This will be a growing list of free software I have used over the years. I am just adding the names for now and will come back and add links with a little more information when I get time.
Mozilla Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Mozilla Thunderbird - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
Mozilla Lightning - http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/
OpenOffice - http://www.openoffice.org/
Picasa - http://picasa.google.com/
Filezilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
DVD Shrink - http://www.dvdshrink.org/
DVD Decrypter - http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/
µTorrent - http://www.utorrent.com/
Joost - http://www.joost.com/
Virtualbox - http://www.virtualbox.org/
Foxit Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
WinDirStat - http://windirstat.info/
Belarc Advisor - www.belarc.com/free.download.html
Unlocker - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker
ExplorerXP - www.explorerxp.com
Drive Key Boot Utility - http://tinyurl.com/kaytz
BartPE - www.nu2.nu/pebuilder
nLite - www.nliteos.com
MWSnap - http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
Paint.NET - http://www.getpaint.net/
Networking Tools
Spiceworks - http://www.spiceworks.com/
NMap - http://insecure.org/nmap/
CrossLoop - http://www.crossloop.com
RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/
UltraVNC - http://www.uvnc.com/
Secunia PSI - https://psi.secunia.com/
Security
AVG Anti Virus, Anti Spyware, and Anti Rootkit - http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
Avast Anti Virus - http://www.avast.com/eng/free_software.html
ClamWin Anti Virus - http://www.clamwin.com/
eEye Blink - http://www.eeye.com/html/index.html
A-Squared - www.emisisoft.com/en/software/free/
HijackThis - www.merijn.org
Windows Defender - www.microsoft.com
Blacklight - www.f-secure.com/blacklight
TrueCrypt - www.truecrypt.org
PC Cleaning
CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com/
Glary Utilities - http://www.glarysoft.com/gu.html
PC Decrapifier - http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/download
Internet Speed Testing
Speakeasy - http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Internet Frog - http://www.internetfrog.com/mypc/speedtest/
DSL Reports - http://www.dslreports.com/stest
TestMy.Net - http://testmy.net/
SpeedTest.net - http://www.speedtest.net/
Other
File Shredder - www.handybits.com/shredder
SpeedFan - www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Notebook Hardware Control - www.pbus-167.com/nhc/nhc.htm
Taskbar Shuffle - http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm
allSnap - http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~iheckman/allsnap/
