Top 10 Freeware - February 2009

Top 10 Freeware
(February 2009)

Programs listed alphabetically

AutoHotkey
Version 1.0.48, release date: February 25, 2009
AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. With it, you can:
- Automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. You can write a mouse or keyboard macro by hand or use the macro recorder.
- Create hotkeys for keyboard, joystick, and mouse. Virtually any key, button, or combination can become a hotkey.
- Expand abbreviations as you type them. For example, typing 'btw' can automatically produce 'by the way'.
- Create custom data-entry forms, user interfaces, and menu bars.
- Remap keys and buttons on your keyboard, joystick, and mouse.
- Respond to signals from hand-held remote controls via the WinLIRC client script.
- Run existing AutoIt v2 scripts and enhance them with new capabilities.
- Convert any script into an EXE file that can be run on computers that don't have AutoHotkey installed.
Download (1.94 MB)

Avidemux
Version 2.4.4, release date: February 7, 2009
Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.
Screenshot | Download (12.6 MB)

Comodo System Cleaner
Version 1.1.63928.28, release date: February 10, 2009
Comodo System Cleaner (CSC) is the world's first cleaner to harness the power of 100% safe cleaning. It utilizes the revolutionary innovation of SafeDelete, a feature that allows users to safely recover any files deleted in error. This advancement eliminates risk from the process of PC cleaning. Because CSC is entirely risk-free, it can clean deeper and more thoroughly than any other cleaner available. Picture a messy room. It may be littered with trash, but it also contains your valued possessions. Your goal is obvious: get rid of the trash, keep your valuables. Now imagine you have an ultra-powerful vacuum to clean it. The vacuum will suck in anything in its path, and immediately chop it up in its strong blades. You might think twice about where to point this vacuum! Other cleaners have the same problem as this vacuum: good stuff gets obliterated the same as bad stuff. In an attempt to perform some much-needed system maintenance, you could wipe out files necessary to your PC's performance! Comodo System Cleaner has made this problem obsolete. In essence, it has taken the blades out of the vacuum. If CSC sucks in a valued possession, you can easily reach in and take it back out again. No harm done, and your computer keeps performing solidly. That's what we mean when we say it's 100% safe, and that's why it's the most powerful cleaner out there. Comodo System Cleaner's total elimination of risk means it can reach deep into your PC and fully destroy any space-wasting junk. We've taken this ground-breaking feature and applied it to every aspect of CSC: the registry cleaner, disk cleaner, privacy cleaner, and duplicate finder. Users will also have access to a staggering menu of Windows customization options, to make your system perform exactly as you desire. PC cleaning is a necessary maintenance task that can unfortunately be quite fear-inducing for the average computer user. Fear no longer: Comodo System Cleaner is here, and it's completely free. Happy cleaning!
Screenshot | Download (4.48 MB 32bit, 4.85 MB 64bit)

EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition
Version 3.0.2, release date: February 24, 2009
EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition is a FREE disk partitioning utility that offers a powerful range of functions such as resizing partitions, formatting partitions, copying partitions, creating new partitions, deleting partitions, hiding partitions, changing drive letters, setting active partitions, and a handful other functions.
What's more, the freeware works perfectly with hardware RAID and Windows 2000/XP/Vista (32 bit) Operating Systems. Your data is completely protected during all operations.
Screenshot | Download (7.94 MB)

FileZilla
Version 3.2.2.1, release date: February 21, 2009
FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.
Features:
Among others, the features of FileZilla include the following:
- Easy to use
- Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
- Cross-platform. Runs on Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and more
- IPv6 support
- Available in many languages
- Supports resume and transfer of large files >4GB
- Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue
- Bookmarks
- Drag & drop support
- Configurable transfer speed limits
- Filename filters
- Network configuration wizard
- Remote file editing
- Keep-alive
- HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support
- Logging to file.
Screenshot | Download (5586 kB zip)

JMathLib
Version 0.9.4, release date: February 22, 2009
JMathLib is used to evaluate complex mathematical expressions and display the results graphically. It can be used either interactively or to interpret script files (m-files). It is a clone of Matlab, Octave, FreeMat, Scilab but written 100% in java.
Screenshot | Download (3.9 MB)

PeaZip
Version 2.5.1, release date: February 26, 2009
OS-portable archiver (Windows, Linux). Features archive volume spanning, compression, authenticated encryption. Supports 7Z, 7-Zip sfx, ARJ, BZip2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, GZip, ISO, JAR, LHA, LZH, NSIS, OOo, PAQ, PEA, QUAD, RAR, RPM, split, TAR, Z, ZIP.
Screenshot | Download (4.8 MB)

PicPick
Version 1.8.0.3, release date: February 11, 2009
PicPick is an all-in-one software for software developers, graphic designers and home user.
It has an intuitive interface and simple, elegant operation. After starting the software, you simply select one of the tool from the PicPick Tools trayicon menu when you want.
It features a powerful capture tool, image editor, color picker, color palette, pixel ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and etc.
Screenshot | Download (853 kB zip)

SoftPerfect Network Scanner
Version 3.9.190, release date: February 28, 2009
SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner with a modern interface and several advanced features. It is intended for both system administrators and general users who are interested in computer security. The program pings computers, scans for listening TCP ports and displays which types of resources are shared on the network (including system and hidden).
In addition, it allows you to mount shared folders as network drives, browse them using Windows Explorer, filter the results list and more. SoftPerfect Network Scanner can also check for a user-defined port and report back if one is open. It can also resolve host names and auto-detect your local and external IP range. It supports remote shutdown and Wake-On-LAN.
FEATURES:
- Pings computers.
- Detects hardware (MAC) addresses even across routers.
- Detects hidden shared resources (normally invisible on the network) and write accessible shares.
- Scans for listening TCP ports and SNMP services.
- You can mount and explore network resources.
- Doesn't require administrative privileges.
- Supports Wake-On-LAN and remote shutdown.
Screenshot | Download (695 kB)

Spyware Terminator
Version 2.5.5, release date: February 17, 2009
Free Spyware Terminator provides effective real-time detection and removal of spyware and incoming threats on your computer. Reliable and user friendly, it's for personal and commercial use. Uses minimal PC resources and performs ultra fast scans of computer hard drives, memory, process and registry. Protect your computer, privacy and personal information!
Adware - you can UNCHECK adware (Web Security Guard Toolbar) at installation.
Screenshot | Download (632 kB)

January 2009