Virus Alerts for the Common Man Stuff That Works... • VACM-tested tools & utilities • for system maintenance,
protection for your PC and Privacy,
conveniences and other goodies
System Protection & Privacy Protection... ...AntiSpyware Software... prevent Identity Theft and data theft... #1 VACM rating, automatic AntiSpyware - AdAware Pro - Protect your PC against malware with powerful real-time spyware protection and removal. Real-time protection not available
in free version. Download it now. The best according to Soft32.com and recommended by Microsoft. #2 VACM rating, SpyBot Search & Destroy - the best free privacy software available (according to PC
World, PCMag.com, ...). Donation-ware, free download.
...AntiVirus Software... best protection, lowest system load... #1 VACM rating, AVG Antivirus - Protect your PC from viruses with real-time virus protection and removal. Download it now.
...Firewall Software... thwart viruses, hackers, identity theft... #1 VACM rating, ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall - Firewalls essentially make your PC "invisible" to others on the internet. Protect your PC now with real-time "cloadking" and filtering. Download
it now.
Email Safety & Maintenance... ...Outlook Safety and Repair... Use a Safe Preview Pane for Outlook - Outlook's preview pane is DANGEROUS. Use this plain-text preview pane instead. ScanPST - Repair errors in Outlook's data file (inbox, contacts, calendar, etc)
System Maintenance... Correct Errors On Your Hard Drive (Microsoft's instructions for proper procedure) - Repair all hard disk errors (that you don't even
know are there). Remember to boot into Safe Mode before running ScanDisk on Windows 95, 98 and ME. On Windows 2000 and XP, you will be promted with on-screen instructions. These instructions are from MicroSoft. After you correct disk errors,
be sure to defragment it (see next article). Defrag your hard drive to Speed Up Your System - Easy way to boost your system's performance. As your hard drive gets more fragmented (from use), your system gets slower.
The best free defragmenter for Windows is JkDefrag in our opinion. JkDefrag is a disk defragmenter and optimizer for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to use, fast, low overhead, with several optimization
strategies, and can handle floppies, USB disks, memory sticks, and anything else that looks like a disk to Windows.
