The following is a list of FREE programs that we recommend,
 however, you are responsible for your own use!

Anti-Virus & Spyware Protection Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06 - With the ability to scan your RAM, registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware SE easily can clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web. Avast 4 - avast! Home Edition is now free of charge for HOME users for NON-COMMERCIAL use. AVG Free Anti-Virus 7.0 - AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Free is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product! Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy-to-use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements). Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.4 - Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software. E-mail Clients Eudora 6.2.3 -The best email program just got even better. Email traffic is on the rise. Eudora® is the best email program for people who get lots of email. If you're not one of those people now, you will be soon. So, take control of your email before it takes control of you. Thunderbird 1.0.6 - Thunderbird makes emailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, built-in RSS reader, quick search, and much more. Firewalls ZoneAlarm - FREE Personal Firewall Media Players VLC Media Player 0.8.2 - 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. Messengers AIM 5.9.3861 - AOL Instant Messenger - the worlds #1 Instant Messenger! ICQ 5.04 - You can message people, exchange files, send SMS messages, do voice chat, and meet people. It also includes multilingual support, the ability to save your chat histories, and a typing indicator that shows when a contact is typing you a message. In addition to familiar features such as chat, SMS messaging, and file-transfer capabilities, ICQ also includes Xtraz, which allow you to send personalized greeting cards, apply custom icons to your buddies, play online games, and customize your shortcuts panel for one-click access to all your favorite features. Yahoo! Messenger 7 - Now explore all the great ways to connect with people who matter. To start, just sign up for your Yahoo! ID (if you don't already have one). Check it all out! Productivity OpenOffice 1.1.4 - OpenOffice is both a multi-platform and multi-lingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. Utilities Google Desktop Search - Search your own computer with the power of google! System Scanner - Helps you determine which RAM your system needs Tune XP 1.5 - TuneXP is the single most easy and featured XP tweaker, you'll ever find. Designed with easy-to-use dropdown menus, it will make your Windows installation go from its sluggish state to a red-blooded, optimized mode. All for free. Unlocker 1.7.0 - Unlocks files that are "in use" when they are really not!  Just unlock them, and then you can delete them, or move them, or whatever else you wanted to do with them! WinRAR 3.50 - WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format Web Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Microsoft's Web Browser Mozilla FireFox 1.0.6 - The wait is over. Firefox empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser. Join more than 75 million others and make the switch today. Netscape 8.0.3.3 - Netscape 8.0 warns you if you come across possible spyware sites, and automatically configures its settings to help protect you. Opera 8 - Speed, Security, Simplicity. Special thanks to johkalhaups from thehangoutsite and the members of LlamaTronics - Technology Forums for finding many of these great programs!