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Help2Go Recommended Software

Written by Oscar Sodani

Monday, 16 February 2004

The Help2Go community has compiled a list of software that we recommend for various tasks. Many of these are free to use or free to try, but for those tasks where commercial software is the best, we have tried to also provide a free alternative.

We also have a "keep an eye on" category, where we list software that is not yet 100% ready, but with improvement may be the best in class in the upcoming months.

This is a "living" document. Please post your comments or suggestions by following this link and let us know what you think should be included on this list.

Essential Software

Operating System: Windows XP ($)

Web Browser: Mozilla (free); Firefox (free)
Keep an eye on: MyIE2 (free)

Web Browser Tools: Mozilla Suite (free)

E-mail Program: Mozilla (free) ; Eudora (free or $)
Keep an eye on: Thunderbird (free)

Instant Messaging: Trillian Basic (free) ; GAIM (free) ; Trillian Pro ($)

Office Suite: Microsoft Office XP ($) ; OpenOffice.org (free) Star Office from Google (free); for Mac users NeoOffice (free)

Adobe Reader: Adobe Reader (free)

Anti-Virus/Spyware Software

Anti-Virus Software: AVG (free) ; Avast (free);
Spyware Removal: Spybot Search & Destroy (free) ; Ad-aware (free)

Spyware Prevention: Spyware Blaster (free) ; Spyware Guard (free)

BHO Protection: BHODemon (free)

Hijack Detection: HijackThis (free)

Application Software

Text Editor: SciTE (free)

Web Design Software: Dreamweaver MX ($) ; Mozilla (free)

Web Authoring System : Nvu

Media Software

DVD Playback: Zoom Player Standard (free) ; Zoom Player Professional ($)

Music Jukebox: iTunes (free)

Media Player: Zoom Player (free)

Image Viewer: Irfanview (free)

Photo Editing Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 ($)

Home Theater Software: myHTPC (free trial)

CD/DVD Utilities

CD & DVD Burning Software: Nero ($)

DVD Backup: DVD Shrink (free)

CD->MP3 Utility: CDex ripper (free)

DVD Decoder: DVD43Free (free)

Other Utilities

Privacy Software: Window Washer ($) ; Eraser (free)

System Information Tool: Belarc (free) ; Aida32 (free)

FTP Program: FileZilla (free) ; SmartFTP (free)

Unzip Utility: ZipGenius (free) ; WinZip (free/$)

Font Viewer/Manager: X-Fonter (free)

Unit Conversion: Versaverter (free)

World Clock: WorldTime (free)

Windows Automation: Girder ($)

Download Manager: Fresh Download (free)

Internet Explorer Spell Checker: ieSpell (free) ; Microspell (free)

Remote Control your PC: RealVNC (free)

File Recovery: PC Inspector (free)

Adobe Reader Speedup: Adobe Reader Speedup (free)

Registry Cleaner: Easy Cleaner (free); ccleaner (free)

E-Mail Filtering: K9 (free)

Automated Updater: BigFix (free)

Pop-Up Stopper: Pop-up Stopper (free)

For older versions of software: OldVersion (free)

File recovery program: PC Inspector (free)

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