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[marko]

Thanks to all our members who took part in the hunt for the best freeware software of 2011 according to you

Here's the results as voted for by YOU !!

Best Freeware Game 2011 (see the votes)
WINNER: Project Blackout
Worthy mentions: Alien Arena, Helicopter Strike 3D, Scorched 3D, Battle for Wesnoth

Best Freeware Cleaning & Tweaking Freeware 2011 (see the votes)
WINNER: CCleaner
Worthy mentions: Mz Ultimate Tweaker

Best Freeware Graphics Editor 2011 (see the votes)
WINNER: Gimp
Worthy mentions: Paint.NET

Best Backup and Recovery Freeware 2011 (see the votes)
WINNER: Macrium Reflect Free
Worthy mentions: GFI Backup Freeware Edition, EASEUS Todo Backup

Best Freeware Office Package (see the votes)
WINNER: OpenOffice.org
Worthy mentions: LibreOffice, SSuite Office - The Fifth Element

Best Internet Browser 2011 (see the votes)
WINNER: Mozilla Firefox
Worthy mentions: Google Chrome, Opera, Maxthon

Best Freeware Media Player 2011 (see the votes)
WINNER: VLC Media Player (VideoLAN)
Worthy mentions: Media Player Classic - Home Cinema, Windows Media Player, Gom Player, PotPlayer

Best Freeware Firewall 2011 (see the votes)
WINNER: Comodo Firewall
Worthy mentions: Windows Built-In Firewall, Online Armor Firewall, Private Firewall

Best Freeware Antivirus 2011 (see the votes)
WINNER: avast! Free Antivirus
Worthy mentions: Microsoft Security Essentials, AVG Antivirus Free, Avira AntiVir Personal

[google]

Nice, very nice !

[BigB]

I think the outcome was predictable but is always good to see what other people use on their PCs. I am giving some of the alternatives to my favourites a go right now.

[Mongoplus]

<sub>I believe these picks are dead on target.

Great job, as usual.</sub>