Great Free Consumer Software

SECURITY

Avast! Anti-Virus - Avast! Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. Avast!Free is available free-of-charge for the life of the product!

Ccleaner - CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space.

Malwarebytes - Malwarebytes is a very effective tool to remove rootkits and malware (malicious software).

Spybot Search & Destroy - Spybot Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer.

Zone Alarm Firewall – Zone Alarm personal firewall provides best of breed security in a user friendly interface, protecting your PC from hackers, trojans and DoS attacks.

PRODUCTIVITY

Sun Microsystems Open Office - OpenOffice.org is an open-source, multiplatform and multilingual office suite comparable with MS Office. It is compatible with all other major office suites and is free to download, use, and distribute.

Adobe Reader - Adobe Reader is free software that lets you open, view, search, and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

CutePDF - Create your very own PDF documents for free!

MULTIMEDIA

I-Tunes - iTunes is an audio player for playing and organizing digital music files, and purchasing digital music files in the FairPlay digital rights management format. The iTunes Music Store is the component of iTunes through which users can purchase digital music files from within iTunes.

Winamp - Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music and video player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances called skins, plus audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. additional features including free-form skins, a new decoder, and built-in cross fade, and an advanced Media Library.

K-Lite Codec Pack - K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even some rare formats.

Kodak Easy Share – An all in one photo management system allows you to organize, print, and share pictures. Comes with photo greeting card templates to create personalized greeting cards, a calendar view to find any picture by date, share photos online or by e-mail without large attachments.

BROWSERS

Firefox - The award-winning Web browser is better than ever. Browse the Web with confidence. Firefox protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups.

Recommended Paid Software and Hardware

MONITORING AND PROTECTION

Avast! Internet Security - Avast! commercial Professional Edition anti-virus is a simple to use antivirus/spyware/rootkit program and a perfect program for the less computer savvy. It is simple to download, install and use. The real-time scanner and boot-time virus removal are excellent for pesky viruses that will not go away.

Net Nanny™ - Is the most effective and flexible Internet filter available. The state-of-the-art dynamic filtering engine ensures that your family members won't be exposed to pornography and other offensive content.

Spector Pro - Spector Pro is the world’s best selling software for monitoring and recording every detail of PC and Internet activity – in your home or in your office. Spector Pro records every detail of what users do on the computer – their chats, instant messages, emails, the web sites they visit, what they search for, what they do on MySpace, the pictures they post and look at, the keystrokes they type, the programs they run and much more.

CA® Anti-Spam (formerly Qurb) - CA Anti-Spam works immediately upon installation following a quick download — without any configuration or training. Tight integration with Outlook and Outlook Express means you'll hardly notice CA Anti-Spam as it protects your inbox from email security threats and spam. The software examines incoming email, separating spam from genuine email messages. Unwanted e-mail is filtered at the desktop. The software then scans all existing sent emails and owner’s contact list and activates them as “approved senders”. All other incoming email must be examined and flagged as approved or permanently blocked. Note, software only works with Outlook or Outlook Express.

NETWORKING

NETGEAR® RangeMax™ WPN824 Wireless Router - RangeMax is an advanced Smart MIMO (Multi-In, Multi-Out) technology that uses multiple internal antennas. RangeMax routers constantly survey the network environment for physical barriers and interference and adjust the wireless signal to compensate for these performance blockers. Designed to extend wireless coverage and make the entire home a hot spot, it delivers up to 10 times the wireless coverage of other routers. In addition to great range and speed, the Rangemax has powerful built-in security protection including the ability to block specific web sites, block specific services like AOL Instant Messenger, and built-in parental controls that protects the whole family from offensive internet content.

Zone Alarm Secure Wireless Router Z100G – The Z100G offer gateway level anti-virus protection stopping infection before they reach your computer. The built in Check Point® security technology is the best on the market.

BACKUP

Western Digital 500GB My Book™ Premium Edition™ External Hard Drive – Western Digital is considered among the most reliable hard drives for consumers and small businesses alike.

Glyph Net Drive – For unparalleled reliability and speed, these professional drives have a long shelve life, and the famous Oxford Chip family for high availability and uptime. We have yet to have one fail in the field!

Thecus RAID 1 NAS – The Thecus RAID 1 (2 hard drives mirrored) is a flexible reliable backup system for small businesses. With RAID reliability, high access speeds, and remote access capabilities, the Thecus will serve any small business well.

NOTEBOOKS/NETBOOKS

Acer Travelmate 5730 - It is rugged enough for travel but powerful enough for music and graphics. Good all around notebook with high quality screen.

MSI Wind U100 10" Netbook – Have received the best of reviews for reliability and performance.

DESKTOPS

PCSWAT now builds desktop computers from scratch, designed just for you. We only use the highest quality parts.

We only want to offer THE BEST hardware for the money to our clients. With agressive pricing, PCSWAT's high-touch service and high quality components, you are assured of a quality computer that will last.