David's Freeware Collection!

SUPERAntiSpyware is the best antispyware solution that you can get for free. It doesn’t provide resident protection, but if you just scan your computer with it once a week or so you should be fine.



SUPERAntiSpyware

Spyware Terminator is great in every way. It is fast, detects most spyware and includes real time protection that can be turned off. Once threats have been detected, it explains the seriousness of those threats and gives you options to remove them rather than doing everything by itself. You can select which ones you want to remove or if you don’t care, remove all threats easily with a single click.



Spyware Terminator

SpywareBlaster prevents the installation of many so-called spyware, adware and malware programs by disabling the CLSIDs of popular spyware ActiveX controls, and also prevents the installation of any of them via a webpage.



SpywareBlaster

Spybot - Search & Destroy is a tested and true veteran of the net annoyance wars, and has a support network of enthusiastic updaters.



Spybot - Search & Destroy

Ad-Aware Free is another good anti-spyware option.



Ad-Aware Free

ThreatFire provides behavior-based security monitoring to protect you from malicious programs such as Trojans, viruses, malware and other threats without relying on any signature updates. It can (should) be used along with your regular anti-virus program or firewall, adding an additional level of security to your system.



ThreatFire

The avast! Home Edition is a free antivirus solution that provides resident real time protection, basic antispyware protection and doesn’t take too much memory while running in the background.



avast! Home Edition

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition provides you with basic antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows. 80 million users can't be wrong!



AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

Avira AntiVir Personal Edition is very light on resources and the detection rate of malware is outstanding.



Avira AntiVir Personal Edition

TrueCrypt is a powerful open source and multi-platform program. It is able to encrypt partitions on the fly.



TrueCrypt

Protecting sensitive data with encryption is never a bad idea. While OmZiff doesn't have the massive feature set of TrueCrypt, it's one-tenth the size and provides all the essential functions and includes a file shredder and password generator.



Omziff

If the only thing you really want to encrypt are some private thoughts and notes, LockNote is a good choice.



LockNote

ZoneAlarm is the most popular free firewall because it's lightweight and easy to use.



ZoneAlarm

Outpost Firewall Free offers highly flexible protection, simplified alert messages, and its max security settings compare favorably with Comodo.



Outpost Firewall Free

KeePass is a strong open source program that can store your passwords in an encrypted database. It's also portable and easy to use.



KeePass