Best of Gizmo's Freeware!
Welcome to the editors' choice list, where you'll find the best freeware
on our site. Many freeware products here are as good as or better than
their commercial counterparts.
To get high onto this list a product must have done more than win a
Gizmo's Freeware award; it must impress our editors with its usefulness
and professionalism. Usually our top freeware picks must compete in a
Darwinian struggle against many rival programs!
Our volunteer editors did the difficult work in their freeware reviews,
choosing a broad selection of must have free programs, exquisitely rare
freeware treasures, and "Gizmo's Freeware Top Picks".
We suggest you browse the whole list at your leisure as you may be
surprised what freeware gems you will discover. The pathologically
impatient can use the category index below.
Caution: Some of these recommendations involve risky tasks like cleaning
the registry or installing touchy software that may conflict with your
system, so be sure to make restore points or image/backup first.
Index: Search Our Best Free Software Reviews, Freeware Downloads, & Tech
Tips
*Security & Privacy*: Sandboxie - Antivirus - Firewall - Antispyware -
HIPS - Anonymous Surfing
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*Cleanup & Tune*: PC Tuneup - Disk Defrag - File Cleaner - Eraser -
Uninstaller - Startup Manager
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*Disk & File*: Drive Imaging - Backup Program - Folder Sync - Zip
Utility - File Manager - Partition Manager
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*System Tools & Desktop*: Software Update Monitor - Screen Capture
Utility - Screen Information Utility
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*Multimedia*: Media Player - CD & DVD Burner - Audio & Video Conversion
- Music Player - MP3 Tagger...
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*Image Tools*: Image Viewer - Image Editor - High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Software - Photo Organizer
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*Home & Office*: Office Suite - Software Suite - PDF Writer - PDF Reader
- PDF Tools - Finance Software
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*Internet Tools*: Web Browser - Email Client - BitTorrent Client -
Download Manager - Remote Access
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Best Free Security & Privacy Software
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_5 Basic Safe Computing Steps_
* *OpenDNS* <https://www.opendns.com/start/>: "After only a quick
registration and configuration change, it considerably improves
your pro-active protection against drive by malware. It's an
excellent first line of defense" (review
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-adware-spyware-scumware-remover.htm>).
* *WOT* <http://www.mywot.com/>: Fast ratings about possible
malicious websites, multiple categories of ratings, and provides
reports with user comments and more information. Uses a fantastic
warning or blocking screen to empower users to avoid potentially
bad websites without filter 'censorship' (review
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-internet-safety-check.htm>).
* *Secunia PSI*
<http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/>: Scans for
insecure software and helps you quickly update risky products like
browsers, PDF readers, Sun Java, office software, email software,
media players, instant messengers, download managers, P2P clients,
etc. (review
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-software-update-monitor.htm>).
You should also allow Windows to automatically update with its
latest patches, for Windows itself often has security flaws (learn
more
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/windowsupdate/default.mspx>).
* *Secure Your PC*
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/how-to-secure-your-pc.php>:
Consider using a limited rights option, rather than a normal full
administrator account, to block the majority of malware from
getting a foothold.
* *Security Advice Wizard* <http://www.techsupportalert.com/secwiz>:
Get personalized results from our security team.
Browser Protection Utility
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-browser-protection-utility.htm>
* *Sandboxie*
<http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?DownloadSandboxie>: "Creates a
special /sandbox/ environment on your PC [either for web browsing
or any program]. So that within the virtual sandbox provided by
Sandboxie the vital portions of your PC are totally isolated... If
set correctly, any spyware, Trojans, keyloggers or other malware
products that 'infect' your PC while browsing will be eliminated.
It can cause problems on some PCs so backup before installing."
Antivirus Software
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-anti-virus-software.htm>
(Using more than one real-time antivirus can cause conflicts, consume
system resources heavily, and even reduce protection, so we recommend
one antivirus for real-time protection.)
* *Avira AntiVir Personal Edition*
<http://www.free-av.com/en/download/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html>:
"My top pick if you're looking for the best protection against
virus, spyware and rootkit threats. AntiVir is very light on
resources and the detection rate of malware is outstanding, better
than almost every other antivirus according to tests."
* *Microsoft Security Essentials*
<http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/>: "By far the best
choice for average users because of the minimal user interaction
required and clean interface. The detection rates are very good,
in particular the detection of zero-day threats and rootkits. Even
more impressive, it has very few false positives and is light on
resources."
Firewall <http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-firewall.htm> (Many
people just use windows firewall for sanity's sake, but in any case only
install 1 software firewall.)
* *Comodo Internet Security*
<http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/index.html>: The security
effectiveness of the firewall and application monitor (Defense+
HIPS) exceeds the performance of many commercial products. On the
minus side, it's rather talkative and this may alarm or annoy
users. It has adjustable protection
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-tame-comodo-defense-without-disabling-it.htm>
if you think it requires too much user involvement. The antivirus
component is optional and not recommended.
* *Online Armor Free* <http://www.tallemu.com/downloads.php>: A
solid contender in proactive protection, with a novel Run Safer
feature that allows the added protection of a limited user account
without the annoyances. If you can handle the ads and installation
nags, it functions similar to Comodo with a few extra user
friendly features.
Adware/Spyware/Scumware Remover
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-adware-spyware-scumware-remover.htm>
(Choose at least one for regular malware scanning and removal.)
* *SuperAntiSpyware*
<http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html>: "Top of the list
once again in detection and removal of malware, with a fairly
lightweight download and simple installation."
* *MalwareBytes Anti-Malware*
<http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php>: Tied for second and
recommended by our security wizard.
* *a-squared Free* <http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/>: Tied
for second and highest as a Trojan Scanner/Trojan Remover
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-trojan-scanner-trojan-remover.htm>.
Intrusion Prevention and Detection Utility (HIPS Software)
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-hips.htm>
* *ThreatFire* <http://www.threatfire.com/>: "It has now bounced
back to the top of the pile and is far less capable of causing
system problems. It provides behavioral based detection and runs
from the box without the need for additional configuration. Be
aware that automatic updates are not provided with the free
version if you elect to "opt out" of the ThreatFire Community."
Anonymous Surfing Service
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-anonymous-surfing-service.htm>
* *OperaTor* <http://archetwist.com/opera/operator>: "A portable
version of Opera with a well integrated Tor engine that uses the
free Tor network. It is small and relatively fast, but not open
source."
* *JonDo* <http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html>
(alternatively, if this site is down try here
<https://www.jondos.de/en/jondonym>): "It's more flexible by
allowing the user to configure it for their choice of browser.
_Vidalia_ is a close next pick and it generally feels faster, but
it may not have the same level of anonymizing as JonDo."
Related Top Picks: *Roboform* <http://www.roboform.com/>, *LastPass*
<https://lastpass.com/>
Best Free Cleanup & Tuning Software
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All-in-one PC Tune-up Utility
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-pc-tune-up-utility.htm>
* *Ashampoo WinOptimizer 2010*
<http://download.cnet.com/Ashampoo-WinOptimizer-2010-Advanced/3000-18512_4-75021499.html>:
"It's very easy to use and has a sleek interface. Allows one-click
cleaning for disk, privacy and registry cleaning tasks, and has an
excellent tweaking tool."
Disk Defragmenter
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-disk-de-fragmenter.htm>
* *Auslogics Disk Defrag*
<http://auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag>: "The latest
release is way ahead of the competition. I found the
defragmentation time to be incredibly fast, and for the first time
in a while, the long process of defragmenting my hard drive was
shrunk to minutes."
File Cleaner <http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-file-cleaner.htm>
* *CCleaner* <http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds>: It's very
effective in removing unused or temporary files, cookies, Recycle
bin entries, history and cache files in many applications.
Additionally, it can scan the Windows registry for issues,
securely erase, manage the startup, uninstall software, clean
system restore points, run automatically at startup, or run as a
task
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/how_to_schedule_programs_to_run_automatically.htm>
with the /AUTO command argument.
Secure Erase Utility
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-secure-erase-utility.htm>
* *Eraser* <http://eraser.heidi.ie/index.php>: Overwrites the data
area with your choice of random data patterns, and also wipes data
in the recycling bin, unused disk space, and a number of other
places where data can secretly lurk. The newest v6.0 has a much
cleaner interface and now unlocks files, replaces erased files
with a file/folder of your choice, and includes 14 erase patterns.
Program Uninstaller
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-program-un-installer.htm>
* *Revo Uninstaller* <http://www.revouninstaller.com/>: "It is the
only freeware product I know of that will make a decent job of
cleaning up a failed install."
* *ZSoft Uninstaller*
<http://www.zsoft.dk/index/software_details/4>: "Monitors before
and after an installation to most thoroughly remove files and
registry entries."
Startup Manager
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-startup-manager.htm>
* *Autoruns*
<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx>
(also runs online): Besides startup/logon management, it also
allows you to manage services, drivers, sidebar gadgets, scheduled
tasks, image hijacks, Winlogin entries (that many other startup
managers miss), and more, but use it carefully. Alternatively,
average users could use _Starter_, CCleaner, Revo Uninstaller, etc.
Related Top Picks: *CleanMem* <http://www.pcwintech.com/node/145>
Best Free Disk & File Tools
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Drive Imaging Software
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-drive-imaging-program.htm>
* *Macrium Reflect Free* <http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp>:
"Easy to use and a fast way to create a disk image. Use it to
return your PC to the exact state it had been in at the moment a
disk image was created, thus saving maybe a day's work
reinstalling and configuring all the programs."
* *Acronis True Image*
<http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/discwizard>:
"Always the top choice if you can get it for free, perhaps during
one of the many promotions, or with a Seagate or Maxtor disk -
it's in their Disk Tools software, a 153 MB file that you must
download from the Seagate website."
Backup Software <http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-backup-program>
* *GFI Backup (Home Edition)* <http://www.gfi.com/backup-hm>: "Has
easy to use wizards and supports numerous backup locations. You
will find GFI's similar to Titan Backup, with some nice extras."
Folder Synchronization Utility
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-folder-synchronization-utility.htm>
("Synchronization utilities are important in helping you keep identical
versions of your files or folders, say, on both your home computer and
office computer.")
* *PureSync* <http://www.jumpingbytes.com/en/puresync.html>: "Over
all I was very pleased with its numerous features and ease of use,
and heartily recommend it to the average user. It has a good
preview of what files are going to be copied, updated, or deleted
when performing a sync job. Supports scheduling and auto syncing."
File Archiver/Zip Utility
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-file-archiver-zip-utility.htm>
* *7-Zip* <http://www.7-zip.org/>: "Easy to install, gives
meaningful error messages, capable of uncompressing from multiple
embedded files."
File Manager <http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-file-manager.htm>
* *xplorer² lite* <http://zabkat.com/x2lite.htm>: "It offers more
functionality than Windows Explorer, but with an interface
sufficiently similar to Explorer that most users will find it easy
to learn and use."
Partition Manager
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-free-partition-manager.htm>
* *EASEUS Partition Master (Home Edition)*
<http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm>: "Intuitive and
user-friendly interface, features include resize, move, copy,
create, delete, hide, unhide, convert, explore and format
partitions with a single step."
Related Top Picks: *SpaceSniffer*
<http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/index.html>, *PC
INSPECTOR File Recovery*
<http://www.pcinspector.de/default.htm?language=1>, **TrueCrypt*
<http://www.truecrypt.org/>*, *Skydrive* <http://www.skydrive.live.com/>
Best Free System Tools
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/pc/system-tools.html>, System Info
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/pc/resource-tools.html>, Desktop & GUI
Software <http://www.techsupportalert.com/pc/desktop-tools.html>
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Software Update Monitor
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-software-update-monitor.htm>
* *Software Update Monitor*
<http://www.kcsoftwares.com/index.php?download> (SUMo) (choose
the No RK download link): "Perhaps the best software update
monitor for expert users. It's faster than Secunia's PSI and
easily adds portable software. It's not restricted to any one
download site. However, it doesn't provide direct download links."
Screen Capture Utility
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-screen-capture-utility.htm>
* *PicPick* <http://picpick.wiziple.net/>: "User friendly, captures
full screen, active window, object, rectangular, fixed or freehand
region. Supports auto-scroll, dual monitors, sound effect and
multiple formats. An image editor is included, plus extra features
such as color picker, screen ruler, protractor, cross hair and
whiteboard."
System Information Utility <http://www.techsupportalert.com/node/84>
* *System Information for Windows (SIW)*
<http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html>: "My current favorite
for home use. It displays many detailed specs such as CPU, memory,
devices, installed programs, processes, services, network, and
page file usage."
Related Top Picks: *TCPOptimizer*
<http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php>, *System Explorer*
<http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/>, *ArsClip*
<http://www.joejoesoft.com/cms/showpage.php?cid=97>
Related Top Picks (Desktop & GUI): *Dexpot*
<http://www.dexpot.de/en/index2.html>, Launchy...
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-program-launcher.htm>,
*Copernic Desktop Search*
<http://download3.copernic.com/copernicdesktopsearch-home.exe>
Best Free Multimedia Software
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CD / DVD Burning Software
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* *ImgBurn* <http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download>: "Most
powerful burning application with advanced features, support for
every modern optical disc from CD to Blu-Ray, more than 10 image
formats, authoring rewritable discs, etc."
* *BurnAware Free* <http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html>: "Most
suited for average users who want a full feature set without the
complications that advanced options bring."
Media Player
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-windows-media-player-replacement.htm>
* *The KM Player*
<http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4094>: "Easy to
use and install, awesome playback, and no need for extra codec
packs, making it easy to use for those with less experience. Other
features include setting multifarious audio and video effects,
slow down or increase playback speed with regular tone, etc."
Music Player and Organizer
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-free-music-players-and-organizers.htm>
* *Jaangle* <http://www.jaangle.com/> (formerly Teen Spirit):
Intuitive and user-friendly interface for playing music, excellent
library for music managing, interesting download capabilities of
artist photos/bios, song lyrics, etc.
* *AIMP 2* <http://www.aimp.ru/index.php>: Excellent features for
organizing and playing music, comes with all necessary tools for
building a music library (tag, rip, convert, record, access
radio), and has a visually stunning design.
MP3 Tag Editor
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-mp3-tag-editor.htm>
* *TagScanner* <http://www.xdlab.ru/en/download.htm>: "Supports
basic and extended tags, complete with Music Renamer and Tag
Processor. It allows you to preview tag information and cover art
from online databases like freedb or Amazon. But if you prefer a
more normal user interface then _Mp3tag_ is a good alternative. "
Audio & Video Format Conversion
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-audio-video-format-conversion-program.htm>
* *iWisoft Free Video Converter*
<http://www.easy-video-converter.com/download.html>: "Simple
polished interface, file and preset editing allowed, good device
presets. It even has a few pleasant surprises, such as a basic
editing suite built in. In short, this program is an outstanding
choice for almost any device conversion."
CD Ripper <http://www.techsupportalert.com/+best-free-cd-ripper.htm>
* *Exact Audio Copy*
<http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download/>:
"Rips CD imperfections and scratches with ease. But use _CDex_ if
you need to convert to many types of formats."
CD & DVD Emulation Software
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-cd-emulator.htm>
* *Gizmo Drive* <http://arainia.com/software/gizmo/download.html>:
"Support up to 26 virtual drives, create ISO image, burn ISO files
or folders to recordable disks, complete with Gizmo Manager and
Image Wizard to perform tasks."
_Media Editing_ (Audio Editing
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/Best-Free-Audio-Editing-Software.htm>,
Video Editor <http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-video-editor.htm>)
* *Audacity* <http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/>: "Interface
is easy to use, easily applies noise profiles, capable of saving
in multiple compressed formats."
* *Avidemux* <http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/download.html>:
"Supports many file types including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG
files, MP4 and ASF. It's simple and easy to use, with well
documented tutorials."
_Internet Media Viewing/Capturing_ (Online TV Viewer
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-online-tv-viewer.htm>,
Streaming Media Recorder
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-streaming-media-recorder.htm>)
* *JLC's Internet TV Viewer*
<http://www.jlc-software.com/index.php?page=internet_tv.html>: "A
simple, but effective TV streams viewer that doesn't have much
overhead."
* *CamStudio* <http://camstudio.org/>: "My personal favorite for
on-screen media capture and recording because the output is in the
more widely used AVI and FLV formats."
Related Top Pick: *IsoBuster*
<http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/>, *DVD Profiler*
<http://www.invelos.com/>
Best Free Image Viewing & Image Editing Software
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Digital Image Viewer
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-digital-image-viewer.htm>
* *XnView*
<http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownload.html>:
"Fast, lots of features, very manageable, many plug-ins, supports
nearly any OS."
* *IrfanView* <http://www.irfanview.com/>: "This product is
first-class and a real winner. It's amazingly capable and fast at
displaying images."
* *FastStone Image Viewer*
<http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDownload.htm>: "Superb
interface, good functionality, excellent batch processing options,
GPS location in Google Earth."
Digital Image Editor
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-digital-editor.htm>
* *LightBox Image Editor*
<http://www.lightboxeditor.com/download.html>: "My top pick for
basic image editing because it has an attractive user interface
and it's simple and straight forward to use."
* *Paint.net* <http://www.getpaint.net/download.html>: "It's a very
good choice for mid-level photo retouching because of its
excellent design and attractive interface. It also has options and
tools comparable to commercial software, but it requires you to
install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or newer."
High Dynamic Range (HDR) Software
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-high-dynamic-range-hdr-software.htm>
* *Qtpfsgui* <http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/>: "Comes out slightly
ahead of the several HDR software packages. It has great
tone-mapping and aligning facilities, allows 8, 16 and 32 bit
channels and two means of manually manipulating the image."
Digital Photo Organizer
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-digital-photo-organizer.htm>
* *Picasa 3* <http://picasa.google.com/>: "Simply sensational
editing features that provide you with every function amateur
photographers need."
For Screen Capture see System Tools
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Related Top Picks: *Project Dogwaffle*
<http://www.dogwaffle.info/dogwaffle/free/mirrors.html>, Noiseware
Community Edition...
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-photo-noise-reduction-software.htm>,
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* *OpenOffice 3* <http://www.openoffice.org/>: "Covers the basics of
office document creation: word processing, spreadsheets,
presentations, graphics, a desktop database. It allows you to save
your documents in many choices of file formats so you'll have no
problem exchanging documents with MS Office."
_PDF Viewers and More_ (Non-Adobe PDF Reader
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-non-adobe-pdf-reader.htm>,
PDF Writer <http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-pdf-writer.htm>,
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* *PDF-XChange Viewer*
<http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer>:
"Loads reasonably fast, can print PDFs, allows basic annotation
without watermarking, good text clarity, allows you to fill and
save Adobe PDF forms, extract text and images, magnify text, and
export PDF pages or documents to BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PNG formats."
* *Bullzip PDF Printer*
<http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php#download> or *PDFill
Writer* <http://www.pdfill.com/freewriter.html>: "Both have more
of the options I need and have worked flawless for me. All of the
PDF writers in this review function by creating a pseudo printer
on your system."
* *PDFill PDF Tools* <http://www.pdfill.com/download.html>: "Clean
and nice user interface, includes most features such as merge,
split, reorder, rotate, header and footer with page number,
watermark, encrypt and decrypt, convert PDF to images or vice
versa, convert PostScript to PDF."
Related Top Picks: *LiberKey* <http://www.liberkey.com/en/>, *Jarte*
<http://www.jarte.com/>, *GnuCash* <http://www.gnucash.org/>, Palm
Desktop... <http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-pim.htm>,
*PolyEdit Lite* <http://polyedit.com/free.html>, *Stickies*
<http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/>
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* *Mozilla Firefox*
<http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html>: "It browses
a tad faster than IE, is very stable and more standards compliant.
It has thousands of Add-Ons to enhance the program and is very
secure."
* *Opera <http://www.opera.com/download/>*: "Extremely fast at
loading pages, loads of features. There's so much to like about it
you could easily create a case that it's better than Firefox.
Though, alas, there are not nearly as many widgets available as
there are Firefox extensions."
* *SRWare Iron*
<http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_download.php>:
"Looks and acts almost exactly like Google Chrome, but without
sending any information back to Google's servers. Amazingly fast
at loading pages, minimalist interface, with impressive features
such as an Incognito Mode for privacy."
Email Client <http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-email-client.htm>
* *Mozilla Thunderbird*
<http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/>: "Customizable and
expandable through add-ons, intuitive user interface."
Download Manager
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* *Gigaget* <http://gigaget.com/download.htm>: "The fastest by far
to download files, monitor major browsers and clipboard,
resume/pause download, import/export list, data transfer
encryption, and classification of downloaded files."
BitTorrent Client
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-bittorrent-client.htm>
("Quickly became an important download format for its speed, efficiency,
and cheapness in distributing content over the Internet.")
* *µTorrent* <http://www.utorrent.com/>: "Small, efficient, many
features, and excellent support. Tied for lowest memory use of all
clients."
Remote Access Software
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("Remotely administer another computer for off-site troubleshooting or
for accessing your home PC while traveling.")
* *UltraVNC* <http://www.uvnc.com/download/index.html>: "Offers all
the features you need, including auto-configuration, easy user
interface, extensive hotkeys and embedded file transfer. Add to
that the fact that it's free, secure, reliable and reasonably
speedy and you have a winner. "
* *LogMeIn* <http://www.logmein.com/>: "Possibly the fastest most
reliable remote control freeware available. It will even allow a
PC to remotely control a Macintosh. Excellent tool for accessing
home computer or friends/family computers from anywhere."
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