AVG Anti-Virus & Internet Security Protection
"AVG Free offers very good (and very free) protection against viruses and spyware... As a bonus, its real-time Link Scanner technology keeps you from clicking search links to dangerous sites. It's an excellent choice if you need free protection against both viruses and spyware."

Windows Defender detects and removes spyware
Windows Defender is software that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software by detecting and removing known spyware from your computer. Windows Defender features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware when it's detected, minimizes interruptions, and helps you stay productive.

Free Internet and parental controls filtering software
If you’re like most of us, parenting in the age of the Internet has you facing a new set of challenges. Blue Coat is committed to helping you and all communities through this 'First Generation of Internet Parenting'.
K9 Web Protection is our free Internet filtering and control solution for the home. K9 puts YOU in control of the Internet so you can protect your kids. Blue Coat® K9 Web Protection is a content filtering solution for your home computer. Its job is to provide you with a family-safe Internet experience, where YOU control the Internet content that enters your home.

Spyware Doctor Starter edition.
The commercial version of Spyware Doctor is one of the best-perfoming anti-ad/spyware programs, and while this basic version isn't quite as good, it should still do the trick if you've followed the other precautions. Spyware Doctor Starter Edition is anti-spyware software that provides advanced technology designed especially for people, not just experts. It is automatically configured to give you optimal protection with limited interaction so all you need to do is install it for immediate and ongoing protection. Protection against: spyware, adware, spyware trojans, keyloggers, identity theft, hijackers, tracking threats, spybots, rogue anti-spyware, unwanted software, phishing, pop-ups, and bad Web sites. Starter Edition is a free version of Spyware Doctor, with full scan and remove, basic real-time and no time limit.


Mailwasher.
Rather than filtering through all your emails itself, Mailwasher works by allowing you to preview emails whilst they're on the server, so any nasty ones can be deleted before they make it to your machine.


Spamihilator works between your E-Mail client and the Internet and examines every incoming E-Mail. Useless spam mails (Junk) will be filtered out. This process runs completely in the background.
The Learning Filter (Bayesian Filter) uses the rules of Thomas Bayes (English mathematician, 18th century) and calculates a certain Spam-Probability for every E-Mail. You can train this filter! So it will know your messages even better than you. Hence the recognition rate will continuously increase.


Protect your PC with #1 Free Firewall
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall blocks hackers from infiltrating your home PC by hiding your computer from unsolicited network traffic. By detecting and preventing intrusions, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall keeps your PC free from viruses that slow down performance, and spyware that steals your personal information, passwords, and financial data.
• Essential firewall protection
• Be invisible to others online
• New interface makes it even easier—smaller size keeps it light


OpenOffice.org is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose. OpenOffice.org is the result of over twenty years' software engineering. Designed from the start as a single piece of software, it has a consistency other products cannot match. A completely open development process means that anyone can report bugs, request new features, or enhance the software. The result: OpenOffice.org does everything you want your office software to do, the way you want it to.


TextPad is a very efficient text editor. It is more robust than WordPad or Notepad, yet is more suitable than Word for typing program and command files. It does not include the formatting features used and saved in a .doc file, which are not handled in Oracle or other programming environments. TextPad has features that make it particularly useful working on HTML, PHP, Java and many more programming files.


Foxit PDF Reader:- The following is a list of compelling advantages of Foxit Reader: Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader is only 2.55 MB which is a fraction of Acrobat Reader 22 MB size. Breezing-fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc. Annotation tool: Foxit Reader allows you to draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save the annotated document. Save fillable forms after filling them out so you can continue anytime. Text converter: You may convert the whole PDF document into a simple text file. High security and privacy: Foxit Reader highly respects the security and privacy of users and will never connect to the Internet without users' permission while other PDF readers often silently connect. Version 2.3 build 3201 fixed some major bugs of the early versions and makes Foxit Reader more stable and user-friendly


This is a link to Adobe if you still wish to download the Adobe reader.


WinRAR file compression
There are plenty of solid compression utilities to choose from, but this shareware powerhouse offers the features and ease of use that might place it at the top of its category. WinRAR is easy to use, lightweight, and flexible. WinRAR provides the full RAR and ZIP file support, can decompress CAB, GZIP, ACE and other archive formats.


Powerful CD and DVD Burning Package
DeepBurner is an advanced and extremely powerful CD and DVD burning package. It even removes the hassle of making autoruns, creating and printing your own labels and booklets. Burn any data, copy any disc, make backups, create astonishing photo albums, make ISO images and Video DVDs with this very easy to handle professional software!


IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista. It is simple for beginners and powerful for professionals.


Easy Thumbnails is a popular free utility for creating accurate thumbnail images and scaled-down/up copies from a wide range of popular picture formats. An elegant interface makes it a snap to find your images and select them for processing individually, in groups, or in whole folders, using a simple file selector and built-in image viewer. You can use slider controls to rotate images and adjust their contrast, brightness, sharpness and quality, and check out the results with the built-in viewer.



Backup can be considered an insurance for your data. And data can be easily lost: your hard drive can suddenly break down, a virus can wipe out your files from the computer or your computer/laptop can be stolen. Not to mention a fire, water floods, etc... Only when you have a backup, it's not a tragedy. If you have a recent copy of your data, it's a simple matter of restoring and you are back in business.

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