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Extractors/CD-DVD Mounters
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WinZip
WinZip Official Site
WinZip Download
Used to Compress/UnZip most downloads and files.

WinRar
WinRar Official Site
WinRar Download
Same concept as WinZip except this is intended mainly for .rar files

ISO Buster
ISO Buster Official Site
ISO Buster Download
Very good .ISO, .Bin, .Cue, etc. extractor, my personal choice, very easy install and very easy to use, works great.

Daemon Tools
Daemon Tools Official Site
Daemon Tools Download
Very good CD/DVD Mounting program, allows you to virtually mount a CD/DVD, making your computer think you have the CD in the drive when you don't, very convienent.

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Anti Virus/Trojan removers/Firewalls
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ZoneAlarm
ZoneAlarm Official Site
ZoneAlarm Download
Very good firewall if you're in need of one, read many articles on it, always given good results and a high rating. Suggested to anyone.

Norton Internet Security
Norton Official Site
Norton Internet Security Download
A decent firewall, comes with many basic features and constant updates, not free, though. I personally would stick with ZoneAlarm.

Norton Anti-Virus
Norton Official Site
Norton Anti-Virus Download
Very good Anti-Virus program, again, not free but feel free to download it and do whatever you want with it, illegally or not. I'm personally very pleased with Norton AV 2005, works very well for me, constant updates.

AVG
AVG Official Site
AVG Download

Panda
Panda Official Site
Panda Download
Trojan/Virus remover that gets rid of all types of infectants.

McAfee
McAfee Official Site
McAfee Download
Basic Virus Scanner and remover.

Trend Micro
Trend Micro Official Site
Trend Micro Download
Also includes built-in Firewall for againsthackers and attempted break-ins.

RAV
RAV Anti-Virus Official Site
RAV Download
Basic Anti-Virus program, easy to use for the less advanced user.

The Cleaner
The Cleaner Official Site
The Cleaner Download
VERY good Trojan remover, I recommend to anyone looking for a good one.

Trojan Hunter
Trojan Hunter Official Site
Trojan Hunter Download
Very good Trojan/Virus removal program, searchers entire computer very quickly.

KasperSky
KasperSky Official Site
KasperSky Download
Comes with a free version, you can also purchase the pro version, or download it from somewhere and get a serial, etc. Works very well, I personally used it for a long time and had little/no problems with it.


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Spyware Removal
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SpywareBlaster
SpywareBlaster Official Site
Spyware Blaster Download
Spyware Removal program, prevents you from getting any spyware/malware in the first place. Limits your spyware by a significant amount.

Spy Sweeper
SpySweeper Official Site
Spy Sweeper Download
Another good Spyware Removal program, scans very throughly, suggested to anyone looking for a good free one besides Spybot and Ad-Aware.

Ad-Aware
Ad-Aware Official Site
Ad-Aware 1.05 SE Download
Very good Spyware/Malware remover, free download and constantly updated. Tends to get some of the stuff spybot doesn't.

SpyBot S&D
SpyBot S&D Official Site
SpyBot S&D Download
Very good Spyware/Malware remover, free download and constantly updated. Tends to get some of the stuff spybot doesn't.


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3rd Party Browsers
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Mozilla FireFox
FireFox Official Site
FireFox Download
IMO the best browser out there, built in pop-up blocker, integrated google search bar, TONS of plug-ins, prevents useless spyware/active-x programs, etc. Mutliple Tab'd browsing, bookmark manager, TONS of features. Best browser out there, by far.

Opera
Opera Official Site
Opera Download
Another great browser, not quite as sharp and as fast as FireFox but still very good, runs well and has a bunch of neat features.

MyIE2
MyIE2 Official Site
MyIE2 Download
Another very powerful browser, has many of the features that Mozilla Firefox has and maybe some more, recommended by many people.

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Multi-Chat Client Programs
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Trillian
Trillian Official Site
Trillian Download
A very nice multiclient chat program, supports AIM, MSN, ICQ, mIRC, Yahoo, etc. Has alot of nice plug-ins in features also.

Gaim
Gaim Official Site
Gaim Download
My personal choice of multiclient chat programs, has all the features of Trillian, free (no pro/se versions) and has alot of cool features add, very simple layout. Recommended.

deadAIM
deadAIM Official Site
deadAIM Download
This is the only one you have to actually pay for to use, feel free to buy it since I've heard of great results with it, or you can download it somewhere and illegaly use it. Again, I'm not supporting your actions of cracking or illegally downloading or using this program. Has many features such as multiple log-ins, multiclient, etc.

mIRC
mIRC Official Site
mIRC Download
Internet Chat Relay program, very nice to have. Whether you use it for a CS idling channel or to talk to thousands of people at once, it's up to you. Suggest downloading this and find your favorite channels today! Whether it's books or video games, they have everything.

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Bittorent Clients
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Bittornado
Bittornado Official Site
Bittornado Download
My personal choice of Bittorent clients, very quick and very simple to use, can support multiple window'd downloads, etc.

Azureus
Azureus Official Site
Azureus Download
My other personal choice of Bittorent Clients, supports multiple downloads at once (in just one window). Only downfall is you'll need to install Java runtime which can also be found on there.

ABC
ABC Official Site
ABC Download
Another Bittorent Client, yet another good torrent client we got here. Have had many good results and recommendations for this one, suggested for anyone.

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Download Managers/FTP Managers
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FlashFXP
FlashFXP Official Site
FlashFXP Download
My personal choice in FTP managers, very quick to connect and downloads many files very quickly. Comes with 30 day evaluation version, after that, it's up to you.

CuteFTP
CuteFTP Official Site
CuteFTP Download
Another good FTP manager, better IMO for managing your own FTP rather then leeching off of others. Recommended to anyone.

LeechGet
LeechGet Official Site
LeechGet Download
My personal choice in download managers, maintains the highest download speed, comes with alot of nifty features.

FlashGet
FlashGet Official Site
FlashGet Download
Another VERY good download manager, maintains very high speeds even on the slowest of sites, just as good, if not better, then LeechGet.



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Hex Editors
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Ultra Edit
UltraEdit Official Site
UltraEdit Download
Includes many advanced features for advanced Hex Editing users.

BP Soft
BP Soft Official Site
BP Soft Download
Basic Hexidecimal Editor, includes all your basic functions and advanced stuff.

WinHex
WinHex Official Site
WinHex Download
WinHex is a typical Hex Editor, same as the rest of them basically.


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MovieMaking and CS utilities
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Fraps
Fraps Official Site
Fraps Download (Trial)
Good basic MovieMaking program, has a large output size but is very easy with a great user interface, trial version only allows up to a 30 second record.

Vegas Video
Vegas Video Site
Vegas Video Download (Trial)
Most powerful and advanced video editing program around, has an amazing interface and layout, very easy to navigate around and has almost every possible video fx you could imagine.

Videomach
Videomach Official Site
Videomach Download
The perfect program for converting .bmp/.jpg files to an .avi, preferered program by most moviemakers. Very simple interface and program that recognizes tons of codecs.

Pjbmp2avi
Pjbmp2avi Download
Another great program for .bmp to .avi converting, a VERY simple interface that any moviemaking beginner can use with ease, great compression and has a wide range of codecs you can use.

Adobe Premier
Adobe Premier Site
Another great moviemaking program used by a wide range of moviemakers, while Vegas Video is usually the preferred choice, this program is still great but no free download is available.

Adobe After Effects
After Effects Site
Top notch editing program that allows you to do tons of things to your movies final cut, everything from credits to intros can be created with this great program. No free download or trial is available.

WMV 9 Codec
WMV 9 Site
WMV 9 Download
Most popular MovieMaking codec currently used, very easy to use and very customizable, has a great quality output and good compression.

Xvid Koepi Build
Koepi Xvid Site
Koepi Xvid Download
My personal favorite codec that has an amazing quality and compression. Used by famous moviemakers such as reflex (ruination, ever 1) and Dchozn (c9 - enemy down, 3D movies, etc.). This codec has the best build possible for moviemakers starting out using Xvid. My recommended choice.



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Other
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AutoIt
AutoIt Official Site
AutoIt Download
Used to program some different applications such as DiabloII bots. Simulates clicks, mouse motions, keyboard strokes, etc.

MD5
MD5 Official Site
MD5 Download
Program that checks your computer for files that might be an unaltered original or a corrupt file.

CCleaner
CCleaner Official Site
CCleaner Download
Removes invalid registry files, cache files, certain history things, and much much more. I deleted over 300 mbs worth of junk, some people have reported up to 4gbs of things removed, I suggest this to anyone.

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Ok, that's it. PM me if you want to tell me to add a *clean* program to the list that falls under any of the categories. :P

8/27/05: Added CS/MovieMaking utilities

that is awesome... someone start making all of these stickies... unless im on the wrong kind of forum lol cuz i sure dont know how/ or if i can

HOLY SHIT! Thank god u posted all that stuff man. I only have Norton Anti-Virus and I scan regularly, but 'The Cleaner' for the trojans has found like over 12 on my computer already. Maybe those damn pop ups will stop from iSearch and BarginBuddy.

much ♥ LV.

I ave 3 programs that I use that solve all of my problems. I'll post them with links as a sticky later.

I'm just home for a quick lunch and I'm back to work.

Spy Sweeper is an awsome program. It removed all kinds of crap from my computer. There is a free version in the link below and its a fully fuctional program, no need to buy the software.
Be sure to run it in safe mode at least one time.

http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.php

the cleaner found 192 trojans on my comp. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ warrior

92!!!!! Someone has been looking on porrrnnn.

One problem, I set The Cleaner to Search and Destroy any kind of trojan, and one of the trojans was in the registry called C:\Windows\system32\bridge.dll. This whole afternoon I have searched for solutions because everytime I booted up my machine, it gave me that error message for bridge.dll. That thing was a bitch because once that dll was gone, I could not delete the program the conventional way, I had to F*CK with the registry and find every file pretainning 'Bridge'.

For future reference:
Bridge.dll is a file of and adware trojan that constantly dl advertisements to the computer. If you accedentally delete that DLL and are getting error messages, this link will show you a removal program.

http://www.2-spyware.com/file-bridge-dll.html

If that doesn't work, it will be a bit more complicated because you have to dl a Reg Organizer from download.com and search for the files, then delete from the registry. PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL WITH SCREWING WITH YOUR COMPUTER REGISTRY!!!! ANYTHING CAN GO WRONG IF YOU DELETE A NEEDED FILE FROM THE REGISTRY, THEN YOUR COMPUTER WON'T BOOT UP!!! That is what happened to my grandmom's computer. I am not a computer geek, but I threw caution into the wind and tricked my computer's registry with that program.

It has been my experience when using any spyware detection software, that you really have to go into your registry files and manually remove stuff to get rid of the problem entirely.
Most of the programs I have used were great at detecting the spyware but did not remove them completely from the registry files.

Yeah, it was a bitch because I had to learn how to do it within the afternoon so my step dad won't find out that I fucked up something.

Welcome guys, if you have something to add please tell me.

haha, blizzhackers owns. Edit your post and site your source, asshat.

you notice that now gman?

What? I did that entire damn thing myself for another forum and moved it here.

jeez gman whats your problem

Looks like something one of the BH admins did.

Nope. I did all the links myself, most of them are really commonly known things anyway, I'm gonna add some spyware things too.

Like the part with Autoit, for making d2 bots?

Because I'm such an awesome guy, I will do this all for you nubs.

I am a professional computer network tech. Therefore, I own you all when it comes to computers.

To keep your machine zestfully clean, there are only four programs you should want.

Adaware - www.download.com
Spybot - www.download.com
EZ-Armor - www.my-etrust.com (pm me for help with this)
Panicware - www.panicware.com

Donations can be made to my anus. Thank You.

Thank you. That's the same list that I use, except I use a different virus program from www.avast.com (the home edition is free and has regular updates).

LV, your list is too confusing and has all those things all stacked up.... what are they called? Oh yeah... WORDS.... there's too many words & stuff.

Just use Panicware Pop-up Stopper (free edition) to stop pop-ups, Ad Aware to eliminate Ads and resident trojans, Spybot Search-n-Destroy to get rid of spyware, and Avast Antivirus to keep your genitals bug-free.