Useful software

[EuroBoss]

Right this thread you can recommend or advise any good software free or otherwise if you think it's helpful.This can be anything for gaming or non gaming.

Spybot Search & Destroy (free)
http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html


Spyblaster (free)

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Privacy Pro Eraser (free&pay)

http://www.privacyeraser.com/

Joystick tool for keyboard games (free)

http://www.deinmeister.de/jct_e.htm

Just a few i don't wanna hog this thread get adding bastards.

[Loco]

THE best "free" Anti Virus solution just got better. Avast! 5.0 is out, I installed it last week, had previously been using Avast! 4.8.

5.0 still has superb detection rates, low footprint and resource usage but the GUI and options/settings are much more customizable.

Try it for yourself :-

http://www.avast.com/en-gb/index



Super Anti Spyware. Hasn't failed me yet, detects a whole lot more nasties than most anti-malware apps do :-

http://www.superantispyware.com/

[Puddle]

http://download.cnet.com/Trend-Micro...-10227353.html


This is great for older PC's
http://www.joymonkey.com/

[Captain John Miller]

irfanview, i like it alot. Excellent image view/editing prog and quite simplistic. I really like it for batch resizes and conversions.

[Buglunch]

This year, Kaspersky AV forced me to uninstall Spybot in order to renew my coverage; is it now taking over what Spybot does or should I reinstall it or what??

[EuroBoss]

The emulators are legal without the system or os roms.Those you find your self.

Atari800Win PLus 4.0! (Atari 8 bit's)

http://atariarea.krap.pl/PLus/index_us.htm

WinVice (Commodore 8 bit's)

http://www.viceteam.org/

WinUAE (Commodore 16/32 bit's)

http://www.winuae.net/

Steem (Atari 16/32 bit's)

http://steem.atari.st/

DosBox (Dos)

http://www.dosbox.com/

DosBox front end (dos)

http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/

VDMsound (Dos)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/

[wickit]

dam http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
is the daddy helped me loads of time

[Puddle]

dam http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
is the daddy helped me loads of time

Ya I've heard good things abput this one.

As fer as emulators is concerned Gens is my fave genesis emu.

[RichyCunningham]

http://windirstat.info/

[TylerDurden]

http://www.ccleaner.com/
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware! :)

http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download
New Silent/Gaming Mode automatically detects full-screen applications and disables pop-ups and other on-screen notifications without degrading security.
Optimized for latest Intel Core i7 CPUs
Critical sections of the avast! scanning engine code have been optimized to deliver unrivaled performance on the latest Intel chips.

http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/
Guru3D - Driver Sweeper is a fast tool to remove driver leftovers from your system. It's very important to remove your drivers on a proper way, because driver leftovers can cause problems like stability and startup problems. You can use it if you want to update/remove drivers from your system.

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint program to monitor CPU temperature.
Now Windows Vista and Windows 7 ready! (x86 and x64)

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system. CPU, Mainboard, Memory, etc.

http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/
ATITool is an overclocking utility designed for ATI and NVIDIA video cards. Design target is to write a light-weight application for the enthusiast - so no questionable registry tweaks.
Artifact scanning mode to test for stability.

http://www.evga.com/PRecision/
This program allows you to fine tune your EVGA graphics card for the maximum performance possible, with Core/Shader/Memory clock tuning, real time monitoring support including in-game, Logitech Keyboard LCD Display support, and compatibility with almost all EVGA graphics cards.

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/download.htm
Audio conversion perfected, effortlessly convert between formats. dBpoweramp Music Converter™ has become 'the standard' tool for audio conversions, over 20 million users worldwide rely on dBpoweramp.

http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php
Ventrilo 3.0.0 is the next evolutionary step of Voice over IP (VoIP) group communications software. Ventrilo is also the industry standard by which all others measure themselves as they attempt to imitate its features.

http://folding.stanford.edu/
What is protein folding?
Proteins are biology's workhorses -- its "nanomachines." Before proteins can carry out these important functions, they assemble themselves, or "fold." The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental to virtually all of biology, in many ways remains a mystery.
Protein folding is linked to disease, such as Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers
Moreover, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious consequences, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers and cancer-related syndromes.
You can help scientists studying these diseases by simply running a piece of software.
Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals. Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than previously achieved.

ps.
When you run Folding@home, you can click the icon in your try and go to DISPLAY and it will show a 3D view of the protein work in progress. It looks like something you'd see on a computer monitor from Jurassic Park. It's pretty cool if you want to impress the ladies.