Free Anti-Virus Solutions
- AVG Anti-Virus - Free for home and non-commerical use. We use it on all of our home machines and have never had any problems.
- avast! 4 Home Edition - Free for home and non-commercial use.
Virus and Spyware Removal Tools
- Ad-Aware SE Personal - Scans for and removes spyware that takes control of your computer. For real-time always-on protection, upgrade to Pro version.
- Spybot - Search & Destroy - Scans for and removes spyware. Provides "immunity" protection against bad downloads in Internet Explorer and prevents your computer from running malicious files without your knowledge.
- Hijack This! [v 1.99.1] [v 2.0 (beta)] - Scans your registry and running programs to find hidden infections. Does not automatically remove suspect entries. For Advanced Users ONLY.
- The Avenger - Removes files that you are otherwise unable to remove due to "file in currently in use" errors. For Advanced Users ONLY.
Data Recovery Tools
- PC Inspector File Recovery - Supports FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems. Good for recovering files that have been recently deleted or files from a hard drive that has been recently formatted.
- Knoppix - Linux Live CD. Allows you to access and recover files on a corrupted Windows installation by copying them to another hard drive or to CD/DVD.
