I am all for big business, but sometimes we don’t have the cash to put out for big software packages. Here are some of the programs I use. They are all freeware, which means you can use them forever for free.

Comodo Virus scan/Firewall:

http://www.comodo.com/products/free-products.php

OpenOffice (Word/Excel/Powerpoint):

http://openoffice.org/

Macrium Reflect FREE edition: (hard drive/OS/drive image backup)

http://www.macrium.com/ReflectFree.asp

Since I am a WebDeveloper (PHP), I have found this NOTEPAD replacement invaluable:

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/release/5.8.6

CoreFTP:

http://coreftp.com/

7zip (for Rar/zip/7z files):

http://www.7-zip.org/

Altbinz (for NZB files):

http://altbinz.net/

Xnews:

http://xnews.newsguy.com/

K-Lite Media Player Classic (better/faster than windows media player):

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm

Gimp (for photoshop replacement): (haven’t used this much)

http://www.gimp.org/

Quickpar:

http://www.quickpar.org.uk/

Malwarebytes: (anti-malware)

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

MagicDisc: (mount ISO files)

http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-history.htm

Smart Defrag:

http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html

ImgBurn: (burn ISO files or folders/files)

http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download

Blog:

http://www.wordpress.org