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Free Tools and Utilities To Help You Secure Your Computer or Network

Free tools, applications and utilities grouped by type to help you secure and protect your computer or network without breaking the bank.
Free Vulnerability Scanning Software
Free software and tools to perform vulnerability scans and proactively find the holes in your systems before an attacker or malware does.
Free Tools
Links to free software and tools for all areas of network security. The links are grouped by category for easy searching.
Microsoft's Baseline Security Analyzer
In response to the avalanche of criticism Microsoft has received regarding the security of their products, Microsoft created a free tool to analyze your security configuration. Read a review of this free tool.
Ad-Aware 6.0
Ad-Aware 6.0 is a tool freely available for personal use on Windows platform machines. It can scan your computer for stealthy spyware programs and help you to determine what they are doing and whether they are a threat to your system. At the push of a button, Ad-Aware will delete these insidious programs from your PC.
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