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Some great FREE apps. for tom's hardware forum users

Dark Lord of Tech

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http://www.free-av.com/ Avira free antivirus

http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download Avast free antivirus

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ Microft security essentials free antivirus

http://www.malwarebytes.org/ Malwarebytes free spyware malware remover

http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html superantispyware free spyware remover

http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free avg antivirus free edition

http://www.pctools.com/firewall/ pctools firewall plus free edition great free firewall

http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/free-download.html comodo free firewall

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner free windows and registry cleaner

http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html revo uninstaller free edition

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html great free web browser

http://www1.k9webprotection.com/getk9/download-software.php great free parental control app

http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/download/ great free defrag app

http://www.filehippo.com/download_defraggler great free defrag app

http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download great free system information tool

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ great free media player

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ free audio editor and recorder

http://www.mediamonkey.com/download/ mediamonkey a free media player and manager

http://www.winamp.com/ free media player and manager




All these apps are also win 7 compatible!!!!!!!!!
 
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Nice collection. Ask a mod to make it a sticky.The one just above you is from 2005.

Another good one by Auslogics is Duplicate File Finder.
Nice collection. Ask a mod to make it a sticky.The one just above you is from 2005.

Another good one by Auslogics is Duplicate File Finder.
 
Solution
Just to add a couple of other goodies that I like to use.

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/ A very fast Mozilla based web browser
http://www.gtopala.com/ A very comprehensive stand alone system info program.
http://www.altap.cz/ What windows explorer was and again should be
(Note: it says that it will expire but never does)