Free Downloads for Your Computer!

Key Computer Solutions is always looking for ways to help home computer users save money. For the home user there is nothing more frustrating than having to shell out tons of money on software each year. We have included links to free software we’ve used in the past and found to be equal in quality to their paid commercial counterparts.

Key Computer Solutions, LLC does not warrant these products nor do we provide free technical support. You would download and use these under whatever terms and conditions are provided by the product developer. KCS also requests that you abide by their rules governing commercial use.

Depending on the internet service provider you use, you may also have access to free internet security software provided by the ISP. You must have an account established with them to download these.

For free anti-spyware you can try

Windows Defender from Microsoft. This product is included in the new Windows Vista operating system but can be downloaded for use in Windows XP. You must have a genuine copy of Windows with service pack 2 installed.

Ad-Aware 2007 Free from Lavasoft. This product has been around for a long time and works in both Windows Vista and Windows XP.

For free anti-virus you can try

AVG Free-Edition from Grisoft. This product is free for home users. A commercial version is also available for business customers or those who want to have technical support.

Avast! 4 Home Edition from alwil. This product is for non-commercial use only. If you use your computer to make profit then you must purchase the professional edition.

For free Personal Firewall you can try

ZoneAlarm Free Firewall by Check Point. This product is free for individual and not-for profit charitable entities.

Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0 by Comodo. This product is free for all including commercial users.

PC Tools Firewall Plus by PC Tools Software. Free to use but they suggest using Spyware Doctor with it. Although suggested it is not required.

For free anti-spam you can try

Thunderbird 2 from Mozilla. Windows Mail in the new Windows Vista operating system includes a junk-mail filter but to get this in Windows XP you have to use the full version of Outlook included in Microsoft Office XP or 2003.

SPAMfighter from SPAMfighter. Few 3rd party anti-spam or junk-mail filters work this easily without slowing down your e-mail client. It downgrades from the pro-version to the free home user version after 30 days but continues to work the same.

For free computer backup you can try

Comodo Backup from Comodo. This is a full featured product that will backup to any type of media or network resource. It can be scheduled to run automatically so that your backup is always up to date.

Karen's Replicator from KarenWare.com. This software is a little more difficult but still does the job.

SyncToy from Microsoft. Works with Windows XP or Vista but also requires Microsoft .Net Framework v2.0 and does not have a built in scheduler but will run as a scheduled task in system tools.

For a free office suite you can try

OpenOffice v2.3.0 from openoffice.org. You can open, edit and save files in Microsoft’s format. It also includes a PDF maker so that you can turn any of your documents into a file that can be opened with Adobe Reader.