Open Source Software
Free, but closed source
Free for non-commercial use: closed source.

Security

  1. ClamWin Free Antivirus link
  2. Avast! Antivirus link
  3. AVG Free Antivirus link
  4. COMODO Firewall Pro link
  5. ZoneAlarm Free link
  6. Ad-Aware 2007 link
  7. CCleaner link
  8. Spybot S&D link
  9. Lunarsoft Anti-Malware Toolkit link
    (Use this guide with the above software)

Utilities

  1. 7-Zip - File archiver/compression (supports the most formats) link
  2. IZarc - File archiver/compression link
  3. Launchy - Application launcher link
  4. Find and Run Robot link (requires forum registration to obtain free license)
  5. Revo - Application uninstaller link
  6. Safarp - Application uninstaller link
  7. TeraCopy - File copier link
  8. WinDirStat- Disk usage analysis link
  9. AusLogics Disk Defrag link
  10. AusLogics Registry Defrag link

Programs & Applications

  1. Mozilla Firefox - Web browser link
    1. AdBlock Plus link
    2. AutoCopy link
    3. Tab Mix Plus link
    4. Greasemonkey link
    5. MR Tech Local Install link
    6. Download Statusbar link
  2. VideoLAN - Media player link
  3. xplorer2 - File/windows explorer replacement link
  4. CubicExplorer - File/windows explorer replacement link
  5. FileZilla - FTP Client (server also available) link
  6. Media Monkey - Audio player (works with ipods & other USB media players) link
  7. MusikCube - Audio player link
  8. doPDF - PDF printer/creator link
  9. PDF Creator - PDF printer/creator link
  10. PDF-XChange - Free PDF viewer/markup notation app link
  11. Komodo Edit - Advanced HTML editor link
  12. Notepad++ - Advanced text editor link
  13. CD Burner XP Pro - CD/DVD Burning link
  14. InfraRecorder - CD/DVD Burning link
  15. CFont Pro - Font manager link
  16. ZScreen - Screen capturelink