FREE software list

[grubazaba]

i'm currently making a list of free software for hard-up university students....

items to include:

*Mailwasher.net - Anti-spam :rolleyes:
*ZoneLabs ZoneAlarm - Firewall :mad:
*Sonique 1.95 - Lycos Media Player :burn:
*HouseCall - Online VirusScan (antivirus.com) :D
*Netscape 7 - block pop-ups (add-in rqd') + excellent mail / news reader :beer:

MORE IDEAS AND LINKS APPRECIATED!!
Overclocking or otherwise.

[only totally free, unrestricted software please]

...this list just keeps on growing!! come and add you $ worth. Free software only...no hakz etc...many thanks.
Read on you might find something you like :cool:

[su root]

i prefer opera as a browser, www.opera.com .. unfortunately they started putting banner ads in their program :(

eudora is great for email.. there are very few viruses that are out there that affect it .. www.eudora.com

for media-related, i like Quintessential Player, http://download.com.com/3000-2139-10120012.html?tag=lst-0-1

[grubazaba]

thanks guys... keep em rollin...

https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 - test your hack defences

[bobatola]

AVG - Antivirus (www.grisoft.com)

[Pinky]

Um, Videolan (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) for playing mpegs, etc, without needing a dvd player/player software ;)

[steveyboy]

abiword for word processing

[grubazaba]

GREAT JOB!!! where's abiword??

for which OS - not heard of that before!!

[and how could i forget AVG?! doh]

[Rezman5]

Who can forget the awesome ad-aware (http://www.webattack.com/get/adaware.shtml)

die spyware die!!!

[BigRed]

HOW can you all forget Linux?!? (http://www.linuxiso.org/)

[grubazaba]

...anything else we can download within a day?? lol ;)

thanks guys!!

out of interest... i'll probably have to explain what's best and why!

which linux would you choose for first-timers & why?? place your vote here!!

[Christoph]

Originally posted by grubazaba
which linux would you choose for first-timers & why?? place your vote here!!

Try searching through the Alt OS forum. Don't ask; search.

[egbert314]

My $0.02

Firewall: I personally prefer Tiny Personal Firewall version 2.15, not 3. It is small and free but you have to configure the rules yourself.

Browser: I would say Mozilla 1.1 at www.mozilla.org

IM software: definitely Trillian at www.trillian.cc free and no ads

[deez]

Winzip
Wcpuid
WinVNC
WinRAR
Sisoft Sandra Standard

[grubazaba]

thanks a380, deez, egbert and chritoph...

personally i don't like winrar (& think it's time limited without registration fee). never heard of winAce! cool.

Anyone know anything for VOIP ? other than msn messenger (which has about 30-70 connect-fail ratio)

[A380]

daemon-tools (cd-rom emulator, this one is completely freeware..and works good!)
....no more ideas in my mind....
A380

[Adamu]

www.ultimatezip.com (http://www.ultimatezip.com/) - zipping utility
www.irfanview.com (http://www.irfanview.com/) - Image viewer
www.gimp.org (http://www.gimp.org/) - GNU Image Manipulation Program (Like photoshop but harder to use) Windows version (http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/)

[grubazaba]

coffee cup ftp and ftp explorer are free too i think... it's amazing what you forget!!

380: where's daemon tools??
been looking for one of those for ages!
[forces a partition of hd to be recognised as cd right?]

[A380]

Here:

http://www.daemon-tools.com/

Direct Link:

http://www.daemon-tools.org/cgi-bin/Scripts/daemon.pl?daemon317.exe

You just install it. In Systray you get an icon. Rightclick and Leftclick will give you similar but different menues.
Just load a image file to emualte in the virtual cd-rom drive.

no partitioning or something like that

It's that easy :D
A380

[grubazaba]

memtest86 - http://www.memtest86.com/

[SickBoy]

Sun StarOffice, for Windows and Linux....

Compatible in every way with MS Office, may I add...

[Audioaficionado]

Diskeeper7lite (great defrager)

Pegasus Mail (the safest mail proggy)

Forte Free Agent (rockin' news reader)

98lite (my favorite)

IEradicator (safely and cleanly removes the itegrated IE right out of windows 9x)

Pop up Killer (one of the few that isn't married to IE)

Electric! (one of the best wild scr apps)

google (how else will you find all this cool stuff)

Cacheman (make RAM/swap work better)

GT Ripple (great wave effects on desktop)

Riva Tuner (overclock your nVidia with ease)

Belarc Advisor (see everything on your box at once in a few seconds)

Lavasoft ad-aware (bust spyware before it tattles on you)

Chainsaw (saws any file into floppy sized chunks to be put together again)

VB Color Picker (makes all those colorful sigs easy)

wcpuid (see the info on your cpu/mobo)

Mozilla (someone already said Opera)

Mass downloader (ain't free unless you ignore the nags, but real fast)

AnalogX (lots of great apps)

[grubazaba]

WOW! that's what we call thread participation!!

...don't suppose you got links for any of those? ;)

[Pinky]

Some of the files listed here can be found on www.aoafiles.com (just for the record).

[OC Noob]

I sa sa sa saw Sandra, but there are other good, free benchies at madonion.com! Of cource, 99% of the people reading these boards know that, but I'll post it for the 1% of O/cing Noobs out there:p

[grubazaba]

thanks guys...

when the site is researched and live i'll be looking for reviewers too :)

tried to go to free.com - totally free except for handing over all your personal preferences - sucks! mine will be totally free (no bull****).

[edit: it's wicked how foul language is edited automatically!]

[Kid Payne]

ad Subtract. Keeps cookies and popups from getting to you. www.adsutract.com

I second WinAce.

Fresh Diagnose. System test and benchmarks. www.freshdevices.com

I'll post more later if I can dig up my cd with all the free programs.

[masitti]

Kazaa Lite (www.kazaalite.com)

Motherboard Monitor 5 (mbm5.livewiredev.com)

WeatherBug (www.weatherbug.com) - gets temps right from my highschool, with live rain, wind, and temps - can't beat that. :)

[ptwearnhardtfan]

Clone CD is awesome but shareware.

[pauldriver]

Originally posted by grubazaba
...anything else we can download within a day?? lol ;)

thanks guys!!

out of interest... i'll probably have to explain what's best and why!

which linux would you choose for first-timers & why?? place your vote here!!

Redhat for the beginner simply because of the massive support.
Caldera for the buisness minded.
Debian for Technocratic.

[stereo555]

Dont forget .... Diskeeper Lite (defragment freeware) ; LINKY (http://www.execsoft.com/execsoft.asp) . ;) ** 00PSIE ....repost **

[Max 86]

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[grubazaba]

Anyone heard of winMX? someone mentioned that to me in passing.

I use 98litepro... 98LITE PREVIEW available free at www.98lite.net if you have win95 original and any win98 you can use win95 explorer!! makes your system much more stable - trust me ;)

CACHEMAN!!! is great & FREE memory utility
http://www.outertech.com/downloads.php?product=3&download=31&PHPSESSID=c86b4469dd1cc327a0ba2d8a4af8095e

[Christoph]

I just saw this (http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/25/2252231&mode=thread&tid=109) on Slashdot and thought of this thread. I haven't bothered to read through it (all 900+ posts), but I don't doubt that there's some great stuff in there.
Happy digging!

[Breadfan]

Originally posted by SickBoy
Sun StarOffice, for Windows and Linux....

Compatible in every way with MS Office, may I add...

Probably the best free program out there, a whole office suite in one!

Only problem is, 5.2 was free from Sun, but looks like v6 is gonna cost money...not sure if 5.2 is still available for d/l from Sun...I'll check though...

Mike

EDIT: http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/6.0/get/endof52download.html

Looks like 5.2 is no longer free either based on a May 23rd announcement.

However, for the more adventurous, look at that link, they mention OpenOffice 1.0 that shares the same binary code as StarOffice 6.0...

[LutaWicasa]

This doesn't really seem appropriate for "Cyber Deals" so off it goes to "Other Software" :)

[TheFrag]

i think that this thread would of fit a lot better in cyber deals because they are alternatives to expensive things, i.e.--u r saving money. Plus, i doubt as many people would see it here

[KILLorBE]

How much do you need?
I'll only post links with more links inside, otherwise it would be a hell of a job.
Lady Dee's (http://www.ladydees.com/Seti/utils.htm)
Quicktime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone/)
Freebyte (http://www.freebyte.com/freeware/)
FreewareWeb (http://www.freewareweb.com/)
Gromada-->VideoMach 2.6.3, Moyager 1.3.7, 1st Impression 2.5.0 (http://www.gromada.com/index.html)
Optimize Utilities (Free and shareware) (http://www.downlinx.com/windows/Utilities/OptimizeUtilities/default.htm)
Change Your Start Button (Free and Shareware) (http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,15540,00.asp)
PA Notez, Audstuff, Paprintjob, Pacheck, Pastop, Papass, ebmDevMag (http://www.pankhurst.com/softdown.htm)

Synthesoft (3D) Screensaver(s)+CD / Spectrum Pro, A 32bit shareware CD-Audio Player with Graphical Spectrum Analyzer and MP3/WAV player for Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT 4.0. Hosts the Synthesoft screen savers for stunning visuals which dance to the beat of your music.
(http://www.synthesoft.com/Hypno/Default.htm)
Clipquik, Clipboard storage (http://www.wavsurfer.com/dloads.html)
Backup and Copy utilz (http://www.williamlogan.org/FreewareIndex/FileBackup.html)
TONS of free and shareware (http://www.windowspc.com/start.pl?page=/multimedia9.htm)
FreewareBoss (Old) (http://www.freewareboss.com/downloads/)
xFX PopUp Killer (http://software.xfx.net/utilities/popupkiller/)

Sorry:eh?:

[mbigna]

Originally posted by KILLorBE
xFX PopUp Killer (http://software.xfx.net/utilities/popupkiller/)
It appears that xFX Software is abandoning PopUp Killer.
After numerous reports of problems with Internet Explorer from many new PopUp Killer users I have decided to discontinue my most beloved little baby.
They are recommending Meaya software's Popup Ad Filter. They have a free trial version, but it's $25 for the full version.
http://www.meaya.com/?xfx

[DreamingWolf]

On recommendation of a comp mag I read I tried and like very much

LeechGet 2002
www.leechget.de

totally free, very versatile and effective download manager/site grabber. Can do it all and do it well. Pure free, no ads no nothing but program.

DWolf:cool:

[TheFrag]

no spyware, right. CUZ SPWARE ****ES MEH OFF!

[CPFitz14]

Anima8or-Cool little 3d modeling and animation app

www.anima8or.com

Blender-Another 3d modeling/animation app

http://www.elysiun.com/download.php

Download accelerator plus

www.downloadaccelerator.com

This should be a sticky, and revised so everthing is on one big list!

-CPFitz-

[mbigna]

I've come across these sites:

www.hotfreeware.com
www.free-programs.com
www.freeware-downloads.com

I haven't completely reviewed these sites, so your milage may vary.
BE VERY WARY OF VIRUSES AND SPYWARE!

[grubazaba]

Originally posted by TheFrag
i think that this thread would of fit a lot better in cyber deals because they are alternatives to expensive things, i.e.--u r saving money. Plus, i doubt as many people would see it here

...that's why i put it in cyber deals :D

IMHO if it's free that's quite a deal!!!


CPFitz14 - if it's made sticky i will compie this lot into one message.... it could get as long as the FAH sign-up list ;)

KILLorBE - how much do i need... all the quality free software you guys can point me to that students might be interested in. not most of these students won't be extreme techies!!

[JigPu]

Originally posted by grubazaba
Anyone heard of winMX? someone mentioned that to me in passing.
Yes, I'd reccomend it over Kazzaa, Bear Share, AudioGalaxy, Morpheus, or anything else you can name me. Spyware free, ad free, and tends to one of the only 5/5 rated in reviews.

Though don't ask me about how well it works. I'm not about to get in trouble here for the first time since I've joined!
JigPu

[TheFrag]

I can make a webpage with all of these porgrams. give me a PM if you want

[grubazaba]

...give you what? PM?

i just wrote a site... http://www.studentplacements.info

and my next project after the careers site i'm developing is a free software site...

gonna create a mini student portal!

...but i won't get round to creating the software site until first week in November.

[craigiz1]

I didn't see MBM5. (Motherboard Monitor 5) - For the o/c'er.

[H4deS]

www.majorgeeks.com has got to be my favorite site for free software. It seems like every time I browse their site I end up with 8 new programs.

[TheFrag]

PM=private message. Im gonna make a site for it, too. I was gonna make something like that, too. But im gonna make a bibliography maker!

[KILLorBE]

WS_FTP LE (http://www.ipswitch.com/)

dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC) and dBpowerAMP Audio Player (dAP) (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/) The Fastest Audio CD Ripper There is, converts .mp3, .ogg, .ape, .wav, .wma V2 R1, wma V7, wma V8, .acc, .aif, .snd, .flac, .mp2, .mpc, .ra, .voc, .vqf, .vtx.
Uses LAME.

GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program (Something like Photoshop):
GIMP for Windows Homepage (http://www.gimp.org/win32/)
GIMP for Windows Installer (http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/)
The Registry (http://registry.gimp.org)
GIMP Wish List (http://jerhard.org/computers/contribute/gimp/)
GIMP Tutorials:
GIMP-Savvy (http://www.gimp-savvy.com)
Wingimp.org (http://www.wingimp.org/tutorial)
Tutorials (http://empyrean.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/~nem/gimp/tuts)
Tutorials (http://www.nuclecu.unam.mx/~federico/gimp)
Tutorials (http://at8.abo.fi/~mwikholm/com/gimp/tutor)

[grubazaba]

Originally posted by TheFrag
PM=private message. Im gonna make a site for it, too. I was gonna make something like that, too. But im gonna make a bibliography maker!

IM = Instant Message ;) that's what had me. bibliography maker sounds good.

[daddyof2]

CNET (http://download.com.com/2001-20-0.html) is a nice site for any and all kinds of downloads. Everything from connection optimisers to video editing software. Just enter free into the search box. TONS of downloads. :beer:

[Disputant]

Kerio Firewall

Tiny Personal Firewall

Proxomitron (Software proxy)

[skou]

Sticky?

This thread should be a sticky.

please

steve

[grubazaba]

thank you skou. I agree.

I have started to compile on e long list...

but it's taking some time to track the software without links.

[garwain]

I didn't see textpad mentioned (www.textpad.com) it's a gread replacement for notepad with several features like spell check, syntax highlighting, etc

Was Netscape mentioned anywhere? I remember Opera and Mozilla.

some download sites that I check out from time to time are;
http://www.keyscreen.com/
http://www.tucows.com

[Sharkman]

I found this thread in a search and thought it had some very useful free progs. So I am resurrecting a long dead thread from the past to help out anyone that might be interested :D

Being that this thread is so old some links might not work anymore but a lot still do.

[kaltag]

If you're in the *nix crowd http://sourceforge.net I don't think you can get a bigger repository.
I'd also have to say the free version of MAYA for those interested in 3d modeling.

[NiTCOM]

ad-aware

spybot search & destroy

avant browser

[ferria]

my favorites are: EYEBALL CHAT,SKYPE and METAPRODUCTS DOWNLOAD EXPRESS 1.5

[itshondo]

Brutus Shutdown - http://www.proffs.nu/brutus.htm

Sygate Personal Firewall -
http://smb.sygate.com/buy/download_buy.htm

Stardock Cursor XP -
http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/

TweakUI
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp

RegCleaner
http://www.pcmedixwebs.com/regclean.htm

Brn4free
http://www.burn4free.com/

Free History Cleaner
http://www.freehistorycleaner.com/

Zip Genius
http://www.webattack.com/get/zipgenius.shtml

Motherboard Monitor
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/

Photocopier (use your scanner & printer as a copier)
http://www.nicocuppen.com/

many of these apps I found at WebAttack, the best freeware site I have found!

http://www.webattack.com/

Happy Holidays!

[Mustard Duster]

Blender 3d - 3d modeling
http://www.blender3d.org/
Yafray - Yet Another Free Raytracer - 3d Render
http://www.coala.uniovi.es/~jandro/noname/

[pranks7er]

open office - word processor

truespace3 - 3D modelling tool

IMSI Turbo Cad - Free CAD

Crimson Editor - html etc

Litestep- Windows Shell Changer

Smart FTP

Anim8or - 3d modellling tool

dB Power Amp - convert cd to mp3

[assemblage]

I'm liking HTML Area (http://www.interactivetools.com/products/htmlarea/)

I also like
HTML Kit (http://www.chami.com/html-kit/)

Also WS_FTP LE has a new version out. It does the same thing as the old one, but now it's super suck ware. I accidently delted my old version and went to the site to get another and it was changed! Get the old version at Tucows while you can!

I'm also checking out Mambo Open Source (http://www.mamboserver.com/) that's used by Devarticles.com (http://www.devarticles.com)

[glebka11]

Dont forget Free Surfer for ad blocking :)

MyIE2 is a very cool web browser too.

[gt24]

Neat thread, too bad it runs the risk of dying and also too bad that some programs listed aren't linked.

Any word on that website that was suppositely being made?

My suggestion to the list is The Ultimate Boot CD.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Freeware, burnable, bootable. Contains all these freeware titles on one CD so that you have one central source for doing anything you need to do in a catastrophic situation.

Name of Tool Version

Hard Disk Diagnosis
Drive Fitness Test (IBM/Hitachi) 3.51
PowerMax (Maxtor/Quantum) 4.06
DLG Diagnostic (Western Digital) 5.03
SeaTools Desktop (Seagate) 1.06.02
Diagnostic Tool (Fujitsu) 6.10
SHDIAG (Samsung) 1.25
HUTIL (Samsung) 1.15

Hard Disk Device Management
IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 1.90
AMSET (Maxtor) 1.0
UATA100 (Seagate) 3.06
Ultra ATA Manager (Western Digital) June, 2003

Hard Disk Wiping
AutoClave 0.3
Active@ KillDisk Free Edition 3.0
Hard Disk Cloning
HDClone (Free Edition) 1.0
g4u 1.12

Partition Tools
Ranish Partition Manager 2.43
XFDISK (Extended FDISK) 0.9.3beta
SPFDISK (Special FDISK) 2000-03k
TestDisk 4.4
Partition Resizer (http://zeleps.com/)
Nathan complained that this site contains malicious popups, so I have removed the hyperlink. Visit at your own risk! 1.3.4
SavePart 2.80
Free FDISK 1.2.1

Boot Managers
Smart BootManager 3.7R1
Gujin 0.8

File Managers
DOS Navigator 3.7.0

NTFS Tools
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor 030426
Active NTFS Reader for DOS 1.0.1
EditBINI 1.01.1

Memory Diagnosis
Memtest86 3.0
Windows Memory Diagnostic n/a

Linux-based Rescue Disks
Tom's Boot Disk 2.0.103
Recovery Is Possible (RIP) 2.0
BasicLinux 2.1

System Information
AIDA16 2.11
NSSI 0.57.4
Antivirus Tools
# F-Prot Antivirus for DOS (Personal use only) Virus definition: 18 Oct 2003
# Includes read-only freeware version of NTFSDOS.
3.14b

BIOS Tools
CMOS Password Recovery 4.3

Network Tools
Freesco 0.3.2

Do note that each program title is a link to that program's website on the actual Ultimate Boot website, mentioned above.

Quite a handy tool for anybody, I think...

Lastly, my current browser, Mozilla Firebird 0.7 (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/) is an awesome replacement for Internet Explorer and is free, check that out.

Also, on the Ultimate Boot CD page, yet kinda hidden, is another freeware jewel that I sometimes use, BurnAtOnce (http://www.burnatonce.com/).

[threeme2189]

this is a really great thread!
im gonna dl some of these nifty (cool word) progs onto my pc once i get the chance!
sorry but everything i know has already been posted except this site:
www.snapfiles.com it used to be www.webattack.com and it has alot of free and shareware programs you might want to check out!

[Supershanks]

Sorry if these have already been mentioned didn't notice them though in quick scan of thread. :)
Coolest Antivirus 64Bit ready :- avast! 4 Home Edition Download (http://www.avast.com/eng/down_home.html)

SpeedFan Home page (http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php) (mbm like Monitoring)

Similar System Info Utilities:-
PC Wizard 2005 (http://www.cpuid.com/)
Everest Home Edition (http://www.lavalys.com/)

HD Tools:-
Western Digital Software (http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n)
HdTach (http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php)

SuperPi (http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=290822)

cheers

[Fightingpiper]

Holy 3 year old thread resurection Batman.......:)

[Spion]

Holy 3 year old thread resurection Batman.......:)
lol, my thoughts exactly :D

[Supershanks]

Fightingpiper & Spion
Holy 3 year old thread resurection Batman.......
Sorry to have troubled you :shrug:

[ZhengHe]

Holy 3 year old thread resurection Batman.......:)lol, my thoughts exactly :D

Holy cow. I didn't even realize how old this thread is until now. This guy has posted on the forum in over 3 years. Talk about mining, lol., but interesting nonetheless. So many posts have been written on basically a freeware list, but I wonder if this was the first one. Its almost pointless to make another one. There are so many of them, its just redundant. Maybe someone should try to combine them all. That would be interesting, but it would be a hell of a post. Guess this thread is ancient history :).

[Fightingpiper]

Sorry to have troubled you :shrug:

Oh you didn't trouble me. I was just trying for a bit of humor. I think we all have done it once or twice. I know I have done a search before and posted in a thread to later realize just how old the thread really was, :p

[Supershanks]

Yes I realised after seeing ZhengHe's 2nd post:D. saw link in current page bumped up after threeme2189's post.

Sorry for being prickly thought it was a comment on links i'd added :shrug:

cheers :)

[diggingforgold]

PowerToys for Windows XP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

ClearType Tuner
HTML Slide Show Wizard
Open Command Window Here
Alt-Tab Replacement
Tweak UI
Power Calculator
Image Resizer
CD Slide Show Generator
Virtual Desktop Manager
Taskbar Magnifier
Webcam Timershot

[cornbread]

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=261358

[The_Vixen]

Weatherbug is a headache... installs crazy crap all over your computer. I don't like it!

[threeme2189]

this thread rocks nonetheless it being totally old.

[ryanmartini]

Kickass Free CD-Burner

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

Screenies:

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/screenshots/main-data.png
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/screenshots/startscreen.png
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/screenshots/create-iso.png

Great for 2k Pro users, =me

The only thing it cant do is directly copy a cd. i just drag the files from one cd into the burn cd area to get the same effect =p

Best damn Zip/Rar/7z client ever:
7zip (http://www.7-zip.org/)

http://www.7-zip.org/7zfm.png

Quick unzip:
http://www.lunaroracle.info/imghosting/ryanmartini/sevenzip.bmp

[wdeep4]

"The Wonderful Icon". Very cool.

http://thewonderfulicon.com/

[Mr.Guvernment]

Redhat for the beginner simply because of the massive support.
Caldera for the buisness minded.
Debian for Technocratic.

i would say Fedora Core 4


Sybot Search ad Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
Email: - Thuderbird www.mozilla.com
Firewall: Sygate personal http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
ICQ
MSN
AOL
Yahoo
Trillian
Gain ? or Gaim IM
Gordeon Knot Codec Pack for playing various video files :D http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gordianknot/Gordian.Knot.Codec.Pack.1.9.Setup.exe?download

[Dell_Axim]

Let's start with Shareaza! ( http://www.shareaza.com/ )

Now that you have Shareaza, use it to download Linux!

Knoppix 3.7:
magnet:?xt=urn:bitprint:6DA432FQKVDP75JAKA42BU3WX2 5LEUYI.DCIYNYYEM5SDXREDIA5OYZ5TPJIVUTQ4N6C7BKI&dn=KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso

Fedora Core 4 AMD64 edition:
magnet:?xt=urn:bitprint:F4LGY7H7JZZTI5CNJDTEFMZIO2 J5TAXN.JU56OHFDJSYM3ZRMVWZVVTOF45NYKDTTAO6MRQA&dn=FC4-x86_64-DVD.iso

Ultimate Boot CD 3.3:
magnet:?xt=urn:bitprint:RSVGC6KMFZ7ETIST3WA2OOD5VK XEJBGK.H6YGL7D7JMDD7GFIZ65VP3K7JSZ3J6XTCKSMZSQ&dn=ubcd33-full.iso

[khiloa]

I don't know if its been mentioned but foobar2000 tops my list of windows freeware. For those of you who don't know, its an awesome music player. Lightweight, but endlessly configurable.

http://foobar2000.org/

[Pestoballs]

Kerio Personal Firewall http://www.kerio.com/kerio.html
Mozilla of course
Spybot
Ad-Aware
Winamp
DEV C++

[jquindlen]

I have found a new tool that helps people quickly review many websites. In addition it helps prevent you from going to sites with spyware, adware, viruses, or even just poor content. The tool is the ReviewToolbar which allows users to rate sites, so that legitimate sites with good content are easily distinguishable from malicious or poorly designed sites. The program embeds site ratings directly in the search results of the web's most popular search engines. The best thing is that like all good tools, it is free. It is available for free at http://www.reviewtoolbar.com

[ZhengHe]

Yes I realised after seeing ZhengHe's 2nd post:D. saw link in current page bumped up after threeme2189's post.

Sorry for being prickly thought it was a comment on links i'd added :shrug:

cheers :)

Btw, the first post that "renewed” this thread I deleted since it didn't seem to contribute much to the thread on second examination so if the logic of his post doesn't make sense atm, now you know.

Lets see, here are a few I haven’t heard mentioned yet

utorrent
CCleaner
Clamwin AV
XChat
Defiler Pack
Real and Quicktime Alternative
Audacity
Miranda IM
Lynx and Kopete
RealVNC
3DMark
Alcohol 120
Cablenut
CoffeeCup
Portable Firefox

I'm going to say something about freeware threads and I think it holds true for all of them. Some would say they're overused and the constant creations of new ones is exasperating, but I would disagree. Each freeware thread has its unique traits and when combined they form a venerable repository of freeware throughout nearly a decade which is reason enough for their creation. There will never be a one, consolidated freeware thread. Thats just not the way it they're made, and personally I like it that way. I figure one day, years from now, an old OCer will come upon this thread, smile, and remember old times, which is reason enough to keep them alive.

[TheNeonShadow]

Read the forum rules, do not ask about that here. --David

[Mr. Chambers]

Does anyone know of any good pw cracking softwares? for aim and yahoo and such.

First off, welcome to the forums, I hope you enjoy your stay!

Secondly, the mods generally frown upon the discussion of cracking tools, as they are often used for less than legal purposes. I can't think of a single legit reason to want to crack into someone's AIM or Yahoo account.

[jack222]

First off, welcome to the forums, I hope you enjoy your stay!

Secondly, the mods generally frown upon the discussion of cracking tools, as they are often used for less than legal purposes. I can't think of a single legit reason to want to crack into someone's AIM or Yahoo account.
I PMed a mod awhile ago...that's second post talking about warez.

[gt24]

Does anyone know of any good pw cracking softwares? for aim and yahoo and such.

WELCOME TO THE FORUMS TheNeonShadow... enjoy your stay, but while doing so, you might want to follow the forum rules and policies...

12. Discussion of the unauthorized reproduction, distribution, copying, or theft of copyrighted materials is forbidden. This includes, but is not limited to discussion of the use of peer to peer (P2P) applications for the purpose of obtaining copyrighted material. Discussion of P2P programs and networks is not forbidden; but there is to be no connection (stated, implied, or otherwise) to obtaining copyrighted material, or other illegal activities.

13. The management of this Forum does not condone theft, trading in stolen property, or the aiding and abetting of those who do. Any such discussions regarding stolen property will be dealt with swiftly, and the offending member risks complete loss of membership privileges in our Forums.

In general, if it is illegal, discussion of such topics could lead to a ban.

5. Should it become necessary to ban someone from our forums, they are very rarely, if ever, given a second chance.

Password cracking is generally done for illegal purposes (gaining entry to an account that is not yours). If the cracking is done on an online IM account, then it is most certainly illegal. Therefore, please do not discuss such things here and please read the forum policies before you get into trouble. I want to see more new members, not more banned members. :)

Forum policies are below.
http://www.ocforums.com/announcement.php?f=66&announcementid=5

[threeme2189]

slickrun. google it its worth the effort!

[grumperfish]

Weatherbug is a headache... installs crazy crap all over your computer. I don't like it!


-> Get Weather Watcher (http://www.singerscreations.com/AboutWeatherWatcher.asp) instead. It does exactly what WeatherBug does but without the 3rd party stuff. I have a slightly older version (small footprint - 2mb)

->PeerGuardian 2 (http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/) :D

+resource hacker (http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/)
and Prime95 (http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm)

[grubazaba]

I can't believe three years on this post is still going on. Wow. Thanks Guys