Applications:
Media:
IfranView A very nice photo
editor/viewer with batch ability.
GOM Player Another media player with support for many types.
Bonk Encoder A MP3 encoder
with CDDB lookup abilities.
Audacity Nifty Audio
Editor with plug-in support.
Misc:
IZArc A file unzip and zip
program with support for many file types.
Sticky Pad A nice utility
which allows you to have stickies on your desktop.
Foxit Reader An alternate PDF reader.
Softmaker Office 2006
An Excel-like and Word-like editor.
SUMo A software update checker.
FileHippo Updater Checker
Another software update checker.
AllwaySync A software that can sync/backup to various means of storage/devices.
Development:
InnoSetup A clean well designed setup creator.
FxCop A code analysis and metric tool.
Scrawlr A simple Sql Injection scanner.
Xenu A broken link analyzer
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Internet:
Browser:
Opera A very fast and compact
browser available for multiple platforms.
Firefox Another browser with extensive plug-in
support.
Email:
ThunderBird
A fairly nice POP3 email client developed by the
Mozilla team.
Notice: It is advisable to use Outlook instead, if you have a large inbox. (>500MB)
Instant Messaging:
Pidgin A multi-protocol IM program.
Misc:
WinSCP A nice clean SFTP and FTP
client.
HTML Shrinker A nifty
utility that can reduce the pageload size of your HTML.
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System:
Optimization/
System
Cleaners:
JKDefragGui A really nice defrag utility
with an nifty defrag screensaver and scheduling features.
CCleaner A nice new system
cleaner.
RegSeeker A
fairly nice registry cleaner.
EasyCleaner
Another older but still nice, system cleaner.
Virus Scanners:
Antivir A free virus scanner.
AVG Another free virus scanner
with a nice built-in autoupdate utility.
Avast Another virus scanner that is quite a bit more cpu intensive but also a lot
more thorough, its also compatible with older OS's.
Spyware/Malware Scanners:
SpyBot Search & Destroy
One of the better spyware cleaner programs.
Malwarebytes Another good
malware removal program.
HiJackThis A more
advanced spyware removal tool which does not need pattern file updates. (For advanced
users only.)
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