Recommended Software

The following list of software is what we recommend for your computer. Certain software such as anti-virus software and anti-spyware software is essential. We tried to find at least one free alternative for every category of software. One thing to remember is that most of the free software we recommend is only free for personal use and not corporate use.

Anti-Virus Software

Recommended Non-Free
PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Anti-Virus - You can see our pc tools review and find a pc tools coupon.

McAfee Virus Software - McAfee offers good virus protection software.

Free Alternative
Avira Anti-vir - Anti-Vir offers a free anti-virus software that is a great alternative if you can't afford to pay for anti-virus software. Anti-vir paid version of the software is also very good.

Spyware Remover

Recommended Non-Free
PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Anti-Virus - You can see our pc tools review and find a pc tools coupon.

Recommended Free
Ad-Aware - For both the free and non-free Anti-Spyware software we also recommend Ad-Aware. Their free software works very well and their paid software works even better.

Registry Cleaner

Recommended Non-Free
Lavasoft Registry Tuner - This is a good tool from the company that makes ad-aware. This product does a good job of tuning up your registry.

Free Alternative
CCleaner - This free registry cleaner also does a good job of keeping your registry in good shape.

General PC Optimizer

Recommended Product
PC Matic by PC Pitstop - Read our PC Matic Review and find a coupon

TuneUp Utilities - Read our Review