| Ad-Aware 6 Personal | One of the best malware remover. |
| AIDA32 | System Information utility |
| AnalogX NetStat Live | NSL is a small, easy to use TCP/IP protocol monitor which can be used to see your exact throughput on both incoming and outgoing data |
| AnalogX PacketMon | Logs certain network activity - for Network Admins |
| AVG Anti-Virus | Freeware Anti-Virus software from www.Grisoft.com |
| Belarc Advisor | The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes, and displays the results in your Web browser. |
| ChessGenius Classic | |
| Compare It! | Excellent utility to compare two files [most types] |
| Cygnus hex editor | Hex Editor |
| Download Accelerator | Pretty good Download manager. (classified as adware by some sites) |
| Google Toolbar | Google search toolbar, also blocks pop-ups in websites |
| HijackThis | This is a great tool, lists all browser Add-ons, search URLs, homepage settings, Browser Helper Objects loaded with Internet Explorer. Using the HijackThis addon-ons log, one can troubleshoot/identify a malware quickly. (Reqd. Skill level - Advanced) See HijackThis Tutorial. |
| IEFIX | General purpose fix for Internet Explorer - Solves New Window opening issues |
| System Mechanic Trial 3.x | Contains a set [10] of powerful features. System maintenance utility |
| MS Baseline Security Advisor | Scan for common system misconfigurations in Windows Platform OS |
| Nero Burning ROM [with In-CD] | Nero CD burning software [www.ahead.de] |
| OEBackup Utility | [Freeware] Outlook Express Backup utility |
| Responsive Knowledgebase | Simple KB with text search features in Q&A format |
| Spybot Search & Destroy | Excellent utility to remove parasites from the system and has more features [Lock IE Homepage, Internet Options, Immunize bad pages, HOSTS file updates etc]. Update provided via software UI. |
| Spyware Blaster | Prevent spyware from being installed. Set the "Kill-Bit" [Illustration] |
| TCPView | Great utility from Sysinternals, which lists out the TCP communication occurring in a system. Use this to trace which software is doing what, detect malware, trojans and which IP they connect to. |
| ToolbarCop | Internet Explorer Toolbar, BHO remover. Deal with malware toolbar, BHO [Browser Helper Objects] with a feature to selectively exclude/delete particular BHO. |
| TweakUI for Windows XP SP1 | TweakUI for SP1, just what is says. Excellent utility from Microsoft to tweak the User Interface - Cosmetic tweaks and fixes |
| ZoneAlarm [and ZoneLog Analyser] | ZoneAlarm firewall [freeware version]. Add-on ZoneLog analyses the ZoneAlarm log and displays the IP Addresses which attempted to access your computer or port-scanned your PC. Not all IP address listing mean hack attempts. Look for repeated number of the same IP address and do a Lookup of that IP. |