Theres always a lot of talk on what the best FREE software is available to help keep those nasty virii and hackers OUT of your system, as well as to look after it. I have compiled a list of available software, ALL FREE, and direct downloads to be able to help you on your way. I have also rated each piece of software (out of 5) to help you decide.

Feel free to add your own, and maybe the AO admin will archive this for future reference:


Anti Virus Software

AVG - 3/5

AVAST 32 - 4/5

ANTIVIR PE - 3/5

F-Prot (dos scanner) - 4/5


Anti Virus Updates

InoculateIT PE

Kaspersky/AVP

PC-Cillin

F-Secure

Norton

McAfree

AGV

F-Prot for Dos


Anti Trojan

Trojan First Aid Kit - 3/5

Trojan Check - 3/5

RX Trojan Assistance Pack


Firewalls

Sygate personel firewall - 4/5

Tiny Personal Firewall - 3/5

Kerio Firewall - 4.5/5

ZoneAlarm - 4/5

Yalta Firewall tester - 4/5

TooLeaky Firewall Tester - 4/5


Firewall Add-ons

AtGuard/NIS ruleset monitor

AtGuard/NIS log viewer

ZoneAlarm log lookup - converts ip's to hostnames

Zonelog Analyser - Displays ZoneAlarm log file with xtra features

VisualZone - Very nice ZoneAlarm (free and Pro) intrusion analyzer, now with DShield!

VisualIce - Blackice defender intrusion analyser

Dice - diplays blackice evidence and log files

Alarm Stat - use with Zone Alarm

Black Ice Attack List Viewer

My Net Watch Man

Port Reference List

Port Peeker


Cleaners

Opasoft Worm Cleaner

Bug Bear wormcleaner

B3D Killer - kills related spyware

ID Blaster - Change ID numbers from IE, Media Player, O/S frequenly, destroy tracking tactics and security risks! Improved new version!

Spyware Blaster

Spyware Guard

Fix CIH

CIH Cleaner

KAK Cleaner

Matrix cleaning set

Power Tools - Powerful Registry tools

Easy Cleaner- registry cleaner

JDN Reserve - clean drives in minutes

Sub 7 removal guide

Sub 7 removal

EICAR Test Virus - Test your AV software

Ad-Aware 6 (recommended)

Spybot search & destroy (recommended)

Internet sweeper - clear your tracks

XEN - heavy duty batch cleaner


Prevention

Startpage Guard - prevents browser start page hijacking

Senital Lite - Protect email privacy, script virus alerts etc

System safety monitor - monitor essential files

File Checker - Outstanding tool to check for and be alerted in case of tampering with any executable - antiviruses, antitrojans, firewalls etc. Secure your security apps!

Media Player script fix - disable/enable Windows Media Player scripting to avoid infections.


Monitors

FileMon - Monitor system activites

List DLL's - show what DLL's are bein loaded

Autostart - see and control 50 autostarts on your computer

ATM - task monitor

RegMon - monitor registry

Port Detective - Shows what ports are open/closed/used

FPort - reports all open TCP/IP and UDP ports and maps them the the owning application

IP List - enumerates network interfaces, shows all bound IP addresses, their broadcast addresses and masks


Port Scanners

SuperScan

NBTScan

LPS

PC Super Scanner


Ping/Trace/Whois

Cyberkit

SamSpade

Xploiter Stat Lite

Trout


Packet Sniffers

Analyzer

Etereal


FTP software

LeechFTP


Encryption

ABI - Coder

PGP


Hope this is to of use to you all