15 Must Have Freewares

(Updated as on June 09,2008)…

You know that there are tons of Freewares available on the web and most of them are useless and infected with at least an adware. They suck bad. Many people fail to get the right freewares to cover up all the computer browsing needs (well…almost) and they are forced to purchase expensive softwares that possess the ’same’ or ‘almost same’ features which are easily available for free. Why waste money when you can get it for paying nothing? Now, here’s the list of Free softwares that are safe and useful:

<Security>

Comodo Firewall Pro:

My comment: “I have to admit that this free firewall is a real stealthy one. Currently, it’s better than any other freeware firewall available. If you are really paraoid or you have no issues purchasing softies, then do purchase the Comodo Firewall Plus version which will protect you even from Zero day attacks!

Ive replaced my previous recommendation over Zone Alarm with Comodo Firewall Pro. Check out the comparison of the well known security products and you’ll know why “

Pro Features:

Proactive malware defense
Includes AV Scanner
Host Intrusion Prevention System stops malware from being installed

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Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition:

Features:

On demand scanning
Scheduled scanning
Immediate scanning
Skinable interface
Reports

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Spybot Search & Destroy:

Features:

Removal of adware and spyware
Removal of dialers Removal of keyloggers
Removal of trojans and other baddies
Removal of usage tracks
And much more!

Full list of features

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Peer Guardian:

Features:

PeerGuardian is Phoenix Labs’ premier IP blocker for OS X.
PeerGuardian integrates support for multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4 (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc), making it the safest and easiest way to protect your privacy on the Internet.

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CCleaner:

Features:

CCleaner is a PC optimization tool
It combines a system cleaner that removes unused and temporary files from your system and also a fully featured registry cleaner
CCleaner allows Windows to run faster, more efficiently and gives you more hard disk space

Download Page: Click here

<Multimedia>

K-lite Mega Codec pack:

Features:

With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats

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Gom Player:

Features:

GOM Player supports most of the condecs (AVI, DAT, MPEG, DivX, and many more)
Watch video files while downloading them
Play broken AVI video files

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AIMP 2 (Music Player):

Features:

Supports playback of almost every Audio format
Skinable Interface
And many attractive features Click for the full list

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VLC Player: (For backup. If any of the media files fail to play in GOM Player)

Features: Features list

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<Photo Editing, Fixing & Managing>

Picasa:

Features:

Picasa instantly locates and organises all the pictures on your computer
You can add passwords to any of your Picasa collections
Makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects
Picasa 2 will maintain any albums and any edits that you made to your photos
And much more!

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Paint.NET:

My comment: ‘ A total replacement for the windows paint program. It has a lot of features that are required for basic editing of pictures’.

Features: Feature list

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<Internet Browsers>

Maxthon 2:

My comment: ‘Its an innovative internet browser with lots and lots of features to keep you playing with them. It still has to go a long way with respect to the stability. Use it if you are willing to try something new.’

Features:

Great new design
Tab manager
Favorites manager
RSS manager
MaxFav for online favorites
Search as you type
And many more

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Mozilla Firefox:

My comment: ‘Currently the best and the safest browser available’

Features:

Comprehensive
Popup controls to keep unwanted advertising off your desktop
Tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window, allowing you to load links in the background without leaving the page you’re on
Integrated search (powered by Google)
Industry leading accessibility with Find As You Type - find links and page text by simply typing
Simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively
A streamlined browser window that lets you see more of the page than any other browser while at the same time being more configurable
A large variety of free downloadable extensions and themes that add specific functionality and visual changes to the browser.

Download page: Click here

<Download manager>

Free Download Manager:

Features:

Free Download Manager (FDM) offers you a vast variety of options to control and schedule your downloads. This is a light-weight but powerful download manager
FDM can resume your broken download so that you needn’t start it from the beginning after casual interruption. You can resume unfinished download from the moment when it was interrupted. Also this program warns you if resuming isn’t supported by the servers. It allows you to make a decision about the downloading. So with FDM you save your time and money
FDM allows you to limit the downloading speed. There are 3 modes of network usage: Light, Medium and Heavy
Capability to split download into several sections allows you to increase download speed up to 600%
FDM can connect to the Internet at a set time, download the files you want, launch any program, disconnect or shut down your computer when it’s done
This download manager allows you to specify the settings of network usage, such as login and password, maximum number of connections, default group, etc. So you can avoid adjusting these settings every time you need to create new download from the server
Also you can download the whole web sites from the remote server. You can adjust FDM to download files with the extensions you have specified

Download Page: Click here

<Miscellaneous>

Regcleaner: