AntiVirus

AVG
With AVG, you will get the high-end software solution for reliable protection against the threat of computer viruses. This software product is equipped with revolutionary technologies like Virus Stalker and Active Modular Core.

Chat; Text, Audio, & Video

iVisit
I had been a big fan of CuSeeMe before it went commercial and always wondered what happened to the developers after they sold out. Well I found one of them, Tim Dorcey has gone on to create yet another great solution for multi-party video, voice and text chat over intranets and the Internet. iVisit supports color video, multiple simultaneous connections, call screening, flexible quality settings for video, and a built-in directory service.

Collection of Original Programs

Grey Olltwit's Freeware
Apart from the freeware Math progammes all the programs on this site are originals made by Grey Olltwit.

Compression; Pkzip type

ZipGenius
Supports 21 compression and file encoding formats, plus the new Windows XP visual styles. With this compression utility, you can give better protection to your archives using encryption instead of the standard ZIP password, you can send e-mail using the built-in mail client, or you can publish archives on the Web with the built-in FTP client.

EMail Tool

Group-Mail
This is the only tool you need to communicate with groups by email. Whether it be for announcing new products and services to your customers, delivering and managing newsletters, or simply staying in touch with family and friends. Not only is this a great program they have THE BEST tech support.

Fax

CallCenter
Easy Sending and receiving of faxes in the foreground or background with just a few simple mouse clicks. In addition, if your modem hardware supports Voice Telephony the CallCenter will actually assist your computer with answering your telephone with your personalized greeting and then take a message for you.

FTP Client

AceFTP
Tons of features and easy to use.

Game

CMT Solitaire
A small (less than 500 kilobytes of disk space) and versatile game. It plays over 30 different card games, including such favorites as Black Widow, Eight Off, Golf, Klondike, La Belle Lucie, Napoleon, Penguin, Pyramid and Wasp.

Graphics Editor

20/20
An excellent editor with lots of features; reminds me of PSP(if you're going to buy a graphics program, Adobe is way overpriced, get PSP). I've never seen a free graphics program with so many features, follow the link to see a list of them all.

Graphics Viewer

SlowView
The essence of an ImageFileViewer is to provide the user a easy and fast possibility to a) load and display Images b) convert Images to other Formats c) organize Images. That's what SlowView is thought to be used for. Also note, that SlowView is Freeware for both private and commercial use.

HTML Editor

HTML-Kit
It's what I use and it's sweet. And please, please, don't use Frontpage.

HTML Reference

WDG's HTML 4.0, HTML 3.2, and CSS References
A very nice help file on HTML. If you write HTML at all GET THIS.

Internet Gaming

Absolute-Gaming
The first Internet destination where people can play a variety of skill-based games while competing in large-scale tournaments against other people to win real money prizes. Game enthusiasts everywhere will be able to select from: Solitaire, Free Cell, Chess, Checkers, and more. Free and Pay games. Currently offering up to $5.00 Free "Cash".

Remote Control

Virtual Network Computing
A remote control system which allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environment from anywhere on a TCP/IP network and from a wide variety of machine architectures. This is really cool. We started using it for user support at work and it simplifies our jobs considerably.
Get TightVNC for use over the Internet.

Time Client

Dimension 4
Automatically synchronizes your PC's clock to the THE correct time.

Web Browser

I am not qualified (or brave enough) to pick the best Web browser so I'll recommend two:
Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator