Most Popular Windows Freewares for year 2007
December 31st, 2007
Most Popular Windows Freewares for year 2007
As you would know New Year is just couple of hours away. I tought about compiling a post on the most popular freewares of the year 2007 . Below is the list of the most downloaded applications of 2007…… Enjoy !
Browsers
- Avant Browser – Block pop-up windows and browse multiple sites at once.
- Mozilla Firefox – Surf the Web, block pop-ups, and keep spyware at bay with this lean and fast open-source browser.
- Internet Explorer – Browse the Web with tabs, improved RSS support, and robust security features.
- Netscape Communicator – Browse the Web and more with Netscape’s browser suite.
- Opera – Browse with a multiple-document interface, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, zooming functions, and integrated search.
Digital Media Players
- QuickTime – Play MPEG-4 movies with AAC sound with latest version of Apple’s premier media player.
- Windows Media Player – Play local and streaming multimedia content.
- Sonique – Enjoy your MP3, CD, WAV, MOD, and WMA tracks with superior audio quality and impressive visual effects.
- Winamp – Play and organize a variety of audio and video files, as well as rip and burn CDs.
- AtomixMP3 – Mix MP3s on your computer as you would with conventional turntables.
Anti-Virus
- AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition – Protect your computer from viruses and malicious programs.
- Avast! Home Edition – Scan your computer for viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.
- Avira Anti-Virus Personal Edition – Detect and remove more than viruses from your computer.
- PC Tools Anti-Virus Free Edition – Protect your PC from viruses, worms, and Trojans.
- A-Squared – Protect your PC from harmful threats.
Firewall
- ZoneAlarm Firewall – Protect your Internet connection from hackers and other security breaches.
- Ashampoo Firewall – Set up an effective firewall and prevent unauthorized online activity.
- PC Tools Firewall Plus Free Edition – Deny an unwanted communication between your computer and the network.
- Comodo Firewall Pro – Protect your PC from harmful threats.
- Jetico Personal Firewall – Protect your computer against malicious attacks.
Peer to Peer
- Morpheus – Search multiple P2P networks including BitTorrent to download MP3s, videos, and games.
- Limewire – Search for and download files located in P2P networks and share your files.
- iMesh – Find, download, and share MP3, video, and image files.
- BearShare – Search for and share all kinds of files over the Gnutella network.
- eMule – Search and share files over the eDonkey2000 and Kad P2P networks.
Video
- DivX Player – Create and watch videos in the DivX video format.
- Videora iPod Converter – Convert all types of video to play on your iPod.
- VLC Media Player – Play audio and video files with this cross-platform media player and streaming server.
- PSP Video – Convert all types of video to play on your PSP.
- Windows Movie Maker – Construct home movies from captured digital video on your Windows XP system.
Download Manager
- Download Accelerator Plus – Improve download speeds, resume broken downloads, and find mirror sites.
- FlashGet – Split and manage downloaded files and accelerate downloading speed.
- Free Download Manager – Manage your file downloads.
- Fresh Download – Manage and automate file downloads.
- Download Accelerator Manager – Resume, manage, and recover Internet downloads.
System Utilities
- AOL Active Security Monitor – Evaluate your computer to ensure that your PC and home network are safe from most security threats.
- TweakNow RegCleaner Standard – Remove obsolete entries from your Windows Registry.
- Auslogics Disc Defrag – Defragment your disks and improve computer performance and stability.
- Belarc Advisor – Plug a PC audit into your browser with details on hardware and software.
- SpeedFan – Monitor fan speeds, temperatures, and voltages in computers with hardware monitoring chips.
File Management
- PC Inspector File Recovery – Recover lost or damaged files.
- Ranish Partition Manager – Create, delete, and resize partitions.
- Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser – Format your hard drive without possibility of data recovery.
- CompuApps SwiffKnife – Create, format, and delete your IDE hard disk drives.
- Xplorer2 Lite – Manage, view, and search files in a tabbed, dual-pane mode.
Thanks Sizlopedia
Thanks for the very good listing of softwares. Particularly I gained in the “File Management” group where I was unaware of all of the listed apps.