Other Applications
Applications on this page are those that have their uses but do not really fit into the other categories. Utilities like virus scanners fall into this category. Here's a collection of useful software that you may want on your computer.
7-Zip is an open source alternative to WinZip or WinRAR. It can extract a variety of archives such as 7z, ZIP, GZIP, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, etc. and can create archives in the 7z, ZIP, GZIP, TAR, and BZIP2 format. The user interface is very straight forward and is very similar to WinZip. It can be run as a portable application or as an installed application. Installing it gives you integration with the Windows Shell and other things. It's a great archiving program if you need one.
Avira AntiVir Personal Edition is the best free anti-virus program out there. Compared to Norton or McAfee, AntiVir wins handily. It has the highest detection rate and the lowest false alarms. AntiVir have won numerous contests with other virus scanners and the Personal Edition available here should serve most people's needs. It does not include support and you have lower priority when downloading updates, but those are minor inconveniences for such a great free program. If you need the high speed downloads, 24/7 support or other features of the Pro version, by all means buy it... it's a great virus scanner!