Thursday, January 19, 2012

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BEST One-STOP Free Windows Software – 2012


BEST One-STOP Free Windows Software – 2012

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The EASY ONE-STOP place to grab the best Windowsfreeware!
Most popular applications for 2012.

For XP, Vista, Windows 7
All of these applications are Reliable, and WORK GREAT in most any system.
This software is FREE…and ALL are malware/spyware CLEAN… 
Links are directly to the developers/providers site so you can check out all the details and features of an application.
You ALWAYS get the up-to-date version
Scroll through each category you like and download your selections to desktop for install.

It couldn’t be easier…
Optional items or toolbars are sometimes auto-selected in freeware, so be sure to deselect these during your software installation…
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**MUST Have apps. for ANY OS**
Adobe Reader; Flash Player; AIR; Shockwave Player;http://www.adobe.com/downloads/
CCLeaner; http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download
DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e…displaylang=en
Java; http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
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1) Anti-Virus/Security;
Avast Free AV; http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download
AVG Free; http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh
Avira Free; http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus
Comodo Firewall; http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/free-download.html
Comodo Internet Security;http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-…t-security.php
Microsoft Security Essentials;http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/secur…s/default.aspx
OutPostFree Security Suite; (multi-platform full-functional Free Internet Security Suite)http://free.agnitum.com/
Panda USB Vaccine; (USB anti-malware)http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeuse…ds/usbvaccine/
Rising Antivirus Free Edition; http://www.freerav.com/
SpywareBlaster; http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/
Sandboxie;http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?DownloadSandboxie
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall;http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en…e-firewall.htm
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a) Anti-Spam*
BullGuard Spamfilter;http://www.bullguard.com/products/bu…filter-10.aspx
MailWasher; http://www.mailwasher.net/
Spamfence; http://www.spamfence.net/about-spamfence.html
Spamihilator; http://www.spamihilator.com/
POPFile; http://getpopfile.org/#News
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2) Audio;
Audacity; http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
EAC-Exact Audio Copy; http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
FreeCommander;http://www.freecommander.com/index.htm
Free Music Converter; http://www.freemusicconverter.net/
MusicBrainz Picard (labeler);http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Picard
MP3TAG (labeler); http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
Power Sound Editor Free; http://www.free-sound-editor.com/
Rename Master;http://www.joejoesoft.com/cms/showpage.php?cid=108
Songbird; http://getsongbird.com/product/
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a) Music downloader*
Songr; https://sites.google.com/site/getsongr/
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4) CD/DVD Burning & Tools;
bitRipper- DVD to AVI software;http://www.bitripper.com/
CDBurnerXP; http://cdburnerxp.se/
BurnAware Free;http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html
DeepBurner; http://www.deepburner.com/index.php
DVDShrink; http://www.dvdshrink.org/
Free Easy CD DVD Burner;http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.html
Free ISO Burner; http://www.freeisoburner.com/
ImgBurn; http://www.imgburn.com/
Infra Recorder; http://infrarecorder.org/
Nero Kwik Media; http://www.nero.com/enu/downloads-nbl-free.php
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6) CPU, Hardware & Memory testing tools;
CPUID; http://www.cpuid.com/
CoreTemp; http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
Disk Benchmark; http://www.attotech.com/products/pro…Disk_Benchmark
GPU-Z; http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
HWiNFO/32/64 Tools (Professional System Information and Diagnostics); http://www.hwinfo.com/
IntelBurn Test;http://majorgeeks.com/IntelBurnTest_d5987.html
Memtest86; http://www.memtest.org/
Prime95; http://www.mersenne.org/
RealTemp; http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/
SIW – System Information for Windows;http://www.gtopala.com/
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10) File transfer & sharing;
Ares; http://www.ares.com/
eMule; http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/general.cgi?l=1
Free Download Manager;http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
FrostWire; http://www.frostwire.com/
JDownloader; http://jdownloader.org/
Live SkyDrive-(25GB Windows cloud file share);http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w…e-file-storage
Mipony-download manager; http://www.mipony.net/
PeerBlock; http://www.peerblock.com/
Shareaza; http://shareaza.sourceforge.net/
Tixati; (+1) http://www.tixati.com/
uTorrent; http://www.utorrent.com/
Vuze; http://www.vuze.com/
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a) FTP Clients*
FileZilla; http://filezilla-project.org/
PuTTY;http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
WinSCP; http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction
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12) Home & OFFICE;
CSVed; http://csved.sjfrancke.nl/index.html
Everything Search: http://www.voidtools.com/
FileLocator Lite; http://www.mythicsoft.com/Page.aspx?…&page=download
FreeOCR; http://www.paperfile.net/
JR Directory Printer;http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools/jdirprint.htm
(The JR Directory Printer Utility allows you to print a listing of every file contained within a directory and/or subdirectory(ies).)
Microsoft Mathematics;http://www.microsoft.com/education/t…atics_4.0.aspx
NFOPad; http://thd.dyndns.org/s_nfopad.php
Q10; http://www.baara.com/q10/
SimpleOCR; http://www.simpleocr.com/
Speckie-Spell check for IE; also for IE9http://www.speckie.com/home/
Stickies – Any Windows OS;http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
Total Commander (file manager);http://www.ghisler.com/index.htm
Wunderlist (great task manager);http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist/
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a) MICROSOFT Office Alternatives*
LibreOffice; http://www.libreoffice.org/
OpenOffice.org; http://www.openoffice.org/
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b) PDF readers/writers*
Bullzip PDF Printer;http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php#download
CutePDF; http://www.cutepdf.com/
doPDF; http://www.dopdf.com/
Foxit PDF reader;http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/
Nitro PDF Reader; http://www.nitroreader.com/
PDFill PDF Editor; http://www.pdfill.com/download.html
PDF Creator; http://www.pdfforge.org/
PDF-XChange; http://www.tracker-software.com/prod…xchange-viewer
Sumatra PDF; http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/…df-reader.html
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13) Image & Photo Editing;
Artweaver; http://www.artweaver.de/home-en/
GIMP; http://www.gimp.org/
IrfanView; http://www.irfanview.com/
Inkscape-vector graphics editor; http://inkscape.org/
Light Image Resizer;http://www.obviousidea.com/windows-s…image-resizer/
Paint.NET; http://www.getpaint.net/download.html
PaintStar;http://sites.google.com/site/wangzhenzhou/home#new
PhotoFiltre; http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm
PhotoWipe; (magic eraser)http://www.hanovsolutions.com/?prod=PhotoWipe
Picasa; http://picasa.google.com/#utm_campai…tm_term=picasa
XnView; http://www.xnview.com/en/features.html
Zoner Photo Studio; http://free.zoner.com/download.asp
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a) Creative tools*Blender (3D images); http://www.blender.org/
GIF Viewer; http://www.gifviewer.org/
GIF Resizer-(portable & works in Windows 7 also);http://www.ashongsoft.com/howto-resi…animation.html
PicPick; http://www.picpick.org/
PowerBullet Presenter; http://powerbullet.com/info.php
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14) ISO tools;
Alchohol 52% Free Edition; http://www.free-downloads.net/progra…utmk=233181854
Daemon Tools; http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads
ei.cfg removal tool; http://code.kliu.org/misc/win7utils/
ImDisk (virtual disk driver); http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html/#ImDisk
MagicDisc; http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/mi…c-overview.htm
TotalMounter;http://www.kernsafe.com/product/totalmounter.aspx
Virtual CloneDrive http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
WinCDEmu (lightweight CD/DVD/BD emulator);http://wincdemu.sysprogs.org/
Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher;http://code.kliu.org/misc/win7utils/
Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool; http://wudt.codeplex.com/
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(Free use up to 300mb file size)
Magic ISO; http://www.magiciso.com/
Power ISO; http://www.poweriso.com/
Ultra ISO;http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/download.htm
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15) Malware detection and removal;
Malwarebytes; http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Ad-Aware;http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware.php
Emsisoft Anti-Malware;http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/antimalware/
GMER; http://www.gmer.net/
HijackThis; http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/
Kaspersky Online Scanner;http://www.kaspersky.com.my/virusscanner.php
NoraScan; http://www.noralabs.com/
OSSEC; http://www.ossec.net/main/about
RKill;http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic308364.html
Sophos Anti-Rootkit; http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products…/download.aspx
Spybot Search and Destroy; http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
SUPERAntiSpyware;http://www.superantispyware.com/index.html
TDSSKiller: http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363
Trend Micro HouseCall – Free Online Virus Scan;http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Vba32 AntiRootkit; http://www.anti-virus.by/en/vba32arkit.shtml
WinPatrol; http://www.winpatrol.com/
16) Media Players & Centers;
AIMP; http://www.aimp.ru/
GOM Player;http://www.gomlab.com/eng/GMP_download.html
KMPlayer; http://www.kmplayer.com/korea/index.php
Media Player Classic; http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/
Kantaris; http://kantaris.org/
QuickTime; http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
UMPlayer; http://www.umplayer.com/
VLC Player; http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
WINAMP; http://www.winamp.com/
Zune; http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/s…ad/default.htm Offline installer;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e…displaylang=en
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a) Media Centers*
Ashampoo ClipFinder HD- Online video finder/viewer;https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/…-ClipFinder-HD
Boxee; http://www.boxee.tv/
Hulu-desktop; http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop
MediaPortal; http://www.team-mediaportal.com/
XBMC- player and media center app.;http://xbmc.org/about/
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18) Remote access and remote support;
TeamViewer;http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/index.aspx
Join.me; https://join.me/
LogMeIn; http://help.logmein.com/SelfServiceDownloads
Mikogo; http://www.mikogo.com/product/what-is-mikogo/
UltraVNC; http://www.uvnc.com/
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19) System Tools;
Advanced SystemCare Free (all-in-one);http://www.iobit.com/advancedsystemcareper.html
Auslogics Registry Cleaner;http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/
CCEnhancer (advanced users-works with CCleaner-not a Piriform product);http://thewebatom.net/software/ccenhancer/
Belarc Advisor;(detailed system report)http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
EasyBCD; http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
GLARY All-In-One; http://www.glaryutilities.com/
Hiren’s BootCD; http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/
Inno Setup (installer);http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
Kiwi-program monitor/tweak;http://drinkprog.com/kiwi/
MGA Diagnostic tool; http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012
.NET Framework- All versions;http://www.askvg.com/what-is-microso…rsions-inside/
NetTraffic; http://venea.net/link/nettraffic
Process Explorer; http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s…rnals/bb896653
pserv (pserv.cpl replacement); http://p-nand-q.com/gtools/pserv3.html
Speccy; http://www.piriform.com/speccy
System Nucleus-tweak and monitor;http://www.spencerberus.com/projects.aspx
TCPView; http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s…rnals/bb897437
TweakNow PowerPack;http://tweaknow.com/powerPack.php
TweakUI for XP;http://download.cnet.com/Tweak-UI/30…-10002117.html
Ultimate Windows Tweaker;http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultima…ista#more-1957
Unlocker; http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/
Unknown Device Identifier;http://www.zhangduo.com/udi.html
WinMend Auto Shutdown;http://www.winmend.com/auto-shutdown/
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a) Defragmentation*
Auslogics Defrag;http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/
Defraggler; http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
MyDefrag; http://www.mydefrag.com/
O&O Defrag; http://www.oo-software.com/free/en/
Puran Defrag; http://www.puransoftware.com/index.html
Smart Defrag; http://download.cnet.com/Smart-Defra…nt;contentMain
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b) Disk Utilities*
Active KillDisc; http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm
CCLeaner (full function drive wiper);http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download
CrystalDiskInfo-HDD/SSD utility;http://crystalmark.info/software/Cry…o/index-e.html
DBAN; http://www.dban.org/about
EaseUS Partition Master; http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
HDD OEM Diagnostics Tools and Utilities;http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287#conner
HDDScan; http://hddscan.com/
GParted; http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
HotSwap! http://mt-naka.com/hotswap/index_enu.htm
HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool;http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk…-10974082.html
MiniTool Partition Wizardhttp://www.partitionwizard.com/
NoDrives Manager (hide windows drives);http://nodrvman.sourceforge.net/
WinToFlash- AIO USB Install Tool;http://wintoflash.com/home/en/
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c) DOCKS for Windows*
ObjectDock; http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/…+1 
Nexus by Winstep; http://www.winstep.net/index.asp
XWindows Dock http://xwdock.aqua-soft.org/
Ultimate Docks collection;http://www.askvg.com/ultimate-collec…s-for-windows/
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d) Driver tools*
Double Driver; View, backup and restore Windows drivers.http://www.boozet.org/download.htm
Driver Genius-Driver backup tool; Free to try (Drivers download disabled) http://www.driver-soft.com/
Driver Magician; http://www.drivermagician.com/Lite.htm
DriverMax; (requires free registration for full features)http://www.drivermax.com/index.htm
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e) File Splitter*
FFSJ-file splitter/joiner;http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~hoangle/filesj/
Free File Splitter; http://www.filesplitter.org/
GSplit; http://www.gdgsoft.com/gsplit/index.aspx
HJsplit; http://www.hjsplit.org/
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f) Password Managers*
KeePass Password Safe; http://keepass.info/
LastPass; https://lastpass.com/
Password Safe; http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/
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g) Shell Extensions*
Link Shell Extension; http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinks…kshellext.html
Open++ (context menu);http://download.cnet.com/Open/3000-2094_4-10743609.html
Path Copy Copy; http://pathcopycopy.codeplex.com/
SKTimeStamp;http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/SKTimeStamp.html
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h) Startup Managers*
Autoruns for Windows (startup manager);http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s…rnals/bb963902
BootVis (XP startup manager);http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664
Mike Lin’s Startup Control Panel;http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Starter; http://codestuff.tripod.com/products_starter.html
Startup Delayer;http://www.r2.com.au/page/products/show/startdelay
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i) Uninstallers*
IObit Uninstaller;http://www.iobit.com/advanceduninstaller.html
Revo Uninstaller free version;http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_…_download.html
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j) Virtualization*
Paragon GO Virtual; http://www.paragon-software.com/home/go-virtual/
VirtualBox; http://www.virtualbox.org/
Virtual PC/XP Mode; Windows 7 Pro & Ult. only-http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/
DIRECT XP mode software >>
1. Windows Virtual PC Direct Download Links :Windows Virtual PC Direct Download (32bit)
Windows Virtual PC Direct Download (64bit)
2. Windows XP Mode Direct Download Links :Windows XP Mode
3. Patch KB977206 Direct Download Links :Patch KB977206 (32bit)
Patch KB977206 (64bit)
VMware software trial evaluation;https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=default
VMware Player;http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
Easy VMX-Create virtual machines for VMware Player on the Web; http://www.easyvmx.com/
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20) Video Downloaders and Converters;
Any Video Converter; http://www.any-video-converter.com/p…or_video_free/
CamStudio; http://camstudio.org/
Freemake Video Downloader(40+ sites support);http://www.freemake.com/free_video_downloader/
Freemake Video Converter (200+ Input Formats);http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/
Format Factory (audio & video converter);http://www.formatoz.com/
Hamster Free Video Converter;http://videoconverter.hamstersoft.com/en/
Handbrake; http://handbrake.fr/
iMedia Converter; http://www.iskysoft.com/imedia-converter-windows.html
MediaCoder; http://www.mediacoderhq.com/
Orbit Downloader; http://www.orbitdownloader.com/
VideoCacheView (video downloader from web cache);http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/video_cache_view.html
WinX DVD Ripper; http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper/
Y-Mule; http://www.y-mule.com/
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21) Other apps.
AAClr (auto aero colors);http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/AAClr.html
BExplorer; http://bexplorer.codeplex.com/
Battery Bar; http://osirisdevelopment.com/BatteryBar/
DOSBox- DOS emulator;http://www.dosbox.com/information.php?page=0
FreeFileSync; http://freefilesync.sourceforge.net/index.php
FREEOPENER (multi-file opener/player);http://www.freeopener.com/
GameSave Manager; http://gsm.duncsweb.com/
MonPwr; (system shutdown/power management)http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/…s/MonPwr.shtml
Mozilla Thunderbird-multiple email client;http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
Path Copy; http://download.cnet.com/Path-Copy/3…4-1487176.html
SaveGameBackup.net; http://savegamebackup.net/forum/
Skype; http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home
TeraCopy; (faster copier)http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
Tweaks.com Logon Changer for Windows 7;http://tweaks.com/software/tweakslogon/
World Clock;http://www.wimsprograms.com/programs.html#wclock30
UNetbootin-Linux; http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
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Our DATA is always most important.
A couple options below are not FREE, but for their low cost, they are well worth it…!

Backup, Backup, Backup…
22) Data backup Only;

FREE 25GB Windows cloud file share/storage
Live SkyDrive; http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w…e-file-storage

Free data backup (up to 2GB)
Availability from anywhere-sync and sharing
Pro 50 (50GB max.) for $9.99 a month
Dropbox; http://www.dropbox.com/
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Free data backup (up to 2GB) 
Simple online backup for only $5.99 a month (up to 50GB max.)
MOZY; https://mozy.com/home/
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Paid- Continuous, auto backup and 24/7 secure and encrypted.
Access to your files from any PC in the world for less than $5 a month.
Unlimited storage. 15 day risk-free trial…
Carbonite; http://www.carbonite.com/
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23) Image and Data backup;
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FREE Backup
Comodo Backup; http://www.comodo.com/home/data-stor…odo-backup.php
EaseUS Todo Backup Home; http://www.todo-backup.com/products/…p-software.htm
GFI Backup 2011; http://www.gfi.com/pages/backup-freeware.asp
Macrium Reflect (free version imaging only);http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
Paragon Backup and Recovery 2011;http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/
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PAID backup
Acronis True Image; http://www.acronis.com/
Norton Ghost; http://us.norton.com/ghost/
If you have a new popular program, or one I have missed,
and would like me to add it to this list, let me know…
I will try to add it while also keeping this list a manageable size.
If you have a more popular app for the 2 categories below, than what is already listed,
please let me know. These 2 categories are temporarily closed until then. Thanks.
Most popular ones are well covered…
1) Anti-Virus/Security;
15) Malware detection and removal;
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