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Locator

If the hotlinked site is busy, you can do an Archie search on the file name to find alternate locations.

Handy Programs

PKZIP (~200K) Compress, decompress. A DOS program.
WINZIP56.EXE Windows program for compression, decompression, more
WNCOD261.EXE Decode UUENCODED files
MIMEQP.ZIP Read mail packaged by a MIME (Multimedia Internet Mail Extension)compliant mailer. You won't need this if you use a modern e-mail package like the ones listed below, but I'm including it here for those who are fond of an older e-mail program.

Anti-virus

McAfee Virus Scan A popular anti-virus program.
F-PROT.ZIP: "F-PROT consistently maintains the highest ratings in all independent tests of scanning of known viral programs ...", from a review at the NIST WWW site.

Internet Access Programs

Tucows Collection Of Winsock Software
E-mail programs:
- Eudora "Lite" version free. "Pro" version has extra features. Related sites:
  - Review of Eudora by Daniel Coolidge from ABA WWW site
  - A Guide to The Eudora Mail Package
  - Eudora Tips & Tricks
- Pegasus Mail Free, and about as powerful as Eudora Pro.
Encryption programs:
- PGP The most powerful encryption program available. Free for personal noncommercial use.
  - PGP: Pretty Good Privacy, a product/book review by David A. Hirsch
- Viacrypt Commercially licensed version of PGP.
- Encryption Interface works with Pegasus Mail and PGP. Free interface adds very strong and nearly transparent encryption to one of the best e-mail programs available.
Free Agent A powerful reader for Usenet Newsgroups

Archie

If you know the name of a file you are looking for, or can approximate it using wildcard characters then you can use the Archie search program to find FTP sites where it is available for downloading. Here are some WWW Archie gateways:

Archie search via National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Archie search via University of Michigan