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[Lion7718]

This is the list of some really useful Free programs initially compiled by
Lion7718, Blackspawn, & Asterix

PS: New additions are marked in RED

• Browsers | Download Managers
  
  Crazy Browser
  Tabbed interface, full Windows XP theme support, popup filter, multiple engine searching and more...
  Maxthon (formerly MYIE2)
  A browser based on IE (IE5.x or IE 6.0 required). Some of it's features: auto-hide panel, customize skins, mouse gestures, news group browsing mode, plug-ins support, form auto-filling auto scroll (scroll web pages down with no mouse use).
  Opera [AD]
  A fast web browser, with an integrated email client, multiple document interface (tabbed interface), etc. An excellent alternative to Internet Explorer.
  Mozilla Firefox
  A browser based on Mozilla but stripped of all its extra components to make it small and fast.... Features include, popup blocking, tabbed browsing, mouse gestures (has to be installed additionally), image blocking from specified servers, etc.
  
  LeechGet
  A powerfull download manager, very simple to use.
  Star Downloader
  Yet another download manager, very nice this one, if you don't have a download manager you must try this one out. If you do have one... well try it anyway!
  Net Pumper[$]
  A small download manager compatible with Anti-Leech Content Protection,http redirection,ftp passive mode other usual features...
  
  
• Media Players | Rippers | Audio Tools
  
  BS Player
  Plays all kinds of media files, avi | mpg | asf | wmv | wav | mp3 etc. Specialises in video and divx playback.
  EvilLyrics
  Automatically searches for lyrics as your song is played in your player
  Foobar2000
  An all around player, supports MP3, Ogg Vorbis, MPC, FLAC, Ogg FLAC, WAV, MOD (needs foo_mod.dll), SPC (needs foo_spc.dll).
  JetAudio
  All-In-One media player, rips, encodes, and burns various types of files (also plays realmedia files!!).
  Light Alloy
  All around media player. Plays AVI, MPEG, ASF, MP3, WAV, MID and other types of files, good alternative to Windows Media Player.
  MusicMatch
  Play, Rip (record), Burn MP3s and audio CDs. Transfer music with the Portable Device Manager. Excellent music library!
  n.Player
  Supports divX, DVD, audioCD, avi, mp3, wma, s3m, mod and more.
  Quintessential Player
  Supported audio formats include MP3, CD Audio, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, VQF, MP+, Windows Media and streaming audio including SHOUTcast and ICEcast. Fully skinnable, has CDDBv2 integration.
  Sonique
  Cool player with some awesome skins, winamp "arch-enemy"...
  Winamp 2.xx
  Considered by many the best music (only) player there is, with LOTS of skins and visualization available.
  VLC
  open source, free, excellent player that can play anything you throw at it faster than any other player. including .dat avi files without compilining or whatever virtual dub does
  
  CDex
  Rip and convert several types of audio media files like WAV, MP3, OGG, VQF, APE, etc. Supports CDDB, ID3 V1 and V2 tags, normalization of audio files and much more.
  dBpowerAMP
  Must have utility, indispensable for converting audio files from one format to another. Can convert to and from Wave, Mp3 and from CD Audio (CDA) files, Codec downloads add Windows Media Audio v8 (WMA) , Ogg Vorbis and many more types to the table. Definantely worth checking out!
  Exact Audio Copy
  A ripper, has many feature so check out the link to see if this is for you... (hasn't been updated in a long time though...)
  musicCutter
  musiCutter is an MP3/OGG joiner and splitter (no reencoding or deencoding needed).In order to find cue points manually, you will need to play Winamp (sorry, doesn't automatically 'grab' Winamp times). Once you find the times, enter it in the format [M:S:F].(Also, you can use http://www.Freedb.org to find XMCD files, or even http://www.regeert.nl/cuesheet/ for CUE's.)
  GSpot
  This little app, it scans the movie or sound file and displays several info about it (including the codec used when the file was encoded). Pretty neat! All you have to do next is type that codec in you fav search engine, download it, install it and your good to go!
  MOOsic
  A nifty tag editor with support for FreeDB lookup as well as partial FreeDB and AMG lookup.An easy interface to edit ur tags

[Lion7718]

• AntiVirus | Firewalls | Security
  
  AVG AntiVirus
  Probably the best free antivirus out there.
  Avast AnitVirus
  Easy to use antivirus software thats free for home use.
  
  Kerio Personal Firewall
  Protection against: information theft, modification or destruction, trojan horse applications, spyware, unauthorized access from within the local network, denial of service attacks to applications or services.
  Sygate Personal Firewall
  Protecs PC from hackers, trojans, DoS attacks and malicious code intrusions.
  ZoneAlarm
  Monitor and protects incoming and outgoing traffic, user-friendly interface (not compatible with Win95).
  
  SpyBot
  Search and destroy those little pesky (spy/ad)bots with this handy utillity. Spyware and similar, keyloggers, dialers, usage tracks, hijackers, trojans... Kick all of them out of your system!
  Ad-Aware
  Comprehensively scan your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known datamining, aggressive advertising, and tracking components.
  SwatIt Trojan Scanner
  SwatIt Trojan Scanner detects and removes Trojan horses, worms, IRC DDOS, and GT bots. Signatures are updated on a regular basis to remain current with the latest threats, such as SubSeven and DDOS Bots such as EvilBot or GT Bot.
  CookieWall
  Protect your privacy online by controlling which cookies are allowed to stay and which ones go...
  
  
  
  
• System Utilities
  
  
  MemDefrag
  Simple console application to defragment windows memory, and increase performance on low memory machines...and higher ones as well.
  RAM Def XTreme!
  Defragments & cleans RAM, monitors RAM usage, full system tray support, complete documentation and on-line support.
  Total Uninstall
  Completely remove unwanted programs from your system.
  Daemon Tools
  A great tool for ur CD's
  WinPatrol
  It?ll display what?s in your Startup folder, plus, which is neat, lets you disable OR remove any of these without reboot. Also jumps up & tells you if anything has sneakily added restart commands & lets you override these. Displays running tasks & cookies collected too ? its Scottie icon?s quite the little watchdog.
  MoveOnBoot
  Have a File that you can't delete? MoveOnBoot is for you.
  Click the link above, click on File Utilities..than MoveOnBoot.
  Startup Monitor
  Will notify you of a new/old program trying to put itself into Windows Startup.
  Startup Control Panel
  Lets you have a little more control in MSCONFG, also works with systems that don't have MSCONFIG.
  Hide Files
  U have evil sisters or a bossy big bro with whoom u dont want to share ur files then this is for you.A password protected utility that hides files and folders frm all prying eyes
  RegSeeker RegSeeker is a powerful registry cleaner and can display various informations like your startup entries, several histories, installed applications and much more ! With RegSeeker you can search for any item inside your registry, export/delete the results, open them in the registry. RegSeeker also includes a tweaks panel to optimize your OS ! Now RegSeeker includes a file tool to search for duplicate files, bad shortcuts and more. Free for Home Use
  Crap Cleaner
  CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less that a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!
  
  
  
• Image & Video Editing
  
  The Gimp
  Suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. File formats supported include gif, jpg, png, xpm, tiff, tga, mpeg, ps, pdf, pcx, bmp, and many others. Available for Windows & Linux
  IrfanView
  Simply the best free image editing program in existence, a must for everyone!
  Unlead Utilities
  A collection of freeware multimedia utilities, worth checking out.
  VirtualDub
  Video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms (98/NT/2000/XP), streamlined for fast linear operations over video. Mainly geared toward processing AVI files, but can be extended with third-party video filters.
  
  
• Miscelaneous
  
  1st Page 2000
  A powerfull HTML editor.
  7-Zip
  File archiver with highest compression ratio, supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO and RPM, some of the features include: self-extracting capability for 7z format,
  integration with Windows shell, 2-10 % compression ration better when compressing in .zip format and more.
  ieSpell
  Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage.
  NoAds
  Stops Internet popup ads, works with Internet Explorer, AOL, Opera, and Netscape Navigator (4.x, 6.x, 7.x). Easy to use.
  StatBar
  Status bar which allows you to quickly get an overview of your system's condition (memory, CPU, uptime, and much more).
  UltimateZip
  Zip/Unzip utillity that supports up to 16 archive types (Ace, Arj, Cab, Lha,Rar, Tar, GZip, Zip and so on).
  HJSplit
  A Small program to split large files to deisred size.
  To split, just type in the amount (kb) and number of files desired.To join, browse your directory for the file with the '001' ext. and the rest will be added together.
  LaunchMate
  The best program launcher bar none. No more cluttered desktop, it?s a ?launcher bar? that can be docked anywhere, hidden from view, & holds up to 50 proggies.
  ePrompter
  This is a mailreader & ?lite? email client.Checks up to 16 separate pop3 & webmail a/c?s [inc hotmail, yahoo & many others], does this automatically at your specified times, you don?t have to open your browser, no more time-wasting webmail logins.The only time you?ll need to open your regular email client is to d/load any attachments that you want to see.
  Messenger Plus
  An add-on to MSN Messenger and/or Windows Messenger. Features include: Hiding the advertisment banner, transparency effect, increase the number of characters per messages, quick texts (available through keyboard shorcuts), logging, boss protection (for when you want to quickly close messenger and hide it from you boss) , user defined status, POP for mails other than hotmail, an tons of other features... Definantely worth checking out!
  Trillian
  An all in one messenger which connects to IRC,MSN,Yahoo,AIM...u'll not need anything else most probably..
  Miranda
  An Open Source messenger for ICQ with great support for plugins to support other messenger services,Plugins are available for Yahoo,MSN,etc....
  GAIM
  Another Open source Messenger with support for multiple protocols as well as Multiple operating systems
  Gadwin PrintScreen 2.5
  Gadwin PrintScreen lets you capture images from your computer screen. For example, you can capture the entire screen, individual windows to use as an illustration in a manual or on a Web site.
  Hamachi
  Hamachi allows you to establish secure direct connections to computers that are not accessible otherwise due to the restrictions in network setup. By installing Hamachi on both computers and clicking a couple of buttons you can connect them instantly and securely. Now you can browse file shares, run remote desktop or even host a multiplayer game on one computer and join in from another. Just as if they were connected with a physical wire.

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Last Update: July 6th 2005

[E E]

I would not reccomend Leechget.

I installed on three seperate occasion with clean installs of Windows Xp Pro Corp. On each occasion I was well pleased with its full featured yet simplistic approach. (I was a fan)

Then all sorts of niggling little problems with explorer started. Extraordinaryily long seek times. Mysterious crashes and on one memorable occasion a BSOD that just wouldn't go away.

I am not a programmer but the bugs I had when this program was installed disappeared the moment I uninstalled. I'm no coder but 2 and 2 still equal 4. (....well .....mostly)

[thamasta2k3]

FireLoad - is a very "Slim" client that is almost transparent to the user. It weighs less then 450Kb in an activeX format and looks and feels like a standard download manager window.

Fireload supports Download acceleration of up to 700%, for regular (HTTP/FTP) downloads, Scheduled Downloading, Preview, and Pause / Resume capabilities.

btw..it has no ads/spyware and is free.

here is a screenshot:


Download - http://www.imesh.net...ireLoadInst.exe

[phukraut]

i'd recommend all programs from KarenWare:

http://www.karenware...powertools.html

check it out.

[zcool]

XP-AntiSpy
From HTTP://www.Majorgeeks.com

XP-AntiSpy is a little utility that let's you disable some built-in update and authetication 'features' in WindowsXP. For example, there's a service running in the background wich is called 'Automatic Updates'. I don't know what this service transfers from my machine to other machines on the internet, especially the MS ones. So I play it safe and disable such functions. If you like, you can even disable these function manually, by going through the System and checking or unchecking some checkboxes. This will take you approximately half an hour. But why wasting time when a little neat utility can do the same in 1 minute? This utility was successfully tested by lots of users, and was found to disable all the known 'Suspicious' Functions in WindowsXP

Download from HERE

I dont know what this program is like because i dont use XP yet but stumbled across it and thought somebody may be interested.

[Lion7718]

Originally posted by Zcool
I dont know what this program is like because i dont use XP yet but stumbled across it and thought somebody may be interested.

I've used it to turn a few things off. You really only need to use it once, right after a fresh install or buying a new computer...after that, file it away till next time you need it.

[blackspawn]

due to a recent rollback on the database the post by... (damn I don't remember who...) about slimbrowser was deleted...

Slimbrowser

from Slimbrowser site
SlimBrowser is a tabbed multiple-site browser. It incorporates a large collection of powerful features like built-in popup killer, skinned window frame, form filler, site group, quick-search, auto login, hidden sites, built-in commands and scripting, online translation, script error suppression, blacklist / whitelist filtering, URL Alias. It brings you convenient and comfortable browsing.

IMO this IE add-on is definately the best out there (tried myIE, NetCaptor and AvantBrowser), easy to configure simple layout... excellent!

[Lion7718]

This is a pretty cool program I tracked down yesterday...it works on all OS with IE 4,5,6:

FavOrg scans the Web sites in your Favorites list for favicons--custom icons provided by the Web site. The icons are displayed on the Favorites bar, the Favorites menu, and the Address bar. Custom icons make the Favorites list easier to scan, letting you locate a given shortcut faster. Microsoft added the custom icon feature to IE5; FavOrg brings this functionality to IE4 as well. Favicons are usually lost when you delete your Temporary Internet Files, but FavOrg preserves them. The program also lets you associate any icon you choose with a given shortcut, even if no favicon is provided. Since FavOrg must check the validity of an Internet shortcut before attempting to download the favicon, it automatically flags dead links as it goes through your Favorites list. If you like, it can update redirected links or reset dead links to the site's root.

Attached Files

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[Asterix]

A really cool dld manager Fresh download which is a Freeware with no spyware or adware...

But the only thing is u have to give a legitimate emaill address to which they will send a registration link throught which u can dowload the software...

I havent been spammed so u can give it try if u want..

U can get it here

[Hova]

jv16 isn't free anymore.

[Lion7718]

Originally posted by Hova
jv16 isn't free anymore.

The RegCleaner still is..PowerTools is not. PowerTools has been removed.

[ABOU]

i recongnise this thread good 2 c it bk good on ya lion

[phalkon30]

There is no "diskeeper lite" anymore. There is a trial version of 8 though, I think 30 days.

[Lion7718]

Originally posted by phalkon30
There is no "diskeeper lite" anymore. There is a trial version of 8 though, I think 30 days.

Diskeeper has been removed

[NitnayLion]

Heres one I find myself using all the time. LoL


ieSpell - A Spell Checker for Internet Explorer

[Lion7718]

Originally posted by NitnayLion
Heres one I find myself using all the time. LoL


ieSpell - A Spell Checker for Internet Explorer

It's on the list already....I see that you have read it well

[NitnayLion]

Heres another fun one.


Im Translator for IE - Translation plug-in for Internet Explorer

[Singerchick]

MMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo!!!!! :hammered:

[Roadblock]

I found this tonight, looks really good. Does most if not more than Window Washer does, it is small, light, quick and best of all, FREE!

Crap Cleaner 1.10

Download it Here

Description:

CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimisation tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system allowing it to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast (normally taking less that a second to run) and Free!

Features:

· Cleans the following: Internet Explorer Cache, History, Cookies, Index.dat.
· Recycle Bin, Temporary files and Log files.
· Recently opened URLs and files.
· Third-party application temp files and recent file lists (MRUs).
· Including: Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce and more...
· Advanced Registry scanner and cleaner to remove unused and old entries.
· Including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more...
· This software is completely Freeware and contains no Spyware

Fead Morea about it Here