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On this thread I have compiled a list of software (with links) that I recommend, one's marked with a *, are not free .... legally 
MP3 and Audio Software.
- Itunes
- Winamp
- Audacity
- CDex
- Game Audio Player (plays game formats)
- Lame MP3
- OggDS
Video Software
- VLC
- Sony Vegas (Free Trial) *
- Adobe Premier (Free Trial) *
Antivirus, Firewall, & Spyware
- AVD free edition
- Kaspersky
- Zone Alarm
- Ad-Aware
- Spybot search and destroy
- Hijackthis
Browsers
- Mozilla Firefox
Networking software
-Hamachi
Chat, Voice comms and email.
- Mirc
- Xfire
- Trillian
- Ventrillo
Tweaks
- User profile hive cleanup service <--- speeds up shutdown time
- Tweak UI
- Rocketdock <-- This is win.
Overclocking/Monitors
- Cpu-Z
- Belarc advisor (shows pc specs)
- Coretemp (CPU temps)
- Intel TAT (Stress testing)
- Orthos (Stress testing)
- Ntune (Graphics card temps)
- Speedfan
- Memset (Adjust RAM timings)
- Rivatuner (OC/tweak your graphics card)
- ATITool (Graphics card overclocker)
- Prime95 (Stress tester)
- OCCT (Stress testing)
Cleaner/Defrag
- CCleaner
- Driver cleaner
- Diskeeper*
- Defraggler
Extraction
- 7Zip
- Winrar
Benchmarking
- SuperPI
- 3DMark06
I've also decided to leave this as a discussion/recommendation thread, post here your thoughts and any other recommendations you have and a few reasons as to why you like that specific program. If you believe these are viruses, by all mean run a scan beforehand. I do realise these programs listed are only a percentage of whats out there, hence why I would like others recommendations.
MP3 and Audio Software.
- Itunes
- Winamp
- Audacity
- CDex
- Game Audio Player (plays game formats)
- Lame MP3
- OggDS
Video Software
- VLC
- Sony Vegas (Free Trial) *
- Adobe Premier (Free Trial) *
Antivirus, Firewall, & Spyware
- AVD free edition
- Kaspersky
- Zone Alarm
- Ad-Aware
- Spybot search and destroy
- Hijackthis
Browsers
- Mozilla Firefox
Networking software
-Hamachi
Chat, Voice comms and email.
- Mirc
- Xfire
- Trillian
- Ventrillo
Tweaks
- User profile hive cleanup service <--- speeds up shutdown time
- Tweak UI
- Rocketdock <-- This is win.
Overclocking/Monitors
- Cpu-Z
- Belarc advisor (shows pc specs)
- Coretemp (CPU temps)
- Intel TAT (Stress testing)
- Orthos (Stress testing)
- Ntune (Graphics card temps)
- Speedfan
- Memset (Adjust RAM timings)
- Rivatuner (OC/tweak your graphics card)
- ATITool (Graphics card overclocker)
- Prime95 (Stress tester)
- OCCT (Stress testing)
Cleaner/Defrag
- CCleaner
- Driver cleaner
- Diskeeper*
- Defraggler
Extraction
- 7Zip
- Winrar
Benchmarking
- SuperPI
- 3DMark06
I've also decided to leave this as a discussion/recommendation thread, post here your thoughts and any other recommendations you have and a few reasons as to why you like that specific program. If you believe these are viruses, by all mean run a scan beforehand. I do realise these programs listed are only a percentage of whats out there, hence why I would like others recommendations.
