Here's an abbreviated list of popular freeware programs that I keep up to
date, and periodically email to my friends. I do know that all of these
run under MS Windows, and some versions run under other OS platforms:

Free anti virus:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Free fire walls:
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Free anti spyware etc:
http://www.spybot.info/en/download/
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html
http://www.superantispyware.com/down...NTISPYWAREFREE
http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ie.html
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
http://www.funkytoad.com/download/HostsXpert.zip
http://www.ccleaner.com

Free news readers:
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
http://xnews.newsguy.com/

Free public news servers:
http://www.newzbot.com/

Free news filters:
http://www.nfilter.org/
http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/...amster_de.html

Free mail filters:
http://sawin32.sourceforge.net/

Free word processors, spreadsheets, etc.:
http://download.openoffice.org/2.2.1...focus=download

Free bibles and bible translations:
http://www.onlinebible.net/downloads.html

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