| In response to our popular feature Windows security toolbox: Our experts' favorite freeware, we asked you -- our readers -- to submit your favorite free Windows security tools. Even though most of you agreed with our experts' choices, here is the list of your favorite freeware NOT found on our experts' lists.
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John P. writes: One I rarely see mentioned, but find extremely useful, is Prevx Home. If I'm testing a lot of software, I don't need to worry about the source or worry about anything sneaking onto my PC. It's also easy to temporarily disable Prevx Home when installing a known safe program. I particularly like the fact that when disabled, it leaves a small window at the bottom corner of my screen reminding me that it has been suspended. Prevx Home is free -- and even though there are more advanced versions of Prevx available, I find the Home version more than adequate. It has saved my skin a few times when I have been careless clicking and it also uses relatively little system resources. EDITOR'S NOTE: If you click on the link for Prevx Home, you will find more information on free trials for enterprise versions of Prevx' intrusion prevention software. Josh F. writes: Tinyapps.com and other sites offer freeware that'll fit on a removable drive (I even have 10+ on my dinky 128 MB Flash drive (wow, I remember when 128 MB was large). Anyway, my favorites -- of the ones I've gotten so far -- are (in order):
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This was first published in September 2005
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