admin 8 Posted April 23, 2008 Eight "must have" essential programs for any PC/Laptop 1. A good firewall program. 2. A good anti-virus program- maybe two. 3. A good anti-Spyware/Adware/Malware/Trojan program - maybe two. 4. A good "cleaner", such as CCleaner (recommended). 5. A good registry cleaner/defragger program. 6. A good OS defragging program. 7. If item 3 does not have a anti-key-logger program embedded - get a stand-alone key-logger detector program. 8. A good standalone uninstaller program - one that removes ALL remnants in the registry from the program being removed - like Revo (recommended). All of the above are obtainable as freeware. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites