Top 10 free PC programs everyone should have

Antivirus and malware protection

Antivirus program: Avast! or AVG

Malware and Spyware protection: Malwarebytes

Backup solutions

Online backup solution: Mozy or Dropbox

Browsers

Internet Browser: Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome

Compression utility

File compression utility: 7-Zip

Disc ripper and creation utility

CD burner utility: CDBurnerXP

E-mail

E-mail client: Mozilla Thunderbird

Online e-mail: Gmail

FTP, SFTP, and SSH Utility

FTP client: Filezilla

SSH client: Putty

Image editor, paint program, and picture organizer

Image editor: GIMP

Paint program: Paint.net

Picture organizer: Google Picasa

Multimedia

Audio editing and creating tool: Audacity

Video and DVD Player: VLC and MPC-HC

Office Suite

Office suite: OpenOffice

Notepad and Source code editor: Notepad++