Freeware, Shareware & Abandonware

Be very cautious when surfing the Internet. There are all manners of viruses and bugs waiting to pounce on an unsuspecting user. Spyware first rose to infamy in 2001 with the discovery of some...

A partition is a section of your hard drive. If one of your hard drive partitions is deleted for some reason, then you may want to find a way to get it back. One option is to download freeware...

In order to keep a PC running for many years, it's essential to do regular maintenance. Failure to perform this maintenance can often result in a PC that runs slowly and could eventually need...

If your Windows XP system seems to be in need of repair, it is quite possible that it is a registry issue. Any broken, unused or corrupt files in the Windows XP registry can cause a variety of...

Spyware can download onto your computer without your knowledge and cause a variety of different problems, such as unwanted pop-up advertisements and random changes to your Web browser's home page....

Although the Internet can be a world of information and vast resources, it can also be a gateway to harming the performance of your computer. Every day new viruses are created and old ones are...

As software is routinely downloaded on a computer, it becomes more and more prone to infections. One of the most common--and insidious--of those infections is spyware or adware. These can be...

Microsoft provides Windows Defender software for all Windows users with a valid copy of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or later, Windows XP SP 2 or later, and Windows Vista. Windows Defender...

The computer registry is a directory inside the operating system that contains all the information that allows a computer and its programs to function. If a registry key is corrupted or missing,...

Spyware describes a kind of program that interferes with a computer's function in some negative way, or that spies on the user for an outside party. A spyware keylogger is a type of program that...

Finding out your flash card is unreadable is the digital equivalent of opening your old 35-mm camera while the film is still in it. Fortunately, you can often recover digital files. Here, we'll...

After you download and familiarize yourself with this free application, you will be able to find your favorite site updates easily and quickly.

MRU-Blaster scrubs a computer system of all hidden files that log MRU, or most recently used information on the system. MRU logs detail the names and locations of the last files accessed. MRU...

Keeping your computer free of viruses, spyware, malware or other security threats is a necessity. Trend Micro HouseCall is an application that checks your computer for infections and then fixes...

TrendProtect by Trend Micro is a plug-in for Internet browsers that scans individual website pages rather than entire sites and warns you when malicious software or phishing is detected....

The end user license agreement, or EULA, is the lengthy document you're required to agree to before downloading software. Most people don't read them, which is why software companies have started...

The F-Secure Online Virus Scanner is a free service that allows you to find out if your computer is infected with a virus and clean your PC when it is needed. Since new viruses are introduced on a...

Ad-Aware is a solid spyware removal utility from Lavasoft, but one capability it doesn't have is real-time scanning. This means you'll have to manually start the scan each time you want to check...

Lavasoft's Ad-Aware is a spyware removal utility that provides you with a variety of useful features. For example, if you'd like keep track of the junk Ad-Aware finds on your computer, you can...

What is spyware? It is a software program that is installed on your computer without your knowledge and is used to retrieve personal information. It may be a simple as tracking your internet...