows boot time by removing unnecessary apps from startup. Very effective. Download | | |||
Glary Utilities Includes over 15 useful system maintenance tools. Been recommended by MakeUseOf several times! Download | | Secunia Personal Software Inspector A free utility that scans your PC for outdated programs in need of updates. Download | |
Browsers
Google Chrome The fastest, minimal design browser (from Google) now with extension support. Growing extremely fast. | Firefox More than 6,000 add-ons for every possible feature. The most customisable browser to date. | Safari A web browser from Apple. Designed to emphasize browsing. Also features extensions. | |||
Opera The “fastest and most advanced” browser available today. Download | | Maxthon A fast and stable browser with support for multiple rendering engines. |
Email Clients
Thunderbird Increasingly popular email client from the same guys behind Firefox browser. One of the best email clients for Windows. Download | | Postbox Express A simple, yet powerful, new email application for Windows. Check it out. Download | | Google Notifier Alerts you when you have new Gmail messages. Simple and handy. |
Communication
Skype The most popular cross-platform VoIP application. Must-have for everyone online. | Pidgin Easy-to-use, cross-platform, multi-protocol chat client. Supports all major chat programs. | Digsby An alternative multi-protocol instant messaging app. Cross-platform. Extremely popular. | |||
Trillian Astra Popular multi-protocol instant messaging client. | Raptr A social network and messaging service for gamers to keep in touch. | Google Talk Google’s standalone GTalk client for Windows is a simple yet effective tool. | |||
TeamSpeak Built with the gamer in mind, TeamSpeak is a popular VoIP solution that works across a range of desktop and mobile devices. | Mumble Intended for use with your favourite multiplayer game, Mumble is a great open source cross-platform low-latency VoIP client. |
Image Editors
Paint.NET Strong candidate as a potential substitute for Photoshop for beginner/intermediate users. | FastStone Image Viewer One of the best image viewer, converter & editor bundles. | IrfanView The Swiss Army knife of image viewers/editors. Extremely popular. | |||
Google Picasa Powerful photo manager software from Google. Includes 1-click photo retouching features. Easy online photo sharing. | GIMP Very capable graphic editor with Photoshop-like features. Often labeled as free Photoshop alternative. | PhotoScape Another good free and easy-to-use photo editing application. | |||
Inkscape An open source vector graphics editor that uses the Scaleable Vector Graphics (.SVG) format. | RIOT – Radical Image Optimization Tool A free tool that makes light work of optimising images for the web while maintaining quality and small file sizes. | XnView A small utility for viewing and converting images that reads around 400 formats. | |||
XnConvert Easily batch convert, resize and apply effects to images with this open source software. | Zoner Photo Studio Free Tweak, fix, manage and share your precious memories with Zoner, software that rivals paid software. |
Audio Tools
foobar2000 Advanced audio player for Windows with highly customisable user interface. | Songbird A popular music player based on Mozilla’s code. Includes some really useful plugins. | Audacity Very popular open source software for recording and editing audio tracks and sounds. | |||
iTunes Music player and video library organiser. Hosts the iTunes Store. | MediaMonkey Full-featured music player and music collection organiser. | Winamp Well-known, lightweight, small-footprint media player. | |||
CopyTrans Manager Alternative iPod manager app. Sync and transfer music & files to iPod, iPhone, iPad. | TagScanner A multifunction program for organizing and managing your music collection. | Audials One Search for any song and it will find a radio playing that song and record it for you. | |||
MusicBee A basic music player with a few thoughtful additions, including tag completion. | Tomahawk A social music player that can pull content from a range of sources including YouTube and Soundcloud. | Spotify Streaming music service client complete with Facebook integration and iDevice management. |
Video Tools
VLC Media Player Extremely popular cross-platform video player that can play almost any video file. Highly recommended by many. | Handbrake Open source, cross-platform, video converter that can convert video files between many video formats. | VirtualDub Open-source and portable video editor. | |||
Media Player Classic Replica of WM Player. Includes only the most basic controls but can play pretty much any video. | Freemake Free video converter & DVD burner that’s easy to use. | Format Factory Multifunctional audi and video converter. Supports MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, SWF, RMVB and lots more. | |||
KMPlayer Highly customisable, popular, multi-format video player. | CamStudio A high quality freeware screen capture utility with support for lossless video output. | XBMC A powerful, mature open source media centre that rocks. | |||
Plex A great looking media centre solution that also works remotely and with mobile devices. | UMPlayer A light video player with some great features and over 270 in-built codecs. | Audials Moviebox an excellent choice for recording videos online and converting them into various formats to play on different devices. | |||
Freemake Video Converter Convert over 200 filetypes to formats that work on a plethora of mobile, media and gaming devices and the web via Flash and HTML5. |
Files and Drives
FileMenu Tools Customise the right-click context menu of Windows Explorer. Adds lots of useful functions and utilities. | FreeCommander Free file browser and Windows Explorer replacement. Two-pane browsing, secure file deletion and more. | TeraCopy Copy and move files at maximum speed. Pause and resume file transfers. | |||
EASEUS Partition Master All-in-one, easy to use disk partition manager. Create, resize and merge partitions. | Unlocker Can’t delete a folder or a file? Getting an error that it’s being used by another program? Unlocker can easily delete it. | TreeSize Free Shows you where your precious hard drive space has gone to. Easily view how much space is being used by each folder. | |||
DropIt Tiny tool to automate categorizing files and folders. Drag a file on top of it and it will place it for you where you need it. Portable version available. | Free Opener An easy way to quickly open over 80 types of file types using one tiny program. | SyncToy Free application that synchronizes files and folders between locations. | |||
Filezilla A free, lightweight and robust FTP client for transferring files to and from the web. | zeZebra A cross-platform tool for sending and receiving files with absolutely no size limit. | MultiCommander A feature-packed alternative file manager to Windows Explorer that uses a dual-panel layout. | |||
Google Drive The evolution of Google Docs keeps your documents synced between the cloud and your PC. | Skydrive Microsoft’s cloud storage solution comes with 7GB of space for storing documents and images. | AxCrypt A fuss-free encryption solution that also doubles as a deletion tool for eliminating any traces of a file. |
Documents
LibreOffice Microsoft Office alternative. Open source professional productivity and office suite. | Dropbox Must-have for everyone. Sync folder with docs and files to web or other PCs / Macs. Share documents. | Notepad++ Popular open source text editor. Favoured by many, including programmers. | |||
FoxIt Reader Really light alternative to Adobe Reader. Open PDF files. | doPDF Easily convert documents and pictures to PDF files from any Windows program with two clicks. | PDF Xchange viewer Desktop and portable PDF viewer. Lightweight and fast. | |||
Nitro PDF Reader Read PDFs, create PDFs. Extract content, annotate and fill PDF forms. Download | | PDFTK Builder Free graphical interface version of PDFTK. Merge, split, decrypt, encrypt, watermark PDF files. | VIM Text Editor Highly configurable text editor. | |||
PDFsam Easily split and merge PDF files. | Windows Live Writer Compose then publish your blog posts with a click straight from Windows Live Writer. | deskPDF Creator 2012 Create new PDFs, convert to PDF, watermark and lock PDF documents. $34.99 | |||
PDF Select The ultimate PDF bundle. Includes deskPDF Creator, deskPDF Editor and deskUNPDF Converter. $99 |
Productivity
Fences Provides rectangular containers for your desktop to visually organize your icons. Very handy! | Rainlendar Very easy to use and lightweight calendar for your Windows desktop. | Evernote Save your ideas on the go and instantly take notes. Access notes from anywhere. Highly recommended! | |||
VirtuaWin Gives you multiple virtual desktops to organize your workflow. Highly customisable. | Launchy A powerful keystroke based program launcher that lets you open program and files really quickly. | Send to Toys Enhances the right-click ‘Send To’ system menu. Personalise and configure the Send To menu content. | |||
Dexpot Create virtual desktops to separate different running apps and Windows. Comparable to Spaces on Mac OS X. | Q-Dir Free multi-pane file manager to save you time. Portable version available. | ClipX Tiny, free clipboard history manager. Access up to 1024 items in your clipboard’s history. | |||
Bruce’s Unusual Typing Wizard Gain typing speed and accuracy with its unique touch-typing teaching program. | SendToSendTo Easily add new entries to the right-click “Send To” menu. | Ditto Saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any of those items at a later time. | |||
Wunderlist A multi-platform list syncing app for keeping track of your todo lists from any device. | FreeMind An open-source mind mapping solution written in Java that can be as simple or as complex as you need. |
Archive Managers
7-zip Takes care of most of your archive extracting/compression needs. Supports ZIP, RAR and many others formats. | Universal Extractor With over 50 supported file formats, Universal Extractor is superb. | IZArc One archive utility to rule them all. Supports almost all formats. | |||
PeaZip User friendly, free and open source archive manager with enough features to satisfy power-users. |
CD/DVD Tools
ImgBurn CD/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray burning tool. Also, lets you easily create image files from CDs and DVDs. | CDBurnerXP The most popular free alternative to Nero Burning ROM. Burn CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. | bitRipper Back-up your DVDs as AVI files or MPEG to your hard drive. Excellent backup tool for DVDs. | |||
CDex Open-source digital audio CD extractor. Saves CD tracks as MP3′s. | DuBaron CD2ISO A great tool to extract ISO images from CDs or DVDs. Very simple and easy to use. | Virtual CloneDrive Mount a virtual drive to open and playback ISO image files (CD/DVD images). | |||
DVDShrink The easiest and one of the better free DVD ripping and backup tools. | Exact Audio Copy The most accurate and error-free audio CD extractor. Can extract MP3s from a CD. | DVD Flick Easy-to-use DVD creation software. Allows adding subtitles and making DVD menus as well. | |||
WinCDEmu Mount ISO, CUE, NRG, MDS/MDF, CCD, IMG images by simply clicking on them in Windows Explorer. | DVDFab HD Decrypter One of the only free tools that supports the decrypting of Blu-Ray discs. | DaemonTools Lite Lightweight and free disk virtualization software for installing virtual drives and mounting disk images. |
Downloads
uTorrent Speedy, efficient, and free. The most popular BitTorrent client. | Deluge An awesome but unappreciated cross-platform BitTorrent client. | YouTube Downloader HD Downloads YouTube videos with just a few clicks of the mouse button. | |||
PeerBlock Control/block your PC’s communication with ad or spyware servers. Secures P2P activities. | Free Download Manager Open source download accelerator and manager. Increase download speeds and resume broken downloads. | Jdownloader The most popular download manager. Quickly and efficiently download files from sites such as Rapidshare, Megaupload and many others. | |||
FlashGet A download manager that supports HTTP, FTP and BitTorrent protocols amongst others. | MiPONY A download manager designed to facilitate downloading from file lockers like Rapidshare. | Freemake Video Downloader Download and keep embedded videos from thousands of websites, supports Facebook as well as YouTube and audio extraction. |
Others
LastPass Secure plugin to store and synchronise login passwords across browsers. Comes auto-login and form filler. | TrueCrypt Free open-source, cross-platform disk and data encryption tool. Encrypt and hide sensitive files. | TeamViewer Request remote technical assistance. Connect to remote computer. Zero setup required. | |||
PortableApps Suite A collection of useful portable apps that can be stored on USB stick. Carry the apps with you wherever you go on a thumbdrive. | Sticky Password Free password and identity manager. Browser add-on for automatic login and form-filling. | KeePass Free, open source, lightweight and easy-to-use password manager. | |||
LiberKey Suite of over 300 free useful software apps that you can carry with you wherever you go. | Hiren’s BootCD All-in-one bootable CD providing an alternate boot environment to troubleshoot Windows problems. | Eraser Advanced security tool to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive. | |||
iPrint Print multiple pages on each sheet of paper, delete unwanted pages. Lowers printing costs. | Antirun Protects your PC by blocking viruses and malware from infected USB thumbsticks and flash drives. | Everything Locates files and folders by name instantly. | |||
Game Booster 3 Speeds up your PC for faster gaming. | DriverPack Solution 11 Makes the job of finding and automatically installing drivers really easy. | XAMPP Easy to install Apache distribution with MySQL, PHP and Perl. No manual setup required! | |||
Calibre Free open source eBook management software with support for conversion and syncing. | Rainmeter A desktop customisation tool with support for functional skins. | Rocketdock An elegant dock solution for Windows with support for add-ons. | |||
VirtualBox Free virtualisation software for creating and running virtual machines. | TunnelBear Need to access a website that’s restricted to the US or UK? Try TunnelBear. | f.lux This small program adapts your PC’s display to the time of day in order to reduce eye strain and fatigue. | |||
Connectify Easily create your own adhoc wireless networks to share your ethernet internet connection wirelessly. Free and commercial ($29.99) versions available |
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