Probably the most popular freeware cleaner
globally with over 1 billion downloads since its launch in 2003. Piriform’s
CCleaner is a quick and easy to use program which makes your computer faster,
more secure and more reliable. CCleaner removes cookies, temporary files and
various other unused data that clogs up your operating system. This frees up
valuable hard disk space allowing your system to run faster. Removing this data
also protects your anonymity meaning you can browse online more securely. The built
in Registry Cleaner fixes errors and broken settings to make your computer more
stable. The simple, intuitive UI and rapid but powerful cleaning make CCleaner
a favorite among novices and techies alike. Professional, Network, Business and
Technician Editions of CCleaner are also available for serious users.
Features:
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Very small size.
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Installs quickly.
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Very easy to use.
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Less crashes and no system errors.
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More secure browsing.
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Customizable cleaning.
Technical Specifications:
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Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista /
Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64.
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Languages: Multiple languages.
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License: Freeware.
2) Defraggler
Most defrag tools only allow you to defrag an
entire drive. Defraggler lets you specify one or more files, folders, or the
whole drive to defragment. When Defraggler reads or writes a file, it uses the
exact same techniques that Windows uses. Using Defraggler is just as safe for
your files as using Windows. At a glance, you can see how fragmented your hard
drive is. Defraggler's drive map shows you blocks that are empty, not
fragmented, or needing defragmentation.
Features:
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Give your hard drive a quick touch-up with Quick
Defrag.
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Organizes empty disk space to further prevent
fragmentation.
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Defragment while you sleep - and wake up with a
faster PC. Set Defraggler to run daily, weekly or monthly.
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Full Windows OS and Multi-lingual support.
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Boot time defrag of system files.
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Supports 37 major languages.
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Makes computer faster.
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Customizable defragmentation.
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Installs quickly and easy to use.
Technical Specifications:
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Requirements: Windows XP / Vista / Windows7 /
XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64.
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Languages: Multiple languages
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License: Freeware
3) Recuva.
Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a
freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted
from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as
images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera
memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been
deleted from your iPod, or by bugs, crashes and viruses!
Features:
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Simple to use interface - just click 'Scan' and
choose the files you want to recover.
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Easy to use filter for results based on file
name/type.
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Simple Windows like interface with List and Tree
view.
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Can be run from a USB thumb drive.
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Restores all types of files, office documents,
images, video, music, email, anything.
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Supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, NTFS5
, NTFS + EFS file systems
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Restores files from removable media (SmartMedia,
Secure Digital, MemoryStick, Digital cameras, Floppy disks, Jaz Disks, Sony
Memory Sticks, Compact Flash cards, Smart Media Cards, Secure Digital Cards,
etc.)
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Restores files from external ZIP drives,
Firewire and USB Hard drives.
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It's fast, tiny and takes seconds to run!
Technical Specifications:
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File size: 3.90MB (4,092,088 bytes)
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Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows7
/ XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
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Languages: Multiple languages
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License: Freeware
4) Speccy.
Speccy will give you detailed statistics on
every piece of hardware in your computer. Including CPU, Motherboard, RAM,
Graphics Cards, Hard Disks, Optical Drives, Audio support. Additionally Speccy
adds the temperatures of your different components, so you can easily see if
there's a problem!
Features:
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User friendly and small in size.
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Processor brand and model.
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Hard drive size and speed.
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Amount of memory (RAM).
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Graphics card.
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Operating system.
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If you need to add more memory to your system,
for example, you can check how many memory slots your computer has and what
memory's already installed. Then you can go out and buy the right type of
memory to add on or replace what you've already got.
Technical Specifications:
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Requirements: Windows XP / Vista / Windows7 /
XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
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Languages: Multiple languages
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License: Freeware
5) IZArc
IZArc is a freeware archive utility supporting
many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA,
C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH,
MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR,
XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO.
If you need to send large files to your
colleagues, friends or customers who may not have archiving tool you can easily
create self-extracting archive that can be extracted by simple double click.
IZArc can be configured to run your preferred Anti-Virus scanner when you open
any archives. It also supports 256-bit AES encryption to secure your data.
Features:
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It has a modern easy-to-use interface.
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It is better than WinRAR and WinZip, which are
actually Shareware Softwares.
·
It provides support for most compressed and
encoded files.
·
It allows you to drag and drop files from and to
Windows Explorer.
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Create and extract archives directly in Windows
Explorer.
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Create multiple archives spanning disks.
·
Create self-extracting archives.
·
Repair damaged zip archives.
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Converting from one archive type to another.
·
View and write comments and many more.
·
IZArc has also build-in Multilanguage support.
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It supports all versions of windows.
Technical Specifications:
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Requirements: Windows (All Versions)
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Languages: Multiple languages
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License: Freeware
6) Foxit Reader
Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer,
with incredible small size, breezing-fast launch speed and rich feature set.
Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7.
Features:
·
Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit
Reader is just a fraction of Acrobat Reader 50 M size.
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Breezing-fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it
launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying
splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc.
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Annotation tool: Have you ever wished to
annotate (or comment on) a PDF document when you are reading it? Foxit Reader
allows you to draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF
document and then print out or save the annotated document.
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Text converter: You may convert the whole PDF
document into a simple text file.
·
High security and privacy: Foxit Reader highly
respects the security and privacy of users and will never connect to the
Internet without users' permission. While other PDF readers often silently
connect to the Internet in the background.
·
Foxit PDF Reader does not contain any spyware.
Technical Specifications:
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Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista /
Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
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Languages: en-US
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License: Non-Commercial Freeware
7) Notepad ++
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and
Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows
environment, its use is governed by GPL License. Based on a powerful editing
component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and
STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size.
By optimizing as many routines as possible
without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world
carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down
and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.
Features:
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Highly User friendly.
·
Consumes less power than other editors.
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Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding.
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WYSIWYG.
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User Defined Syntax Highlighting.
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Auto-completion.
·
Multi-Document.
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Multi-View.
·
Regular Expression Search/Replace supported.
·
Full Drag 'N' Drop supported.
·
Dynamic position of Views.
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File Status Auto-detection.
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Zoom in and zoom out.
·
Multi-Language environment supported.
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Bookmark.
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Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting.
·
Macro recording and playback.
·
Many Add-ons to download from the website.
Technical Specifications:
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Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista /
Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
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Languages: Multiple languages
·
License: Open Source
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Author: Notepad++. notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
8) VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player is the most popular and robust
multi format, free media player available. The open source media player was
publically released in 2001 by non-profit organization VideoLAN Project. VLC
Media Player quickly became very popular thanks to its versatile multi-format
playback capabilities. It was aided by compatibility and codec issues which
rendered competitor media players like QuickTime, Windows and Real Media Player
useless to many popular video and music file formats. The easy, basic UI and
huge array of customization options have enforced VLC Media Player’s position
at the top of the free media players.
Features:
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VLC plays almost any video or music file format
you can find. VLC can play MPEG, AVI, RMBV, FLV, QuickTime, WMV, MP4 and a shed
load of other media file formats.
·
Not only can VLC Media Player handle loads of
different formats, VLC can also playback partial or incomplete media files so
you can preview downloads before they finish.
·
VLC is extremely easy to use. Simply drag and
drop files to play or open those using files and folders.
·
Use the classic media navigation buttons to
play, pause, stop, skip, edit playback speed, change the volume, brightness,
etc.
·
A huge variety of skins and customization
options mean the standard appearance shouldn’t be enough to prevent you
choosing VLC as your default media player.
·
Advanced options are also available for the
professionals.
·
Like you can play with synchronization settings
including a graphic equalizer with multiple pre-sets, overlays, special
effects, AtmoLight video effects, audio spatializer and customizable range
compression settings.
·
You can even add subtitles to videos by adding
the SRT file to the video’s folder or just drag and drop the SRT file.
·
VLC Media Player is quite simply the most
versatile, stable and high quality free media player available.
Technical Specifications:
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Requirements: Windows XP / Vista / Windows7 /
Windows8.
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Languages: Multiple languages.
·
License: Open Source.
9) PhotoScape
Looking for a program to get a fast overview of
your photos and images with simple ways to optimize them? Than Photoscape is
for you! The tool offers the beginner everything they need to organize and edit
their digital images.
Features:
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It is a best Photo Editor for beginners.
·
Photoscape has functions to clone, crop, sharpen
and decolor as well as settings for contrast, levels, vignetting.
·
Several templates allow to easily arrange photos
on a page which can then be saved as a final image or be printed on paper.
·
Photoscape also includes capabilities for
red-eye removal, batch editing (file names and image settings), converting
camera RAW files, taking screenshots and generating GIFs, where several
individual images can be combined to an animated GIF.
·
PhotoScape includes Batch Editor, Photo
Combiner, Raw Converter, Photo Splitter, Screen Capture, Color Picker and many
other cool features.
Technical Specifications:
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Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista /
Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
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Languages: Multiple languages.
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License: Freeware.
10) Revo Uninstaller
Revo Uninstaller is an uninstaller for
Microsoft Windows. It is developed by VS Revo Group. It uninstalls programs and
additionally removes any files and Windows registry entries left behind by the
program's uninstaller or by the Windows uninstall function.
Revo Uninstaller first runs the selected
program's built-in uninstaller, then searches and removes associated files and
registry entries that the uninstaller may not have removed from the user's
drive.
Features:
Revo Uninstaller also cleans out:
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Files in the temporary folder.
·
Entries in the Windows start-up applications
folder.
·
Browser history and cache of Internet Explorer,
Firefox, Opera and Netscape.
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The recently opened file list in Microsoft
Office applications.
·
Revo Uninstaller can also irrecoverably delete
files.
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A portable version is available that can be run
without installing onto or modifying the system, in particular from external
storage media such as USB and network drives.
·
It also includes junk files cleaner, autorun
manager, browser cleaner, MS Office cleaner, windows cleaner, evidence remover
and unrecoverable delete.
·
It has a unique feature called Hunter Mode which
gives you a flexibility to uninstall applications with one click (stop or
delete) by simply dragging and dropping program icons to the Hunter icon.
Technical Specifications:
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Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista /
Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
·
Languages: Multiple languages
·
License: Freeware & Shareware.
11) TeraCopy
TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy
and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user a lot of
features.
Features:
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Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically
adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file
transfer between two physical hard drives.
·
Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy
process at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single
click.
·
Error recovery. In case of copy error, TeraCopy
will try several times and in the worst case just skips the file, not
terminating the entire transfer.
·
Interactive file list. TeraCopy shows failed
file transfers and lets you fix the problem and recopy only problem files.
·
Shell integration. TeraCopy can completely
replace Explorer copy and move functions, allowing you work with files as
usual.
·
Full Unicode support.
·
User friendly.
Technical Specifications:
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Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista /
Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
·
Languages: Multiple languages
·
License: Freeware
12) Unlocker
If you've ever been unable to delete a file in
Windows, and can't figure out what program's using it, Unlocker is the
solution.
Features:
Have you ever seen these Windows error
messages?
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Cannot delete folder: It is being used by
another person or program
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Cannot delete file: Access is denied
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There has been a sharing violation.
·
The source or destination file may be in use.
·
The file is in use by another program or user.
·
Make sure the disk is not full or
write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.
Unlocker can help! Simply right-click the
folder or file and select Unlocker. If the folder or file is locked, a window
listing of lockers will appear. Simply click Unlock All and you are done!
Technical Specifications:
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Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista /
Windows7 / Windows8
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Languages: Multiple languages
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License: Freeware
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Author: Unlocker, unlocker.emptyloop.com.
12) TweakUI
Tweak UI is a free user interface customization
application. It provides a simple graphical user interface for performing
tweaks that otherwise would require editing the registry.
Features:
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Tweak UI allows you to customize the user
interface of the Windows operating system.
·
Users with older, slower computers can turn off
many aspects of the operating system's eye candy, such as fading menus, drop
shadows, and cursor shadows.
·
Tweak UI also includes numerous features to
customize the way the interface works, such as the taskbar and the desktop.
·
The application also enables you to move the
location of their Documents, Music and Pictures folders, as well as other
system folders.
·
It also includes various tools to repair
elements of the operating system, such as icons, hot keys, the font folder, and
file extension associations.
·
It can be used to disable AutoPlay on one or
more drives as well.
Note: Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service
Pack 1 or Windows Server 2003. And it does not supports higher version of
windows.
Technical Specifications:
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Requirements: Windows XP Only.
·
Languages: en-US
·
License: Freeware
13) Torch Web Browser
Torch Browser is a freeware Chromium-based web
browser and Internet suite developed by Torch Media. The browser handles common
Internet-related tasks such as displaying websites, sharing websites via social
networks, downloading torrents, accelerating downloads and grabbing online
media, all directly from the browser.
On June 18, 2013, Torch announced that it had
surpassed 10 million active users.
Features:
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Torch Browser is commercial freeware.
·
Torch web browser supports built-in torrent
compatibilities allows users to download torrent files.
·
Drag and drop feature - to search and share
videos, links, and photos in one-click.
·
Video Grabber – save media files in a click with
an embedded media grabber. It includes the ability to download Instagram and
Vine videos in a single click. Torch's ability to download Instagram videos was
featured on CNET's Tekzilla Daily.
·
Users can directly share sites, videos, audio and
search results with their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
·
It includes an integrated download accelerator,
which increases download speed up to 3X compared to other browsers.
·
Introduced Torch Music, a free social music
discovery service that organizes music videos available on YouTube in a
user-friendly interface. Users can easily find and stream music videos, create
playlists, and follow their Facebook friends’ musical choices. Torch Music is
integrated directly into Torch Browser, which includes an embedded controller
to control music from any browser tab.
·
It has introduced a new feature for Facebook
users called facelift which lets users change the colors of the Facebook page,
Color changer, change the background, change the font size and color, photo pop
to show or enlarge photos quickly, photo rounder to round the corners of
profile images and last but not least it also has a feature for theme sharing.
·
Perfect web browser for social networking users.
14) Mozilla Thunderbird
Thunderbird is a great email client from the
same people who brought you the Firefox browser. And it is the best email
client on the globe.
Thunderbird gives you IMAP/POP support, a
built-in RSS reader, support for HTML mail, powerful quick search, saved search
folders, advanced message filtering, message grouping, labels, return receipts,
smart address book LDAP address completion, import tools, and the ability to
manage multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts.
Features:
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Tabbed email.
·
An Archive feature similar to the one in Gmail.
·
Lightning fast search.
·
Smart folders.
·
Built-in RSS Reader.
·
Address book.
·
Manages multiple email clients and newsgroup
accounts.
Technical Specifications:
·
Requirements: Windows XP / Vista / Windows7 /
XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
·
Languages: en-US
·
License: Open Source
15) EaseUS Partition Master
As Partition Magic alternative, EASEUS
Partition Master Home Edition is a FREE ALL-IN-ONE partition solution and disk
management utility. It allows you to extend partition (especially for system
drive), manage disk space easily, and settle low disk space problem on MBR and
GUID partition table (GPT) disk.
Features:
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Free partition manager.
·
User- friendly.
·
Resize/Move partition.
·
Extend system drive.
·
Copy disk & partition.
·
Merge partition.
·
Split partition.
·
Redistribute free space.
·
Convert dynamic disk.
·
Recover partition.
Technical Specifications:
·
Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista /
Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
·
Languages: en-US
·
License: Freeware
·
Date added: December 12, 2013
16) uTorrent
µTorrent is the most popular BitTorrent client
outside of China. It is a small, yet feature-filled package. µTorrent has a
large feature set, holds strong performance, remains stable and has support for
older hardware and different versions of Windows.
The features which are present in other
BitTorrent clients are here in µTorrent, including scheduling, bandwidth
prioritization, RSS auto-downloading and compatibility with BitComet-Mainline
DHT. µTorrent also supports peer exchange and the Protocol Encryption joint
specification (compatible with Vuze / Azureus 2.4.0.0 and above and BitComet
0.63 and above).
Features:
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Very small size as compared to other BitTorrent
clients.
·
Very easy to install and extremely user
friendly.
·
BitTorrent Labs icon to the status bar.
·
Help menu items for bundle and BitTorrent Labs.
·
Change logging in settings to remove OpenX.
·
Keyboard shortcut to refresh ads now.
·
Overlay image when "i" is hovered
over.
·
Custom PDD.
·
Teredo Tunneling / IPv6 support.
·
UPnP support for all versions of Windows.
·
Peer exchange.
·
Protocol Encryption.
·
Create your own torrent as you like.
·
µTorrent incorporates localization support and
has language support; therefore it will automatically change to your system
language.
·
It is designed to use only minimal resources,
yet still offering the functionality comparable to larger BitTorrent clients.
·
µTorrent is very user-friendly.
·
The program updates are not scheduled and are
only released when thoroughly tested.
·
This product is available for all major releases
of Windows.
·
µTorrent provides high quality service in a tiny
package.
·
Requirements: Windows (All Versions)
·
Languages: en-US
·
License: Freeware
·
Date added: January 20, 2014
17) Free Download Manager
Free Download Manager is a powerful,
easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. Moreover, FDM
is 100% safe, open-source software distributed under GPL license.
Features:
·
Easy to use and user friendly.
·
BitTorrent support.
·
Upload Manager.
·
Flash video downloading.
·
Portable (USB stick) mode.
·
Audio/video file preview and conversion.
·
Download acceleration.
·
Resume broken downloads.
·
Smart file management and powerful scheduler.
·
Adjust traffic usage.
·
HTML Spider: Download whole web pages or even
whole web sites with HTML Spider.
·
Simultaneous downloading from several mirrors.
·
Zip files partial download.
·
Active spyware and adware protection through
active communication among users.
·
Multi language support.
·
Plus many more features!
Technical Specifications:
·
Requirements: Windows 9x / 2000 / XP / Vista /
Windows7 / Windows8.
·
Languages: Multiple languages.
·
License: Open Source.
18) Freemake Video Downloader
It is the best and free downloader available on
the internet. Download any video from thousands websites! From
YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Veoh, Dailymotion and 10,000+ sites. Download MP3
from YouTube, convert any online video to AVI, MKV, MP3, iPhone, iPod, PSP,
Android.
Features:
·
Download videos from 10,000+ websites including From
YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Veoh, Dailymotion and others.
·
Download videos from Adult websites too.
·
Download Adult videos as hidden.
·
Resumes downloading.
·
Minimizes to taskbar.
·
Resource friendly.
·
Very easy to use.
·
One click button to download videos.
·
It can download videos to any quality (4K,
1080P, 720P, 480P, 3GP etc.)
Technical Specifications:
·
Requirements: Windows XP / Vista / Windows7 /
XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
·
Languages: Multiple languages
·
License: Freeware
Note: You’ll need .NET Framework 4.0 Client
Profile to install and run this.
19) Freemake Video Converter
Freemake offers free program for video
converting - developed as alternative to popular paid software. “Free, easy and
of high quality” are the fundamental principles of Freemake.
Features:
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Convert video free to AVI, MP4, WMV, MKV, SWF,
3GP, DVD, MPEG, MP3, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Android.
·
Rip & burn DVD, burn Blu-ray.
·
Convert online videos directly from 40+ sites.
·
Upload Videos to YouTube with our free video
converter!
·
Requirements: Windows XP / Vista / Windows7 /
XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
·
Languages: Multiple languages
·
License: Freeware
