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Avast Anti Virus
Free anti virus software for the home user

ClamXav
Antivirus for Mac

MalwareBytes
Free malware removal software

Hitman Pro

Free malware removal software

SUPERAntiSpyware

Free malware removal software

Firefox
Great Internet browser

OpenOffice

OpenOffice 3.x.x is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format, and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

Libre Office

A version built on OpenOffice

Remote Destop for Mac v2
Remote Desktop Client for Mac

Cobian Backup

  • Automatic backup of files and folders
  • Simple interface
  • Direct file/folder copy. No need for decompression software on recovery
  • Option for backup of modified files only to save time
  • Option for backup according to source PC directory structure

ReDoBackup

Redo Backup and Recovery is so simple that anyone can use it. It is the easiest, most complete disaster recovery solution available. It allows bare-metal restore, which means that even if your hard drive melts or gets completely erased by a virus, you can have a completely-functional system back up and running in as little as 10 minutes.

FileZilla FTP
Free FTP client

VMWare
Run multiple Operating Systems from one desktop

Virtual Box
Open Source Virtual machines manager

TrueCrypt

Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux

  • Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk.
  • Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive.
  • Encrypts a partition or drive where Windows is installed (pre-boot authentication).
  • Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent.
  • Provides two levels of plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password:
    • Hidden volume (steganography) and hidden operating system.
    • No TrueCrypt volume can be identified (volumes cannot be distinguished from random data).
    • Encryption algorithms: AES-256, Serpent, and Twofish. Mode of operation: XTS.

    CamStudio

    CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)

    • You can use it to create demonstration videos for any software program
    • Or how about creating a set of videos answering your most frequently asked questions?
    • You can create video tutorials for school or college class
    • You can use it to record a recurring problem with your computer so you can show technical support people
    • You can use it to create video-based information products you can sell
    • You can even use it to record new tricks and techniques you discover on your favourite software program, before you forget them

    VideoLan

    VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

    PowerISO

    Can be used as freeware in "unregistered" mode to extract .iso files on Windows 7

    ISO Creator

    Free ISO Creator is ISO creating software. With Free ISO Creator, you can easily create ISO image from files and folders.>

    ISO Recorder

    Burn ISO images for free

    Picasa

    A free photo album application with the option to store and share photos online for free

    Ultimate Boot CD

    Ultimate Boot CD is completely free for the download, or could be obtained for a small fee. If you had somehow paid a ridiculous amount of money for it, you have most likely been fleeced. The least you could do is to make as many copies of the offical UBCD and pass it to your friends, relatives, colleagues or even complete strangers to minimize the per unit cost of your loss!

    Gimp for Mac

    Just select the package according to your version of OS X. All packages are universal builds. They support PPC and Intel based Macs.