Favorite piece of Free Software

**Estar** · 08/02/2004, 7:56 PM

AVG Anti-Virus Software.

Has saved me a load of money and got me out of a few tight spots.

**A face** · 08/02/2004, 10:02 PM

Apparantly ... most of the Anti-Virus providers add in code/viruses into their software so that you'll have to get an upgrade of the software to rid yourself of the new viruses.

It is just a ploy to get you to pay for an upgrade.

But then again ... i could be wrong and most companies wouldn't dream of trying to generate repeat business for themselves that way.

**Estar** · 08/02/2004, 10:13 PM

Originally posted by A face
Apparantly ... most of the Anti-Virus providers add in code/viruses into their software so that you'll have to get an upgrade of the software to rid yourself of the new viruses.

It is just a ploy to get you to pay for an upgrade.

I wouldn't be astonished if it was true. Haven't had any problems with this software yet.

I'm saving all the viruses I get onto a disk, it's a new hobbie of mine. I've got quite a collection.

**A face** · 08/02/2004, 10:17 PM

Originally posted by Estar
I'm saving all the viruses I get onto a disk

The idea is to get rid of them ... not save them !!

Shareware sites ....

most popular is www.tucows.com

**yur man** · 09/02/2004, 1:24 AM

[And there was me thinking everyone would be intelligent enough to realise that warez was a no-no. Duh. --adam]

**Estar** · 09/02/2004, 9:52 PM

Originally posted by yur man
[And there was me thinking everyone would be intelligent enough to realise that warez was a no-no. Duh. --adam]

Another Pirate of the Caribbean!

What's Bill's number in Ireland again (only joking I'm not a great fan of his either) he offers a bounty

**yur man** · 09/02/2004, 11:00 PM

what i do

**gustavo** · 10/02/2004, 12:00 AM

i dont know where i'd be without winamp

**tetsujin1979** · 10/02/2004, 10:13 AM

Opera internet browser is a god send - way faster at loading pages than internet explorer and you can block pop-ups!

The new Firebird browser from Mozilla looks decent too.

**Jim Smith** · 10/02/2004, 10:59 AM

The WebCrawler toolbar is a nifty piece of software - I find it produces more and better results than google once you get used to it.

If your looking for free stuff that's a bit unusual try:

http://www.arachnoid.com

I particularly liked the idea of 'careware'

http://vps.arachnoid.com/careware/

**John83** · 11/02/2004, 3:24 PM

Originally posted by tetsujin1979
Opera internet browser is a god send - way faster at loading pages than internet explorer and you can block pop-ups!

The new Firebird browser from Mozilla looks decent too.

Definately my favourite. I use it at home. The tabbed browsing is very hadny.

**UCD_4_Life** · 11/02/2004, 8:14 PM

WinZip is as good as.

After that Winamp is handier than Windows Media, Kazaa Lite is great and Ad Aware ha done me a lot of favours.

**Plastic Paddy** · 11/02/2004, 8:48 PM

Leaving out WinZip, my choice of superb freebies in no particular order:

1. AdAware - rooting out spyware.
2. AVG - anti-virus program.
3. SoulSeek - the best P2P network of the lot.
4. Mailwasher - amazing for bouncing unwanted emails before downloading to PC.
5. ZoneAlarm - very effective firewall.

PP

**Jim Smith** · 12/02/2004, 8:30 AM

How many people actually paid for WIn Zip? I did - years ago. At the time there were no CD's and zip drives were very rare so it was something that was needed to make spanning floppies much easier so I felt I should do the right thing. It cost next to nothing.

A good free statistics package is:

PAST http://folk.uio.no/ohammer/past/

OK, its slanted a bit towards palaeontology and all the case studies are palaeontological but anyone needing to use it can adapt or 'evolve' the case studies.