Software

Tools:

WS-FTP Pro 7.01
Quickly and easily manage, upload, and update Web sites with any Internet connection. This is the perfect tool for accessing remote files and the fastest way to download digital music and software.
Click Here To Download - Win 95, 98, ME, 2000 and XP. 4.0MB (Shareware)

SecureCRT 3.4.1
SecureCRT software provides the secure login and data transfer capabilities of Secure Shell (SSH) in an application you can also use with Telnet and serial connections.
Click Here To Download - Win 95, 98, ME, 2000 and XP. 2.5MB (Shareware)

Swish 1.52
Great program for creating basic Flash animations!
Click Here To Download - Win 95, 98, ME, 2000 and XP. 1.8MB (FREE)

AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
Exchange instant messages FREE! Share photos, easily find friends, family and co-workers to chat with.
Click Here To Download - Win 95, 98, ME, 2000 and XP. 2.7MB (FREE) (Unix / Linux Sorce - v1.5.2)

Microsoft GIF Animator
With this tool you can use any .GIF file, or any image you can copy to the Clipboard as part of an animation. You can create or modify an animation then save it for use in your web browser or other applications. You can add as many images to an animation as your computer memory allows. Very easy to use!
Click Here To Download - Win 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP. 1.1Mb (FREE)

 

Misc. Programs:

Ad-aware 6.0 build 181
With its ability to scan your RAM, Registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware can easily rid your system of these tracking components, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web. Awesome program, very fast and easy to use!
Click Here To Download - Win 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP. 1.6MB (FREE)

HijackThis
A general homepage hijackers detector and remover. Initially based on the article Hijacked!, but expanded with almost a dozen other checks against hijacker tricks. It is continually updated to detect and remove new hijacks. It does not target specific programs/URLs, just the methods used by hijackers to force you onto their sites. As a result, false positives are imminent and unless you are sure what you're doing, you should always consult with knowledgeable folks (e.g. the forums) before deleting anything.
Click Here To Download - Win 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP. 157k (FREE)

CWShredder
This tool will find and destroy all traces of the CoolWebSearch (CWS) hijacker on your system. This includes:

* Will search and remove entries for 30 or so known ad-ware/popup programs imbedded in IE.
* Redirections to CoolWebSearch related pages
* Redirections when mistyping URLs
* Redirections when visiting Google
* Enormous IE slowdowns when typing
* IE start page/search page changing on reboot
* Sites in the IE Trusted Zone you didn't add
* Popups in Google and Yahoo when searching
* Errors at startup mentioning WIN.INI or IEDLL.EXE
* Unable to access antispyware tools or sites
Click Here To Download - Win 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP. 135k (FREE)

FxNetsky Remover
The W32.Netsky@mm Removal Tool does the following:
-Terminates the W32.Netsky@mm viral processes
-Deletes the W32.Netsky@mm files
-Deletes the registry values that the worm added
Click Here To Download - Win 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP. 156k (FREE - For detailed info visit Symantec)

FxMydoom Remover
The W32.Mydoom@mm Removal Tool does the following:
-Terminates W32.Mydoom@mm viral processes.
-Terminates the viral thread running under Explorer.exe.
-Deletes W32.Mydoom@mm files.
-Reverses the changes made to the \Run and InProcServer32 registry keys.
Click Here To Download - Win 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP. 153k (FREE - For detailed info visit Symantec)

Kazaa Media Desktop 2.6
Kazaa Media Desktop is the world's No. 1 free, peer-to-peer, file-sharing software application. Features include improved privacy protection; the ability to search for and download music, playlists, software, video files, documents, and images; the ability to set up and manage music and video playlists; and the ability to perform multiple simultaneous searches, including up to five Search Mores, which deliver up to 1,000 results per search term.
Click Here To Download - Windows 98/Me/2000/XP - 6.3Mb (Free Version)

TweakXP v1.33 - updated 5/9/02
More than 22 utilities combined in ONE. The first tweaking and tuning utility especially for Windows® XP!
Click Here To Download - Windows XP Only, 3.8MB (Shareware - 50 executions, more than enough!)

WindowBlinds 3.3
WindowBlinds is a program that makes Windows into a fully skinnable operating system. It allows users to apply visual styles that skin virtually every aspect of the Windows GUI (title bars, radio buttons, check boxes, scrollbars, explorer backgrounds, and so on). It is the Microsoft certified way of adding more visual styles to Windows XP. WB visual styles can be used on Windows 98, ME, and 2000.  Version 3.3 is a major redesign that provides global bitmap caching, which dramatically improves performance while decreasing resource usage on all versions of Windows.
Click Here To Download -  2.24MB