Giveaway of the Day Forums

1. 

   FreewareFan
   Member

   As some of you might recall, I've posted several freeware lists in the recent past. I structured those lists to be relevant to just one category of software at a time.

   I'm breaking tradition with this list. I thought that this time I would provide a list that covered many, many bases. This list, while not pretending to be the end-all of lists, certainly should provide most forum members with a very good reference for most categories of freeware.

   If you find yourself in a pickle and need to find a certain type of program fast, this just might be the 'go-to' list that you use. I hope it will be of use to some, if not all of you. As I said, it doesn't pretend to contain each and every freeware program in each category, just some that I consider to be useful.

   OK, well then, here we go....

   Anti-Virus, Anti-Malware, Anti-Spyware

   Ad-Aware - http://lavasoft.element5.com/index.php
   AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/
   Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic - http://www.free-av.com/
   ClamWin - http://www.clamwin.com/
   Comodo Antivirus - http://antivirus.comodo.com/
   HijackThis - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php#hijackthis
   Spybot-S&D - http://www.spybot.info/en/home/index.html
   SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
   SpywareGuard - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
   Winpooch - http://winpooch.free.fr/
   XPY - http://xpy.whyeye.org/

   Audio Players

   1by1 - http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html
   CoolPlayer - http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/
   DeliPlayer - http://www.deliplayer.com/
   Delphamp - http://www.delphamp.com/
   Foobar2000 - http://www.foobar2000.com/
   MoolPlayer - http://tinyapps.co.uk/moolplayer/
   musikCube - http://www.musikcube.com/
   Quintessential Player - http://www.quinnware.com/
   SongBird - http://www.songbirdnest.com/download
   XMPlay - http://www.un4seen.com/

   Audio Tools

   Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
   AutoFLAC - http://legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&...mp;app=autoflac
   BonkEnc - http://www.bonkenc.org/index.php
   CDEx - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
   EAC - http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
   Floola - http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/
   MP3Gain - http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
   Mp3tag - http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
   YamiPod - http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/
   Yammy - http://yammy.sourceforge.net/

   Benchmarking / Hardware Info

   CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
   Futuremark - http://www.futuremark.com/products/
   HDDScan - http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/
   HD Tune - http://www.hdtune.com/
   Nero CD-DVD Speed - http://www.cdspeed2000.com/
   Nero InfoTool - http://www.nero.com/nero7/deu/Info_Tool.html
   PC WIZARD 2007 - http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php
   RightMark Utilities - http://www.rightmark.org/
   SIV System Information Viewer - http://siv.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/
   SIW System Information for Windows - http://www.gtopala.com/

   Bittorent Clients

   µTorrent - http://utorrent.com/index.php
   Azureus - http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php
   BitComet - http://www.bitcomet.com/
   BitSpirit - http://www.167bt.com/intl/
   BitTorrent - http://www.bittorrent.com/
   Deluge - http://www.deluge-torrent.org/
   Halite - http://www.binarynotions.com/halite.php
   Rufus - http://rufus.sourceforge.net/

   CD & DVD Burning

   Burrrn - http://www.burrrn.net/
   CDBurnerXP Pro - http://www.cdburnerxp.se/index.php
   cdrtfe - http://cdrtfe.sourceforge.net/
   DeepBurner - http://www.deepburner.com/
   ImgBurn - http://www.imgburn.com/
   Infra Recorder - http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/
   Small CD-Writer - unofficial translation - http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=7564

   Compression/Decompression

   7-zip - http://www.7-zip.org
   ExtractNow - http://www.extractnow.com/
   Far Manager - http://farmanager.com/
   WinUHA - http://winuha.com
   UPX - http://upx.sourceforge.net/
   Universal Extractor - http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=62418

   Data Backup & Recovery

   DriveImage XML - http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm
   PC INSPECTOR File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm
   Recuva - http://www.recuva.com/
   Restoration - http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
   SelfImage - http://selfimage.excelcia.org/
   TestDisk and PhotoRec - http://www.cgsecurity.org/
   Undelete Plus - http://www.undelete-plus.com/

   Download Manager

   DownThemAll - Firefox extension - http://www.downthemall.net/
   FlashGet - http://flashget.com/
   Free Download Manager - http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
   LeechGet Personal Edition - http://www.leechget.net/en/
   Orbit Downloader - http://www.orbitdownloader.com/
   Wackget - http://millweed.com/
   Wget - http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm
   wGetGUI - http://www.jensroesner.de/wgetgui/
   WinWGet - http://www.cybershade.us/winwget/

   Encryption

   FreeOTFE - http://www.freeotfe.org/
   KeePass - http://keepass.sourceforge.net/
   Steganos LockNote - http://www.steganos.com/?content=locknote&language=en
   TrueCrypt - http://www.truecrypt.org/

   File Tools

   A43 File Management Utility - http://www.primitus.us/a43/
   Ant Renamer - http://www.antp.be/software/renamer
   CubicExplorer - http://www.cubicreality.com/ce/about
   Directory Lister - http://www.krksoft.com/index.html
   ExplorerXP - http://www.explorerxp.com/
   freeCommander - http://www.freecommander.com/
   LS File List Generator - http://home.a03.itscom.net/tsuzu/programing/en/
   ReNamer - http://www.den4b.com/
   UltraExplorer - http://www.mustangpeak.net/ultraexplorer.html
   WinMerge - http://winmerge.org/

   Firewall

   Comodo Personal Firewall - http://www.comodogroup.com/
   Outpost Firewall Free - http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpostfree/index.php
   Safety.Net - http://www.netveda.com/consumer/safetynet.htm
   SoftPerfect Personal Firewall - http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/
   ZoneAlarm - http://www.zonelabs.com/

   FTP

   Filezilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

   Graphics

   ArtRage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/
   AveIconifier2 - http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=15304
   Blender - http://www.blender.org/
   Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
   hugin - Panorama Tools GUI - http://hugin.sourceforge.net/
   InkScape - http://www.inkscape.org/
   IrfanView - http://www.irfanview.com/
   Jahshaka - http://www.jahshaka.org/
   OpenFX - http://www.openfx.org/
   Paint.NET - http://www.getpaint.net/index.html
   PhotoFiltre - http://www.photofiltre.com/
   Picasa - http://picasa.google.com/
   Google SketchUp - http://www.sketchup.com/
   Scratch - http://scratch.media.mit.edu/
   TuxPaint - http://www.tuxpaint.org/
   XnView - http://www.xnview.com/

   GUI

   Adolix Wallpaper Changer - http://www.adolix.com/wallpaper-changer/
   AveDesk - http://www.avedesk.org/
   CD Art Display - http://www.closetosoftware.com/
   Crawlpaper - http://sourceforge.net/projects/crawlpaper/
   Deskloops - http://www.xilokit.com/deskloops/deskloops.html
   Desktop List View - http://iamwill.com/dev/desktopListView/index.php
   Dexpot - http://dexpot.de/index.php?id=home
   DM2 - http://dm2.sourceforge.net/
   Flickr Wallpaper Rotator - http://www.rushfrisby.com/apps/Flickr-Wallpaper-Rotator.aspx
   FlyakiteOSX - http://osx.portraitofakite.com/
   John's Background Switcher - http://www.johnsadventures.com/backend/BackgroundSwitcher/
   ObjectDock - http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/
   Pitaschio - http://pitaschio.ara3.net/index.htm
   Power Dimmer - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/powerdimmer/
   PowerMenu - http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/
   RK Launcher - http://home.cogeco.ca/~rklauncher/
   RocketDock - http://www.punksoftware.com/rocketdock
   Switcher - http://insentient.net/index.html
   Tango Shell Patcher - http://vertigosity.benpbrown.com/?page=start
   TaskSwitchXP - http://www.ntwind.com/software/taskswitchxp.html
   XPize - http://xpero.msfn.org/
   Yahoo! Widgets - http://widgets.yahoo.com/
   VirtuaWin - http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/
   Vista Transformation Pack - http://www.windowsxlive.net/?page_id=15

   Instant Messaging

   aMSN - MSN - http://amsn.sourceforge.net/index.php
   Gaim - Multi-Protocol support - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
   miniaim - AIM - http://miniaim.net/
   Miranda - Multi-Protocol support - http://www.miranda-im.org/
   Trillian - Multi-Protocol support - http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/

   IRC Client

   Bersirc - http://bersirc.free2code.net/index.php/home/
   HydraIRC - http://www.hydrairc.com/
   KVIRC - http://www.kvirc.net/
   X-Chat - http://www.xchat.org/
   X-Chat 2 - http://www.silverex.org/news/

   Network Tools

   Ethereal - Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/
   Knocker - Port Scanner - http://knocker.sourceforge.net/index.php
   Hamachi - http://www.hamachi.cc/
   OCS Inventory - Inventory - http://ocsinventory.sourceforge.net/
   OmniPeek Personal - http://www.omnipeek.com/omnipeek_personal.php
   Show Traffic - Traffic Analyzer - http://www.demosten.com/index.html
   SmartSniff - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/smsniff.html
   Snort - IDS - http://snort.org/
   SoftPerfect Network Scanner - http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/
   The Dude - http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php
   Wireshark - http://www.wireshark.org/

   Notepad Replacements

   metapad - http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
   Notepad++ - http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
   Notepad2 - http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

   Office

   AbiWord - http://www.abisource.com/
   doPDF - http://www.dopdf.com/
   Foxit Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
   Gnumeric - http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/
   Nvu - http://www.nvu.com/index.php
   OpenOffice - http://www.openoffice.org/
   PDFCreator - http://www.pdfforge.org/

   RSS

   FeedReader - http://www.feedreader.com/
   GreatNews - http://www.curiostudio.com/index.html
   RSSOwl - http://www.rssowl.org/

   System Utilities

   Auslogics Disk Defrag - http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/index.php
   CamStudio - http://www.camstudio.org/
   CCleaner - http://ccleaner.com/
   Convert - http://joshmadison.net/software/convert/
   Event Log Explorer - http://www.eventlogxp.com/
   HashTab - http://beeblebrox.org/hashtab/
   JkDefrag - http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/
   Neoshooter - http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=161346
   nCleaner - http://nkprod.ro/ncleaner/
   NirSoft Utilities - http://www.nirsoft.net/
   Revo Uninstaller - http://www.revouninstaller.com/index.html
   Rumshot - http://shellscape.org/rumshot/
   Sandboxie - http://www.sandboxie.com/
   Sizer - http://www.brianapps.net/sizer.html
   Sysinternals Utilities - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysintern...itiesindex.mspx
   Unlocker - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
   VirtualBox - http://www.virtualbox.org/
   Window Clippings - http://weblogs.asp.net/kennykerr/archive/t...gs/default.aspx

   Web Browsers

   Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
   K-Meleon - http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
   Opera - http://www.opera.com/

   VoIP

   Gizmo - http://www.gizmoproject.com/
   Skype - http://www.skype.com/
   VoipStunt - http://www.voipstunt.com/
   WengoPhone - http://www.wengo.com/

   Video Players

   GOM Player - http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html
   Media Player Classic - http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
   MoolPlayer - http://tinyapps.co.uk/moolplayer/
   MPUI - http://mpui.sourceforge.net/
   KMPlayer - http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php
   rulesPlayer - http://rulesplayer.lessequal.com/
   VLC - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
   Zoom Player (Standard) - http://www.inmatrix.com/

   Video Tools

   Any Video Converter - http://www.any-dvd-converter.com/
   AutoGK - http://www.autogk.me.uk/
   BeSweet - http://dspguru.doom9.net/
   Dr.DivX - http://labs.divx.com/DrDivX
   DVD43 - http://www.dvd43.com/
   DVDFab Decrypter - http://www.dvdidle.com/free.htm
   DVD-Rebuilder - http://dvd-rb.dvd2go.org/
   GSpot Codec Information Appliance - http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
   MediaCoder - http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
   MKVToolnix - http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/
   RatDVD- http://www.ratdvd.dk/download.htm
   StaxRip - http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/
   Videora Converter - http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/
   VirtualDub - http://www.virtualdub.org/

   Well, that does it for this time, and if you find it to be useful to ya, just drop a quarter in the bucket on the way out.. :-)

   Posted 17 years ago #
2. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Hey wheres the games, lol.

   Wow, what a comprehensive list of software man. That's going to take some time to work through. :) Thank you for all the time and effort you've put into this.

   WR

   p.s.

   From the list above I found three excellent HDD tools (HDDfirmware updater, HDD Tune and HDD Scan) I've become much more aware of how important it is to look after your HDD's after losing a series of them over a short period (probably due to poor cooling as they were all from the same computer), one of which had around 200G of data that I'd stupidly not got around to backing up, and some of which was no longer available. Even several recovery programs couldn't help with that one. :( Thanks again FF you are a star.

   Posted 17 years ago #
3. 

   BuBBy
   Teh adnim

   I forgive you FF, this one is before your time :P

   Apps
   http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684

   Games
   http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/686

   Posted 17 years ago #
4. 

   RunesageMagik
   Member

   Bubby, fwiw, I've recently referred to Wolven's post #684 twice, once when writing directly to FwF. I think his zeal is slightly out of phase with his memory bank, not that there's anything wrong with that. :-)

   Posted 17 years ago #
5. 

   FreewareFan
   Member

   Yep, out of phase is a good way to put it... Too many irons in the fire, and this is the result.

   Well, maybe the list will still be of use to newer forum members who did not get it the first time around..

   Posted 17 years ago #
6. 

   Archangel
   Member

   Wow, I'm on a BlackBerry and came to browse the new post and saw This and had to say thanks. I'll be following the links when I get home.

   Posted 17 years ago #
7. 

   goodgotd
   Member

   I just posted some stuff on the freeware list home BuBBy pointed out, might give it a gander... :-)

   Posted 17 years ago #
8. 

   scubaguy (R.I.P.)
   Member

   @ FreewareFan
   Yippeeeeeee, I'm first to comment What!!! No screensavers?? and how come you didn’t even review each of these sites? Are these trial versions???? Can't find the registration # anywhere...are you sure these are free and I don't have to....

   Oooops..ohh ahhh!!!Sorry..thought this was the comment's page. LOL!!!

   Great list,with this and the games from the other thread I'll never get any sleep.

   Thanks FF

   Posted 17 years ago #
9. 

   Lockett
   Member

   Thanks! I especially liked PowerMenu and XMPlay. ArtRage isn't freeware, though, and a few of the sites are defunct.

   Posted 17 years ago #
10. 

    goodgotd
    Member

    all active links, all free. note you have to enable both 'filenote' and 'copy file name' in 'shell tools' for filenote to work right. I'll be reporting that buglet, I will.

    shell tools

    CROA - http://davidcrowell.com/archive/2007/03/11/Croa.aspx
    Shell Tools - http://www.moonsoftware.com/shelltools.asp
    FileMenu Tools - http://www.lopesoft.com/en/index.html
    ShellMenuView - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shell_menu_view.html
    File Association Editor - http://www.angelfire.com/biz/rhaminisys/fileasoc.html
    Madotate with english interface - http://davc73.free.fr/madotate/Madotate_2.02.02.zip
    Madotate english description - http://www.tutorial5.com/content/view/60/80/

    Office Suite

    SSuite Office-The Fifth Element - http://ssuite5element.webs.com/thefifthelement.htm

    System Snapshot Tool

    Regshot (english news) - http://regshot.blog.googlepages.com/regshot

    Posted 17 years ago #
11. 

    FreewareFan
    Member

    Thanks for the update, goodgotd!!

    Posted 17 years ago #
12. 

    goodgotd
    Member

    Well, it passed without a ripple on http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684, so I boiled it down, and dropped the basics in here. Only one not yet personally used is the SA office suite.

    Filenote from 'shell tools' (Moon Software just stopped carrying the standalone, 206k 1999 version- should I post where it's still available, or just host it someplace, you think?) I use every day, along with parts of filemenu tools- 'create new folder', 'command line here' and 'delete and no move to recycle bin' get heavy use and I add 'open with notepad' to my R-C menu asap for .nfo. .ini and .reg file view & edit use.

    Much better than the windows stock methods.

    Posted 17 years ago #
13. 

    goodgotd
    Member

    hmm, another question, another handful of 'oh, yeah...'.

    compression:
    AlZip - http://www.altools.net ok, free registration, never been spammed.
    Sort of like FreshDevices but less annoying.

    actually, http://www.altools.net also has:
    ALSong - Live Lyrics MP3 Player
    ALShow - Movie Player
    ALSee - Picture Viewer
    ALFTP - FTP Client & Server
    ALPass - Secure Login & Password Manager (IE only)

    file hosting:
    theonlinedatastorage http://www.theonlinedatastorage.com 1.24 gigabyte limit!
    sendspace - http://www.sendspace.com 300 meg limit, low hassle

    video recode:
    Dr. DivX OSS v2.0.1 b5 - http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/drdivx/drdivx2-2.0.1-b5-setup.exe
    WinFF - http://www.biggmatt.com
    Alltoavi - http://alltoavi.sourceforge.net/index.php

    video dub-edit (no recoding) for mpeg/mpg:
    Free Fast MPEG Cut 2.4.2.1 - http://planetmirror.com/pub/freewarefiles/FreeFastMpegCut.exe

    video dub-edit (no recoding) for avi:
    Free Video Dub 1.2.1.1 - http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-Video-Dub.htm
    SolveigMM AVI Trimmer 1.5 - http://www.solveigmm.com/?Products&p=AVITrimmer

    <sigh> ok, http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-video-software.htm also has:
    Free YouTube to iPod and PSP Converter 2.8.3.1
    Free Audio Dub 1.2.1.1
    Free Video to Flash Converter 3.1.3.1
    Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 2.4.3.1
    Free DVD Decrypter 1.2.3.1
    Free 3GP Video Converter 2.4.3.1
    Free Video Flip and Rotate 1.2.3.1
    Free YouTube Download 1.2.3.1
    Free YouTube Uploader 1.5.3.1
    Free Video to iPod and PSP Converter 2.4.3.1
    Free Video to iPhone Converter 1.3.3.1
    Free Video to MP3 Converter 2.8.3.1
    Free Video to JPG Converter 1.2.3.1
    Free YouTube to iPhone Converter 1.3.3.1
    Free Studio Manager 2.2.1.1 (launcher for the rest)

    Posted 17 years ago #
14. 

    goodgotd
    Member

    update here: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/684/page/2?replies=48#post-16220

    Posted 17 years ago #
15. 

    lylcoop
    Member

    No games?! What about the games!?

    Posted 16 years ago #
16. 

    goodgotd
    Member

    search for freeware games list?

    Posted 16 years ago #
17. 

    lylcoop
    Member

    lol i am i am

    Posted 16 years ago #
18. 

    Anonymous
    Unregistered

    Here is one to add to the firewall list, Online Armor, been using it for months and I'm REALLY impressed with it....
    http://online-armor.com/

    Posted 16 years ago #
19. 

    Jaddis
    Member

    Great list FreewareFan. Thanks!

    Posted 16 years ago #

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