Great Free Software
Updated: 04 Jun 2008
A collection of highly recommended free software that I regularly use at home, at work or both
............two are free versions of commercial products, ALL are completely free (with the exception of
TextPad which is free for evaluation only,
but simply had to be included as this page wouldn't exist without it!)
Ad-Aware - Spyware scanner and removal tool.
(Free version)
AVG - Anti Virus Software.
(Free version)
Cactus - A free easy-to-use spam blocker.
(Free)
FileZilla - Great FTP and SFTP client for Windows.
(Free|Open Source)
Firefox - Internet Browser, If you've got a choice use Firefox!
(Free|Open Source)
GPG4win - EMail and file encryption using GnuPG for Windows.
(Free)
jZip - Great Winzip alternative based on the open source 7-Zip.
(Free)
PDF Creator - Create PDF's from any program that is able to print.
(Free|Open Source)
Picasa - Free software from Google that helps you find, organise and share your photos.
(Free)
SyncBack - Back-up software from 2BrightSparks.
(Free version)
TextPad - A great text editor, with syntax highlighting, sorting & comparing files and much more.....
(Free for evaluation)
Thunderbird - Fed up with Outlook express? try the Thunderbird email client from Mozilla.
(Free|Open Source)
TrueCrypt - Disk Encryption Software.
(Free|Open Source)