Software:
Brave/Firefox - Main browser
foobar2000 - Music player
KeePass - Password Manager
LibreOffice - Free Office365 Alternative
NextDNS - Amazing Ad-Block DNS Tool
Notepad++ - Favorite Text editor
Mullvad - VPN
OBS Studio - Screen/Game Recording
PatchMyPC - Scans all programs and updates at once
Plex / Plexamp - Mobile media player
Steam - Gaming
VLC - Video player
WinRAR - File Archive
WizTree - Disk Analyzer
Websites:
Brutualist Report (World News) - https://brutalist.report/
Hacker News (World/Tech News) - https://news.ycombinator.com/news
Bleeping Computer (Cybersecurity/Tech News) - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/
Neowin (Tech News) - https://www.neowin.net
DefensiveComputing (Knowledgeable PC Resource) - https://defensivecomputingchecklist.com/index.php
Ninite (Install lots of software at once) - https://ninite.com/
Privacy Tools - https://www.privacytools.io/
RainSounds - https://asoftmurmur.com/
Weather - https://merrysky.net/
Temp file upload - https://catbox.moe/
Delete unused accounts - https://justdeleteme.xyz/#
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For work, these are my favorite software / websites:
Software:
Adobe Acrobat - https://get.adobe.com/reader/
Google Chrome - https://www.google.com/chrome/
CrystalDisk Info - https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/
CCLeaner - https://www.ccleaner.com/?srsltid=AfmBOordP4nzFtMvyintdytGZRBOsWSwkDzyjSVA9jINGCoP5s_aavhd
Malwarebytes - https://www.malwarebytes.com
VLC media player - https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Notepad++ - https://notepad-plus-plus.org
WinSCP - https://winscp.net/eng/index.php
KeePass - https://keepass.info
PuTTY - https://www.putty.org
Paint.NET - https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html
WinRAR - https://www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=0
Portable:
MouseJiggler
WizTree
Everything: Voidtools
Websites:
Make graphs/boards - https://excalidraw.com
Send secure passwords - https://vault.bitwarden.com/#/login
Website Info Analysis Tool https://v1.web-check.xyz
AVLab (Compares AV Virus Detection Ability) https://avlab.pl/en/recent-results/
IP Chicken (Public IP Address Check) - https://www.ipchicken.com
Nslookup (NameServer Lookup)- https://www.nslookup.io
Dig Web Interface (Online DNS Lookup) - https://digwebinterface.com
Learn and Test DMARC (DMARC Tester) - https://www.dmarctester.com
Verifalia (Verify emails are active) - https://verifalia.com/validate-email
Virus Total (Check Files/IP/URLs for malicious code) https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload
WhoIS (Domain lookup) https://who.is
MXToolbox (DMARC/DNS tools) https://mxtoolbox.com
Goblin Tools (Various tools using AI) - https://goblin.tools
Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer (Tests Autodiscover and other Exchange Stuff) https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com
Windows CMD Commands (A - Z List of all CMD commands) - https://ss64.com/nt/
DNS Dumpster (Performs easy-to-read DNS recursive lookup) - https://dnsdumpster.com
URL DNA Scanner (Analyzes URL's like a DNA Test) - https://urldna.io/scan/669524d67c63511ebd1e801f
Pattern Lock ( Emulates a pattern lock so you can specify or have a client specify how to input a pattern ) https://tympanix.github.io/pattern-lock-js/
WordPress and PHP Compatibility Table (Table of php versions and supported wp versions) https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/references/php-compatibility-and-wordpress-versions/
IT Tools (Handy online tools for developers) - https://it-tools.tech
Email Header Analyzer - https://mha.azurewebsites.net
Mailhardener tools - (DNS record splitter) - https://www.mailhardener.com/tools/dns-record-splitter
Open Port Checker (Open Port Checker) - https://canyouseeme.org
Share clipboard between devices Share clipboard between devices - https://snipboard.io
12 Foot Ladder Bypass Ads / Paywalls https://12ft.io
CPU User benchmarks Compare CPUs https://cpu.userbenchmark.com
Validate XML Validate XML https://onlinexmltools.com/validate-xml