Links and Downloads
Beware of Rogue and Suspect Anti-Spyware Products!
Click here for a list of programs to avoid
Cost: Free
Protect Your Operating System
Microsoft's Windows Update
Cost: Free
(For Windows users only)
Personal Firewall (Make yourself invisible on the internet)
Windows Firewall (Included in Service Pack 2)
Cost: Free
(Before downloading a third party program, check to see if you have it)
Zone Alarm
Cost: Free
(Good choice for older systems running Windows 98, ME, NT or 2000)
Anti-Virus
EZ Armor from Computer Associates
Cost: 12 month Free Trial
Grisoft's AVG
Cost: Free for Home Users
McAfee VirusScan 2005
Cost: 30-day Free Trial
Housecall Trend-Micro
Cost: Free on-line scan
Spyware /Adware Detection Removal
Ad-Aware SE
Cost: Free
CWShredder
Cost: Free
HijackThis
Cost: Free
(Advanced users only)
Microsoft Defender
Cost: Free
Pest Patrol
Cost: 30-day Free Trial
SpyBot Search & Destroy
Cost: Free
(Advanced users only)
Webroot SpySweeper
Cost: Free Online Scan
Internet Filtering and Blocking
CyberPatrol
Cost: 14-day Free Trial
K9 Web Protection
Cost: Free
(Great for families with lots of computers!)
Internet Tracking
SpyAgent
Cost: Free Trial
(Track your children's usage on the Internet)
Key Logger Detection
KL-Detector
Cost: free
(Find out whether your activity is being recorded with a keylogger application)
Legal Music Downloads
iTunes
Cost: Free software download - 99 cents per song
MSN Music
Cost: 99 cents per song
MusicMatch
Cost: 99 cents per song
Napster (Yes it's now a legal service!)
Cost: Per song or subscription
Walmart.com
Cost: 88 cents per song
Pop-Up Blockers
EMS Free Surfer mk II
Cost: Free
Google Toolbar
Cost: Free
PanicWare Pop-Up Stopper
Cost: Free
Secure Deletions
Eraser
Cost: Free
Spam Tools
CloudMark SafetyBar
Cost: Free
(Spam and Fraud detection tool for Outlook and Outlook Express)
MailWasher
Cost: 30-day Free Trial
Spam Pal
Cost: Free
(Works with Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora & most POP3 mail programs)
SpamBayes
Cost: Free
(For Outlook users only. Does not work with Outlook Express.)
