Virus Scanners
1) AVG 6.0 Anti-Virus (
AVG Resident Protection
AVG e-mail Scanner
AVG On-Demand Scanner
Basic Scheduled Tests
Free Virus Database Updates
Automatic Update feature
Easy-To-Use Interface
Automatic Healing of infected files
AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files )
AVG's Website
2) Mcafee Online VS (FreeScan searches for viruses, including the latest known "in the wild" viruses, and displays a detailed list of any infected files.)
Mcafee's Online Virus Scan
3) Avast! Antivirus-- (is a nice free antivirus program. You need a registration key, after like 60 days, but all you have to do is go to their website and get a free one. Free for home use.)
Avast's Website
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Trojan/Spyware Removers
4) Spybot Search & Destroy (Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer)
Spybots website or Spybots Secondary Website
5 Ad-Aware (
With its ability to comprehensively scan your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known datamining, aggressive advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware will provide the user with the confidence to surf the Internet knowing that their privacy will remain intact. Let Ad-aware protect your privacy.
)
Ad-aware's website
6) SpywareBlaster (SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed.....SpywareBlaster also provides the exclusive System Snapshot! - Take a snapshot of your computer in its clean state, and use System Snapshot later to revert many changes made by spyware and browser hijackers!
Spyware Blasters Website
7) Spy Sweeper(“Spy Sweeper is the most effective standalone tool for detecting, removing and blocking spyware.”)
Spy Sweepers Website
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Firewalls
Sygate Personal Firewall (FREE for personal use, Sygate Personal Firewall 5.x provides best of breed security in a user friendly interface, protecting your PC from hackers, trojans and DoS attacks. New features include full-ICS support, protocol driver level protection, enhanced logging, and more. Sygate Personal Firewall is the first FREE personal firewall to offer protection from malicious code intrusions, keeping the information on your PC safe and private. For multiple seat licenses or advanced users, our Award-winning Sygate Personal Firewall Pro is strongly recommended with licenses starting at $39.95.)
Sygate's Website
9) Zone Alarm (The award-winning personal firewall blocks dangerous Internet threats, guarding your PC from many of the tactics used by hackers and data thieves)
Zone Alarms Website
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Web Browsers
10) Mozilla (pop-up blocker built in, tabbed browsing, html editor, email client..exct)
Mozilla's Website
11) Opera (
great speed
high security
tabbed browsing
flexible pop-up blocker
effective spam filter
available in 20 languages )
Opera's Website
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Pop-up Blockers
12) Google Toolbar (• Search the web with Google from any site
• Eliminate pop-up ads
• Fill in forms with one click
• Highlight search terms on a page
)
Google's Toolbar
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Others
13) Pc Pit Stop (Online Virus scan, and PC Pitstop runs diagnostics on your PC to identify things that might help improve performance.)
Pc Pit Stop's Website
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Free Download Centers
These are all free download centers where you can go and browse catagories about software that are all free, some like download.com have some where they give you a trial for how ever many days, I would prevent downloading those because the trial period is usually 30 days or less which sucks .
14)Download.com (most famous download center)
-Download.com
15)Web Attack -- (Looking for freeware and shareware? WebAttack.com features the latest downloads. Its inventory is updated daily with many selections that are hard to find elsewhere.) **taken from techtv**
Webattack
16)Source Forge -- (Open source website, everything is free here)
Sourceforge
17)No Nags --(Tired of software that doesn't work? The guys at Nonags bring you a large collection of 32-bit Windows software that has no disabled features, nags, time limits, or other tricks.)
Nonags
1Softpedia-- (Free program downloads)
Softpedia's Website
19)Majorgeeks-- (Program Downloads)
Majorgeeks Website
Easyoffice-http://www.e-press.com/
System Information-http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Graphics Viewing-www.irfanview.com/
Paint Replacement-http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
Photoshop Replacement-www.gimp.org/
PDF Creator-http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Firewall-http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
File Zipper-www.zipgenius.it/
CD Ripper/Music Format Converter-www.dbpoweramp.com/
Wallpaper Changer-http://www.kanasolution.cjb.net/
MP3 Player-http://quinnware.com/