Claim 3 issues of PC Pro Magazine DVD edition for just £1. That's better than paying £5.99 for just ONE issue in the shops! You can cancel anytime before the trial ends, pay no more than the £1 and keep the 3 trial issues.
• 3 Issues of Computer Shopper for £1
Claim 3 issues of Computer Shopper Magazine DVD edition for just £1. It costs £4.99 for just 1 issue in the newsagent, so with this deal you pay a total of £1 instead of a total £14.97 you'd pay in the newsagent! Cancel at any time during your 3 introductory issues and pay no more than the £1 already debited.
• Free avast! Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware
Thanks to Davetom for this one. avast! antivirus Home Edition is free of charge for non-commercial & home use. It also comes with anti-spyware & anti-rootkit protection for Windows, which are typically available only in the paid versions of many antivirus products.
Thanks to Clair Felton for this one: "This is a free version of the AVG antivirus software. It detected over 5000 infected files in my PC that other software (I mention no names) failed to notice. AVG automatically disinfects the infected files, and of the 5000 there were only 4 which it could not disinfect which then had to be deleted. All in all the best piece of freeware for a long time!"
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall blocks hackers from infiltrating your home PC by hiding your computer from unsolicited network traffic. By detecting and preventing intrusions, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall keeps your PC free from viruses that slow down performance, and spyware that steals your personal information, passwords, and financial data.
Mozilla's Firefox web browser empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser. Many hundreds of millions of people have already switched away from Internet Explorer to Firefox. Definitely the best browser in our opinion, also because of the huge number of extensions available that add functionality to the core browser.
Mozilla's Thunderbird is a free email application that's easy to set up and customize - and it's loaded with great features. In our view it is far and away the best email client out there for Windows users.
• Trend Micro Online Virus Scan
Trend Micro has some cool, free, online security tools. HouseCall is a free online virus scanner that supports multiple Operating Systems and multiple Browser architectures. Thanks to Jonny Dangerous for this one.
• Free Symantec Online Security Check
Get a free online Security Check and/or Virus Scan for your Windows PC from Symantec. Works with Internet Explorer only.
• Free Painting and Retouch Software
Pixia is the English version of a famous Japanese painting and retouch software for full color graphics. It supports mask, layer and many other editing functions. Its user-friendly interface is suitable for beginners as well as experts. Thanks to Clair for this one.
Free, quality desktop publishing, web publishing and image editing software for download from Serif. Thanks to Mark Vent for this one.
This free software can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, hard disk performance, video system information, mainboard information, and much more.