Not every one can afford all the software they'd like to run, and would rather stay on the right side of the law too. This is where this post comes in. All the software listed below is totally FREE.

If you think there is a handy FREE program missing from my list, please leave a comment, and I'll add it.

Personal Firewalls
ZoneAlarm
Kerio Personal Firewall

Anti-Virus Scanners
Avast! Home Edition
AVG Free Edition
AntiVir Personal Edition

Adware/Spyware Scanners
Ad-Aware Personal
Spybot Search & Destroy

Image Manipulation
IrfanView
The GIMP

File Transfer
Filezilla

Web Browsers
Mozilla Firefox
Opera (Ad Supported)
Mozilla Suite

Email Programs
Mozilla Thunderbird
Eudora (Ad Supported)
Pegasus Mail

CD Rippers
CDex
Exact Audio Copy

PDF Reader
Adobe Reader

Instant Messaging
Trillian Basic
Gaim
Miranda
MSN Messenger
Messenger Plus! (an addon for MSN Messenger)
Yahoo! Messenger
AOL Instant Messenger
Jabber
ICQ

CD/DVD-ROM Emulator
Daemon-Tools

DVD Tools
DVD Shrink

Office Software
OpenOffice.org