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To Be Forewarned Is To Be Forearmed

Defend yourself first with knowledge!!! Check out this list of known or suspected rogue anti-spyware programs that may have snuck by you to infest your system.

Security

These sites offer free versions of their software that we highly recommend.

System Optimization & Privacy

  • CCleaner -- (Instructions | FAQ)
    CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less that a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!

Malware Cleaners (Anti-spyware/malware/adware)

Anti-virus

Firewalls

Free Online Scans

Web Browsers

Office Software

  • Open Office is a free solution to use for editing documents, creating spreadsheets, presentations, math documents, databases, etc. You can even view and edit Microsoft Office documents (including Word and Excel documents)
  • CutePDF
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader

Online Gaming

Many game review and manufacturer sites offer free downloads of demos for their big retail games.

Flash Sites

Video clips

Search Engines

Music

Multimedia Programs

  • Flash Player
  • CDBurnerXP Pro is a free CD/DVD burning solution. With this software you can burn CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R/RW DVD-R/RW discs.
  • BSPlayer is a Windows ® player that plays back all kinds of media files ( avi / mpg / asf / wmv / wav / mp3...) and specialises in video and divx playback.
  • VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
  • WinAmp is a multimedia player for audio and video, with support for ShoutCast, online streams, etc.
  • Audacity is a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems

Spanish Language Tools

Free Software Sites

These links will take you to some great sites for obtaining software, ranging from free programs to licensed demos of commercial products.