The Tech Doctor Uses and Recommends the following Software:

Programs we use daily:

Firefox – Web Browsing
Thunderbird – Email
Open Office – Office Applications
Cute PDF – Create PDF Files

Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware/Anti-Rootkit:

The Tech Doctor is an official Australian Reseller of the
Kaspersky Anti-Virus & Internet Security Products.
Some excellent free options include:

MalwareBytes Antimalware – Excellent Free Antimalware tool
Microsoft Defender – Free Anti-Spyware (requires Windows XP with SP2)
AVG Anti-Virus – Free Anti-Virus (for Personal Use Only)
Ad-Aware SE Personal – Free AntiSpyware (for Personal Use Only)
SpyBot Search & Destroy – another good app to clear out some of the bugs.

Desktop Antispam:

Mailwasher Checks your mail before you do
SpamBayes – For Outlook & Outlook Express (and others)
Thunderbird Is a mail client with Spam Filtering
Kaspersky Internet Security includes excellent Spam filtering

Free Communications Software:

Skype – Free Phone Calls
Gizmo – more Free Phone Calls
Gaim – Instant Messaging Client

Other software of interest:

Picasa – Photo Management
VNC – Remote Control Computing
Ubuntu Linux – Free Linux Operating system