Free Software
Security Software
AVG Free offers very good (and very free) protection against viruses and spyware… As a bonus, its real-time LinkScanner technology keeps you from clicking search links to dangerous sites. It’s an excellent choice if you need free protection against both viruses and spyware.”
PC Magazine
avast! 4 Home Edition is a complete antivirus solution, fully able to find computer viruses, to create and check the integrity of programs installed, to test executed programs and opened documents, to test and check email and other functions.
BitDefender Free Edition is your chance to use one of the world’s most effective antivirus engines for free!
BitDefender Free Edition uses the same ICSA Labs certified scanning engines found in other BitDefender products, allowing you to enjoy basic virus protection for no cost at all.
Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware is an anti-malware application that can thoroughly remove even the most advanced malware. It includes a number of features, including a built in protection monitor that blocks malicious processes before they even start.
Compression Software
ZipItFree supports over 15 compression formats, Including (ACE, ARC, BH, BZip, CAB, GZIP, JAR, LHA, RAR, TAR, UUE, XXE, ZIP,Zoo, And Archive Stream). With ZipItFree easy to use modern interface it making works with archives is fun and easy. The ZipItFree windows integration gives you One Click capability for most of compression functions like Extract Here, Zip & Email.
FreeZip is a small, fast and efficient Zip utility for compression and decompression of files and directories. FreeZip integrates with Windows Explorer and uses file associations and context menus to zip or unzip files and subdirectories. If you know how to use Windows Explorer, then you do not have to learn anything new to use FreeZip. The setup is a single-click process and there are no options or settings involved.
Graphics Software
Paint.NET has many of the capabilities of photo-shop and amazingly it’s completely free.
The help forum has easy to follow tutorials enabling you to create a huge number of effects.
