A lot of people always want to know the best free software for computer protection and productivity. Here is a changing list of software we find useful everyday.

• AVG - Virus scanner
• Avast! - Virus scanner

• Ad-Aware - Scan your PC for Spyware
• Spybot Search and Destroy - Spyware remover
• CCleaner - Removes unused files
• HiJackThis - Registry scan for Spyware

• WinDump (WinPcap needed) - Network Analyzer
• Ngrep - Network Grep
• Wireshark - Network Analyzer
• NeWT - Network Scanner
• Winfingerprint - Network Scanner
• Nmap - Port Scanner

• FileZilla - FTP
• OpenSSH - SSH/SCP/SFTP
• PuTTY - Telnet/SSH Client