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Top 50 Freeware
1 Sysinternals Process Explorer - Task Manager substitute, flexible columns for more info on running processes
2 Windows Defender - quality free anti-spyware offering from Microsoft
3 GhostWall - low resource usage, last 50 blocked statistics, block all panic button, aesthetically utilitarian GUI
4 Malicious Software Removal Tool - by Microsoft, also available as an on-line version
5 Spider - clean up index.dat files, the original classic by Ward van Wanrooij
6 AntiVir - Personal Edition Classic free for personal
use. Utilitarian GUI, polished feel, scans by
'Luke Filewalker'
7 Clear Type Tuner Power Toy - Greatly improves font clarity
8 Zone Alarm - venerable free firewall
9 Contig from Sysinternals - use with Power Defragmenter GUI from Excessive Software, cool scrolling defragmentation
10 SpyBot - spyware detection and removal. You may like this helpful tutorial
11 LSP-Fix - broken LSP's can result in lost Internet access, read help info first
12 Tweak UI - Microsoft Power Toy, lots of User Interface tweaks, plus a must have tool to rebuild icon file
13 Comodo - slick interface, free forever anti-virus, anti-trojan, anti-worm
14 Ewido - full system trojan scan or fast selective scans, free version manual update only, no real-time protection
15 AdAware - quality product, check out the new VX2 Cleaner , an Add-on
16 F-Secure Backlight - detect Rootkits
17 BuzzSaw and Dirms - the one-two defragmentation punch from DIRMS
18 Sophos Anti-Rootkit - installs to SOPHTEMP on your main drive, find the executable there to start
19 K-Meleon - open source browser, light and fast
20 Hijack This - Create "Hijack This" logs to aid in handling spyware/adware/malware
21 Outpost Firewall Free - basic firewall protection includes application filtering
22 Agent Ransack - acclaimed file and folder search utility, fast and handy
23 Dependency Walker - free utility scans a dll, ocx, exe, sys file and builds a hierarchical tree of dependencies
24 TrackerV3 - alternative to the windows file manager - powerful find files engine
25 Firefox - straightforward browser with lots of options for customization
26 AVG - real-time protection, email scanner, on-demand scans, automatic updates, free for home use
27 a squared - quality control panel, scrolling display, scan from context menu
28 MJ's Help Diagnostics - re-register dll files or ocx files that can prevent help files from working properly
29 Everest - Last Freeware version, Diagnostic, System Info, Benchmarking, Everest Website
30 Iconoid - handy utility to restore Icon position
31 CWShredder - now a TrendMicro product, locates, removes variants of the browser hijacker Cool Web Search (CWS)
32 SyncBack - solid backup and file synchronization
33 SiSoftware Sandra - quality benchmarking and diagnostic, free lite version
34 Robo Form - handy password filler
35 Anti-Hook - intrusion protection operates on the Windows Kernel level, protects against rootkits and other malware
36 Bit Defender Free Edition - on-demand virus scanner, same ICSA Labs certified scan engine as the paid version
37 Belarc Advisor - a wealth of system information
38 CCleaner - a super polished cleanup utility
39 TCP View - real time display of TCP endpoints, resolves IP addresses, plus handy whois
40 Registrar Lite - registry editor, often recommended for use in Hijack this handlings to locate the evasive AppInit_DLL
41 Sysinternal's PageDefrag - boot-time defrag of the registry hives and paging file
42 Windows Installer CleanUp Utility - Microsoft, cleanup of problematic installations/uninstalls with Windows installer
43 ToolbarCop - selectively disable or remove BHO's, Toolbars, Standard Toolbar Buttons, Contect Menu Items
44 ProcessGuard - monitors and protects running processes
45 Doctor TCP - tweak Internet connection settings with this tool
46 Xplorer² - powerful file manager
47 TrendMicro Scanner - online spyware scanner, requires utility download
48 Raxco Online Fragmentation Analyzer - analyze fragmentation status online, uses ActiveX
49 Eraser - secure file deletion, wipes hard drive free space
50 Webroot Spy Audit - online spyware scanner, requires utility download