The guys from the alt.comp.freeware newsgroup vote each year on the years best freeware products and I thought it would be nice to give you a rough overview over this years categories and products. A lot of the chosen freeware products are widely known but I found some real gems in the list. Due to the fact that the list was compiled over a year some of the products are already outdated or ceased to exist, for instance the Kerio Firewall.
The list is divided into 13 categories like multimedia, security and web-design. All this categories are divided into subcategories. The security categorie is divided for example into Anti-Virus, Firewall, Anti-Spyware, Packet-Sniffer, Script Defense, Password Manager and Encryption Tools. Each subcategory contains an average of three freeware products, which means you have a good selection and can try and use the freeware that best suits your needs.
I suggest you take a look at their website pricelesswarehome.org and see for yourself it they have some products you did not know about. Absoluty recommended

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