Contents 1 Anti-Malware 2 Anti-Virus 3 Audio Recording and Editing 4 E-Mail Clients 5 File Compression 6 File Conversion 7 Firewall 8 FTP 9 Image Editing 10 Media Center 11 Media Player (Video) 12 Media Player (Music) 13 Productivity 14 Student Software 15 System Tools 16 Web Browsers 17 Websites 18 Comments

Anti-MalwareEdit

• Malwarebytes Anti-malware
• Spybot S&D

Anti-VirusEdit

• Microsoft Security Essentials - protection and scan - MSE recently lost accreditation for failing to protect.
• AVG - protection and scan
• Avast - protection and scan
• TrendMicro Housecall - scan only
• Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool - scan only
• TDSSKiller - rootkit scan (scroll down a little)
• Panda Free cloud based antivirus.

Audio Recording and EditingEdit

• Audacity
• Goldwave

E-Mail ClientsEdit

• Thunderbird
• Gmail - Gmail can be configured as a client for POP3 mail as well as other Gmail accounts

File CompressionEdit

• 7zip - Free program for decompressing almost all archive types
• WinRAR - Non-free, but required in order use RAR's built-in repair function

File ConversionEdit

• Freemake Video Converter - Converts video to a variety of popular formats
• Hamstersoft - Converts video to a variety of popular formats

Firewall

• ZoneAlarm Free Firewall
• Ashampoo FireWall Free
• Comodo Firewall

FTP

• FileZilla

Image EditingEdit

• GIMP
• Paint.NET
• Sumo Paint - web based image editing.
• Pixlr - web based image editing

Media CenterEdit

• XBMC - Similar to Windows Media Center; automatically downloads movie covers; many plug ins for popular streaming sites
• Plex - Similar to XBMC; first to support OSX; can stream to iPhone/Pod/Pad
• Tversity Great for streaming most filetypes to Xbox 360 and Ps3

Media Player (Video)Edit

• Media Player Classic - Homecinema - Visually similar to Windows Media Player 6.4
• VLC

Media Player (Music)Edit

• Foobar2000
• Songbird
• Winamp
• MediaMonkey

ProductivityEdit

• LibreOffice
• Google Documents

Student SoftwareEdit

• Dreamspark - Provides students with free copies of Microsoft software for learning purposes
• Autodesk Education Community - Provides students with free copies of Autodesk software for learning purposes

Note: Students must have .edu email account to obtain software.

System ToolsEdit

• Unlocker - no more of those pesky "file is in use by another program" error.
• CCleaner
• Glary Utilities
• Defraggler - Defrags hard drive
• Auslogics Disk Defrag - Defrags hard drives
• IoBit Smart Defrag - Defragmenter with auto-defrag, boot defrag, and optimization features.

Web BrowsersEdit

• Firefox
  • AdBlock Plus Add-on
• Chrome
  • Adblock Plus Extension
• Reddit Enhancement Suite (multi-browser extension)
• Konqueror A great linux browser that can be used across platforms (with a little work)

WebsitesEdit

• Reddit (shameless plug)
• Ninite - multi-program install or update
• VirusTotal - Upload individual files for virus scan using many, many antivirus programs
• Jotti's Malware Scan - Same as above but uses different AVs
• Sourceforge A great source for open source (free) software for anything you want