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All of the files found on this page have been scanned and are 100% virus / malware free.
They are programs that The Computer Hero recommends, and will generally help your computer.
If you have a question about any of the files here, please feel free to contact us.

Anti-Virus

  • AVG Free Antivirus (4.52 MB)100% free antivirus, this installer requires you to have an internet connection, as it will download several megabytes to get the program onto your computer. When installing it, be sure to uncheck the box for the yahoo search toolbar.

Web Browsers

  • Firefox (12 MB)Firefox is an alternative to internet explorer

Free Compression Programs

  • 7-Zip (1.06 MB)7-Zip is free alternative to WinZip it handles most of the compressed file types for you.

PDF Utilities

  • PrimoPDF. (7.11 MB)This free utility installs as a printer, and allows you to print your documents into PDF files.

Security

Anti-Spyware

  • CCleaner (2.91 MB)This is a great program for cleaning up the temp files on your computer. (spyware almost always comes in via the temp files first)
    Be aware that this program will install the Yahoo toolbar. You should uncheck the box during intalation if you do not want another toolbar in your internet explore.
  • Malware Bytes. (7.38 MB)A great anti-malware program. It is free and it remove most bad programs from your computer
  • Spyware Blaster. (3.05 MB)A great passive protection program. you should run this once a month, download the latest updates, then enable all protection. Between this and spybot, you have prevented tens of thousands of bad programs from getting into your computer, and you have not slowed down your computer at all.
    This is a great defense line in your multi-tiered line of defense.

Miscellaneous helpful utilities

  • Defragler (2.93 MB)A great free defrag program. Use the options to schedule your computer to defragment every night during the overnight to keep your computer running at tip top speed.
    Note – be sure to remove the check in the bottom checkbox for you yahoo toolbar, or else you will end up with another toolbar in Internet Explorer.
  • Sandboxie (1.45 MB)I was hesitant about adding this to the site, it is for advanced users. It will sand-box any program you tell it to. Sand-boxing is a term used by programmers, it separated the running program from the rest of your computer so that when you are done, you empty the sandbox, and undo everything that the program did.Sandboxie is a great way to surf the web on a day to day basis, with setting it to delete the sandbox when you close internet explorer, it will delete all changes, history, and malware that may have been installed.
    For more information, go to http://www.sandboxie.com/
  • Tree Size Free (1.57 MB)a handy program for finding out what is taking up all of that room on your hard drive. Tree Size allows you to look drill down by directory size and see what is using up all of your space.