PROTECT YOUR COMPUTER
WITH FREE AND EASY TO USE PROGRAMS

Remember, the programs are only as good as the user who updates the programs regularly and runs the programs as shown below!!  You can program them to be done for you using the Control Panel and the Task Scheduler.

Avast Anti-Virus
www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
Run program weekly
Runs continuously in background

Microsoft Windows Firewall
Open Control Panel, Click on Windows Firewall, Click to turn on Windows Firewall

Runs continuously in background

Spamfighter                                                    
www.spamfighter.com
Runs continuously in e-mail

Win Patrol 
www.winpatrol.com                                                                          
Runs continuously in background

Ad-Aware                                                        
www.lavasoft.com
 
Runs continuously in background                                                                         
Run program weekly

Malwarebytes by Anti-Malware                 
www.malwarebytes.org                                                                          
Runs continuously in background
Run program weekly

Spybot Search & Destroy                           
www.safer-networking.org/en/download/

Run program weekly

Microsoft Windows Automatic Update    
Open Control Panel, Click on Windows Update, Click to automatically install updates daily at 3:00 am


Microsoft Office Programs
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/default.asp

Remember that you need to update your Office program to keep them up-to-date
and secure, so don't forget to include these downloads:
(Access, Excel, Front Page, One Note, Outlook, Power Point, Publisher & Word)