7 zip archiver.

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS7 zip.7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The AES code is under a BSD LICENSE. The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. Check license information here: 7-Zip license.

You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip.

Download 7-Zip 4.42 for Windows:

Link	Type	Windows	Size
Download	.exe	32-bit	818 KB
Download	.msi	x64	1238 KB

Download 7-Zip 4.56 beta for Windows:

Link	Type	Windows	Size
Download	.exe	32-bit	841 KB
Download	.msi	x64	1105 KB

compresses more than winzip or winrar.

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Orkut Cute

Orkut Cute is a freeware program which let you send scraps (the public messages that anyone can leave on anyone else’s profile) to all your friends in Orkut and all your other online social networking communities. The program also informs you when you receive new scraps and new topics in yours communities.

Salient Features:

• Alerts you when you receive new scraps.
• Scrap all of your friends (be careful with this one).
• Receive notifications when forums are updated.

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Free Anti virus systems

If you are a regular user of internet, probably the biggest threats are viruses and Trojans. Lot of anti virus softwares and spy wares are available but are quite expensive.So here I am telling about some good and free anti virus soft wares. I hope they will help you out.

Avast! Home Edition (free)- One of the most popular antivirus software, can also be run from Explorer context menu. You can either scan the entire hard drive or selected folders.

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AVG 7.5 Free Antivirus (free)- One of most popular free virus scanning software is AVG 7.5 Free Edition. This free edition is available for non-commercial, single home computer use.

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AOL Active Virus (free)- a free virus scanner from AOL based on Kaspersky Antivirus that doesn't require an AOL account to download the software. The software can be configure to check only new and modified files thereby reducing the memory requirements. Also support scanning of incoming and outgoing email messages.

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ClamWin Virus Scanner (free)- An opensource antivirus software that is great for running routine antivirus checks on your PC. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.

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kaspersky anti-virus 7.0

requirements: windows 2000/XP/vista
free version available (for 30 days) download
to buy you need to pay $49.95 download
well, kaspersky is definitely themost talked about antivirus system of recent times. Ranked as the bestanti-virus in many surveys, lets find out more about it.

kaspersky claims about version 7:
kaspersky 7.0 provides you with traditional anti-virus protection based on the latest protection technologies. It provides protectionfrom virus, trojans and worms. Protects from spyware and adware. real-time scanning of e-mails,internet traffic and files. Protects against all types of keyloggers.

some facts:
pros:

• better interface
• fast scanning
• good in proactive protection

cons:

• expensive
• too much prompting in interactive interface
• not that easy to install updates manually

what I feel about it:
I feel that kaspersky is a worth product for pro users. But for normal home pc's I feel this is too expensive and perhapssome free anti-virus systems like avg etc.
are fine.

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Free Online Virus Scanners

The advantage of these online virus scanners is that you need not install them on your hard disk. They run within the web browser and scan your system. These scanners do not proactively protect your system 24 X 7 but if your system is already affected by viruses, then these scanners can definitely help your cause.

Trend Micro HouseCall - An online virus scanner that's absolutely free and scans your PC hard drive for any sort of viruses or even spyware. HouseCall allows youto remove detected infections. Works with Firefox and IE. Requires Java.
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McAfee Freescan - This free virus scanner from McAfee is based on the McAfee VirusScan
engine. Should viruses be found, FreeScan prepares a list of infected files and links to information about the viruses on your computer. It also gives you an option to cleanyour system. Requires IE with ActiveX.
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Windows Live OneCare Scanner - A free antivirus online scanner from Microsoft that cleans your system from viruses and also recommends ways to improve the overall performance.
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Symantec Internet Security - An online virus scanner from the developers of Norton Antivirus 2007 can detect most virus threat but there is no option to delete the virus infected file or repair it. Does not examine compressed files. Requires IE with ActiveX.
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BitDefender Online Scanner - Their Free Online Virus Scanner version 8 scans your system's memory, all files, folders and drives' boot sectors - the default options automatically cleans the infected files. Requires IE with ActiveX.
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speed up your downloading
Lot of softwares are available that speeds up your downloading and also manage downloads effectively. Salient features of these softwares are:

• speeds up your downloads
• allows you to resume interrupted downloads
• lets you manage your downloads using the Download Queue
• Effectively Manage Your Downloads.
  here i am telling about a few such softwares
  

free crawler download manager

• Customize the number of files downloaded at the same time so that downloading doesn't interfere with your Internet browsing.
• Continue with the download after your modem gets disconnected, call waiting interrupts or your computer crashes.
• With Download Manager you can send large files up to 1GB in size

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download accelerator plus (free)

Supported Browsers : IE 7.x | 5.x | 6.x Netscape 6.x | 7.x Opera 5 | 6 Mozilla | Firefox
Supported Platforms : Windows 98 / ME / XP Windows NT4 / win2000 Windows Vista
This is an excellent software from speedbit.

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free download manager

FDM ver. 2.5 build 728 is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. You can also download FDM Lite version which requires less size and lacks some functions (BitTorrent support, video conversion and upload manager) that can be downloaded and installed as plugins later.

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internet download manager (this is not free.)

Try Internet Download Manager 5.11 build 8 (Added FLV grabber to browser context menu to download videos from YouTube, Google Video, MySpace TV, and other popular sites)
Internet Download Manager supports proxy servers, ftp and http protocols, firewalls, redirects, cookies, authorization, MP3 audio and MPEG video content processing. IDM integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, AOL, Opera, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, Avant Browser, MyIE2, and all other popular browsers to automatically handle your downloads. You can also drag and drop files, or use Internet Download Manager from command line. Internet Download Manager can dial your modem at the set time, download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it's done.

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You can try anyone of the free softwares, still I feel DAP can be a good choice.

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winrar 3.71

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format. You may try WinRAR before buy, its trial version is available.
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