Great Free Consumer Software

SECURITY

AVG Anti-Virus - AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG 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.

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

Lavasoft’s Ad Aware - Ad-Aware provides protection from known Spyware including: Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components.

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

The Shield Professional Anti-Virus - The Shield Pro is a simple to use antivirus and firewall program and a perfect program for the less computer savvy. It is simple to download, install and use. The Shield Antivirus comes with its own Easy Installer as they call it, and with 2 clicks, you are walked through the installation process. The Shield Pro updates and weekly scans are all pre-scheduled in which they have an intuitive interface.

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 320GB My Book™ Premium Edition™ External Hard Drive – Western Digital is considered among the most reliable hard drives for consumers and small businesses alike.

NOTEBOOKS

HP Pavilion DV5000 Notebook - It is rugged enough for travel but powerful enough for music and graphics. Good all around notebook with high quality screens.

IBM Lenovo 3000 C Series Notebook – Top of the line notebook can survive being dropped down a flight of stairs. Internal components and external housing are the best on the market. It is worth the steep price.

IBM Lenovo ThinkPad T Series Notebook – Go up one more level to Lenovo’s best laptop. In addition to the components of the 3000 C series, the ThinkPad has an even sturdier design, sleek form factor, and the highest quality components available.

DESKTOPS

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

We have come to see in recent years that major brand players, such as Dell, are actually using refurbished parts and are in fact being sued for it. 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.