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[rock_ya_baby]

abhay: clamwin does not has a resident shield thing, i gave it "useable" rating ( ** )

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Suggestion:

Hey can some mod start a thread for "free s/w; goodies; whatever" sites?

Like this sysinternals site has bunch of handy stuff, i can't add all of those here..

So if some mod/staff mem takes responsiblity of maintaining that thread, it will be nice

eg:
http://www.sysinternals.com
http://freshmeat.net
http://www.freewarehome.com
http://www.freewarefiles.com
http://www.nonags.com
http://www.ibiblio.org
http://somesiteforfreegames
http://somesiteforfreeringtones

etc..

we can have diff. sections too.. like windows; linux; etc etc..

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[ferrari]

Okay rocky I'll do it at night
Btw check this cool software..as good as Hijack This or may be better
http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=asviewer

Regards,

[shrek_incredible]

My last post ended up in the dumps too....
So thats two revenges now

Just incase you delete this too i will give some contri here.

Antivirus:
Fprot for DOS
http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/dos/
This is the all-time favourite on-demand virus-scanner for MS-DOS versions. It detects all the viruses covered by F-Prot Antivirus for Windows and has very extensive command line options which makes it more versatile. F-Prot Antivirus for DOS is free for personal use.

Antispyware:
Spyware Blaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Prevent the installation of ActiveX-based spyware, adware, browser hijackers, dialers, and other potentially unwanted pests.
Block spyware/tracking cookies in Internet Explorer and Mozilla/Firefox.
Restrict the actions of potentially dangerous sites in Internet Explorer.

Audio tools
Real alternative
http://www.pctip.ch/library/download...realalt111.exe
You do need a player that is capable of playing RealMedia. The included Media Player Classic supports it and works very well. Supported: RealAudio (.ra .rpm), RealMedia (.rm .ram .rmvb .rpx .smi .smil), RealText (.rt), ReadPix (.rp), RealMedia embedded in webpages. .smi and .smil files sometimes only play the first part of a clip. This is a limitation of the current Media Player Classic. The RealMedia Browser plugin supports Internet Explorer, Opera, Netscape and Mozilla.

Compression
Zip Genius
http://www.zipgenius5.tk/
ZipGenius is a zip tool suite that has all the functions of a typical compression utility plus a ton of extra features. It not only zips and unzips but also offers support for 21 compression and encoding/decoding formats, zip encyrption/decryption, PocketPC support via ActiveSync, drag-and-drop support, integration in Windows shell, sending archive via e-mail, and Web publishing of archives and files via FTP and TWAIN devices support.

Firewalls:

You missed the best firewall.... Shameful...
Outpost
http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html
The FREE version of Outpost Firewall offers a basic protection solution for casual web surfers and low budget systems.


OK more updats later....

[Venkat]

AntiVirus :
Stinger

News Aggregators :
Klipfolio
RSS Reader SharpReader

Media and Disk Cataloging Software :
Broken Cross Disk Manager
Eventhough Demo it does everything it is supposed to do for free without any Time Limit.

Audio Tools :
Audacity

[rock_ya_baby]

Media and Disk Cataloging Software :
Broken Cross Disk Manager
Eventhough Demo it does everything it is supposed to do for free without any Time Limit.

Looks nice.. I dun't know of any other good catalouging freewares..
Theres one called "ruby". But, all those are text based..

Among graphical one's (and.. paid) "Advanced file manager" is the best.

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Thank you for your submissions venk.

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Ace, it wasn't me.. those were c4u and san-deep

Thanks for your list too!

[Fountainhead]

Software name:Adaware
D/L it Here
Category:spyware Buster
Rating:****

Software name:AVG
D/L it Here
Category:Antivirus s/w
Rating:***

Software:Zone Alarm
D/L it Here
Category:Firewall
Rating:****

Software:Yahoo messenger
D/L it Here
Category:Instant Messenger
Rating:****

Software:iTunes & Quick time
D/L it Here
Category: Media Player
Rating:*****



That'll be it for now...more later

[Venkat]

I found these two softwares very interesting.
Both are free Space simulators.Excellent work.
1.OpenUniverse
2.Celestia

[shrek_incredible]

hmmm.., Ok c4u or sandy... you are lined up then.... You are not gonna escape me....

And so that this post does not go into the bin

Download manager....
The best free one with no adverts... Lotsa features and very stable:

Leechget
http://www.leechget.net/en/
LeechGet is a download manager that uses a very nice, modern, Microsoft Outlook-like user interface and seamlessly integrates into Internet Explorer, allowing you to easily start and manage your downloads.

In addition, LeechGet provides many features, such a automatic downloading, resume of broken downloads, a download timer, automatic hang-up and shutdown and more. A built-in web parser lets you download complete website with all images and scripts in no time. LeechGet also provides a history of your downloaded files, sorted by day, week and month. Additional features include a file drop icon, a speed monitor and much more.

[ujjwal]

Subscribing To the Langalist can be useful ... I will dig into the archives.

I still think rating will be troublesome ...

Final Reality ***
AIDA32 ****
Fresh Diagnose ****
Cacheman ****

HijackThis deserves more I feel ... except it is not for newbies.

1 more can go ...

Flashget (free with ads)
Download manager
http://download.com.com/3000-2071-10...ml?tag=lst-0-1

[manx_bkk]

Software name: Handy Recovery
Category: Data Recovery
Website: http://www.handyrecovery.com
Short Description: Handy Recovery is an easy to use program designed to restore files accidentally deleted from a hard disk or a diskette.

Software name: MyUninstaller
Category: Uninstaller
Website: http://members.lycos.co.uk/nirsoft1/utils/myuninst.html
Short Description: MyUninstaller is an alternative utility to the standard Add/Remove applet of Windows operating system. It displays the list of all installed application, and allows you to uninstall an application, delete an uninstall entry, and save the list of all installed applications into a text file or HTML file.

[shrek_incredible]

Here is a the best free compression/extraction tool and it rocks:
IZArc
http://www.izsoft.dir.bg/izarc.htm


IZArc is the ultimate archive utility suports many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BZ2, BZA, CAB, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MBF, MIM, PAK, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ,
TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO. With a modern easy-to-use interface, IZArc provides support for most compressed and encoded files, as well as access to many powerful features and tools. It allows you to drag and drop files from and to Windows Explorer, create and extract archives directly in Windows Explorer, create multiple archives spanning disks, creating self-extracting archives, repair damaged zip archives, converting from one archive type to another, view and write comments and many more. IZArc has also build-in multilanguage support.
IZArc is the most complete archive utility available today.

[Neo]

Software: 3D analyse
Category: Misc (3d rendering tool)
Website: http://www.tommti-systems.com
rating **** (works well for me at least with my lean machine )

[fandasri]

I came across this good freeware utility - PageDefrag

Introduction

One of the limitations of the Windows NT/2000 defragmentation interface is that it is not possible to defragment files that are open for exclusive access. Thus, standard defragmentation programs can neither show you how fragmented your paging files or Registry hives are, nor defragment them. Paging and Registry file fragmentation can be one of the leading causes of performance degradation related to file fragmentation in a system.

PageDefrag uses advanced techniques to provide you what commercial defragmenters cannot: the ability for you to see how fragmented your paging files and Registry hives are, and to defragment them. In addition, it defragments event log files and Windows 2000/XP hibernation files (where system memory is saved when you hibernate a laptop).

PageDefrag works on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Server 2003.

You can get this here --> http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr...gedefrag.shtml

In fact the site www.sysinternals.com has many such (mostly open source) freeware utilities (developed by them) which can help you with the internal workings with your OS (be it windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/2003 as well as Linux). Here are some snippets -

Process Explorer v8.4
Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more. This uniquely powerful utility will even show you who owns each process.

ListDLLs v2.23
List all the DLLs that are currently loaded, including where they are loaded and their version numbers. Version 2.0 prints the full path names of loaded modules.

Regmon v6.1
This monitoring tool lets you see all Registry activity in real-time. It works on all versions of WinNT/2K, Windows 9x/Me and Windows 64-bit.

Ctrl2cap v2.0
This is a kernel-mode driver that demonstrates keyboard input filtering just above the keyboard class driver in order to turn caps-locks into control keys. Filtering at this level allows conversion and hiding of keys before NT even "sees" them. Full source is included. Ctrl2cap also shows how to use NtDisplayString() to print messages to the initialization blue-screen.

I think that should be enough for the software gurus to start licking their lips!

PS:
Disclaimer : Please note that the above mentioned utilities are meant for advanced users only. If you cant understand what the utility is meant for, please dont try them. Further, I have no connection with that site, I simply want to share info. And If anybody has already posted about these utilities before, my apologies for missing that post.

[Switch]

Software: OPERA
Category: Web Browser
Website: http://www.opera.com/download/
rating ****(Yes Four stars... Why... Cause Firefox RULES)

How come this is not posted...

[godzi_85]

wysigot.com -- for downloading whole websites... pretty cool..
http://elpros.si/cdcheck -- to chk if that old cd will still work or no..

www.cheatbook.de
www.cheatcontainer.de -- software for game cheats...

if i get any more i`ll rt about em too..