(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:

• Comodo Firewall Pro:

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 paranoid 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

Download Page: Click Here

• Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition:

Features:

* On demand scanning
* Scheduled scanning
* Immediate scanning
* Skinable interface
* Reports

Download Page: Click here

• 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!

Download Page: Click here

• 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.

Download Page: Click here

• 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

• 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

Download Page: Click here

• 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

Download page: Click here

• AIMP 2 (Music Player):

Features:

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

Download Page: Click here

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

Features: Features list

Download Page: Click here

• 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!

Download Page: Click here

• Paint.NET:

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

Download Page: Click here

• Maxthon 2:

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

Download page: Click here

• Mozilla Firefox:

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

• 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

• Regcleaner:

Features:

* Remove unwanted startup entries
* Remove file types
* Remove entries of old software
* Uninstall and remove Software from the Add/Remove list
* Remove unused DLL files
* Remove unused Shared DLLs (Automatically detected)
* Automatic backup feature

Download Page: Click Here

One Comment on Fifteen Must Have Freewares

venkat on Sat, 18th Oct 2008 12:17 pm


Yes the listed ones are definitely must haves for every PC user .

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