There are numerous websites out there that provide downloads to free utilities. However, it is easy to get confused by all of the options some of which are not the best options. Our goal at Sylex-10 is to provide you with the best one or two of each major category of free software.
Sylex-10 has tested each of these products with Windows XP or Suse Linux 9.0, but each system is different so please use discretion when installing these products, always make sure that all of your data is safely backed up. If you feel any software has been overlooked please send an email to software@sylex-10.com
FireFox Mozilla's (formerly Netscape) next generation browser, currently under development, will simplify and speed up your browsing experience. website
OpenOffice Open source project through which Sun Microsystems is releasing and coordinating the technology for the popular StarOffice suite. website
Ad-Aware Ad-Aware is designed to provide advanced protection from known Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components. With the release of Ad-Aware SE Personal edition, Lavasoft takes the fight against Spyware to the next level. website
SpyBot S&D Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common anti-virus applications do not yet cover. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install, if your browser crashes, or if you browser start page has changed without your knowing, you most probably have spyware. But even if you don't see anything, you may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile of you that will be sold to advertisement companies. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm in trying to see if something snooped into your computer, too. website
Aida32 AIDA32 is a professional system information, diagnostics and benchmarking program running on Win32 platforms. It extracts details of all components of the PC. It can display information on the screen, print it, or save it to file in various formats like HTML, CSV or XML.
Belarc Advisor The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server. website
AVG AntiVirus AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Free is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product! Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy-to-use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements). website
Ewido Security Suite Anti-Virus programs offer insufficient protection against urgently growing threats like Trojans, Worms, Dialers, Hijackers, Spyware and Keyloggers. That's where the protection of the ewido security suite starts and supplements existing security applications to a complete security system, because only a complete security system works effectively. website
Sygate Firewall FREE for personal use, Sygate Personal Firewall 5.x provides best of breed security in a user friendly interface, protecting your PC from hackers, trojans and DoS attacks. website
Daemon347 DAEMON Tools is a virtual cd/dvd-rom emulator. It is able to emulate nearly all known copy protections on the market today. website
Universal Extractor Universal Extractor lets you peek inside the contents of EXE and MSI files. Once you install this free utility you can launch it to peek inside those hard to open archives. Or you can choose to add Universal Extractor options to your Windows context menu.
DriverView DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system. For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver, description, version, product name, company that created the driver, and more.
GnuWin II w/ Bonus CD GNUWin II includes numerous programs, completely free, which cover a wide spectrum of uses.
Star Downloader Star Downloader is a download manager that accelerates your downloads by splitting the files into several parts and downloading them simultaneously. Download speeds are increased further by choosing the fastest mirror sites. website
dll Archive Clean up your system by getting rid of unused DLL's... website
Empty Temp Folders File Cleaner that will find broken links, cookies, empty folders and other files that can be safely removed from your computer. website
Easy Cleaner EasyCleaner is a small program which searches Windows' registry for entries that are pointing nowhere. EasyCleaner also lets you delete all kinds of unnecessary files like temps, backups etc. You can search for duplicate files and you can view some intresting info about your disk space usage! You are also able to manage startup programs, invalid shortcuts and add/remove software list. website
SiSoft SANDRA Lite If you like Norton Utilities, Quarterdeck's diagnostic utilties, etc., SiSoft's Sandra will blow you away! Sandra stands for the "System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant." Sandra includes 48 information, benchmarking, listing & testing/diagnostic modules that give you tons of detailed information about your Windows PC.
StartUp Control Panel Startup Control Panel is a nifty control panel applet that allows you to easily configure which programs run when your computer starts. website
Zilla TuneUp Optimizer Zilla TuneUp Optimizer Extends your operating system\'s capabilities: Drive Cleaner, Registry Cleaner, Internet Cleaner, DLL Cleaner, Internet Tuneup, StartUp Tuner, File shredder. Free up valuable space on your hard drive, makeWindows faster, more secure & comfortable. Optimizes the performance of your PC, corrects problems, and helps you customize your system to suit your needs. Removes unnecessary files from your drives.
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