SIUE On-line Help Desk

Free Software to Download

In order to offer the most recent information available from all of the providers of freeware and shareware, this site generally offers links directly to the providers of the software.

Review the software vendor's site carefully and select the version that is appropriate for your operating system (i.e. Windows 95 or Macintosh 8.5). How to Determine Your Operating System Version provides additional information on this subject, if you are unsure.

Those new to downloading, should review the contents of Downloading Files before attempting to download any of the following.

E-Mail

Freeware/Shareware	Operating Systems
Netscape Communicator (latest version)	WIN 98/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP Mac OS X 10.1.x, OS X 10.2.x & later
Eudora (Lite Mode)	WIN 98/ME/XP/2000 Mac OS 9 or later
Pegasus	WIN 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Freeware/Shareware	Operating Systems
WS FTP LE	WIN 3.X/95/98/NT/2000/XP

HTML Validating

Freeware/Shareware	Operating Systems
CSE HTML Validator Lite	WIN 95/98/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP

News Readers

Freeware/Shareware	Operating Systems
Free Agent	WIN 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP

PDF Readers

Freeware/Shareware	Operating Systems
Adobe Acrobat Reader	WIN 95/98/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP Macintosh

Spyware Removal

Freeware/Shareware Operating Systems

Lavasoft: Ad AwareSE WIN 98/98S/ME/NT4/2000/XP

TN 3270 Terminal Emulator

Freeware/Shareware	Operating Systems
QWS3270	WIN 3.X/95/98/NT/2000/XP
TN3270 for Macintosh	Macintosh (OS up through 9.1)
TN3270 for Macintosh	Macintosh (OS X)

Virus Protection

Freeware/Shareware	Operating Systems
Sophos (available to SIUENET users only on University owned or leased PCs, and/or personal computers of residential students and employees)	WIN 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Macintosh

Web Browsers If you will be using Blackboard (used in web-enhanced and web-delivered courses), please visit the Blackboard Resource Center in order to select a compatible browser version and learn how to configure it for use with Blackboard.

Freeware/Shareware	Operating Systems
Microsoft Internet Explorer (latest version) Microsoft Internet Explorer (older versions)	WIN 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Mozilla Firefox (latest version)	WIN/XP Mac OS X
Netscape Communicator (latest version) Netscape Communicator (older versions)	WIN 98/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP Mac OS 8.6, 9.x, X

If you need additional information after consulting this source, you are encouraged to contact the Customer Support Center at (618) 650-3739.

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Published by: Office of Information Technology & Library and Information Services
Last Update: December 7, 2006 by A. Emmanuel
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