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ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.91.2

Freeware

One of only a handful of free antivirus tools for Windows, the most popular of which is AVG Antivirus. It's based on the Clam Antivirus engine which, like ClamWin, uses the GNU General Public Licence making it open source software.

Requires: Windows 2000 or XP

Comodo BOClean 4.25

Freeware

Antivirus software frequently fails to detect, and more often fails to effectively clean most malware. BOClean runs automatically in the background without interfering with your work and kills malwares INSTANTLY the moment they activate without giving them the chance to invade your machine. Secure your machine before it's too late.

Requires: Windows 2000 or XP

EditPad Lite 6.3.1

Freeware

Test editor that contains more functionality than Notepad, but certainly couldn't be described as a word processor. It supports a number of Unicode formats, enables you to open both Windows (CR+LF) and Mac (CR only) text formatted documents. It supports multi-tab documents, so you can open and compare previous work and unlimited undo/redo option.

Requires: Windows 98SE, 2000, Me, XP or Vista

Comodo AntiVirus 2 beta

Freeware

Developed by one of the worldÆs leading IT security providers, Comodo AntiVirus 2 beta leverages multiple technologies to immediately start cleaning or quarantining suspicious files from your hard drives, shared disks, emails, downloads and memory.

Requires: Windows 2000 or XP

DownthemAll 1.0 beta 1

Freeware

Firefox extension that enables you to download everything from a web site with one click. You can choose to download links on a web page, automatically. You could simply select the pages you want to download from and then DownTheAll 1.0 will go through the links and download the files. DownThemAll 1.0 is still in beta form so there may still be a few bugs.

Requires: Windows 2000 or XP

Eraser 5.84

Freeware

Advanced security that enables you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Most people have some data that they would rather not share with others - passwords, personal information, classified documents from work, financial records, self-written poems, the list can be continued forever.

Requires: Windows 98SE, 2000, Me. XP or Vista