Here's a list of useful freeware applications, arranged alphabetically by category. If you wish to add to the list or make a correction, post your suggestion in this thread and I (or another mod) will revise the list.
Antivirus:
AVG -
AVG Anti-Virus and Internet Security - Real-time protection against viruses, spyware and malicious websites
Avast -
avast! antivirus - high security and protection from malware with anti-spyware and anti-rootkit software built in
AntiVir -
Free antivirus - Avira AntiVir
Panda ActiveScan -
ActiveScan 2.0 - A second opinion on the security of your PC Audio Players:
Foobar2000 -
foobar2000
Sonique -
Lycos
iTunes -
Apple - iPod + iTunes
jetAudio -
http://www.jetaudio.com/
QCD -
Quintessential Player Play, Rip, Manage and Enjoy your music
Winamp -
Winamp Media Player - MP3, Multimedia, and Music Player Audio Utilities:
CDex -
CDex | Open Source Digital Audio CD Extractor with more than 32,000,000 downloads
dbPowerAMP Music Converter -
dBpoweramp Music Converter CD Recording:
ASPI Drivers -
Adaptec - Technical Support
CD/DVD Burner XP -
CDBurnerXP: Introduction and News
Burn 4 Free -
free dvd copy cd dvd burner audio data shrink dvd - burn4free freeware CD Utilities:
Daemon Tools -
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/portal.php Download Managers:
WackGet -
http://millweed.com/projects/wackget/
LeechGet -
LeechGet - The ultimate download utility
wget for Windows -
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/hherold/ Encryption:
PGP Freeware Edition -
PGP Corporation - Downloads
Axcrypt -
Axantum Software AB | AxCrypt | File Encryption Software
GnuPG -
The GNU Privacy Guard - GnuPG.org Firewall:
ZoneAlarm -
ZoneAlarm by Check Point - Award winning PC Protection, Antivirus, Firewall, Anti-Spyware, Identity Protection, and much more.
Sygate Personal Firewall -
Business Solutions - Symantec Corp.
Kerio Personal Firewall -
Free Firewall Download - Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall
Outpost -
http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html GUI Utilities:
Tclock -
TClock
IconPhile -
http://www.virtualplastic.net/scrow/iphile.html
PowerMenu -
Abstract Path: PowerMenu
Glass2k -
http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
D-Color XP -
http://dliboon.freeshell.org/products/dcolor/index.php
CursorXP -
CursorXP Options
MobyDock -
moby dock windows free software at mobydock.com
Samurize -
Samurize.com - Samurize News - Samurize is gaining popularity! - News Image Viewers:
IrfanView -
IrfanView - Official Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide
iBrowser -
Freeware image viewer. 14 languages and 50+ image formats supported.
AhaView -
Ahaview Lite- free image viewer and converter Instant Messaging:
Miranda IM -
Miranda IM - Home of the Miranda IM client. Smaller, Faster, Easier
Gaim -
Home | Pidgin
Trillian -
Cerulean Studios -> Downloads
Yahoo Instant Messenger -
Yahoo! Messenger - Chat, Instant message, SMS, PC Calls and More
MSN Messenger -
Windows Live Messenger
AOL Instant Messenger -
Instant Messenger - AIM - Instant Message Your Online Buddies for Free - AIM
ICQ -
ICQ.com - community, people search and messaging service!
Jabber -
Jabber.org | open instant messaging and presence Networking:
Putty Telnet/SSH Client -
PuTTY: a free telnet/ssh client
IP Tools -
IP-Tools - 19 network utilities
Ethereal Protocol Analyzer -
http://www.ethereal.com/
HyperTerminal Private Edition -
Hilgraeve, Inc. - Terminal Emulation and File Transfer Software
RealVNC -
RealVNC - RealVNC remote control software
Nmap -
Nmap - Free Security Scanner For Network Exploration & Security Audits. Programming:
ActivePerl -
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/
jEdit -
jEdit - Programmer's Text Editor - overview
Dev-C++ -
Bloodshed Software - Providing Free Software to the internet community
MySQL -
MySQL :: The world's most popular open source database
SciTE -
Scintilla and SciTE Publication/Document Manipulation:
OpenOffice.org -
download: OpenOffice.org Downloads
AbiWord -
AbiWord Downloads Spyware Protection:
Ad-Aware -
Ad-Aware @ Lavasoft - The Original Anti-Spyware Company - Lavasoft
Spybot: Search & Destroy -
The home of Spybot-S&D!
CWShredder -
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Hijack This -
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
IE-SPYAD -
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYAD
SpywareBlaster -
Javacool Software System Utilities:
BootVis -
|MG| BootVis 1.3.37.0
Resource Hacker -
Resource Hacker
PC Inspector File Recovery -
CONVAR & PCinspector Data Recovery Datenrettung recupero dati datarecovery rcupration donnes
Motherboard Monitor -
http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
WCPUID -
H.Oda!'s Home Page
EasyBCD -
Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies Video Players:
BSPlayer -
Movie player, Media player, video player, multimedia player, divx player, free player - BS.Player.com
Core Media Player -
http://www.tcmp.org/
Media Player Classic -
SourceForge.net: Files
VideoLAN -
VideoLAN - Free and Open Source software and video streaming solutions for every OS!
Zoom Player -
Inmatrix.com - Zoom Player Download Video Utilities:
KVCD -
Redirect page
TMPGEnc -
TMPGEnc Net
VirtualDUB -
Welcome to virtualdub.org! - virtualdub.org Web Browsers:
Mozilla FireFox -
Mozilla Downloads
Mozilla -
Mozilla.org - Home of the Mozilla Project
Netscape -
Home :: The Netscape Archive
MyIE2 -
http://www.myie2.com/
Avantbrowser -
Avant Browser::Home
SlimBrowser -
Slim Browser: Tabbed web browser with popup killer Web/FTP Servers:
SlimFTPd -
SlimFTPd 3.181 - WhitSoft Development
Filezilla -
FileZilla - The free FTP solution
Xitami -
Welcome To Xitami.com
Apache -
Welcome! - The Apache Software Foundation
Savant -
Savant Web Server