Best of the Best 2009



More than 150+ top rated and updated freeware applications of daily use. I bet you can't just miss one.

So, Here comes the list:

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Browsers and Plugins

Adobe Air 1.5 Adobe Systems Inc - 14.94MB (Freeware)
Avant Browser 11.7 Build 21 Avant Force - 1.93MB (Freeware)
Firefox 3.0.5 Mozilla Organization - 7.17MB (Open Source)
Flash Player Adobe Systems Inc - (Freeware)
-Flash Player 10.0.12.36 (IE)
-Flash Player 10.0.12.36 (Non-IE)
Flock 2.0.3 Flock - 11.95MB (Freeware)
Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 Google - 476KB (Open Source)
Google Desktop 5.8.809.23506 Google - 1.90MB (Freeware)
Google Toolbar 5.0.1112.7760 (IE) Beta Google - 1.27MB (Freeware)
Google Toolbar 5.0.2008.0919 (Firefox) Google - 1.43MB (Freeware)
Google Web Accelerator 0.2.70 Google - 1.55MB (Freeware)
Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 Microsoft Corporation - 15.94MB (Freeware)
K-Meleon 1.5.2 K-Meleon - 5.60MB (Open Source)
Maxthon 2.1.5.1250 Maxthon International Ltd - 5.33MB (Freeware)
Netscape 9.0.0.6 Netscape - 5.78MB (Freeware)
Opera 9.63 Opera Software - 6.43MB (Freeware)
Safari 3.2.1 Apple Inc - 19.70MB (Freeware)
SeaMonkey 1.1.14 Mozilla Organization - 12.43MB (Freeware)
Shockwave Player 11.0.3.471 Adobe Systems Inc - 9.08MB (Freeware)
Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2 Microsoft Corporation - 4.66MB (Freeware)
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File Sharing

Ares 2.1.1 Ares - 2.15MB (Open Source)
BearShare Lite 5.2.5 Free Peers Inc - 3.34MB (Freeware)
BitComet 0.99 BitComet.com - 5.10MB (Freeware)
Cabos 0.8.1 Cabos - 6.10MB (Open Source)
DC++ 0.7091 DC++ - 7.31MB (Open Source)
eMule 0.49b eMule Project - 3.08MB (Open Source)
FrostWire 4.17.2 FrostWire - 6.56MB (Open Source)
iMesh 8.0 iMesh - 9.32MB (Freeware)
LimeWire Basic 4.18.8 Lime Wire LLC - 4.67MB (Freeware)
Shareaza 2.4.0.0 Shareaza Development Team - 6.43MB (Open Source)
uTorrent 1.8.1 Build 12639 Ludvig Strigeus - 264KB (Freeware)
Vuze 4.0.0.4b Azureus - 9.35MB (Open Source)
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Messaging and Chat

AIM 6.8.14.6 America Online Inc - 12.82MB (Freeware)
Digsby Beta (build 45) dotSyntax - 4.33MB (Freeware)
Eudora 8.0.0 Beta 4 QUALCOMM Inc - 8.52MB (Freeware)
Gizmo Project 4.0.4.386 SIPphone Inc - 13.61MB (Freeware)
Google Talk 1.0.0.104 Beta Google - 1.53MB (Freeware)
ICQ 6.5.1005 ICQ Inc - 15.53MB (Freeware)
MailWasher 6.3 MailWasher - 6.71MB (Freeware)
Miranda 0.7.13 Miranda IM - 1.47MB (Open Source)
Pidgin 2.5.3 Gaim - 13.07MB (Open Source)
SAM 5.0.0.7 2.71MB (Freeware)
Skype 4.0.0.176 Beta Skype Technologies - 23.54MB (Freeware)
Spamihilator 0.9.9.44 Michel Kramer - 1.86MB (Freeware)
Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 Mozilla Organization - 6.45MB (Open Source)
Trillian 3.1.12.0 Cerulean Studios - 8.74MB (Freeware)
Windows Live Messenger 2009 Beta 2 Microsoft Corporation - 1.09MB (Freeware)
XChat 2.8.7d XChat.org - 969KB (Open Source)
Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.2034 Yahoo! Inc - 14.12MB (Freeware)
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File Transfer

Core FTP LE 2.1 (Build 1586) Core FTP - 3.33MB (Freeware)
FileZilla 3.2.0 RC2 FileZilla - 3.65MB (Open Source)
FlashGet 1.9.6.1073 Amaze Software - 4.44MB (Freeware)
Free Download Manager 3.0.844 freedownloadmanager.org - 6.39MB (Open Source)
GMail Drive 1.0.13 viksoe.dk - 153KB (Freeware)
LeechGet 2007 Release 2000 LeechGet.net - 2.57MB (Non-Commercial Freeware)
TeraCopy 1.22 Code Sector - 732KB (Freeware)
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Office and News

AbiWord 2.6.5 AbiSource Community - 5.95MB (Open Source)
Adobe Reader 9.0 Adobe Systems Inc - 33.50MB (Freeware)
CutePDF Writer 2.71 CutePDF - 1.54MB (Freeware)
Feed Demon 2.8.0.8 RC1 NewsGator Technologies - 4.16MB (Freeware)
FeedReader 3.13 FeedReader - 5.18MB (Freeware)
Foxit Reader 3.0.1301 Foxit Software - 3.69MB (Freeware)
OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 OpenOffice.org - 127.98MB (Open Source)
PDFCreator 0.9.6 pdfforge - 15.44MB (Open Source)
PowerPoint Viewer 12.0.4518.1014 Microsoft Corporation - 25.77MB (Freeware)
PrimoPDF 4.1 activePDF - 10.61MB (Freeware)
Scribus 1.3.3.12 Scribus - 20.39MB (Open Source)
SharpReader 0.9.7.0 Luke Hutteman - 800KB (Freeware)
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Developer Tools

Firebird 2.1.1 Firebird Project - 6.35MB (Open Source)
Inno Setup 5.2.3 Jordan Russell - 1.35MB (Open Source)
MySQL 5.1.30 MySQL AB - 35.03MB (Open Source)
Notepad++ 5.1.3 Notepad++ - 2.32MB (Open Source)
NSIS 2.42 Nullsoft - 1.51MB (Open Source)
Python 3.0 Python - 12.56MB (Open Source)
Sandboxie 3.32 Sandboxie - 455KB (Freeware)
SQL Server 2005 Express SP2 Microsoft Corporation - 36.45MB (Freeware)
SQL Server Management Studio Express Microsoft Corporation - 38.49MB (Freeware)
TortoiseSVN 1.5.6 TortoiseSVN - 17.86MB (Open Source)
Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Microsoft Corporation - 31.72MB (Freeware)
VirtualBox 2.1.0 innotek - 38.57MB (Open Source)
VMware Player 2.5.1 VMware Inc - 48.73MB (Freeware)
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Anti-Spyware

a-squared Free 4.0.0.21 Emsi Software - 12.27MB (Freeware)
Ad-Aware 2008 7.1.0.11 Lavasoft - 22.70MB (Non-Commercial Freeware)
CWShredder 2.19 Trend Micro Inc - 520KB (Freeware)
HijackThis 2.0.2 Trend Micro Inc - 793KB (Freeware)
Rootkit Revealer 1.71 Microsoft SysInternals - 226KB (Freeware)
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.1.41 Beta PepiMK Software - 15.30MB (Freeware)
Spyware Terminator 2.5.1.028 Spyware Terminator - 631KB (Freeware)
SpywareBlaster 4.1 Javacool Software - 2.74MB (Non-Commercial Freeware)
SuperAntiSpyware 4.24.1004 SUPERAntiSpyware - 5.55MB (Freeware)
Windows Defender 1.1.1593 Microsoft Corporation - 4.95MB (Freeware)
WinPatrol 15.9.2008.5 BillP Studios - 709KB (Freeware)
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Firewalls and Security

AxCrypt 1.6.4.4 Axantum Software - 1.45MB (Open Source)
Comodo Firewall 3.0.25.378 Comodo - 18.66MB (Freeware)
KeePass 1.14 KeePass - 1.35MB (Open Source)
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1 Microsoft Corporation - 1.51MB (Freeware)
Outpost Firewall Free 1.0 Agnitum Ltd - 2.50MB (Freeware)
Password Safe 3.15.1 Rony Shapiro - 2.24MB (Open Source)
PeerGuardian 2.0 Beta 6c Phoenix Labs - 1.60MB (Open Source)
Sunbelt Personal Firewall 4.6.1861 Sunbelt Software - 5.72MB (Non-Commercial Freeware)
Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6.2808 Sygate Technologies - 8.80MB (Freeware)
TrueCrypt 6.1a TrueCrypt Foundation - 3.00MB (Open Source)
ZoneAlarm Free 8.0.065.0 Zone Labs - 26.48MB (Non-Commercial Freeware)
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Anti-Virus

AntiVir Personal 8.2.00.337 Avira GmbH - 21.04MB (Freeware)
Avast! Home Edition 4.8.1296 Alwil Software - 27.88MB (Non-Commercial Freeware)
AVG Free Edition 8.0.176 Grisoft Inc - 51.20MB (Freeware)
BitDefender 10 Free Edition BitDefender.com - 21.08MB (Freeware)
ClamWin 0.94.1 ClamWin - 24.58MB (Open Source)
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Cleaning and Tweaking

Autoruns 9.37 Microsoft SysInternals - 564KB (Freeware)
CCleaner 2.15.815 Piriform - 3.02MB (Freeware)
Defraggler 1.05.111 Piriform - 701KB (Freeware)
JkDefrag 3.36 J C Kessels - 467KB (Open Source)
O&O Defrag 2000 Freeware O&O Software - 2.08MB (Freeware)
PC Inspector File Recovery 4.0 Convar - 5.83MB (Freeware)
Process Explorer 11.31 Microsoft SysInternals - 1.54MB (Freeware)
Recuva 1.22.384 Piriform - 2.99MB (Freeware)
Tweak UI 2.1 Microsoft Corporation - 147KB (Freeware)
Unlocker 1.8.7 Unlocker - 238KB (Freeware)
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Compression and Backup

7-Zip 4.64 7-Zip.org - 918KB (Open Source)
IZArc 3.8.1550 Ivan Zahariev - 3.55MB (Freeware)
PeaZip 2.4.1 Giorgio Tani - 3.77MB (Open Source)
SyncBack 3.2.19 2BrightSparks - 1.79MB (Freeware)
TUGZip 3.5.0.0 Christian Kindahl - 3.91MB (Freeware)
Universal Extractor 1.6 Jared Breland - 4.98MB (Freeware)
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Benchmarking

CPU-Z 1.49 CPUID - 593KB (Freeware)
EVEREST Home Edition 2.20 Lavalys Consulting Group - 3.99MB (Freeware)
GPU-Z 0.3.1 techPowerUp - 367KB (Freeware)
Sandra Lite XII (15.72) SiSoftware - 17.11MB (Non-Commercial Freeware)
SpeedFan 4.37 Almico - 1.75MB (Freeware)
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Networking and Admin

Hamachi 1.0.3.0 LogMeIn Inc - 988KB (Freeware)
nLite 1.4.9.1 Dino Nuhagic - 2.54MB (Freeware)
PuTTY 0.60 Beta Simon Tatham - 1.68MB (Open Source)
RealVNC 4.1.3 RealVNC - 724KB (Freeware)
TightVNC 1.3.9 TightVNC - 1.52MB (Open Source)
UltraVNC 1.0.5.3 UltraVNC Team - 2.20MB (Open Source)
WinSCP 4.1.8 WinSCP - 2.37MB (Open Source)
Wireshark 1.0.5 Wireshark.org - 21.21MB (Open Source)
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Audio and Video

AIMP 2.51.330 AIMP - 3.76MB (Freeware)
Audacity 1.3.6 RC1 Audacity Development Team - 4.05MB (Open Source)
Audiograbber 1.83 Audiograbber - 1.59MB (Freeware)
BSplayer 1.37.826 BSplayer - 2.76MB (Freeware)
Codec Pack All-In-1 6.0.3.0 9.59MB (Freeware)
dBpowerAMP Music Converter 12.4 Illustrate - 4.03MB (Freeware)
DivX Play 6.8.5.11 DivX Team - 19.76MB (Freeware)
Foobar2000 0.9.6.1 foobar2000.org - 2.86MB (Freeware)
GOM Player 2.1.14.4525 Gretech - 4.78MB (Freeware)
HandBrake 0.9.3 Handbrake - 6.23MB (Open Source)
iTunes 8.0.2.20 Apple Inc - 65.57MB (Freeware)
jetAudio 7.1.8 Basic COWON America - 25.75MB (Freeware)
K-Lite Codec Pack 4.45 (Full) 15.07MB (Freeware)
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 4.45 19.08MB (Freeware)
KMPlayer 2.9.4.1434 KMPlayer - 11.93MB (Freeware)
Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1 1.93MB (Open Source)
MediaMonkey 3.1.0.1207 Beta Ventis Media - 9.58MB (Freeware)
Miro 1.2.8 Participatory Culture Foundation - 25.03MB (Open Source)
QuickTime Alternative 2.7.0 10.71MB (Freeware)
QuickTime Player 7.55.90.70 Apple Inc - 26.02MB (Freeware)
Quintessential Player 4.51 Quinnware - 2.21MB (Freeware)
Real Alternative 1.90 6.26MB (Freeware)
RealPlayer 11.0.0.477 RealNetworks Inc - 12.68MB (Freeware)
Songbird 1.0.0 Pioneers of the Inevitable - 11.75MB (Open Source)
SUPER v2009 build 35 eRightSoft - 30.23MB (Freeware)
VLC Media Player 0.9.8a VideoLAN.org - 15.56MB (Open Source)
Winamp 5.541 Full Nullsoft - 8.57MB (Freeware)
Windows Media Player 11 Microsoft Corporation - 24.56MB (Freeware)
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CD and DVD Tools

CDBurnerXP Pro 4.2.3 cdburnerxp.se - 3.04MB (Freeware)
CDex 1.70 Beta 2 CDex - 2.32MB (Open Source)
DAEMON Tools Lite 4.30.3 DAEMON Tools - 6.98MB (Freeware)
DeepBurner 1.9.0.228 Astonsoft - 2.65MB (Freeware)
DVD Shrink 3.2.0.15 DVD Shrink - 1.07MB (Freeware)
ImgBurn 2.4.2.0 Lightning UK - 1.88MB (Freeware)
ratDVD 0.78.1444 ratDVD.CA - 4.51MB (Freeware)
ShrinkTo5 2.04 Basic ShrinkTo5 - 1.05MB (Freeware)
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Desktop

Alt-Tab Thingy 3.4.1 Nymithium Technologies - 386KB (Freeware)
Evernote 3.0.0.981 Evernote Corporation - 54.77MB (Freeware)
Launchy 2.1.2 Josh Karlin - 3.87MB (Open Source)
ObjectDock 1.9 Stardock - 12.05MB (Freeware)
Rainlendar 2.4 Rainy - 3.92MB (Freeware)
RocketDock 1.3.5 Punk Software - 6.16MB (Freeware)
Samurize 1.64.3 Samurize.com - 5.31MB (Freeware)
TaskSwitchXP 2.0.11 NTWind Software - 394KB (Open Source)
Y'z Dock 0.8.3 923KB (Freeware)
Yahoo! Widget Engine 4.5.1 Yahoo! Inc - 14.63MB (Freeware)
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Imaging

Blender 2.48a Blender Foundation - 9.44MB (Open Source)
FastStone Image Viewer 3.6 FastStone - 4.06MB (Non-Commercial Freeware)
Google Earth 4.3.7284 Beta Google - 7.37MB (Freeware)
Google SketchUp 7.0.8657 Google - 32.46MB (Freeware)
Inkscape 0.46 Inkscape - 33.45MB (Open Source)
IrfanView 4.23 Irfan Skiljan - 1.28MB (Freeware)
Paint.NET 3.36 Rick Brewster - 1.41MB (Freeware)
Picasa 3.1 Build 70.71 Google - 9.56MB (Freeware)
The Gimp 2.6.4 The GIMP Team - 15.16MB (Open Source)
XnView v1.95.4 XnView.com - 5.03MB (Non-Commercial Freeware)
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Drivers

.NET Framework Microsoft Corporation - (Freeware)
-.NET Framework Version 3.5 SP1
-.NET Framework Version 2.0 SP1
-.NET Framework Version 1.1
ATI Catalyst Drivers ATI Technologies Inc - (Freeware)
-ATI Catalyst Drivers 8.12 Vista
-ATI Catalyst Drivers 8.12 XP
DirectX 9.0c (Nov 08) Microsoft Corporation - 86.25MB (Freeware)
IntelliPoint 6.3 Microsoft Corporation - 15.01MB (Freeware)
IntelliType Pro 6.3 Microsoft Corporation - 15.27MB (Freeware)
Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0.11 Sun Microsystems - 15.56MB (Freeware)
Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5 Microsoft Corporation - 7.52MB (Freeware)
NVIDIA Forceware NVIDIA Corporation - (Freeware)
-NVIDIA Forceware 178.24 WHQL Vista 64
-NVIDIA Forceware 178.24 WHQL Vista 32
-NVIDIA Forceware 178.24 WHQL XP 64
-NVIDIA Forceware 178.24 WHQL XP 32
SetPoint 4.70 Logitech - 51.25MB (Freeware)




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superb...very very good post..thanks for sharing

Great list of software, i will put them on one disc, hopefully,

They will come in handy