• Free Alternatives: Part 1

    Free Alternatives: Part 1

    Nikhil Rastogi, Oct 07, 2007 1343 hrs IST

    Who says there's no free lunch? Here's one for your PC!

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Spyware Programs
There's no single spyware protection that I can recommend, as there are many good ones, 2 of them being Spybot Search & Destroy and Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE . Both these perform the job well with each offering constant updates and good protection. They're simple to use and give good recommendations for removal of harmful spyware - which is especially necessary if you use Internet Explorer.





All these programs can slow down the system slightly - but this is a trade-off you have to pay for good protection. Also, just don't forget to regularly update the programs.


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(29) Comments
santhoshkumar
,chennai, on May 25, 2011 06:23 PM
excellent
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asim
,nepalganj, on Mar 21, 2011 09:18 AM
its the nice one
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raghu
,chittoor, on Nov 08, 2010 02:59 PM
good
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Susmith
,Kollam, Kerala, on Jul 30, 2010 12:50 PM
I think Comodo Internet Security should have been mentioned here. It is a gem of a tool which contains Antivirus and Firewall.... It's latest version also has Sandboxing feature.... worth mentioning.....
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Anonymous
,Lucknow, on May 18, 2010 04:57 AM
How can you forget Picasa, the mother of all Picture Viewers!!
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gurgesh thapa
,khatmandu, on May 09, 2010 11:20 AM
give me some time
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manu
,cochin, on Apr 25, 2010 08:08 AM
hai
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reynan
,philippines, on Jan 14, 2010 06:55 PM
hello
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Deepak
,Coonoor, on Dec 08, 2009 02:42 PM
or Get a Mac.. and say goodbye to windows
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syriatel
,syria, on Nov 10, 2009 04:31 PM
عزيزي المشتلاك
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Anil
,Jodhpur, on Oct 11, 2009 07:38 AM
Thanks mate. Really informative
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Harshit (switoo
,mumbai, on Sep 09, 2009 03:31 PM
HI, How are you can you replay
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siva
,trichy, on Sep 09, 2009 11:00 AM
hi
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Grasshoffer
,The Greenfields, on Feb 04, 2009 03:09 PM
You guys missed out Picasa from Google... its cool and comes with online integation... never has organising and mailing/sharing ur photos been so simple... version 3 installs a photo viewer which is the fastes photo viewer I've used till date. It comes with simple yet powerful editing options apart from collage and movie making option.
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raghavan
,hyderabad, on Dec 30, 2008 06:32 PM
i would prefer quintessential media player or old version of it as my default audio player than winamp. It's far advanced compared to winamp. And i love the alarm feature of it the most.
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Rocky
,Philadelphia, on Oct 08, 2007 09:53 PM
Why wait for next week, visit http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm
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navneet
,Delhi, on Oct 12, 2007 11:02 AM
Good listing.
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neo
,pune, on Oct 11, 2007 10:02 AM
I would recommend Comodo Personal Firewall (http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/) over ZoneAlarm.
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Pat
,Mumbai, on Oct 10, 2007 08:31 AM
Image manipulators -> Gimp Office Suites -> Open Office Browsers -> Firefox :) More to come !!
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Tiklu Ganguly
,Hyderabad, on Oct 09, 2007 06:20 PM
Hey you must also add mplayer as a free media player. It has the best support for a wide range of media formats. I have found it working on almost all the formats I have tried.
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Kalyan Roy
,Kolkata, on Oct 08, 2007 04:34 PM
What an incomplete article?
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Rahul Jawale
,Hyderabad, on Oct 09, 2007 11:33 AM
Have a habit of reading the bottomline (Pun intended). I will quote him for you. "I'll come out with Part II of this article next week. In the meantime, in the comments section below, share with us your own choice of free alternative software that you use. "
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Anonymous
,T, on Oct 09, 2007 11:08 AM
xnview is also free good image viewer as runs fast compared to irfanview
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patrickG
,Kolkata, on Oct 08, 2007 07:22 PM
If you have avast, you don't need any spyware/adware or firewall. how about telling us of some OS (easier to use than Linux?) I recommend Thunderbird or Seamonkey as a free mail client which are both excellent. One can also try Rainlendar for a nice, desktop calendar with features. Also OpenOffice as a great replacement for MSOffice, Firefox as the best alternative to IE, and stuff like BBLean or Litestep to replace the Windows desktop.
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Vishal_Kadakia
,mumbai, on Oct 08, 2007 12:07 PM
hi, not conclusive nor good in quality, i would rate this 2.0 off 5.0...
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nawa
,Bombay, on Oct 08, 2007 09:57 AM
Avast is spyware
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Satadru
,Kolkata, on Oct 08, 2007 11:55 AM
AVAST is not a spyware. It would seem that you may have downloaded a spurious copy of this software from a site other than AVAST's official website.
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Sata
,Zhata, on Oct 08, 2007 11:33 AM
Nalla Article!
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Chetan Thaker
,Mumbai, on Oct 08, 2007 10:50 AM
Yeah, 'Page 2 -place this with page title' please :D (psst.... chk the drop down box !!)
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