BEST One-STOP Free Windows Software – 2012

Most popular applications for 2012.
For XP, Vista, Windows 7
All of these applications are Reliable, and WORK GREAT in most any system.
This software is FREE…and ALL are malware/spyware CLEAN…
Links are directly to the developers/providers site so you can check out all the details and features of an application.
You ALWAYS get the up-to-date version
Scroll through each category you like and download your selections to desktop for install.
It couldn’t be easier…
Optional items or toolbars are sometimes auto-selected in freeware, so be sure to deselect these during your software installation…
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**MUST Have apps. for ANY OS**
Adobe Reader; Flash Player; AIR; Shockwave Player; http://www.adobe.com/downloads/
CCLeaner; http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download
DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer; http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e…displaylang=en
Java; http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
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1) Anti-Virus/Security;
Avast Free AV; http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download
AVG Free; http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh
Avira Free; http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus
Comodo Firewall; http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/free-download.html
Comodo Internet Security; http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-…t-security.php
Microsoft Security Essentials; http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/secur…s/default.aspx
OutPostFree Security Suite; (multi-platform full-functional Free Internet Security Suite) http://free.agnitum.com/
Panda USB Vaccine; (USB anti-malware) http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeuse…ds/usbvaccine/
Rising Antivirus Free Edition; http://www.freerav.com/
SpywareBlaster; http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/
Sandboxie;http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?DownloadSandboxie
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall; http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en…e-firewall.htm
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a) Anti-Spam*
BullGuard Spamfilter; http://www.bullguard.com/products/bu…filter-10.aspx
MailWasher; http://www.mailwasher.net/
Spamfence; http://www.spamfence.net/about-spamfence.html
Spamihilator; http://www.spamihilator.com/
POPFile; http://getpopfile.org/#News
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2) Audio;
Audacity; http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
EAC-Exact Audio Copy; http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
FreeCommander; http://www.freecommander.com/index.htm
Free Music Converter; http://www.freemusicconverter.net/
MusicBrainz Picard (labeler); http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Picard
MP3TAG (labeler); http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
Power Sound Editor Free; http://www.free-sound-editor.com/
Rename Master; http://www.joejoesoft.com/cms/showpage.php?cid=108
Songbird; http://getsongbird.com/product/
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a) Music downloader*
Songr; https://sites.google.com/site/getsongr/
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3) Browsers;
Avant Browser; http://www.avantbrowser.com/default.aspx?uil=en-US
Comodo Dragon; http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-…rs/browser.php
Firefox; http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/ Mozbackup; http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/
Google Chrome; http://www.google.com/chrome/index.h…&utm_medium=ha
kylo; http://kylo.tv/
Maxthon Browser; http://www.maxthon.com/
Opera; http://www.opera.com/
RockMelt (beta); http://www.rockmelt.com/
Safari for PC or mac; http://www.apple.com/safari/
SpaceTime-3D Browser/search; http://www.spacetime.com/home.php
SRWare Iron; http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php
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a) RSS readers*
FeedDemon; http://www.feeddemon.com/
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4) CD/DVD Burning & Tools;
bitRipper- DVD to AVI software; http://www.bitripper.com/
CDBurnerXP; http://cdburnerxp.se/
BurnAware Free; http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html
DeepBurner; http://www.deepburner.com/index.php
DVDShrink; http://www.dvdshrink.org/
Free Easy CD DVD Burner; http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.html
Free ISO Burner; http://www.freeisoburner.com/
ImgBurn; http://www.imgburn.com/
Infra Recorder; http://infrarecorder.org/
Nero Kwik Media; http://www.nero.com/enu/downloads-nbl-free.php
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5) Codec packs;
CCCP; http://www.cccp-project.net/wiki/ind…itle=Main_Page
K-Lite Codec pack; http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
Shark007; http://shark007.net/win7codecs.html
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6) CPU, Hardware & Memory testing tools;
CPUID; http://www.cpuid.com/
CoreTemp; http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
Disk Benchmark; http://www.attotech.com/products/pro…Disk_Benchmark
GPU-Z; http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
HWiNFO/32/64 Tools (Professional System Information and Diagnostics); http://www.hwinfo.com/
IntelBurn Test; http://majorgeeks.com/IntelBurnTest_d5987.html
Memtest86; http://www.memtest.org/
Prime95; http://www.mersenne.org/
RealTemp; http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/
SIW – System Information for Windows; http://www.gtopala.com/
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7) Data & File Recovery - In order of user ratings…
Recuva; http://www.piriform.com/recuva/features
Mini-Tool; http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/
EASEUS; http://www.easeus.com/product.htm
PC Inspector; http://www.pcinspector.de/default.htm?language=1
TestDisc; http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download
PhotoRec; http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
Restoration; http://www.aumha.org/a/recover.php
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Encryption;
TrueCrypt; http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads
AxCrypt; http://www.axantum.com/axcrypt/
dsCrypt; http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulif…ezip/freeware/
Pismo File Mount; http://www.pismotechnic.com/pfm/ap/
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9) Extraction and Compression;
7-Zip; http://www.7-zip.org/
ExtractNow; http://www.extractnow.com/
HaoZip; http://www.haozip.com/Eng/index_en.htm or http://www.softpedia.com/get/Compres…s/HaoZip.shtml
IZArc; http://www.izarc.org/
PeaZip; http://www.peazip.org/
Universal Extractor; http://legroom.net/software/uniextract
Winrar; http://www.win-rar.com/download.html
ZipGenius; http://www.zipgenius.com/
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10) File transfer & sharing;

Ares; http://www.ares.com/
eMule; http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/general.cgi?l=1
Free Download Manager; http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
FrostWire; http://www.frostwire.com/
JDownloader; http://jdownloader.org/
Live SkyDrive-(25GB Windows cloud file share); http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w…e-file-storage
Mipony-download manager; http://www.mipony.net/
PeerBlock; http://www.peerblock.com/
Shareaza; http://shareaza.sourceforge.net/
Tixati; (+1) http://www.tixati.com/
uTorrent; http://www.utorrent.com/
Vuze; http://www.vuze.com/
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a) FTP Clients*
FileZilla; http://filezilla-project.org/
PuTTY; http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
WinSCP; http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction
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11) Hash tools;
Febooti fileTweak Hash & CRC; http://www.febooti.com/products/file…/hash-and-crc/
HashTab; http://www.implbits.com/Products/HashTab.aspx
HashMyFiles; http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/hash_my_files.html
HashCheck Shell Extension; http://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/
Marxio File Checksum Verifier; http://download.cnet.com/Marxio-File…b_content;main
MD5summer (Windows MD5 Sum generator); http://download.cnet.com/MD5summer/3…-10050856.html
Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier; http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e…3-7365c1686c08
WinMD5Free; http://www.winmd5.com/download/winmd5free.zip
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12) Home & OFFICE;
CSVed; http://csved.sjfrancke.nl/index.html
Everything Search: http://www.voidtools.com/
FileLocator Lite; http://www.mythicsoft.com/Page.aspx?…&page=download
FreeOCR; http://www.paperfile.net/
JR Directory Printer; http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools/jdirprint.htm
(The JR Directory Printer Utility allows you to print a listing of every file contained within a directory and/or subdirectory(ies).)
Microsoft Mathematics; http://www.microsoft.com/education/t…atics_4.0.aspx
NFOPad; http://thd.dyndns.org/s_nfopad.php
Q10; http://www.baara.com/q10/
SimpleOCR; http://www.simpleocr.com/
Speckie-Spell check for IE; also for IE9 http://www.speckie.com/home/
Stickies – Any Windows OS; http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
Total Commander (file manager); http://www.ghisler.com/index.htm
Wunderlist (great task manager); http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist/
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a) MICROSOFT Office Alternatives*
LibreOffice; http://www.libreoffice.org/
OpenOffice.org; http://www.openoffice.org/
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b) PDF readers/writers*
Bullzip PDF Printer; http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php#download
CutePDF; http://www.cutepdf.com/
doPDF; http://www.dopdf.com/
Foxit PDF reader; http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/
Nitro PDF Reader; http://www.nitroreader.com/
PDFill PDF Editor; http://www.pdfill.com/download.html
PDF Creator; http://www.pdfforge.org/
PDF-XChange; http://www.tracker-software.com/prod…xchange-viewer
Sumatra PDF; http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/…df-reader.html
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13) Image & Photo Editing;
Artweaver; http://www.artweaver.de/home-en/
GIMP; http://www.gimp.org/
IrfanView; http://www.irfanview.com/
Inkscape-vector graphics editor; http://inkscape.org/
Light Image Resizer; http://www.obviousidea.com/windows-s…image-resizer/
Paint.NET; http://www.getpaint.net/download.html
PaintStar; http://sites.google.com/site/wangzhenzhou/home#new
PhotoFiltre; http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm
PhotoWipe; (magic eraser) http://www.hanovsolutions.com/?prod=PhotoWipe
Picasa; http://picasa.google.com/#utm_campai…tm_term=picasa
XnView; http://www.xnview.com/en/features.html
Zoner Photo Studio; http://free.zoner.com/download.asp
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a) Creative tools*
Blender (3D images); http://www.blender.org/
GIF Viewer; http://www.gifviewer.org/
GIF Resizer-(portable & works in Windows 7 also); http://www.ashongsoft.com/howto-resi…animation.html
PicPick; http://www.picpick.org/
PowerBullet Presenter; http://powerbullet.com/info.php
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14) ISO tools;
Alchohol 52% Free Edition; http://www.free-downloads.net/progra…utmk=233181854
Daemon Tools; http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads
ei.cfg removal tool; http://code.kliu.org/misc/win7utils/
ImDisk (virtual disk driver); http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html/#ImDisk
MagicDisc; http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/mi…c-overview.htm
TotalMounter; http://www.kernsafe.com/product/totalmounter.aspx
Virtual CloneDrive http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
WinCDEmu (lightweight CD/DVD/BD emulator); http://wincdemu.sysprogs.org/
Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher; http://code.kliu.org/misc/win7utils/
Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool; http://wudt.codeplex.com/
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(Free use up to 300mb file size)
Magic ISO; http://www.magiciso.com/
Power ISO; http://www.poweriso.com/
Ultra ISO; http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/download.htm
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15) Malware detection and removal;
Malwarebytes; http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Ad-Aware; http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware.php
Emsisoft Anti-Malware; http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/antimalware/
GMER; http://www.gmer.net/
HijackThis; http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/
Kaspersky Online Scanner; http://www.kaspersky.com.my/virusscanner.php
NoraScan; http://www.noralabs.com/
OSSEC; http://www.ossec.net/main/about
RKill; http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic308364.html
Sophos Anti-Rootkit; http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products…/download.aspx
Spybot Search and Destroy; http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
SUPERAntiSpyware; http://www.superantispyware.com/index.html
TDSSKiller: http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363
Trend Micro HouseCall – Free Online Virus Scan; http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Vba32 AntiRootkit; http://www.anti-virus.by/en/vba32arkit.shtml
WinPatrol; http://www.winpatrol.com/