Useful software utilities

Most of these are free. They are not ad-supported. If you like them feel free to send a donation to the author.

ZipGenius

Completely free and incredibly useful zip & archiving tool. Can extract all zip and archive formats. Also includes an FTP client, FTPGenius.
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Ad-Aware

Gets rid of any spyware installed on your computer that sometimes get installed without the user knowing about it. This can happen if you have Kazaa or any other "ad-supported" freeware installed on your computer.
Ad-Aware Download

Spybot

Another program to monitor and get rid of hidden spyware.
Spybot Download

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Really, a revolutionary piece of software. Acrobat Page

Notetab Lite

Very handy text editor. I love the tabbed windows.
Notetab

Winamp

Put mp3s on the map.
Winamp

Firebird!

Fight the Power! Firebird — the viable alternative to Internet Explorer: "A Lean, Mean Browsing Machine. Read why you should switch today, and why a leading technology commentator has made it his default browser." Available for Windows, Linux & Max OS X.

Some neat things about Firebird: comes with a built-in pop-up stopper - comprehensive popup controls keep unwanted advertising off your desktop; a tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window, allowing you to load links in the background without leaving the page you're on; integrated Google search

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