10 Free Software Apps and Tools

AVG Anti-Virus Free – Available for single computer use for home and noncommercial use. Click on the link at the bottom of the dark blue box on the left side.

Foxit Reader – Free PDF document viewer, with incredible small size, breezing-fast launch speed and rich feature set. Supports Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7. The following is a short list of features:

Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader is just a fraction of Acrobat Reader 20 M size.

Breezing-fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc.

Annotation tool: Have you ever wished to annotate (or comment on) a PDF document when you are reading it? Foxit Reader allows you to draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save the annotated document.

Text converter: You may convert the whole PDF document into a simple text file.                             

Enticing Multimedia Design: Now users can play multimedia in Foxit Reader as well as add, edit or delete multimedia files with the incredible Movie Tool and Sound Tool.

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally, it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!  Note: We recommend UNCHECKING to delete cookies and passwords so they are not deleted.

TinyURL – Are you sick of posting long URLs in emails only to have it break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? Then you’ve come to the right place. By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires.

emailStripper is a program for cleaning the “>” and other formatting characters out of your emails. It will restore “forwarded” or “replied” emails back to their original state so they’re easier to read.

PortableApps.com - Software for USB Drives, iPod and More – “Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind. It contains no spyware. There are no advertisements. It isn’t a limited or trial version. There is no additional hardware or software to buy. You don’t even have to give out your email address. It’s 100% free to use, free to copy and free to share.” New apps are released frequently (such as TaskCoach, GIMP, Audacity, et cetera). The packages include:

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition (web browser)
Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition (email)
Mozilla Sunbird, Portable Edition (calendar/tasks)
ClamWin Portable (antivirus)
Pidgin Portable (instant messaging)
Sumatra PDF Portable (PDF reader)
KeePass Password Safe Portable (password manager)
Sudoku Portable (game)
Mines-Perfect Portable (game)
CoolPlayer+ Portable (audio player)
OpenOffice.org Portable* (office suite)
- Writer (word processor)
- Calc (spreadsheet)
- Impress (presentations)
- Base (database utility)
- Draw (drawing)

Mailwasher – the leader in spam filter software, and the easiest way to check and manage your e-mails before you download them. Free to use and won’t ever expire. It works with Outlook, Outlook Express and every other email program.

Delete unwanted e-mails before you download to your computer. You’ll be able to see who the email is from, the subject, and the attachment. This will enable you to decide if you want to delete the email or keep it. A great way to stop viruses, large attachments or to just delete unnecessary emails from getting to your computer.

Preview. Easily preview the message in your email to see what the sender has to say before downloading it to your computer. This ensures you won’t download any nasty emails to your computer. Additionally, spam is marked in a red color, and your good email is marked as a green color for quick analysis.

Anti-spam tools. Comprehensive anti-spam tools ranging from your personal friends list and blacklist, customizable filters, external blacklists, bayesian spam filtering which quickly learns to distinguish your spam and good email and email virus filtering.

Recycle bin. If you accidentally delete an email, you can restore it back to your email account.

PrimoPDF – for creating 100% industry-standard PDF files. Simple to use and free of annoying ads, converting files to PDF has never been easier! If you can send it to your physical printer, you can send it to your virtual PDF printer. Convert to PDF from any file you can print, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Create PDF files from 300+ file types.  Make PDF documents for different uses, including online viewing, eBooks, office printing, and prepress (high-end printing).  Combine PDF files after they are converted. Secure with passwords and add document information (title, author, etc.) during creation.

Paint.NET – Free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It  features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help,  tutorials, and plugins.

EasyCapture is a powerful and easy-to-use  free screen capture software. It allows you to capture screen shot, include windows screen capture, scrolling windows screen capture, selected-regions screen capture. It also allow you to edit the screen captures and add balloon stamps.