Helpful Free Computer Software

I promise I have another theological post coming, but I want to just recommend a few helpful programs for any interested.

AVG Free Antivirus Software: It is tough to beat free and it will not be a memory hog like Norton. It has won numerous awards.

Firefox Browser: This browser gives you more control of your bookmarks and search engines than windows IE. Plus you do not have to delete IE, you can run both at the same time.

Trillian IM: Do you have multiple IM accounts, yahoo, msn, aol, etc.? Why not combine them all into one IM client?

Gimp 2: This is great image editing software. It has a lot of the feature of the costly Adobe, Microsoft, and Corel products, except this is free.

WavePad: We use this software to record our sermons to a laptop here at Edgewood. It has no limitations in terms of the length of the recording and allows you to save your recording in almost any format you want, including Wave and MP3. It also gives you a few great editing controls that allow you to fix and trim your recording.

CCleaner: CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.

Ad-Aware: Ad-Aware Personal provides advanced protection from known data-mining, aggressive advertising, Trojans, dialers, malware, browser hijackers, and tracking components. This software is downloadable free of charge.

I hope some of this is helpful and none of it messes up anyone computer. So far I have had great success with each program recommended. Does anyone else know of any must have programs?