Mike Tech Show

Anti-Virus

• AVG - AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool.

• Avast - Home Edition - FREE

• McAfee's Stinger - Stand alone anti-virus

Anti-Spyware / Worm / Rootkit

• Hitman Pro - Anti-spyware program combines up to six popular engines to maximize removal effectiveness.

• Aries - Rootkit Remover

• F-Secure Blacklight - Rootkit Remover

• AdAware - One of the best for Spyware detection

• SpyBot - SpyBot Search and destroy

• CWShredder - Finds and destroys browser hijackers

• HijackThis - examines registry and hard drive

Firewall

• Zone Alarm - Software firewall protection for your PC

Office Application

• OpenOffice - Word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing

Portable Applications

• Portable Freeware Collection

• nedwolf Best Portable Freeware Software

• Tiny Apps

Podcast Clients

• Juice

• iTunes

• Prime Time Podcast Receiver

• Podcatcher on a stick

BitTorrent Clients

• Azureus - Java client

• BitComet - Full P2P client

• uTorrent - Small but good

Multimedia Player

• VLC media player - highly portable multi-format player

DVD

• DVD Decrypter - Use this to copy DVD movie to your hard drive
• DVD Shrink - Use this software to shrink the movie to a 4.7 GB DVD and/or create an ISO.
• Daemon Tools - Create virtual drives by mounting a CD or DVD ISO image

CD

• CDex - CD audio ripping tool

Audio

• Audacity - Sound editing software for cross-platforms
• dBpowerAmp - Convert your audio files to any format