Here's an updated short list of popular freeware programs that I use, and
try to keep up to date. Maybe not the best, but they are all free, and none
of my Windows PC's have had any problems or conflicts with using these.

Free anti virus:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff

Free download managers:
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm

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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