Useful (freeware) apps - post them here

[thunderstruck]

Thought it might be a good idea if we had a thread where any useful freeware apps we came across on the web could be listed. I'll start:

AVG Anti-Virus:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

Ad-Aware Spyware Detector:
www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

IrfanView Image Viewer:
www.irfanview.com

PHP Designer (IDE):
www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php

HTML Validator:
www.htmlvalidator.com/lite/

Firefox Internet Browser:
www.firefox.com/

>> Edited by thunderstruck on Monday 10th October 17:14

[davidd]

thunderstruck said:

Thought it might be a good idea if we had a thread where any useful freeware apps we came across on the web could be listed. I'll start: AVG Anti-Virus: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 Ad-Aware Spyware Detector: www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ IrfanView Image Viewer: www.irfanview.com PHP Designer (IDE): www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php HTML Validator: www.htmlvalidator.com/lite/ Firefox Internet Browser: www.firefox.com/ >> Edited by thunderstruck on Monday 10th October 17:14

I've alsays run avg at home, always uptodate. Was given a full copy of mcafee which found some things avg had missed.... Won't be using that again.

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[FunkyNige]

Spyware Blaster - stops spyware getting on in the first place:
www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

MS Anti-spyware - does the same, made by Microsoft:
www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Picasa Picture viewer - fantastic little picture viewer/edditor made by Google:
http://picasa.google.com/index.html

The GIMP - like photoshop, but free
www.gimp.org/

OpenOffice - like MS Office, but free
www.openoffice.org/

[aldi]

davidd said:

I've alsays run avg at home, always uptodate. Was given a full copy of mcafee which found some things avg had missed.... Won't be using that again.

Ah! But I've seen machines with McAfee on that I've had to use AVG to clean up... touche'!

Edit: Ethereal Useful for locating virus-ridden machines on a network, sniffing pop3 passwords for people who've forgotten them, all kinds of stuff.

>> Edited by aldi on Monday 10th October 18:14

[docevi1]

FileZilla. Free FTP app.

CDex. MP3 ripping tool.

VirtualDub. Movie editing and compression tool.

Mozilla Thunderbird. Companion to Firefox.

Trillian. Ad free and multiple connections to various IM networks.

MP3TagStudio . expansive mp3 editing tool.

PDFSU. Speed up Acrobat reader opening by culling all the crappy plugins that insist on loading.

MS Movie Maker (no url), but a fairly handy method of making movies. With SP2 it even supports saving to avi.

[chriswright]

Spybot Search & destroy

[zumbruk]

docevi1 said:

MS Movie Maker (no url), but a fairly handy method of making movies. With SP2 it even supports saving to avi.

Download it from (gosh!) Microsoft. And it'll edit MP3's, too.

[hornet]

dBpowerAMP

Good CD ripping/audio conversion tool.

[rolex]

Spell cheker designed for use in text boxes such as this one
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>> Edited by rolex on Monday 10th October 22:34

[[k]ar|]

Here are a few that I use, that haven't already been covered:


FreeAV - freeware antivirus
www.free-av.com

Avast home edition - freeware antivirus
www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Kerio Personal Firewall - excellent software firewall
www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html

nVU - Dreamweaver-alike HTML editor
www.nvu.com/

CDburnerXP Pro - Nero-alike CD/DVD burner
www.cdburnerxp.se/

ABC - bittorrent client
http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/

3d Traceroute - handy and flexible ping/tracert tool
www.d3tr.de/

NetStumbler - WLAN hotspot detector
www.netstumbler.com/downloads/

Audacity - SoundForge-alike audio editor
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

XP antispy - privacy tool for WinXP
www.xp-antispy.org/

MetaPad - useful notepad replacement
www.liquidninja.com/metapad/

MP3Tag - Great MP3 tagging and renaming package
www.mp3tag.de/en/

Winamp - great MP3 player
www.winamp.com

I also use many apps already mentioned - OpenOffice, GIMP, Spybot, FileZilla, and Firefox. All great! Also, don't forget Thunderbird, the companion email client to Firefox, and that the "other" alternative browser, Opera, is now offered free of charge, including the ad-free version.

www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
www.opera.com

Finally, a great site with lots of neat utilities you might want to check out is www.analogx.com. I've had lots of neat stuff from there

[k]

edited to add: this thread should be stickied!

>> Edited by [k]ar| on Monday 10th October 23:39

[trevorw]

rolex said:

Spell cheker designed for use in text boxes such as this one www.iespell.com/

Not sure it actually worked though


Some good stuff on here keep em coming, I won't add any as the ones i know about have already been posted up.

>> Edited by trevorw on Monday 10th October 23:10

[hornet]

This is a good place for Linux ISOs and whatnot.

This is where you go when you bugger up your master boot record then realise you don't know the XP Recovery Console administrator password...

[mcflurry]

loads at www.download.com and www.tucows.co.uk

[TheExcession]

grc.com has some useful stuff, not all of it free.

They do however offer a very good free firewall test called Shields-Ups.

[Mr E]

Top thread. Sticky please?

[thunderstruck]

[quote=[k]ar|]
nVU - Dreamweaver-alike HTML editor
<a href="www.nvu.com/">www.nvu.com/</a>
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Thanks for that - really good and am using it already!

[thunderstruck]

Excellent tool for making image maps:
www.fegi.ru/geohtml/down.htm

[[k]ar|]

Keep them coming! Here's another one I found recently:

GB-PVR - neat-looking personal video recorder/media centre app for those with Hauppage TV tuner cards.
www.gbpvr.com

Does anyone know of a good freeware cd/dvd cloning utility for making backup discs? I prefer to use copy discs in the car so that when they get scratched, I can just burn another.

Thanks!

[k]

[BliarOut]

TheExcession said:

www.grc.com has some useful stuff, not all of it free. They do however offer a very good free firewall test called Shields-Ups.

And it's dead easy to use it find out your external IP address when the customer has lost their documentation

[sprintmp]

Ftp : http://software.visicommedia.com/en/products/aceftpfreeware/

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