Recommended products
The Shield Deluxe 2008
Best anti-virus software. The Shield Deluxe 2008 is one of the most effective anti-virus products on the market. It's essentially the award-winning Kaspersky AntiVirus, with last year's user interface, so you get the same high standard of protection at a lower price.
Its low resource usage makes The Shield Deluxe 2008 especially suitable for laptops and older computers.
Spyware Doctor
Best anti-spyware. The award-winning Spyware Doctor can detect and remove spyware, adware, trojans, dialers, keyloggers and hijackers from your computer, while it's Immunizer and OnGuard component actively protect it from further attacks. The Live Update feature keeps Spyware Doctor effective against the latest threats.
Good spyware protection is essential, especially if you use Internet Explorer which is most often targeted by malware writers, and you can't get better than Spyware Doctor.
Comodo Personal Firewall
Best personal firewall. Comodo Personal Firewall is a powerful Internet security software that protects your computer from intrusion and warns you about possible dangers from Trojans, spyware and other malicious software.
A nice thing about this product is that it is FREE. But don't let that make you think there is anything wrong with it. In fact, Comodo Personal Firewall is so good that it is sold very successfully as a commercial product under another name.
AJC Active Backup
Best backup software. Everyone should back up the files on their computer, but nobody does - that's why we sell so many data recovery utilities. AJC Active Backup is a backup program that you don't have to remember to use. Once you have installed it and set it up, you can forget about it. It backs up your work, as you work, each time you save changes. What's more, it stores every copy of file or document that you save, not just the latest version, so if you make a mistake you can go back to before you messed it up. No Windows PC that is used for any serious purpose should be without AJC Active Backup.
Acronis True Image Home
Best full backup software. Backup is really, really important, so we have two backup recommendations. Acronis True Image Home lets you back up your whole system, including all your applications, files and settings, and even Windows itself, so you can restore your computer to working condition in minutes in the event of a system or hard drive crash. You should run a backup like this regularly to save all the major configuration changes you make, then let AJC Active Backup protect the files you are working on from accidental loss.
Uneraser
Best undelete program. Everyone deletes files they shouldn't have once in a while. But it's nearly always possible to get them back. Uneraser can recover deleted files from hard drives, floppy drives and other types of storage media. It can recover files that were accidentally erased, even if you have emptied the Recycle Bin since they were deleted. A preview mode lets you see thumbnails of your files before you recover them.
Every PC should have something like this installed, because the sooner you act after you realize a file is lost, the better your chances of recovering it. The nice thing is, you can install Uneraser now so it's there if you need it, but you'll only have to buy it if you actually need to use it.
iPod Video Converter Suite
Best video converter. The iPod Video Converter Suite lets you convert DVD movies and other video files that you download or create yourself into the best format for viewing on your iPod or other portable media player. iPod Video Converter Suite is fast and easy to use and creates high quality videos for upload to your iPod.
BitZipper
Best archive manager. Nearly every PC user comes across a Zip file, Cab file, Rar file or some other type of file which is an archive containing several files compressed into one. BitZipper is an (almost) universal archive manager. It's also a fast and flexible backup tool (just in case we haven't talked you into buying one of the other backup products.) You'll find it very useful!
