1) Anti-Virus/Security

Avast Free AV- http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

AVG Free- http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Vi…dlPid=11014801

Avira Free- http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

Comodo– http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/free-download.html

Microsoft Security Essentials– http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/secur…s/default.aspx

Panda USB Vaccine– (USB anti-malware) http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeuse…ds/usbvaccine/

SpywareBlaster– http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/

Sandboxie– http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?DownloadSandboxie

ZoneAlarm Free Firewall– http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/zonealarm-pc-security-free-firewall.htm

 

2) Audio

Audacity– http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

EAC-Exact Audio Copy– http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

Power Sound Editor Free– http://www.free-sound-editor.com/

Rename Master– http://www.joejoesoft.com/cms/showpage.php?cid=108

Songbird– http://getsongbird.com/product/

 

3) Browsers

Avant Browser– http://www.avantbrowser.com/default.aspx?uil=en-US

Firefox– http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/

Mozbackup– http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/

Google Chrome– http://www.google.com/chrome/index.html?hl=en&brand=CHMA&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-bk&utm_medium=ha

kylo– http://kylo.tv/

Opera– http://www.opera.com/

RockMelt (beta)- http://www.rockmelt.com/

Safari for PC– http://www.apple.com/safari/

SpaceTime-3D Browser/search– http://www.spacetime.com/home.php

SRWare Iron– http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

3.1) RSS readers

FeedDemon– http://www.feeddemon.com/

 

4) CD/DVD Burning & Tools

bitRipper (DVD to AVI)- http://www.bitripper.com/

CDBurnerXP– http://cdburnerxp.se/

BurnAware Free– http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html

DeepBurner- http://www.deepburner.com/index.php

DVDShrink- http://www.dvdshrink.org/

Free Easy CD DVD Burner– http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.html

Free ISO Burner– http://www.freeisoburner.com/

ImgBurn– http://www.imgburn.com/

Infra Recorder– http://infrarecorder.org/

Nero Kwik Media– http://www.nero.com/enu/downloads-nbl-free.php

 

5) Codec packs

CCCP– http://www.cccp-project.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

K-Lite Codec pack– http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

Shark007– http://shark007.net/win7codecs.html

 

6) CPU, Hardware & Memory testing tools

CPUID– http://www.cpuid.com/

CoreTemp– http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

Disk Benchmark– http://www.attotech.com/products/product.php?sku=Disk_Benchmark

GPU-Z– http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

HWiNFO/32/64 Tools (Professional System Information and Diagnostics)- http://www.hwinfo.com/

IntelBurn Test– http://majorgeeks.com/IntelBurnTest_d5987.html

Memtest86– http://www.memtest.org/

Prime95– http://www.mersenne.org/

RealTemp– http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

SIW-System Information for Windows- http://www.gtopala.com/

 

7) Data & File Recovery 

Recuva– http://www.piriform.com/recuva/features

Mini-Tool– http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/

EASEUS- http://www.easeus.com/product.htm

PC Inspector- http://www.pcinspector.de/default.htm?language=1

TestDisc- http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

PhotoRec- http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec

Restoration- http://www.aumha.org/a/recover.php

 

8.) Encryption

TrueCrypt– http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads

AxCrypt- http://www.axantum.com/axcrypt/

dsCrypt- http://members.ozemail.com.au/%7Enulifetv/freezip/freeware/

Pismo File Mount– http://www.pismotechnic.com/pfm/ap/

 

9) Extraction and Compression

7zip– http://www.7-zip.org/

ExtractNow– http://www.extractnow.com/

HaoZip– http://www.haozip.com/Eng/index_en.htm

IZArc– http://www.izarc.org/

PeaZip– http://www.peazip.org/

Universal Extractor– http://legroom.net/software/uniextract

Winrar– http://www.win-rar.com/download.html

 

10) File transfer & sharing

eMule– http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/general.cgi?l=1

Free Download Manager– http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/

JDownloader– http://jdownloader.org/

Live SkyDrive-(25GB Windows cloud file share)- http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/introducing-skydrive-password-protected-online-file-storage

Mipony-download manager- http://www.mipony.net/

PeerBlock– http://www.peerblock.com/

Shareaza– http://shareaza.sourceforge.net/

Tixati– (+1) http://www.tixati.com/

uTorrent– http://www.utorrent.com/

Vuze– http://www.vuze.com/

 

10.1) FTP Clients

FileZilla– http://filezilla-project.org/

PuTTY– http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

WinSCP– http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction

 

11) Hash tools

WinMD5Free– http://www.winmd5.com/download/winmd5free.zip

HashTab– http://www.implbits.com/Products/HashTab.aspx

HashMyFiles– http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/hash_my_files.html

HashCheck Shell Extension– http://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/

Marxio File Checksum Verifier– http://download.cnet.com/Marxio-File-Checksum-Verifier/3000-18514_4-10913355.html?tag=rb_content;main

Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier– http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b3c93558-31b7-47e2-a663-7365c1686c08

MD5summer (Windows MD5 Sum generator)- http://download.cnet.com/MD5summer/3000-2248_4-10050856.html

 

12) Home & OFFICE

CSVed– http://csved.sjfrancke.nl/index.html

Everything Search– http://www.voidtools.com/

FreeCommander- http://www.freecommander.com/index.htm

FileLocator Lite– http://www.mythicsoft.com/Page.aspx?type=filelocatorlite&page=download

FreeOCR– http://www.paperfile.net/

JR Directory Printer– http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools/jdirprint.htm

Microsoft Mathematics– http://www.microsoft.com/education/teachers/guides/mathematics_4.0.aspx

NFOPad– http://thd.dyndns.org/s_nfopad.php

Q10– http://www.baara.com/q10/

SimpleOCR– http://www.simpleocr.com/

Speckie-Spell check for IE- also for IE9 http://www.speckie.com/home/

Stickies – Any Windows OS- http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/

Total Commander (file manager)- http://www.ghisler.com/index.htm

Wunderlist (great task manager)- http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist/

 

12.1) MICROSOFT Office Alternatives

LibreOffice– http://www.libreoffice.org/

OpenOffice.org– http://www.openoffice.org/

12.2) PDF readers/writers

Bullzip PDF Printer– http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php#download

CutePDF– http://www.cutepdf.com/

doPDF– http://www.dopdf.com/

Foxit PDF reader– http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

Nitro PDF Reader– http://www.nitroreader.com/

PDFill PDF Editor– http://www.pdfill.com/download.html

PDF Creator– http://www.pdfforge.org/

PDF-XChange– http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer

Sumatra PDF– http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html

 

13) Image & Photo Editing

Artweaver– http://www.artweaver.de/home-en/

GIMP– http://www.gimp.org/

IrfanView- http://www.irfanview.com/

Inkscape-vector graphics editor- http://inkscape.org/

Paint.NET– http://www.getpaint.net/download.html

PaintStar– http://sites.google.com/site/wangzhenzhou/home#new

PhotoFiltre– http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm

PhotoWipe– (magic eraser) http://www.hanovsolutions.com/?prod=PhotoWipe

Picasa– http://picasa.google.com/#utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-bk&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=picasa

XnView- http://www.xnview.com/en/features.html

 

13.1) Creative tools

AniFX– cursor creator- http://icofx.ro/anifx/index.html

GIF Viewer– http://www.gifviewer.org/

GIF Resizer-(portable & works in Windows 7 also)- http://www.ashongsoft.com/howto-resi…animation.html

IcoFX– icon creator- http://icofx.ro/

PicPick– http://www.picpick.org/

PowerBullet Presenter– http://powerbullet.com/info.php

 

14) ISO tools

Alchohol 52% Free Edition– http://www.free-downloads.net/programs/Alcohol_52__Free_Edition?__utma=1.582773773.1304973035.1304973035.1304973035.1&__utmb=1.3.10.1304973035&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1304973035.1.1.utmcsr=fileforum.betanews.com%7Cutmccn=%28referral%29%7Cutmcmd=referral%7Cutmcct=/detail/Alcohol-52-Free-Edition/1050169644/2&__utmv=-&__utmk=233181854

Daemon Tools– http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads

ei.cfg removal tool– http://code.kliu.org/misc/win7utils/

ImDisk (virtual disk driver)- http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html/#ImDisk

MagicDisc– http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/mi…c-overview.htm

Virtual CloneDrive– http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html

WinCDEmu (lightweight CD/DVD/BD emulator)- http://wincdemu.sysprogs.org/

Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher– http://code.kliu.org/misc/win7utils/

 

15) Malware detection and removal

Malwarebytes– http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Ad-Aware– http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware.php

Emsisoft Anti-Malware– http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/antimalware/

GMER– http://www.gmer.net/

HijackThis– http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/

Kaspersky Online Scanner– http://www.kaspersky.com.my/virusscanner.php

RKill– http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic308364.html

Sophos Anti-Rootkit– http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-anti-rootkit.aspx

Spybot Search and Destroy– http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

SUPERAntiSpyware– http://www.superantispyware.com/index.html

Trend Micro HouseCall – Free Online Virus Scan- http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

 

16) Media Players & Centers

AIMP– http://www.aimp.ru/

GOM Player– http://www.gomlab.com/eng/GMP_download.html

KMPlayer– http://www.kmplayer.com/korea/index.php

Media Player Classic– http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

Kantaris– http://kantaris.org/

QuickTime– http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

UMPlayer– http://www.umplayer.com/

VLC Player– http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

WINAMP– http://www.winamp.com/

Zune– http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/software/download/default.htm   Offline installer-http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ab1a80ed-e337-4346-9d5a-f00cfb467514&displaylang=en

Ashampoo ClipFinder HD– https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/0155/Multimedia_Software/Ashampoo-ClipFinder-HD Boxee–http://www.boxee.tv/

Hulu-desktop– http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop

MediaPortal– http://www.team-mediaportal.com/

XBMC– player and media center app.- http://xbmc.org/about/

 

17) Programming

Code::Blocks– http://www.codeblocks.org/

ConTEXT– http://www.contexteditor.org/

Crimson Editor– http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

Flashdevelop– http://osflash.org/flashdevelop

GetDiz– http://www.outertech.com/en/notepad-replacement

HxD- http://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD

jGRASP– http://www.jgrasp.org/

Notepad++- http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Programmer’s Notepad– http://www.pnotepad.org/

SharpDevelop– http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/

Win32Pad– http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction

 

18) Remote access and remote support

TeamViewer– http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/index.aspx

Join.me– https://join.me/

LogMeIn– http://help.logmein.com/SelfServiceDownloads

Mikogo- http://www.mikogo.com/product/what-is-mikogo/

 

19) System Tools

Advanced SystemCare Free– http://www.iobit.com/advancedsystemcareper.html

CCEnhancer – http://thewebatom.net/software/ccenhancer/

Belarc Advisor– http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

EasyBCD– http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

GLARY All-In-One– http://www.glaryutilities.com/

Hiren’s BootCD– http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

Inno Setup (installer)- http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

Kiwi-program monitor/tweak– http://drinkprog.com/kiwi/

MGA Diagnostic tool– http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012

.NET Framework– http://www.askvg.com/what-is-microsoft-net-framework-download-links-for-all-versions-inside/

Process Explorer– http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653

pserv (pserv.cpl replacement)- http://p-nand-q.com/gtools/pserv3.html

System Nucleus-tweak and monitor– http://www.spencerberus.com/projects.aspx

TCPView– http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437

TweakNow PowerPack– http://tweaknow.com/powerPack.php

TweakUI for XP– http://download.cnet.com/Tweak-UI/3000-2072_4-10002117.html

Ultimate Windows Tweaker– http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultimate-windows-tweaker-v2-a-tweak-ui-for-windows-7-vista#more-1957

Unlocker– http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/

Unknown Device Identifier– http://www.zhangduo.com/udi.html

WinMend Auto Shutdown– http://www.winmend.com/auto-shutdown/

 

19.1) Defragmentation

Auslogics Defrag– http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/

Defraggler– http://www.piriform.com/defraggler

MyDefrag– http://www.mydefrag.com/

O&O Defrag– http://www.oo-software.com/free/en/

Smart Defrag– http://download.cnet.com/Smart-Defrag/3000-2094_4-10759533.html?tag=rb_content;contentMain

 

19.2) Disk Utilities

Active KillDisc– http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm

CCLeaner – http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

CrystalDiskInfo-HDD/SSD utility– http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

DBAN– http://www.dban.org/about

HDD OEM Diagnostics Tools and Utilities– http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287#conner

GParted– http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php

HotSwap! – http://mt-naka.com/hotswap/index_enu.htm

HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool– http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html

NoDrives Manager (hide windows drives)- http://nodrvman.sourceforge.net/

WinToFlash– AIO USB Install Tool- http://wintoflash.com/home/en/

 

19.3) DOCKS for Windows

ObjectDock- http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

Nexus by Winstep– http://www.winstep.net/index.asp

XWindows Dock– http://xwdock.aqua-soft.org/

Ultimate Docks collection– http://www.askvg.com/ultimate-collection-of-the-best-dock-utilities-for-windows/

 

19.4) Driver tools

Double Driver– http://www.boozet.org/download.htm

Driver Genius– http://www.driver-soft.com/

Driver Magician– http://www.drivermagician.com/Lite.htm

DriverMax– http://www.drivermax.com/index.htm

 

19.5) File Splitter

FFSJ- http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~hoangle/filesj/

Free File Splitter– http://www.filesplitter.org/

GSplit– http://www.gdgsoft.com/gsplit/index.aspx

HJsplit– 

 

19.6) Password Managers

KeePass Password Safe– http://keepass.info/

LastPass– https://lastpass.com/

Password Safe– http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/

 

19.7) Shell Extensions

Open++ – http://download.cnet.com/Open/3000-2094_4-10743609.html

Path Copy Copy– http://pathcopycopy.codeplex.com/

SKTimeStamp- http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/SKTimeStamp.html

 

19.8) Startup Managers

Autoruns for Windows– http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902

BootVis (XP startup manager)- http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664

Mike Lin’s Startup Control Panel– http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Startup Delayer– http://www.r2.com.au/page/products/show/startdelay

 

19.9) Uninstallers

IObit Uninstaller– http://www.iobit.com/advanceduninstaller.html

Revo Uninstaller free– http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html

 

19.10) Virtualization

Paragon GO Virtual– http://www.paragon-software.com/home/go-virtual/

VirtualBox– http://www.virtualbox.org/

Virtual PC/XP Mode– http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/

VMware software trial evaluation– https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=default

VMware Player– http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

Easy VMX– http://www.easyvmx.com/

 

20) Video Downloaders and Converters

Any Video Converter– http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

CamStudio– http://camstudio.org/

Feemake Video Downloader(40+ sites support)- http://www.freemake.com/free_video_downloader/

Freemake Video Converter (200+ Input Formats)- http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/

Hamster Free Video Converter– http://videoconverter.hamstersoft.com/en/

Handbrake– http://handbrake.fr/

iMedia Converter– http://www.iskysoft.com/imedia-converter-windows.html

MediaCoder– http://www.mediacoderhq.com/

Orbit Downloader– http://www.orbitdownloader.com/

WinX DVD Ripper– http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper/

 

21) Other apps.

AAClr (auto aero colors)- http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/AAClr.html

DOSBox– DOS emulator- http://www.dosbox.com/information.php?page=0

FREEOPENER (multi-file opener/player)- http://www.freeopener.com/

GameSave Manager– http://gsm.duncsweb.com/

Mozilla Thunderbird-multiple email client– http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

Path Copy– http://download.cnet.com/Path-Copy/3000-2072_4-1487176.html

Skype– http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home

TeraCopy-  http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php

Tweaks.com Logon Changer for Windows 7– http://tweaks.com/software/tweakslogon/

World Clock– http://www.wimsprograms.com/programs.html#wclock30

UNetbootin-Linux- http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

 

22) Data backup Only

FREE 25GB Windows cloud file share/storage

Live SkyDrive– http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w…e-file-storage

Free data backup (up to 2GB)

Dropbox– http://www.dropbox.com/

MOZY– https://mozy.com/home/

 

23) Image and Data backup

Comodo Backup– http://www.comodo.com/home/data-storage-encryption/comodo-backup.php

EASEUS Todo Backup Home– http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm

GFI Backup 2011– http://www.gfi.com/pages/backup-freeware.asp

Macrium Reflect– http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

Paragon Backup and Recovery 2011– http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/