Free and free software
I know, a similar topic has already been, but I think this will be more complete. Freedom ... Why pay, if you can appreciate someone else's enthusiasm, and sometimes, when feelings are overwhelming, press the Donate button.
Vector editor. Uses W3C standard for SVG.
GIMP , http://www.gimp.org/
Raster graphics editor, a program for creating and processing raster graphics. Partially supported vector graphics.
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GIMPShop , http://www.gimpshop.com/
Graphic editor, the most complete in functionality. A special version of GIMP made in the style of Adobe Photoshop.
Paint.Net , http://www.getpaint.net/
A simple, powerful and convenient graphics editor. Positioned as an excellent replacement for the standard MS Paint from the delivery of Windows. Supported formats: BMP, IPEG, PNG, TIF, GIF, TGA and proprietary PDN format. Key features: working with layers, applying effects, working with a scanner and a camera, red-eye correction, scaling from 1% to 3200%. Expansion by plug-ins is possible.
blender , http://www.blender3d.org
3d studio modeling, animation, rendering and post-production.
dia , http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/
Editor charts, graphs and schemes. Performs many functions of MS Visio.
FastStone , http://www.faststone.org/
Viewer, converter, editor, and batch image processor. Supports major formats including: BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA. Provides a fairly large number of operations with images.
FastStone MaxView , http://www.faststone.org/FSMaxViewDetail.htm
Small and fast software, while very functional. For those who do not need to organize their pictures on the collections, do not need group operations and a lot of tools. This is exactly the viewer, with the possibility of a slideshow. I would say a normal replacement for Windows photo & fax viewer.
IrfanView , http://www.irfanview.com/
IrfanView allows you to view and edit graphic files of all major formats: BMP, JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, DIB, PNG, PCX, TIFF, TGA and others. It has all the standard features of programs of this type, and is also capable of playing audio and video files. The advantages include free, small size and plugin support.
XnView , http://www.xnview.com/
Convenient graphic file viewer. With XnView, you can quickly and easily view, process and transfer graphic files from one format to another. The program knows more than 400 different graphic formats.
multichannel sound editor. Completely redesigned interface, improved ergonomics, the opportunity to change the style of registration. Integrated CD recording with TOC creation. Support for LV2 extensions (LADSPA v2). Reduced use of virtual memory when working with large projects.
AIMP2 , http://www.aimp.ru/
Comfortable and beautiful music player and not only.
Quintessential Player , http://www.quinnware.com/
Audio player that plays many file formats, including MP3, CD Audio, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, VQF, MP +, Windows Media. It has all the popular features combined by an attractive interface. Tellingly, the interface, depending on the functions used, changes its size. I used to think that the Sonique player was the most sophisticated in terms of skins, but it turned out that the QP looks cooler. In addition to the ability to change skins, the player has CDDB support, playlists, it is possible to use plug-ins, playing music is accompanied by visual effects. There is a complete set of mixer controls.
JetAudio , http://jetaudio.izcity.com/
Player audio and video files. Features jetAudio: full support for formats: WAV, MP3, MP3Pro, OGG, WMA, MPG, AVI, WMV, MIDI, RM; converting files from one format to another; CD recording; built-in visualization plugins; Tag Editor in MP3, OGG, and WMA formats and more. JetAudio can rob music CDs, burn them to your hard drive. JetAudio has the ability to synchronize files for the karaoke function.
XMPlay , http://www.xmplay.com/
Compact audio player with support for skins and a large number of audio formats - MP3; OGG; MP2; MP1; WMA; Wav; CDA; MO3; IT; XM; S3M; MTM; MOD; UMX, work with PLS / M3U / ASX playlists, visual effects, the ability to control hot keys, integration into Windows Explorer and other useful options, including changing the interface by changing the skin.
GX :: Transcoder , http://www.germanixtranscoder.de/
GX :: Transcoder is a universal program for converting audio and video files. Processing of the following formats is supported: AAC, MP4, Bonk, FLAC, LA, LPAC, MIDI, MP2, MP3, MPC, MPP, MP +, OptionFrog, Ogg Vorbis, rkAudio, Speex, VQF, WavPack, TTA, WMA, Shorten, AC3, PCM, GSM, ADPCM, VOX, G721, G723, G726, uLaw, aLaw, DSP, Raw PCM, Monkeys Audio, AVI (Audio), AIFF, AIFR, AU, SND, MOD, Bonk.
VLC , http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Media player Plays most formats: Quicktime, AVI, DIVX, OGG, MPEG. Convenient and simple interface.
MediaCoder , http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
A powerful audio and video transcoder combining a number of high-quality open source utilities in its own GUI interface. MediaCoder provides support for virtually all video compression formats. Has the ability to implement video filtering when converting video.
GOM , http://www.gomplayer.com/
Free video player with support for almost all modern formats, including video, mobile devices and digital cameras. The main features of GOM are: low system requirements, the presence in the distribution kit of the necessary audio and video codecs (if not - allows you to quickly download via the Internet), a user-friendly interface, playback of damaged (underused, underwritten, etc.) files, the ability to assign actions to keys mouse and keyboard shortcuts, URL playback, skinning interface change. In addition, in GOM there is such a feature as the frame rewind function, which significantly increases the rewind speed. It should be noted that this player has many other useful options, including full gratuity (GOM is distributed under the LGPL license).
KMPlayer , http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php
Media player with support for playing all popular video formats, including DVD, VCD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia and QuickTime. There is support for subtitles, zoom, panning, playback of streaming content, video captured by the TV tuner and camera, support for sinov and much more. In addition, KMPlayer can work not only with internal, but also external filters and plug-ins, which allows you to very flexibly customize the audio and video parameters of the files being played.
MPlayer , http://www.mplayerhq.hu
Player. Able to a huge number of formats. Very unpretentious to resources, by default it works without a graphical interface.
VirtualDub , http://www.virtualdub.org/
Simple and functional video editor. Despite its relatively modest size, VirtualDub is a high-quality and free video editor with a convenient user interface. With knowledge of the basics of working with video, master all the details of processing and capturing a video image from VirtualDub is not difficult. The main features of VirtualDub: convert video from one format to another, capture video, separate video and audio stream processing, split AVI files into parts, connect AVI files, cut audio from AVI, change sound delay, etc. In addition, VirtualDub allows you to reduce the size of video files (the quality is, of course, lost).
ZS4 Video Editor , http://www.zs4.net/
Excellent free program for editing and compiling various types of multimedia (currently supported photos, pictures, video and audio) from various sources, in one (or more) files. ZS4 is capable of working with an unlimited number of audio, video tracks and rows of photos and also allows you to overlay an unlimited number of audio and video effects on each of these tracks.
foobar2000 , http://www.foobar2000.org/
Audio player. Supported formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND, CDDA, WMA. Unicode support. Great sound and modular structure.
Audacity , http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
A simple tool for recording and editing sound.
iTunes , http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Apple’s all-in-one multimedia processor. Allows you to listen to music, including transmitted by Internet radio stations, watch videos, convert media files, and burn music CDs and DVDs. Main features: multiband equalizer, sound visualization, creation of “intelligent” listening lists, coding without pauses and overdubbing, normalization of the volume level and much more, including very good sound of the player, user-friendly interface and the ability to copy songs to the portable Apple iPod.
The most powerful archiver. Supports: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB, NSIS. Russian Interface.
TUGZip , http://www.tugzip.com
A free and fairly powerful archiver that supports a large number of archive formats, as well as allowing you to extract data from BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO and NRG disk images.
back2zip , http://free-backup.info/back2zip.html
Keeps track of your documents and keeps up to date .zip archive with backup.
Free antivirus scanner. One of the best virus databases.
avast! Home Edition , http://avast.ru/Free_avast_home_edition.htm
A fully featured free antivirus package designed exclusively for home users. The anti-virus engine is certified by ICSA. Affordable automatic update. Russian interface. Free registration is required for activation.
Comodo AntiVirus , http://www.antivirus.comodo.com/
Full antivirus. Includes intrusion detection system (IDS) and automatic updates. Easy to use: Install and forget.
Comodo FireWall , http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
A firewall, a program to protect your computer from hacking from the outside and often from hacking from the inside (when some malicious program tries to go online and perform some actions, for example, send spam).
AVZ , http://www.z-oleg.com/secur/avz/
AVZ anti-virus utility is designed to detect and remove SpyWare and AdWare modules, as well as Dialer (Trojan.Dialer), Trojans, BackDoor modules, network and mail worms, TrojanSpy, TrojanDownloader, TrojanDropper.
Avira , http://free-av.de/
Repeatedly noted and recognized by 15 million users, a software product with anti-virus and anti-malware features is now equipped with a personal firewall and anti-spam module.
Ashampoo Firewall , http://www2.ashampoo.com/webcache/html/1/product_2_0050__.htm
Free compact firewall to ensure the safety of being on the Internet. The program has a very simple user interface, not overloaded (by default) with unnecessary options and therefore, most likely, it is primarily aimed at the novice user. Despite this, two modes of operation are supported - simple (with a minimum of the most necessary settings) and advanced expert.
Fast, easy, configurable browser engine Gecko.
Mozilla Firefox , http://www.mozilla.ru/
The new generation browser from the Mozilla Foundation. A simple and concise interface allows you to master the program in a few minutes. Security, high speed, flexibility and extensibility - the main qualities inherent in Mozilla Firefox. Official Russian version.
Opera , http://www.opera.com/
Fast and secure browser, compact and undemanding to resources. The Qt version can be used on almost all operating systems, including mobile devices. Built-in mail and IRC client. Russian interface supported by the domestic community.
Safari , http://www.apple.com/safari/
MacOS browser is now available for Windows users.
Netscape (posthumously) , http://browser.netscape.com/
At the dawn of the web, when there was neither Internet Explorer, nor Mozilla Firefox, nor Opera, the Internet users used Netscape Navigator. During its heyday, the browser occupied up to 90 percent of the market. However, everything ever ends, and the first of March 2008, his Netscape Navigator was gone. AOL has stopped supporting one of the very first browsers. Everyone still grieves ...
TYPSoft FTP Server , http://en.typsoft.com/
Easy to use and convenient FTP server. Perfect for both beginners and advanced users.
Pidgin IM , http://pidgin.im/
Multiprotocol messenger.
Two-pane file manager, with built-in viewers, archivers and much more. Russian interface.
xplorer2 , http://zabkat.com/x2lite.htm
A file manager representing an enhanced version of the standard Windows explorer.
Unreal Commander , http://x-diesel.com/
free two-pane file manager for Windows® 98 / Me / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista.
Far Manager , http://www.farmanager.com/
Far Manager is a console file manager for Windows operating systems. The program provides a convenient user interface for working with file systems (real and emulated) and files: browse files and directories, edit, copy and rename files and much more.
FileZilla , http://filezilla.ru/
FTP Manager, helps you download and upload files from a variety of FTP servers. The program is neat, with a convenient and pleasant interface, has a sufficient number of settings and features. Available for different operating systems, and there is also a version that you can install on a flash drive. It is also convenient for updating files on your hosting.
CubicExplorer , http://www.cubicreality.com/cubicexplorer/
file manager for Windows operating systems with a convenient multi-page interface, built-in text editor with syntax highlighting option, bookmark catalog, etc. The program is still in the early stages of development, so the capabilities of CubicExplorer should expand significantly.
Vim (abbreviated from Vi Improved) is a free text editor based on an older vi. Now it is one of the most powerful text editors with complete freedom of customization and automation, and the extensions and add-ins created by this.
SciTE , http://www.scite.ruteam.ru/
A cross-platform text editor created by Neil Hodgson (Neil Hodgson) using the Scintilla editing component developed by him. It is intended mainly for editing source texts of programs and performs syntax highlighting for many programming languages ​​(C, C ++, C #, Java, Pascal, Perl, etc.) and markup (HTML, XML, etc.). SciTE is characterized as a compact text editor for programmers with conveniently implemented code folding, advanced syntax highlighting and other useful functions.
Eclipse , http://www.eclipse.org/
Everyone knows this editor as ideal for the developer. Multifunctional IDE, with plug-ins.
PDFCreator , http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator
Create PDF from any application that can send data to a virtual printer created by the program. Encryption support. Russian interface.
OpenOffice.org , http://en.openoffice.org/
Alternative to MicrosoftOffice. Support open standards. Full support for the Russian language. Color schemes.
Abiword , http://www.abisource.com/
Free word processor distributed under the GNU General Public License.
PSPad , http://www.pspad.com/ru/
PSPad editor is a free text editor for programmers. It is recommended for use by people who work simultaneously with different programming languages, prefer highlighted source code, can and like to use the keyboard.
Notepad ++ , http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/en/site.htm
Notepad ++ is a free text file editor (replacing a standard Notepad) with support for the syntax of a large number of programming languages.
Q10 , http://baara.com/q10/
Simple but functional text editor.
A program to burn CDs and DVDs. The utility allows you to create and burn data-CDs, including bootable, music CDs and DVDs. DeepBurner can record multisession discs. The program can work with many modern writing CD / DVD drives.
Small CD-Writer , http://www.avtlab.ru/scdwriter.htm
Unlike most similar programs, Small CD-Writer is small, works without installation, does not require space for caching files.
CDex , http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
The program for recording audio CD to hard disk, to WAV or MP3 files. A special feature is the “Paranoia ripping” mode, which allows to correct errors and scratches on the CD. There is an internal player, it is possible to work with CDDB.
EAC (ExactAudioCopy) , http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
Audio grabber for Audio CD and DVD.
ImgBurn , http://www.imgburn.com/
Excellent program for recording CD / DVD images. Created by the author of the popular, but closed at the time project DVD Decrypter, designed to copy and remove protection from DVD discs.
InfraRecorder , http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/
A program for burning CDs and DVDs, distributed under the GNU / GPL license. It works on computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system and is a graphical shell for the cdrtools package of console utilities.
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Unlocker , http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
A program to unlock files in Explorer that cannot be deleted and renamed due to the error "File is currently in use" ("the file is currently being used by another program").
Keepass , http://keepass.info/
A free, open source, low-resource and easy-to-use Windows password saver. It allows you to store passwords in a highly encrypted database with one master key or key drive.
Add your programs, only free or free! I will be glad to criticism, because this is my second topic, although I started writing it for a long time.
Taken from various sources.
Thanks to everyone who helps with their comments. I can not list all of them.
ZY Here recently, medwed informed me that he, inspired by my topic, had created a site on this topic. The project is still young, but highly informative is visible. The author promises to develop an idea if there are visitors.
For those interested - link .
GRAPHICS
Inkscape , http://www.inkscape.org/Vector editor. Uses W3C standard for SVG.
GIMP , http://www.gimp.org/
Raster graphics editor, a program for creating and processing raster graphics. Partially supported vector graphics.
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GIMPShop , http://www.gimpshop.com/
Graphic editor, the most complete in functionality. A special version of GIMP made in the style of Adobe Photoshop.
Paint.Net , http://www.getpaint.net/
A simple, powerful and convenient graphics editor. Positioned as an excellent replacement for the standard MS Paint from the delivery of Windows. Supported formats: BMP, IPEG, PNG, TIF, GIF, TGA and proprietary PDN format. Key features: working with layers, applying effects, working with a scanner and a camera, red-eye correction, scaling from 1% to 3200%. Expansion by plug-ins is possible.
blender , http://www.blender3d.org
3d studio modeling, animation, rendering and post-production.
dia , http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/
Editor charts, graphs and schemes. Performs many functions of MS Visio.
FastStone , http://www.faststone.org/
Viewer, converter, editor, and batch image processor. Supports major formats including: BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA. Provides a fairly large number of operations with images.
FastStone MaxView , http://www.faststone.org/FSMaxViewDetail.htm
Small and fast software, while very functional. For those who do not need to organize their pictures on the collections, do not need group operations and a lot of tools. This is exactly the viewer, with the possibility of a slideshow. I would say a normal replacement for Windows photo & fax viewer.
IrfanView , http://www.irfanview.com/
IrfanView allows you to view and edit graphic files of all major formats: BMP, JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, DIB, PNG, PCX, TIFF, TGA and others. It has all the standard features of programs of this type, and is also capable of playing audio and video files. The advantages include free, small size and plugin support.
XnView , http://www.xnview.com/
Convenient graphic file viewer. With XnView, you can quickly and easily view, process and transfer graphic files from one format to another. The program knows more than 400 different graphic formats.
MULTIMEDIA
Traverso DAW , http://traverso-daw.org/multichannel sound editor. Completely redesigned interface, improved ergonomics, the opportunity to change the style of registration. Integrated CD recording with TOC creation. Support for LV2 extensions (LADSPA v2). Reduced use of virtual memory when working with large projects.
AIMP2 , http://www.aimp.ru/
Comfortable and beautiful music player and not only.
Quintessential Player , http://www.quinnware.com/
Audio player that plays many file formats, including MP3, CD Audio, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, VQF, MP +, Windows Media. It has all the popular features combined by an attractive interface. Tellingly, the interface, depending on the functions used, changes its size. I used to think that the Sonique player was the most sophisticated in terms of skins, but it turned out that the QP looks cooler. In addition to the ability to change skins, the player has CDDB support, playlists, it is possible to use plug-ins, playing music is accompanied by visual effects. There is a complete set of mixer controls.
JetAudio , http://jetaudio.izcity.com/
Player audio and video files. Features jetAudio: full support for formats: WAV, MP3, MP3Pro, OGG, WMA, MPG, AVI, WMV, MIDI, RM; converting files from one format to another; CD recording; built-in visualization plugins; Tag Editor in MP3, OGG, and WMA formats and more. JetAudio can rob music CDs, burn them to your hard drive. JetAudio has the ability to synchronize files for the karaoke function.
XMPlay , http://www.xmplay.com/
Compact audio player with support for skins and a large number of audio formats - MP3; OGG; MP2; MP1; WMA; Wav; CDA; MO3; IT; XM; S3M; MTM; MOD; UMX, work with PLS / M3U / ASX playlists, visual effects, the ability to control hot keys, integration into Windows Explorer and other useful options, including changing the interface by changing the skin.
GX :: Transcoder , http://www.germanixtranscoder.de/
GX :: Transcoder is a universal program for converting audio and video files. Processing of the following formats is supported: AAC, MP4, Bonk, FLAC, LA, LPAC, MIDI, MP2, MP3, MPC, MPP, MP +, OptionFrog, Ogg Vorbis, rkAudio, Speex, VQF, WavPack, TTA, WMA, Shorten, AC3, PCM, GSM, ADPCM, VOX, G721, G723, G726, uLaw, aLaw, DSP, Raw PCM, Monkeys Audio, AVI (Audio), AIFF, AIFR, AU, SND, MOD, Bonk.
VLC , http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Media player Plays most formats: Quicktime, AVI, DIVX, OGG, MPEG. Convenient and simple interface.
MediaCoder , http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
A powerful audio and video transcoder combining a number of high-quality open source utilities in its own GUI interface. MediaCoder provides support for virtually all video compression formats. Has the ability to implement video filtering when converting video.
GOM , http://www.gomplayer.com/
Free video player with support for almost all modern formats, including video, mobile devices and digital cameras. The main features of GOM are: low system requirements, the presence in the distribution kit of the necessary audio and video codecs (if not - allows you to quickly download via the Internet), a user-friendly interface, playback of damaged (underused, underwritten, etc.) files, the ability to assign actions to keys mouse and keyboard shortcuts, URL playback, skinning interface change. In addition, in GOM there is such a feature as the frame rewind function, which significantly increases the rewind speed. It should be noted that this player has many other useful options, including full gratuity (GOM is distributed under the LGPL license).
KMPlayer , http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php
Media player with support for playing all popular video formats, including DVD, VCD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia and QuickTime. There is support for subtitles, zoom, panning, playback of streaming content, video captured by the TV tuner and camera, support for sinov and much more. In addition, KMPlayer can work not only with internal, but also external filters and plug-ins, which allows you to very flexibly customize the audio and video parameters of the files being played.
MPlayer , http://www.mplayerhq.hu
Player. Able to a huge number of formats. Very unpretentious to resources, by default it works without a graphical interface.
VirtualDub , http://www.virtualdub.org/
Simple and functional video editor. Despite its relatively modest size, VirtualDub is a high-quality and free video editor with a convenient user interface. With knowledge of the basics of working with video, master all the details of processing and capturing a video image from VirtualDub is not difficult. The main features of VirtualDub: convert video from one format to another, capture video, separate video and audio stream processing, split AVI files into parts, connect AVI files, cut audio from AVI, change sound delay, etc. In addition, VirtualDub allows you to reduce the size of video files (the quality is, of course, lost).
ZS4 Video Editor , http://www.zs4.net/
Excellent free program for editing and compiling various types of multimedia (currently supported photos, pictures, video and audio) from various sources, in one (or more) files. ZS4 is capable of working with an unlimited number of audio, video tracks and rows of photos and also allows you to overlay an unlimited number of audio and video effects on each of these tracks.
foobar2000 , http://www.foobar2000.org/
Audio player. Supported formats: MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND, CDDA, WMA. Unicode support. Great sound and modular structure.
Audacity , http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
A simple tool for recording and editing sound.
iTunes , http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Apple’s all-in-one multimedia processor. Allows you to listen to music, including transmitted by Internet radio stations, watch videos, convert media files, and burn music CDs and DVDs. Main features: multiband equalizer, sound visualization, creation of “intelligent” listening lists, coding without pauses and overdubbing, normalization of the volume level and much more, including very good sound of the player, user-friendly interface and the ability to copy songs to the portable Apple iPod.
ARCHIVES
7-Zip , http://www.7-zip.org/The most powerful archiver. Supports: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB, NSIS. Russian Interface.
TUGZip , http://www.tugzip.com
A free and fairly powerful archiver that supports a large number of archive formats, as well as allowing you to extract data from BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO and NRG disk images.
back2zip , http://free-backup.info/back2zip.html
Keeps track of your documents and keeps up to date .zip archive with backup.
ANTI-VIRUSES AND BRANDMAUERS
ClamWin , http://www.clamwin.com/Free antivirus scanner. One of the best virus databases.
avast! Home Edition , http://avast.ru/Free_avast_home_edition.htm
A fully featured free antivirus package designed exclusively for home users. The anti-virus engine is certified by ICSA. Affordable automatic update. Russian interface. Free registration is required for activation.
Comodo AntiVirus , http://www.antivirus.comodo.com/
Full antivirus. Includes intrusion detection system (IDS) and automatic updates. Easy to use: Install and forget.
Comodo FireWall , http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
A firewall, a program to protect your computer from hacking from the outside and often from hacking from the inside (when some malicious program tries to go online and perform some actions, for example, send spam).
AVZ , http://www.z-oleg.com/secur/avz/
AVZ anti-virus utility is designed to detect and remove SpyWare and AdWare modules, as well as Dialer (Trojan.Dialer), Trojans, BackDoor modules, network and mail worms, TrojanSpy, TrojanDownloader, TrojanDropper.
Avira , http://free-av.de/
Repeatedly noted and recognized by 15 million users, a software product with anti-virus and anti-malware features is now equipped with a personal firewall and anti-spam module.
Ashampoo Firewall , http://www2.ashampoo.com/webcache/html/1/product_2_0050__.htm
Free compact firewall to ensure the safety of being on the Internet. The program has a very simple user interface, not overloaded (by default) with unnecessary options and therefore, most likely, it is primarily aimed at the novice user. Despite this, two modes of operation are supported - simple (with a minimum of the most necessary settings) and advanced expert.
THE INTERNET
KMeleon , http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/Fast, easy, configurable browser engine Gecko.
Mozilla Firefox , http://www.mozilla.ru/
The new generation browser from the Mozilla Foundation. A simple and concise interface allows you to master the program in a few minutes. Security, high speed, flexibility and extensibility - the main qualities inherent in Mozilla Firefox. Official Russian version.
Opera , http://www.opera.com/
Fast and secure browser, compact and undemanding to resources. The Qt version can be used on almost all operating systems, including mobile devices. Built-in mail and IRC client. Russian interface supported by the domestic community.
Safari , http://www.apple.com/safari/
MacOS browser is now available for Windows users.
Netscape (posthumously) , http://browser.netscape.com/
At the dawn of the web, when there was neither Internet Explorer, nor Mozilla Firefox, nor Opera, the Internet users used Netscape Navigator. During its heyday, the browser occupied up to 90 percent of the market. However, everything ever ends, and the first of March 2008, his Netscape Navigator was gone. AOL has stopped supporting one of the very first browsers. Everyone still grieves ...
TYPSoft FTP Server , http://en.typsoft.com/
Easy to use and convenient FTP server. Perfect for both beginners and advanced users.
Pidgin IM , http://pidgin.im/
Multiprotocol messenger.
FILE MANAGERS
freeCommander , http://www.freecommander.com/index_en.htmTwo-pane file manager, with built-in viewers, archivers and much more. Russian interface.
xplorer2 , http://zabkat.com/x2lite.htm
A file manager representing an enhanced version of the standard Windows explorer.
Unreal Commander , http://x-diesel.com/
free two-pane file manager for Windows® 98 / Me / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista.
Far Manager , http://www.farmanager.com/
Far Manager is a console file manager for Windows operating systems. The program provides a convenient user interface for working with file systems (real and emulated) and files: browse files and directories, edit, copy and rename files and much more.
FileZilla , http://filezilla.ru/
FTP Manager, helps you download and upload files from a variety of FTP servers. The program is neat, with a convenient and pleasant interface, has a sufficient number of settings and features. Available for different operating systems, and there is also a version that you can install on a flash drive. It is also convenient for updating files on your hosting.
CubicExplorer , http://www.cubicreality.com/cubicexplorer/
file manager for Windows operating systems with a convenient multi-page interface, built-in text editor with syntax highlighting option, bookmark catalog, etc. The program is still in the early stages of development, so the capabilities of CubicExplorer should expand significantly.
TEXT EDITORS AND PROCESSORS
Vim , http://www.vim.org/Vim (abbreviated from Vi Improved) is a free text editor based on an older vi. Now it is one of the most powerful text editors with complete freedom of customization and automation, and the extensions and add-ins created by this.
SciTE , http://www.scite.ruteam.ru/
A cross-platform text editor created by Neil Hodgson (Neil Hodgson) using the Scintilla editing component developed by him. It is intended mainly for editing source texts of programs and performs syntax highlighting for many programming languages ​​(C, C ++, C #, Java, Pascal, Perl, etc.) and markup (HTML, XML, etc.). SciTE is characterized as a compact text editor for programmers with conveniently implemented code folding, advanced syntax highlighting and other useful functions.
Eclipse , http://www.eclipse.org/
Everyone knows this editor as ideal for the developer. Multifunctional IDE, with plug-ins.
PDFCreator , http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator
Create PDF from any application that can send data to a virtual printer created by the program. Encryption support. Russian interface.
OpenOffice.org , http://en.openoffice.org/
Alternative to MicrosoftOffice. Support open standards. Full support for the Russian language. Color schemes.
Abiword , http://www.abisource.com/
Free word processor distributed under the GNU General Public License.
PSPad , http://www.pspad.com/ru/
PSPad editor is a free text editor for programmers. It is recommended for use by people who work simultaneously with different programming languages, prefer highlighted source code, can and like to use the keyboard.
Notepad ++ , http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/en/site.htm
Notepad ++ is a free text file editor (replacing a standard Notepad) with support for the syntax of a large number of programming languages.
Q10 , http://baara.com/q10/
Simple but functional text editor.
DISK WORK
DeepBurner Free , http://www.deepburner.com/?r=downloadA program to burn CDs and DVDs. The utility allows you to create and burn data-CDs, including bootable, music CDs and DVDs. DeepBurner can record multisession discs. The program can work with many modern writing CD / DVD drives.
Small CD-Writer , http://www.avtlab.ru/scdwriter.htm
Unlike most similar programs, Small CD-Writer is small, works without installation, does not require space for caching files.
CDex , http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
The program for recording audio CD to hard disk, to WAV or MP3 files. A special feature is the “Paranoia ripping” mode, which allows to correct errors and scratches on the CD. There is an internal player, it is possible to work with CDDB.
EAC (ExactAudioCopy) , http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
Audio grabber for Audio CD and DVD.
ImgBurn , http://www.imgburn.com/
Excellent program for recording CD / DVD images. Created by the author of the popular, but closed at the time project DVD Decrypter, designed to copy and remove protection from DVD discs.
InfraRecorder , http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/
A program for burning CDs and DVDs, distributed under the GNU / GPL license. It works on computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system and is a graphical shell for the cdrtools package of console utilities.
Also separately
Unlocker , http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
A program to unlock files in Explorer that cannot be deleted and renamed due to the error "File is currently in use" ("the file is currently being used by another program").
Keepass , http://keepass.info/
A free, open source, low-resource and easy-to-use Windows password saver. It allows you to store passwords in a highly encrypted database with one master key or key drive.
Add your programs, only free or free! I will be glad to criticism, because this is my second topic, although I started writing it for a long time.
Taken from various sources.
Thanks to everyone who helps with their comments. I can not list all of them.
ZY Here recently, medwed informed me that he, inspired by my topic, had created a site on this topic. The project is still young, but highly informative is visible. The author promises to develop an idea if there are visitors.
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