System Utilities List (Anti virus/spyware/system tools)
Disclaimer: I will never recommend any program that has spyware. I don't like spyware and I'm pretty sure you don't either. LeechGet was given "a clean bill of health" by Spybot Search & Destory's author Patrick Kolla, if you don't beleive me then read his review of LeechGet for yourselves.
Also I will not link directly to the programs as that will cause the websites hosting the software to be extremely slow. All I'm doing here is pointing the way to the software, not providing a download portal. If you are looking for a download portal, try MajorGeeks.com. Also the other reason I do not link directly to the program is so you can get the latest version from the official website.
Now some of you might be asking: "What is the purpose of this list and why is it here?" The answer is simple: To increase the PC users awareness to these free alternative programs that are spyware/adware free and to help promote the programs and thier authors, they're wonderful programs and I think everyone should at least give them a shot.
One last bit before you start clicking on the links: I do not provide tech support to the programs listed below, if you need help with installing or setting up a particular program in this list then consult the readme.txt, website's help documents, forums, tech support, etc. I'm usually far to busy working on my own programs to reply to tech support questions.
Text Key:
Bold Text: Highly recommended that you download at least one of these.
Red Text: Requires your undivided attention, read carefully.
FREE Adware and spyware removers: In addition to these you will need at least one virus scanner and a firewall, not all virus scanners are compatable with each other so read all the information carefully before you download one.
Spybot Search & Destroy
Adaware Personal Edition
Microsoft Anti-Spyware (Beta)
SpywareBlaster
FREE Antivirus: Running multiple virus scanners on the same machine will conflict with each other, it is recommended you only run one virus scanner.
AntiVir Personal Edition(fastest so far, but doesn't get along with other anti-virus programs.)
Avast! Anti-Virus (There are two version of this software, a free personal edition and a commercial edition that requires subscription, out of the two anti-virus programs Avast! was dissapointingly sluggish but it did get the job done.)
ClamWin Open source Antivirus program. -Thanks robodonut
You do not have to download all the utilities below, they are provided for your reference.
FREE Archiving Utilities:
iZarc -Thank you nathan219
FreeZip
FREE Browsers:
Download Firefox
Opera
FREE Download Managers:
LeechGet is no Longer free.
FREE FTP Clients
FileZilla
AceFTP
FREE Personal Firewalls:
Kerio Personal Firewall
Zone Alarm
FREE Installer Makers:
Clickteam Installer
FREE Image Viewers and Editors:
IrfanView
FREE Media Players: Unfortunately these are being threatened by obscure software patents (just like Xfire). Thier Availability is sketchy.
VLC
MPlayer
FREE Multi-Client Instant Messengers:
GAIM
Trillian
FREE Office Suite Programs:
OpenOffice.org
FREE Paint Programs:
GIMP Open source alternative to Photo$hop.
Paint.NET Another great alternative to Photo$hop.
FREE Privacy Tools:
Eraser
FREE Spam Blockers
SpamPal
FREE Spell Checkers:
ieSpell IE based browsers only.
phpSpell
SpellBound For Firefox and Mozilla-based browsers.
SpellCheck.net Another web-based spell checker.
Spellink: Multilingual Spell Checker web-based
FREE System Analysis Utilities:
SpeedFan
CPU-Z - Also check out the other utilities on the website.
Motherboard Monitor
Belarc Advisor Personal
ThrottleWatch - Helps detect if your CPU is overheating or not by monitoring the throttling. Doesn't work fully with AMD Athlon XP chips, on XP chips it only does CPU load monitoring.
FREE System Tweaking Tools:
Game XP and Safe XP Game XP tweaks your system so games run faster on your system, Safe XP is a tweak to make Windows XP more secure, both programs shut off unneccesary services, uneccesary settings, etc to acheive top performace.
Good Free CD/DVD Burner Program:
CDBurnerXP Pro
Also check out this link -
The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities
Sterling Order of Knights :: View topic - System Utilities List (Anti virus/spyware/system tools)
Also I will not link directly to the programs as that will cause the websites hosting the software to be extremely slow. All I'm doing here is pointing the way to the software, not providing a download portal. If you are looking for a download portal, try MajorGeeks.com. Also the other reason I do not link directly to the program is so you can get the latest version from the official website.
Now some of you might be asking: "What is the purpose of this list and why is it here?" The answer is simple: To increase the PC users awareness to these free alternative programs that are spyware/adware free and to help promote the programs and thier authors, they're wonderful programs and I think everyone should at least give them a shot.
One last bit before you start clicking on the links: I do not provide tech support to the programs listed below, if you need help with installing or setting up a particular program in this list then consult the readme.txt, website's help documents, forums, tech support, etc. I'm usually far to busy working on my own programs to reply to tech support questions.
Text Key:
Bold Text: Highly recommended that you download at least one of these.
Red Text: Requires your undivided attention, read carefully.
FREE Adware and spyware removers: In addition to these you will need at least one virus scanner and a firewall, not all virus scanners are compatable with each other so read all the information carefully before you download one.
Spybot Search & Destroy
Adaware Personal Edition
Microsoft Anti-Spyware (Beta)
SpywareBlaster
FREE Antivirus: Running multiple virus scanners on the same machine will conflict with each other, it is recommended you only run one virus scanner.
AntiVir Personal Edition(fastest so far, but doesn't get along with other anti-virus programs.)
Avast! Anti-Virus (There are two version of this software, a free personal edition and a commercial edition that requires subscription, out of the two anti-virus programs Avast! was dissapointingly sluggish but it did get the job done.)
ClamWin Open source Antivirus program. -Thanks robodonut
You do not have to download all the utilities below, they are provided for your reference.
FREE Archiving Utilities:
iZarc -Thank you nathan219
FreeZip
FREE Browsers:
Download Firefox
Opera
FREE Download Managers:
LeechGet is no Longer free.
FREE FTP Clients
FileZilla
AceFTP
FREE Personal Firewalls:
Kerio Personal Firewall
Zone Alarm
FREE Installer Makers:
Clickteam Installer
FREE Image Viewers and Editors:
IrfanView
FREE Media Players: Unfortunately these are being threatened by obscure software patents (just like Xfire). Thier Availability is sketchy.
VLC
MPlayer
FREE Multi-Client Instant Messengers:
GAIM
Trillian
FREE Office Suite Programs:
OpenOffice.org
FREE Paint Programs:
GIMP Open source alternative to Photo$hop.
Paint.NET Another great alternative to Photo$hop.
FREE Privacy Tools:
Eraser
FREE Spam Blockers
SpamPal
FREE Spell Checkers:
ieSpell IE based browsers only.
phpSpell
SpellBound For Firefox and Mozilla-based browsers.
SpellCheck.net Another web-based spell checker.
Spellink: Multilingual Spell Checker web-based
FREE System Analysis Utilities:
SpeedFan
CPU-Z - Also check out the other utilities on the website.
Motherboard Monitor
Belarc Advisor Personal
ThrottleWatch - Helps detect if your CPU is overheating or not by monitoring the throttling. Doesn't work fully with AMD Athlon XP chips, on XP chips it only does CPU load monitoring.
FREE System Tweaking Tools:
Game XP and Safe XP Game XP tweaks your system so games run faster on your system, Safe XP is a tweak to make Windows XP more secure, both programs shut off unneccesary services, uneccesary settings, etc to acheive top performace.
Good Free CD/DVD Burner Program:
CDBurnerXP Pro
Also check out this link -
The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities
Sterling Order of Knights :: View topic - System Utilities List (Anti virus/spyware/system tools)
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