Essential FREE Software

The following is a list of what we would deem as the cream of the FREE Software available. Contact us if you think we should review/include any others.

Internet-Related:

• Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser)
• Mozilla Thunderbird (Email Client)
• AVG Free (Anti-Virus)
• Avast (Anti-Virus)
• Ad-Aware (Anti-Spyware)
• Spybot (Anti-Spyware)
• Mailwasher (Anti-Spam)
• ZoneAlarm (Firewall)
• Filezilla (FTP Client)
• UltraVNC (Remote Access)
• aTube Catcher (Video Download)

Office-Related:

• OpenOffice (Office Applications)
• PrimoPDF (PDF Creator)
• Mozilla Sunbird (Calendar Application)
• GIMP (Graphics/Photo Editing)
• Paint.NET (Graphics/Photo editing)
• Easy Backup (Backup Software)
• Back2Zip (Backup Software)
• 7-Zip (File Archiver)

Miscellaneous:

• VideoLAN (VLC Media Player)
• CDBurnerXP (CD/DVD Burner)
• ImgBurn (CD/DVD Burner)
• CCleaner (System Optimisation)
• Notepad++ (Source Code Editor & Notepad Replacement)

Note - we have purposely left all Operating Systems off this list, as these will be reviewed in later blogs, and will require a blog dedicated to them alone.