Softonic Awards 2009: The World's Best Software

The results of the Softonic Awards 2009 are in!

A month ago we invited you to help us choose the best programs of the year. Well, the results are in, and today we can reveal the winners of the 6th annual Softonic Awards!

Thank you all for taking part!

We really wanted the Softonic Awards 2009 to be fair, which is why we needed your opinions and experiences as well as the results of tests performed by our Content Department. The whole competition turned out perfectly, which is why we want to thank you for your participation - you were great!

Results of the Softonic Awards 2009

Best Antispyware program

Ad-Aware

Advanced protection from all sorts of malware
Best Audio Player

Winamp

A hugely popular and versatile audio and media player
Best Chat & VoIP program

Windows Live Messenger

See. Hear. Share. Instantly.
Best Free Game

FlightGear

Open source, multi-platform flight simulato
Best Office program

OpenOffice

OpenOffice 3.0 Final is here
Best Photo & Imaging program

Adobe Photoshop

Experience a rich new feature set for Photoshop
Best Mac program

Picasa

Google's answer to iPhoto
Best Linux Application

aMule

Versión de eMule multiplataforma con entorno gráfico
Best Pocket PC program

Google Maps Mobile

Google Maps goes Mobile

Best Antivirus program

NOD32 Antivirus

Surprisingly quick, easy and secure antivirus
Best Browser

Mozilla Firefox

New Firefox with interesting features
Best Disc Burning program

Nero

The ultimate PC multimedia suite
Best Game

FIFA 09

The soccer classic strikes back
Best P2P Program

Ares

100% P2P filesharing and nothing more
Best Video player

Windows Media Player

Microsoft's free Media Player sets a high standard
Best distrib

Ubuntu

Linux al alcance de todos
Best Palm program

Opera Mini

The Mini revolution in mobile browsing
Best Mobile program

Google Earth

The entire planet on your iPhone