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There are TONS of free software available on the Internet. However, it can be difficult to find good software. A lot of “free” software is either junk, demo versions (that require registration after 30 days or so), infected with viruses or some sort of spyware/malware or illegal to download. The following is a list of 261 links to free, useful and clean software. If you find a link that doesn’t work or a program that is no longer available for free, please feel free to contact us.

NOTE: ExcellentSite neither endorses nor claims any responsibility for any of these products. Download and use at your own risk.

Internet/Network

• 1stPage - Web design tool

• AceFTP - FTP client

• AnalogX - Many great freeware utilties

• Asterisk - Telephony switching and private branch exchange (PBX)

• BlockOutTraffic - IPCop add-on to block all traffic in a normal IPCop installation

• Cerberus FTP Server - FTP server

• Copfilter - IPCop virus & spam filter add-on

• Echo VNC - Secure remote desktop tool

• Ethereal - Network packet sniffer

• Ethersnoop Light - Network packet sniffer

• Filezilla - FTP client

• Firefox - Web browser

• FreeNAC - Network Access Control (NAC) and dynamic Vlan management (open source)

• FreeNAS - Free Network Attached Storage server

• HTMLColor - Handy HTML color picker (puts color code on clipboard - only 15kb)

• Http Tunnel - Secure tunneling

• IPCop - Firewall (Linux distro)

• Less Networks Hostpot Server - WiFi hotspot server

• LightTPD - Lightweight webserver

• LSPFix - Layered Service Provider (dialup networking) fix

• Mozilla - Web browser

• NetReg - Automated DHCP registration system

• NetStumbler - Wireless network detector

• Openfiler - Storage Management (NAS or SAN)

• Packet Fence - Network Access Conrol (NAC) system (open source)

• Pegasus Mail - eMail server

• POPFile - Spam filter

• POPTray - eMail notifier

• Putty - Telnet/SSH client

• RINGS - Network Access Control (NAC) system (open source)

• Safe Access Lite - Network Access Control (NAC)

• Samba - Network file/print services

• Sesame - Network authentication and dynamic firewall

• ShieldsUP - Firewall checkup

• Softerra LDAP Browser - LDAP Browser

• Sunbird - Calendar

• Thunderbird - eMail Client

• uTorrent - BitTorrent client

• UUDeview - uuEncode and uuDecode

• Winmail Opener - Open winmail.dat and other TNEF encoded files

• Winmail.dat Reader - Open winmail.dat Outlook attachments

• WinSCP - SCP/SFTP client

• Wireshark - Network Protocol Analyzer

• ZoneAlarm - Firewall

• ZoneCD - Customizable, secure, safe WiFi hotspot (Linux LiveCD)

Spyware Removal

• AdAware - Spyware detection/eradication

• Javacool Software - SpywareBlaster, Doc Scrubber, MRU-Blaster, SpywareGuard, Windows Media Player Scripting Fix, ID-Blaster Plus, FileChecker

• SpyBot Search and Destroy - Spyware detection/eradication

• StartupList, HijackThis, CWSShredder & BugOff - SpyWare detection, eradication and protection tools

Utilities

• 7-Zip - File compression / archiver

• Acrobat Reader - PDF reader

• Acronis True Image 7.0 - Image backup and disaster recovery

• Agave - Colorscheme designer

• allSnap - Make all top level windows automatically align

• Allway Sync - File synchronizer (rsync) for Windows

• ALTools - Compression tools and other free utilities

• Avast - Antivirus

• AVG - Antivirus

• Belarc Advisor - PC audit utility

• Burn to the Brim - Optimally fills media

• BurnCDCC - CD & DVD burner (burns ISOs)

• CCleaner - Registry/Temporary files cleaner

• CDBurnerXP - CD & DVD burner (burns ISOs)

• ClamWin - Antivirus

• Clonezilla - Disk cloning utility

• Cobian Backup - Backup software

• CPU-Z - CPU Identifier

• DBAN - Drive wiper

• Defraggler - Defrag individual files

• DeltaCopy - rsync for Windows

• DigestIt 2004 - Hash calculator (MD5, SHA - integrates with Windows Explorer)

• DosBox - DOS emulator

• dRuler - Screen ruler

• DS Software - Handy and small utilities (CDCRC, DVDsig, dsCRC, dsMD5, dsSHA, dsDEL, etc)

• EBCD - Emergency Boot CD (test memory, file & image backup, password reset)

• Eraser - File & disk wiper

• Free Create-Burn ISO - CD & DVD burner (burns ISOs)

• FrHed - Hex Editor

• g4u - Disk/partition cloning

• Glary Utilities & more - Numerous powerful and easy-to-use system tools and utilities to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC.

• GnuPG - Encryption

• GParted - Gnome Partition Editor

• GSplit - Split and merge big files

• Hashcalc - Hash calculator (CRC, MD5, SHA, etc)

• Hasher - MD5 & SHA hash calculator

• IE PassView - Reveal passwords stored in IE (other nice utilities, too)

• IE Privacy Keeper - IE & Firefox history eraser (and other freeware utilities)

• ImgBurn - CD & DVD burner (burns ISOs)

• IZArc - Archiving utility

• jZip - Archiving utility

• KeePass - Password safe

• KillDisk - Drive wiper

• Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder - Retrieve Microsoft Product Key (CD Key)

• MemTest - Memory tester

• MisterHouse - Open source home automation

• MSI Cleanup Utility - Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

• nCleaner second - System and application cleaner

• nnCron - Small and powerful task scheduler

• Offline NT password & registry editor - Reset Windows passwords & registry editor

• OllyDbg - 32-bit assembler level debugger for MS Windows

• Pandora Recovery - Undelete, unerase, file recovery

• Parted Magic - Partition Editor (LiveCD)

• Partimage - Ghost / drive-image clone for Linux

• Partition Logic - Hard disk partitioning and data management

• Password Generator - Random password generator

• PC Decrapifier - Clean off most of the annoying software that is typically shipped with newer PCs

• PeaZip - Archiving utility

• PicoZip Recovery Tool - Recover lost or forgotten passwords from password protected Zip files

• PWSafe - Password safe

• QtParted - Partition Editor

• RealVNC - Remote control viewer/server

• Recuva - Undelete, unerase, file recovery

• RegSeeker/HoverIP - Windows registry cleaner / IP utilities (and other freeware utilities)

• ReplaceEm - String replacing utility for Windows

• Restoration - File/directory retriever (unerase/undelete)

• Revo Uninstaller - Remove unwanted programs and traces easily

• SafeXP - SafeXP, GameXP, etc

• Sandboxie - Application sandbox

• SC-PasswordUnleash - Reveal passwords behind asterisks

• ScrubXP - Browser history eraser (and other freeware utilities)

• SequoiaView - Graphical display of disk utilization

• SimpleZip - Archiving utility (and other freeware utilities)

• SIW - System information for Windows

• Snadboy Revelation - Password revealer

• Splitter & Merger - Split and merge big files (only 32Kb)

• Synergy - Software KVM switch

• Sysinternals - Various Utilities

• SystemRescueCD - System Rescue CD (Partition, file system and network tools)

• TeraCopy - Copy and move files at maximum speed with many other features

• TestDisk - Data recovery

• TightVNC - Remote control viewer/server

• Torsmo - Linux system monitor

• TreeSize - Shows space allocation on hard disk

• Trinity Rescue Kit - CPR for your computer (Live Linux distro)

• TrueCrypt - Disk Encryption

• TUGZip - Archiving utility

• Ultimate Boot CD - Bootable CD with lots of utilities and tools for repair/restore/diagnostics

• Ultimate Boot CD for Windows - Bootable CD with lots of utilities and tools for repair/restore/diagnostics on Windows

• UltraVNC - Remote control viewer/server

• Unison - File synchronizer (rsync) for Windows

• Unlocker - Unlock files and folders locked by Windows

• USBDLM - USB Drive Letter Manager

• VirtualBox - Virtualization products

• VMware - Virtualization products

• WinKeyFinder - View / change Windows product keys

• XCruise - Filesystem Visualization (Linux)

• XLiveCD - Cygwin X Server (X Windows) on Windows from CD

• ZipCentral - Zip file manager

• ZipGenius - Archiving utility

Productivity/Office

• Buddi - Finance manager

• Cute PDF - PDF Writer

• Damn Small Linux - Linux Operating System (Live CD)

• DaysEase - Calendar

• Fonts 500 - 500 free fonts

• FreeMind - Mind mapping software

• GnuCash - Personal and small-business financial-accounting software

• Gnumeric - Electronic spreadsheet

• Knoppix - Linux Operating System (Live CD)

• Mandrake - Linux Operating System

• OpenOffice - Office suite

• PDF 995 - PDF generator

• Red Hat - Linux Operating System

• Slackware - Linux Operating System

• Ubuntu - Linux Operating System

Graphic/Audio/Video Tools

• 20/20 - Graphic editor

• AC3Filter - Filter for real time audio decoding and processing

• Ardour - Digital audio workstation

• Audacity - Sound file editor

• CamStudio - Screen recording software

• CDex - CD Ripper and encoder

• Coppermine Photo Gallery - Online photo album

• Dorgem - Webcam capture application

• DVD Shrink - DVD Ripping and Backup

• Exact Audio Copy - CD Ripper and encoder

• Flash Player - Macromedia Flash player

• Foobar2000 - Media player for Windows with a simple UI and low memory use.

• Freevo - Personal video recorder (PVR)

• Gallery - Open source web based photo album organizer

• GeeXboX - Bootable media player (Live CD)

• GIMP - Graphic editor

• GJukebox - Jukebox

• GSpot - Codec Information Appliance

• Inkscape - Scalable Vector Graphics Editor

• Irfanview - Graphic viewer/editor

• Linux MCE - Media center and smart home

• MediaConverter - Convert pictures and video to different formats

• MediaPortal - Media center

• Miro - Internet TV - open source

• MythTV - Personal video recorder (PVR)

• Paint.NET - Image and photo editor

• rsizr - Intelligent image resizing using seam carving

• ScreenHunter - Screen capture tool

• VirtualDub - Video capture and processing

• VirtualVCR - Video capture

• VLC Viewer - Media player

Programming

• CakePHP - Framework for PHP

• Crimson Editor - Text editor

• DJGPP - C/C++ 32 bit compiler for DOS

• FCKeditor - HTML text editor

• Firebird - Database

• FPDF - PDF generator for PHP

• FreeMovie - Macromedia Flash (SWF) generator and parser for PHP, Ruby, etc

• GCC - GNU Compiler Collection (C, C++, Objective C, Fortran, Java, Ada, etc)

• Java - Language

• MySQL - Database

• MySQL Quick Admin - MySQL Administration Web GUI

• Notepad ++ - Source code editor

• Nvu - HTML editor

• Perl - Language

• PHP - Language

• PHP/SWF Charts - Macromedia Flash (SWF) chart generator

• PHP/SWF Slideshow - Macromedia Flash (SWF) slideshow generator

• phpmyAdmin - Browser Based MySQL Administration

• phppgAdmin - Browser Based PostgreSQL Administration

• PostgreSQL - Database

• PSPad - Code editor

• Python - Language

• Regulator - Regular Expression testing/learning tool

• RTE - Cross-Browser Rich Text Editor

• Ruby - Language

• SQLite - Database

• TinyMCE - HTML text editor

• TurboDbAdmin - Online database administration AJAX-style

• Vim - Text editor

• WinMerge - Source code merging utility

• XAMPP - Web, database and FTP server

Education

• Cartes du Ciel - Astronomy sky charts

• Celestia - Astronomy space simulator

• EnergyPlus - Energy simulation software

• KStars - Planetarium

• Stellarium - Astronomy software

• TCExam - Web-based Assessment Software system

Games/Fun

• Arasan - Chess

• Armagetron - Tron 3D game

• BZFlag - Open source online 3D tank game

• Euchre Dog - Euchre card game

• FlightGear - Open source flight simulator

• GNU Chess - Chess

• Nexuiz - 3D first person shooter game

• Really Slick Screen Savers - Screen savers

• Simple Sudoku - Sudoku puzzle maker and solver

• XBoard and WinBoard - Graphical chess

Miscellaneous

• BestFreeApps - Freeware catalog

• Dubber's Computer Resources - Freeware catalog

• FreeByte - FreeWare utilities

• Freeware Arena - Freeware catalog and news

• Google FreeWare - FreeWare utilities registered in Google's directory

• GRC FreeWare - Freeware utilities from Gibson Research Corporation

• HOSTS file - Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a HOSTS File

• Information - Computer Hints and Tips to bring you back from the edge

• PCMag 100 Best Free Software - PC Magazine's list of 100 best free software

• PCMag 20 (Mostly Free) essential downloads - Downloads you can't live without

• Perfect Passwords - Generates custom, high quality, cryptographic-strength password strings

• Portable Apps - Many free portable applications

• Pricelessware - Freeware from alt.comp.freeware

• Security Now - Weekly podcast (and transcripts) of important issues of PC security

• SoftPedia - Encyclopedia of free software downloads

• SpyWare Information - Find and Eliminate Spyware

• The Open CD - A collection of free and open source utilities.

• TheFreeCountry - Freeware for programmers, webmasters and security

• Xtreme Open Source - Open Source News Portal

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