Security:

When using the internet on a regular basis it is critical to have security related software. A few years back you could get away without these types of software. Nowadays these software are critical. In fact, you use the internet without these types of software, you PC will get infected by an external program.

We recommend the following 3 types of security tools when using the internet on a regular basis.
*) Firewall (Microsoft XP and later have some of this functionality built in)
*) Anti-virus
*) Anti-Spyware

More and more software tools overlap in functionality. For example, a tool might offer at the same time Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware.