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McAfee AVERT Stinger Download and
run this program regularly. It will
detect and eliminate many of the more
common viruses. This is a great program
if your Anti Virus is having trouble
eliminating some viruses.
Trend Micro Free Virus Scan Scan
your machine for viruses. This is a free
service by Trend Micro
Panda Active Scan Scan your machine
for viruses. This is a free service by
Panda Software
Firewalls
Agnitum Outpost Pro A premier
firewall solution. One of the easiest to
use we have seen. Outpost provides ad
blocking and pop up control.
Kerio offers a personal firewall and
several firewall options for your
server. Kerio blocks banner ads and pop
ups. If you download and install the
free version you will have all the
features for 30 days, then it will
become the free version unless you
purchase the product.
ZoneAlarm Pro An excellent firewall.
Very simple. There is also a
free version for personal use.
Gibson Research Check and see how
well your firewall is working.
Arin Whois Find out who an IP
address belongs to. Many firewalls will
report an IP address, but not its owner.
Internet Browsers
Mozilla Firefox An excellent web
browser. More secure than Internet
Explorer. Has a built pop up blocker.
Spyware Prevention and Removal
Ad Aware Stops annoying ads by
eliminating the unwanted cookies. This
does a great job of stopping popup ads
without interfering with necessary
cookies.
CWShredder This product eliminates
Cool Web Search and its variants.
Microsoft Windows Anti Spyware Anti
Spyware by Microsoft. Protects in real
time and automatically updates.
SpywareInfo This web site is a good
resource to obtain current information
on spyware, pop up windows and other
threats. Some useful downloads are also
provided.
Hijack This can be downloaded from
this site.
Spybot Search & Destroy One of the
best solutions for eliminating spyware
we have seen
Spyware Blaster 2 Prevents Spyware
from being installed on you machine in
the first place. Works extremely well
with
Spybot Search & Destroy
Webroot Spy Sweeper If you have
Spyware that you just can't seem to get
rid of Spyware Sweeper may well be the
product to do the job. Webroot Spy
Sweeper gives you a 30 day free trial.
Maintenance
Ace Utilities A great program for
cleaning your registry, cleaning
history, eliminating temp files and much
more.
Atomic Clock Here is a great way to
keep the clock in your computer
accurate, down to the second. You can
download a free sync utility.
CacheManXP can greatly improve the
performance of you computer by
optimizing several caches,
auto-recovering RAM and fine tuning a
number of system settings.
O&O Software provides an excellent
defrag program. It is more efficient and
much faster than the defrag program that
comes with Windows. O&O Software also
provides O&O SafeErase, O&O UnErase and
O&O DiskRecovery
System Mechanic Allows you to
optimize Windows. An excellent program.
This utility is great for optimizing
your broadband connection and network.
TweakAll A great product for fine
tuning your Windows and there is no
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