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	Tools Available From Class or Download If you attend a class you can pick up a software disk with the tools preloaded. If you cannot attend the class you can visit the sites below and download them. Tools To Monitor Computer Activity http://www.snapfiles.com/spyagent.html SpyAgent records keystrokes typed, websites visited, windows viewed, applications ran, internet connections made, passwords entered, documents printed, AIM/AOL/ICQ/Yahoo/MSN conversations made, and documents opened. http://www.zemericks.com/downloads/download_chatwatch.asp Chat Watch is a monitoring and logging software for online chat and instant messaging programs. Chat Watch records both sides of chats on today's most popular instant messaging programs. Tools To Clean Spyware and Adware http://www.snapfiles.com/get/adaware.html AdAware is a privacy tool, that scans your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known data-mining, aggressive advertising, and tracking components http://www.snapfiles.com/get/spybot.html Spybot - Search & Destroy is an adware and spyware detection and removal tool. Virus Detection and Firewall http://www.webattack.com/get/antivir.html AntiVir PE (Personal Edition) offers the effective protection against computer viruses for the individual and private use on a single PC-workstation. http://www.snapfiles.com/get/stinger.html Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection. It detects more than 40 viruses, trojans and variants. http://www.snapfiles.com/get/sygatefw.html Sygate Personal Firewall ensures your personal computer is completely protected from malicious hackers and other intruders while preventing unauthorized access from your computer to a network. http://www.symantec.com/index.htm (main page) http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html (virus removal tools) If you system becomes infected by a virus or worm that cannot be removed, Symantec likely has a free tool posted that can help. http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html This is one of the only tools that seems to remove the "Hijackers". This infection is also known as "about:blank". Microsoft Office Alternative http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.4/index.html OpenOffice is an open, feature-rich multi-platform suite of tools. This group of tools is similar to Microsoft Office but totally free. BACK TO MAIN >>