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112 Best Free Downloads, Sites, and Services: The Full List
(Editor's Note I use Microsoft Security Essentials It Works Great and is free to Genuine Microsoft Customers)
Want to correct Windows problems, make your PC or mobile phone more capable, and get things done faster online–all without opening your wallet? Check out these 112 incredibly useful, incredibly free downloads, sites, and services.
This year, we divided our picks for the Best Free Stuff into 17 categories, listed below. If you can't decide where to start, take a look at the greatest hits–some of the classics we've spotlighted over our 15 years of picking free apps, services, and sites. Or try a few of our favorite social networking and video assistants, programs and services we couldn't have even imagined that long ago.
Of course, we also have selections in popular categories such as PC customization, security, and productivity, as well as photo and system utilities, lifestyle enhancers, timesavers, and more.
For a more detailed look at our Fantastic Freebies, see the stories listed in the box to the right.
All-Time Greats
- Ad-Aware Free: Stops spyware
- Audacity: Records and edits sound
- BitTorrent: Easy online file sharing
- Dropbox: Online file syncing
- Evite: Fast party planning
- FreeConference.com: Unlimited conference calls
- IMDb: Movie facts and trivia
- OpenOffice.org: Microsoft Office alternative
- The GIMP: Tool-rich image editor
- Trillian Basic: Chat with friends on many instant messaging services
Antivirus Utilities (Tested By PCWorld)
- Alwil Avast Home Edition: Capable and thorought malware detection
- AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5: Excellent detection and disinfection
- Avira AntiVir Personal: Good PC disinfection
- Microsoft Security Essentials (beta): Nearly perfect in disabling infections
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