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Lavasoft® Ad-Aware Ad-Aware 2007 remains the most popular anti-spyware product for computer users around the world, with nearly one million downloads every week.  Lavasoft's® free anti-spyware version provides you with advanced protection against spyware that secretly attaches and takes control of your computer, resulting in aggressive advertising pop-ups, sluggish computer activity, even identify theft through stolen bank details, passwords, and credit card account numbers.  This free Personal edition allows you to run a manual spyware/adware scan on your computer when you choose.  If you want real-time scanning capabilities (while browsing live), consider upgrading to Ad-Aware Pro for real-time protection against spyware, all the time.

PC Pitstop™ Has your PC begun acting sluggish?  Are strange windows inexplicably popping up on your screen?  Do you have to reboot your computer because of errors and lockups?  The PC Pitstop free online computer checkup and diagnostics tool can help you detect and fix many common computer problems, as well as ranking your system's raw performance compared to other similar systems out there.  Our tests check out your PC looking for security risks, Windows configuration issues, or performance problems. The test uses a small ActiveX utility that you load before starting the testing; it takes less than a minute to download, and you're on your way to a faster PC.  The full check-up measures disk fragmentation, checks available system resources, analyzes device drivers, benchmarks the CPU, memory, video, disk, and Internet connection, looks for viruses and spyware in running software, and checks for common security problems. The analysis doesn't change any settings on your PC, and you'll be able to review our advice before making any changes.  Once the tests are complete, you'll get a detailed report with advice, plus an inventory of your PC's hardware and software setup.  They add new features all the time so please bookmark the site and return for a visit or tune-up every month--or more often.

Microsoft® Windows Defender Windows Defender is a free Microsoft® program that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software.  It features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware when it's detected and minimizes interruptions and helps you stay productive.  The software uses automatic definition updates provided by Microsoft analysts to help detect and remove new threats as the threats are identified.  Defender now includes 2 free support incident submissions.