ZoneAlarm provides essential protection for Internet users. It gives rock-solid protection against thieves and vandals and makes ironclad Internet security easy-to-use. This firewall gives you control over the door to your computer. With Stealth Mode enabled, ZoneAlarm renders your computer invisible to the Internet and potential intruders. Because you tell ZoneAlarm how you use your computer, the firewall only allows traffic that you understand and initiate. One of the best firewall available on the market.

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Ad aware is a spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them. Options such as scanning depth and automatic modes can be set in the preferences menu. It features a wizard-style interface that will guide you through the scanning and removal process. It also includes backup and restore functionality, excluding of selected components, multilingual support and shell integration.

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A-squared is a complementary product to antivirus and firewalls. It is specialized in detecting malicious programs like malwares, however it can also detect trojans, dialers, worms and other spywares. It's a very powerful software, which associated to Ad Aware will allow the entire elimination of parasites.

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Rediscover the Web ! Firefox is a small, fast and reliable web browser. It is easy to use and offers many advantages over other web browsers, such as the tabbed browsing and the ability to block pop-up windows. It has got an integrated search (powered by Google), simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively. It is a streamlined browser window that lets you see more of the page than any other browser while at the same time being more configurable. You will find a large variety of free downloadable extensions and themes that add specific functionality and visual changes to the browser. A serious alternative to Internet Explorer...

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Thunderbird makes e-mailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features, such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in RSS reader, and quick search. It provides the most effective tools for detecting junk mail, analyze your e-mail and identify those that are most likely to be junk. You can automatically have your junk mail deleted or you can put it in a folder you specify. You can customize your toolbar, change its look with themes, and use Mail Views to quickly sort through your e-mail. Thunderbird gives you IMAP/POP support, support for HTML mail, powerful quick search, saved-search folders, advanced-message filtering, message grouping, labels, return receipts, smart-address-book LDAP address completion, import tools, and the ability to manage multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts. Thunderbird lets you add additional features as you need them through extensions.

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