Support Tools

Here you will find common tools to assist you. Everything you find on this page is free for home use.

Antivirus Tools

Free Antivirus Applications

AVG Free Edition http://free.grisoft.com/doc/downloads-products/us/frt/0?prd=aff

Avast http://www.avast.com/eng/free_virus_protectio.html

Comodo Antivirus 1.1 beta http://www.antivirus.comodo.com/

AVIRA ANTI VIRUS http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html

BitDefender http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html

Free Online Scanners

Trend Micro Housecall: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Microsoft Windows Live One Care: http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm

McAfee FreeScan: http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/

Kaspersky Online Scanner: http://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/kws/kavwebscan.html

Panda ActiveScan http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan

CA eTrust Antivirus Web Scanner: http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

BitDefender: Free Online Virus Scan: http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

F-Secure: http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml

PC Pitstop AntiVirus Center: http://www.pcpitstop.com/antivirus/default.asp

RAV AntiVirus Online Virus Scan: http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

Trojan Scan: http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/

Freedom.net virus scan: http://www.freedom.net/onlineviruscheck/

Symantec Removal Toos: http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/removaltools.jsp

Spyware Utilities

AdAware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

SpywareGuard v2.2 - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html

Spyware Blaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Windows Defender - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Personal Firewalls

ZoneAlarm - http://www.download.com/3000-2092-10039884.html

Comodo - www.personalfirewall.comodo.com

Crucial Memory System Scanner and Ordering Utility

Bandwidth Meters

CNet - http://reviews.cnet.com/Bandwidth_meter/7004-7254_7-0.html?tag=feat.2

Speedtest.net - http://www.speedtest.net/

Speedchecker Limited - http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/

Frontier - http://speedtest.frontiernet.net/

InternetFrog - http://internetfrog.com/mypc/speedtest/

ThinkBroadband.com http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html

DSLreports.com - http://www.dslreports.com/stest

Toast.net - http://performance.toast.net/

My-Speedtest.com - http://www.my-speedtest.com/

Bandwidthplace.com - http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

Domain Information and Whois Lookups

DNS Stuff - http://www.dnsstuff.com

MX Toolbox - http://www.mxtoolbox.com

Network Solutions - www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp

Arin - www.arin.net/whois/

Remote Support

Alternatives:

CrossLoop - http://www.crossloop.com/download.html

Mikogo - http://www.mikogo.com

Software Updates

Windows Update - http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Office Update - http://officeupdate.microsoft.com

Autopatcher - http://autopatcher.com

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer -http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx

Security Links

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