Must Have Free Downloads

17 years ago

MajorGeeks has overhauled their must have FREE downloads list. Check it out!

Many are the ones recommended on this Forum.

Here is a link that might be useful: Must have FREE downloads

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Comments (14)

owbist
17 years ago
That is a great list of free programs. I do or have used nearly a half of those and have no complaints against any of them. All the programs have a colour coded sign indicating the level of expertise which can be very comforting to those still unsure of their computer. Nice find.
marthapartha
17 years ago
Cool!

I just found out about Major Geeks, through you guys a few days ago (sideways with that temperature deal). Funny and practical.

Who said utilities have to be boring.

"Major Geeks...looking for a date since 2002."

marf
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aachenelf z5 Mpls
17 years ago
But are these all totally free? I downloaded Spyware Doctor, ran the scan and then it told me I had to pay to fix the problems.

Kevin
owbist
17 years ago
Kevin, you are right they are not all free. When I clicked to add the site to my Bookmarks it said 'Free and freeware' in the title offered. There is a huge difference between 'Free download' and 'Free program' and the vendors know that, those selling enjoy the confusion because some people fork out for the program they have downloaded.

Try the free AdAware, Spybot Search & Destroy or Spywareblaster to remove what it is you may have on your computer. Be sure to update any of them that you install as the initial program will be woefully out of date by now. Failing that try one of the many free online scans.
randy_ca
Original Author
17 years ago
Am I blind, I don't see Spyware Doctor on that list at the link.
I was assuming these were all Freeware, sorry if they're not.
aachenelf z5 Mpls
17 years ago
Sorry, maybe I screwed up a bit. It's under Spyware Guard, but when I went to that site my eye immediately went to the top of the page were it said "Recommended Download - Spyware Doctor". That's the one I downloaded. I should have just stuck with the Spyware Guard. My bad.

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jane__ny
17 years ago
Hey Kevin, took some time off from Orchids?
Welcome to a great forum. Everybody here is so helpful and smart.
If you don't have it already, Ad Aware Spybot and Spyware Blaster are free and very good. Look for those downloads.
Well, time to shut off the lights...

Jane
aachenelf z5 Mpls
17 years ago
Jane

Thanks. That other place has been pretty dull of late, so I've been lurking here for a while now. I do have Spyware Blaster and Spybot, but am always on the lookout for something better (if there is such a thing).

K
Terrapots
17 years ago
If anybody is still following this thread, I just "free" downloaded spyware doctor, found 28 threats, but have to buy program to remove them. Since I'm not sure I want to or should buy this, what should I do? Remove the whole program since it won't do me any good w/o the purchase and how do I remove the bad programs? I have AVG free, SpySweeper (not current), Search&Destroy, McAfee antivirus (not current).
leslie_gardener
17 years ago
Sometimes I wonder if the gazillion threats these so-called free programmes find are real.
It would be interesting for several people to run the scan and compare findings.
owbist
17 years ago
I would never buy a program that told me I had nasties on the computer but they could remove them for a price. Plenty of good freeware out there:
Spywareblaster
Spybot Search & Destroy
AdAware
AVG anti spyware - NOT the same as their anti virus
Ewido

All except Spywareblaster need to be run occasionally. All need to be updated manually every few days. These are only as good as the last update a person installed. Out of date software is useless but it takes just a few minutes to keep these programs current.

Then there are free online scans
Trendmicro
Symantec
BitDefender and others
grandms
17 years ago
Terrapots, you mention that your McAfee AV is not current. Please download and install one of the free AV programs, update it, and run a scan on your computer. I recommend either Avast! or AVG.
marthapartha
17 years ago
That list from Randy: They are free. They haven't charged me yet.

Major Geeks is kinda goofy but cool. Like WinSnap: they say its 19.99, but there is a free unlicensed version at Majors. EYEeeeyee.

The world does not make sense to me any more.
Terrapots
17 years ago
I've been running an free antivirus program, and it found a trojan horse and deleted it today before I downloaded the free Spyware Doctor. Curious that Spyware Doctor found something I have to pay to delete. Anyway I will go through that free downloads list and pick up some to install. That's a great list, I especially like the rating for complexities. Right up my alley.