We have seen a lot of computers infected recently with "Fake Antivirus" programs. After browsing the internet, the user restarts their computer and are then locked out of everything - unless they pay for "Virus Protection". This free download from Trend Micro will help prevent this sort of attack - even if you already have an Antivirus program installed.

"The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server."

PDFCreator allows you to create PDF files from any application. It does this by pretending to be a printer; when you click Print from the program, you are prompted where you would like to save the PDF.

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.