With hundreds more viruses being created every month, all computers should have some form of virus protection. Here, you will find a round-up of the Web's best freeware anti-virus checkers and cleaners, which stop all kinds of "dodgy" files from entering your PC. You'll no doubt be pleased to hear that the majority of programs listed here provide comparable protection to most commercial packages.

Chatting is the very reason why many people choose to go online. The Internet has opened up many new methods of communication, one of the largest being "chat". In this section, we review the best freeware chat programs, such as messenger services. They are ideal for keeping in touch with friends or family and provide many features, such as text chat, audio support and also video conferencing.

Downloading files over the Internet normally requires a compression utility such as the famous "WinZip" or if you're on an Apple-Mac, "Stuffit Expander". These archive documents into smaller file sizes so they can be downloaded, transferred or saved much faster and more conveniently. We recommend every computer should have a zipping program. You will need it for most downloads found at FreebyWeb.com.

Dial-up utilities are handy tools for keeping your connection alive, disconnecting you after prolonged Internet use or recovering downloads that get transfer errors. This section houses some "must have" tools for the casual and advanced Internet user. Disk Utilities keep your disk drives healthy with a collection of disk and drive programs. If your computer has started to slow, check above for a handy repair.

In this section, we take a look at the Internet's best e-mail freeware applications. If you're in need of a new e-mail client, or want a utility to help combat spam, you'll likely find it in here. Many of these free e-mail software tools make excellent "add-ons" to existing applications, like Microsoft Outlook Express. The majority of these programs have small file sizes and can be downloaded within a few minutes on broadband connections.

This section at FreebyWeb.com reviews some of the Internet's most useful programs that allow you to share files (sounds, images, documents, etc.) with other users of the same program type. Although in recent years "file sharing" has sparked a huge amount of controversy over copyright ownership, many P2P (Peer to Peer) programs still exist and can be very useful search tools when used responsibly.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol), is an Internet protocol that allows users to exchange files, programs, etc. over the Internet and upload them to a Web server or download them to their personal computer. Here, FreebyWeb.com has listed a number of the Web's best freeware FTP programs. All of them are ideal for finding software from remote computers and equally as useful for Webmasters, who need to upload files.

Let's face it, if you needed a powerful graphics package with a wide range of features, you would expect to pay a considerable amount of cash. In this category you'll find a varied selection of quality freeware programs that you can download, many of which have more useful functions than expensive commercial packages. If you find any other completely free image programs, please send us an e-mail.

Our "Miscellaneous Freeware Downloads" category is the place where all those unique and often extremely popular programs are featured. Many applications here can be useful, but are not often used. Others are so unique they can't be categorised or contain a collection of applications for entirely different uses. If your computer needs a special add-on to your freeware toolkit, take a look inside this category.

The Internet is not a secure medium by any means, but there are numerous things that you can do to protect yourself (and your privacy) whilst online. Our "Free Security Programs" category was created in order to review the Net's best software that will protect you from hackers, code breakers, password stealers and more. Don't be caught off guard! Download some programs today and tighten security on your PC.

There are hundreds of free sound programs on the Internet, all providing a varied mixture of features. Here at FreebyWeb.com, we've gathered together some of the Net's best freeware sound programs that allow you to organise, tweak, record and play music, whether it be in MP3 format, or virtually any other sound file format. We've also listed some freeware applications to create your own CD-ROMs.

When Windows Notepad gets too dull and boring for you, a fresh text or HTML editor is the ideal download. There are freeware programs here for beginners to advanced Web site coders. Most have extra functions not found in the Windows applications. You'll also find some free HTML checkers and scanners that can improve the download times of your pages and overall accuracy of your site's HTML design.

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