FREE Computer Repair Tools

FREE computer repair tools to help repair, secure, clean, monitor, audit, backup and optimise your PC / Laptop / Server.

They are ALL the tools you need for a perfectly functioning machine and we would advise sticking the one's you need on a USB flash drive.

Computer Repair Guides:

Work through these guides to obtain a clean, fast and healthy system:

• Virus / Malware / Spyware / Scareware Removal Guide
• Slow Computer Fix
• How Did My Computer Get Infected? A Guide To Securing Your PC From Internet Threats
  

Anti-Spyware / Malware: Tools for spyware / malware protection and removal

These tools will help protect you from malware / spyware etc.

• SuperAntiSpyware - An EXCELLENT ANTI MALWARE TOOL
• MalwareBytes Anti-Malware - Top dog in malware removal and protection
• Adaware FREE - Popular, FREE adware scanner
• Spybot Search & Destroy FREE - Older but popular, FREE adware scanner

Anti-Virus: Tools for virus prevention and removal

These tools will help protect you from viruses / trojans etc. They will also remove most infections.

Only install ONE on your system

• Avast FREE Anti-Virus
• Avira FREE Anti-Virus
• Bit Defender FREE Edition
• PC Tools Anti-virus Free Edition
• Microsoft Security Essentials - FREE security suite from MS - Recommended for ease of use
• ClamWin

Virus / Malware / Spyware / Scareware Specialist Tools:

• ERUNT - Registry backup / restore
• OTH - Kill processes / start IE / Force start programs/ Force reboot etc - recommended when nothing will open / execute.
• RogueKiller - Same as RKILL but includes DNS, Proxy and HOSTS file fix tools
• SysRestorePoint - Create a new System Restore point
• System Restore Manager - Great System Restore Management tool
• hosts-perm.bat - Reset HOSTS file permissions
• Kaspersky AVP Tool - Optional virus removal tool
• SuperAntiSpyware Portable - Portable (NO Installer) version of SAS with latest definitions
• GooredFix - Fix Google redirects
• Check security programs installed with SecurityCheck
• Roguefix - Tool for removing fake / rogue security programs
• OTM - Move  / delete multiple files, registry keys, bad process etc in ONE go
• Re-enable - Repairs the damage caused by malware
• Unhide - Restores icons hidden by malware infections
• Shell Registry Fix - Use when your desktop / explorer does not load
• Inherit - Use when programs won't run due to permissions errors
• Mac Rogue Removal Tool - Tool for removing rogue programs on Apple Macs - Guides on same page

Behavior Based (BB) Protection against 0 Day (unknown) viruses /malware

• ThreatFire

Online Anti-Virus Scanners:

• ESET - Excellent online scanner
• BitDefender
• Kaspersky
• F-Secure

Online Anti Spyware / Malware Scanners:

Useful when you cannot get other scanners to work

• a-Squared Web Malware Scan Helped us clean machines when other scanners would not start - Requires IE

Anti-Virus Live Boot CD's:

Ready made .ISO files from leading security companies such as Kaspersky, F-Secure, Panda, Avira, etc. Burn to CD, boot your system and scan

• Kaspersky Rescue CD
• Bit Defender Rescue CD
• F-Secure Rescue CD
• Avira Rescue CD
• Trinity Rescue Kit CD
• Panda Rescue CD
• Dr Web Live CD
• AVG Rescue CD
  

Anti-Virus / Security Suite Removal Tools:

These tools will remove traces of unwanted anti-virus programs / security suites.

• Avira AntiVir Registry Cleaner - Removes Avira AntiVir
• AVG Removal Tool - Tool for removing AVG should you need it
• Norton removal tool
• Kaspersky Removal Tool
• McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool

Alternative Operating Systems To Windows:

Don't want to be restricted to Windows with its costs and license limitations?

• Ubuntu - Desktop and Server Linux OS - Includes Live CD
• FREE BSD - A UNIX OS
• Wubi - Test drive Ubuntu under Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista
• PC-BSD
• Fedora - Another cracking Linux distro
  

Backup Utilities: Tools for creating system / data backups and images

• FREE version of Acronis True Image Home - For Maxtor / Seagate drives
• Drive Image XML - FREE Drive Image Tool For Home Use
• Macrium Reflect Free - Another FREE Disk Imaging Tool
• Titan Backup 1.5 - FREE Backup tool
• Toucan - Portable data backup, sync and security tool
• Clonezilla - FREE backup solution for both clients and servers
• Acronis True Image - FREE Western Digital drives edition
• EASEUS Disk Copy - FREE Hard drive cloning bootable CD
• EASEUS Todo Backup - Backup and hard drive cloning program for Windows
• FBackup - File backup for Windows
• Paragon Backup and Recovery 2012 (Advanced) FREE Edition

Browser Protection:

• SpywareBlaster - Protect both IE or Firefox from bad Active X elements
• NoScript - prevent malicious scripts from running in FireFox
• Malware Search - Add on for Firefox to research files, DLL's, URL's BHO', CLSID's etc for malware
• McAfee SiteAdvisor - Award-winning, free protection that uses intuitive icons to give you safety and phishing advice before you click on a risky site.

Boot Disks / Live CDs: Tools that can be booted from CD - Useful when target system won't boot

• Bart PE - Popular, easy to build boot CD
• UBCD4WIN - Our favourite boot CD easily put on to USB
• Active Boot Disk
• Madboot
• Winbuilder
• Knoppix
• Gparted Live CD
• Ophcrack Live CD - Windows Password Cracker

CD / DVD Utilities: Tools for burning files to CD / DVD

• Imageburn - CD / DVD / ISO Burning - FREE image burning software
• Nero FREE Version - The excellent Nero FREE for home use

Child Protection / Parental Control:

• K9 by Blue Coat - Excellent, FREE parental control

Clean Temp / Junk Files Tools:

• TFC - Recommended if you use Internet Explorer / FireFox Auto Complete feature for website passwords etc
• ATF CLeaner

Create bootable USB drive tools:

• UNetbootin - create Linux based bootable USB drives within Windows or Linux
• WinToFlash - Create bootable USB drives based on XP, Vista, Windows 7
• HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool
• Linux Live USB Creator

Data Recovery:

• Recuva - Deleted File Recovery
• Active Partition Recovery
• Find and Mount - Data recovery tool

Deployment: Tools for automating the deployment of Windows operating systems

• nLite - Customise / automate your Windows XP installs
• vLite - Customise / automate your Windows Vista installs
• Windows Automated Installation Kit
• XP SP2 Deployment Tools
• Windows Auto Installation - Another tool for automatic deployment
• Unattended - Another deplotment tool
• Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010
• Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7

Disk Defragmentation Tools:

• Page defrag - defrag your pagefile
• Dirms - defrag
• Contig - defrag contiguous files
• Smart Defrag - Excellent for Vista
• Defraggler
• JkDefrag Portable - A portable disk defragmentation tool
• MyDefrag

Disk Partition Utilities:

• Easeus Partition Master - A brilliant partitioning tool
• Paragon Partition Manager

Disk Utilities:

• Eraser - wipe / delete a hard disk
• Sea Tools - Seagate / Maxtor utility
• Samsung HDD Utilities
• Hitachi HDD Utilities
• Western Digital Data Life Guard Tools
• FDisk for drives larger than 64GB
• HDDScan - Freeware low-level formatting tool
• HDD Low Level Format Tool
• HD Tune - HDD Monitoring Tool
• Active@ Hard Disk Monitor - HDD Monitoring Tool
• MHDD - Bootable DOS HDD low level formating tool

DNS Services:

Faster and more secure DNS Services than those provided by your ISP

• OpenDNS

• Norton DNS

• ClearCloud DNS

• Secure DNS

Encryption - Tools to encrypt / secure your data:

• True Crypt
• ViPNet Safe Disk Free Edition

Firewalls:

Only install ONE on your system

• Sunbelt Personal Firewall
• Netveda Personal Firewall
• Comodo Firewall and Antivirus
• Zone Alarm Free Firewall
• PC Tools Firewall Plus
  

Hardware / System Info Utilities :

• CPU-ID - Info on your CPU, Mainboard, Memory etc
• Core Temp
• Speedfan
• Belarc Advisor - Hardware info / auditing
• Everest FREE Edition - Hardware info / monitoring
• 3D Mark - Benchmarking software
• Memtest - Test your memory modules for faults / errors
• Driver Clean Professional - Clean out old driver files
• Windiag - Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool
• PC Wizard - Hardware Identifier
• Microsoft Device Manager Error Codes
• CDGone - Script for CD / DVD drives missing from My Computer / Device Manager
• Guru3D Driver Sweeper - Remove leftover display (ATI / nVidia etc) / sound drivers

Mac:

• SuperDuper - Mac boot drive maker
• DasBoot - Mac boot CD maker
• Mac NTFS 3G - Read / write to NTFS drives on the Mac

Monitoring:

• Nagios - Open Source host, service and network monitoring program
• Cacti - Cacti is a complete network graphing solution
• Monitor Websites, Servers, Visitors and more

Networking / Internet / Web / Wireless:

• TCPview - TCP and UDP endpoints on your system
• ShareEnum - Scan file shares on your network and view their security settings to close security holes
• Whois - See who owns an Internet address
• Wireless Key View
• Angry IP Scanner - IP address / port scan
• Hamachi Virtual Private Network (VPN) Software
• Net Stumbler - WIFI Monitoring / info tools
• WPA PSK (Raw Key) Generator
• Wireshark - Network monitoring
• Winsock Fix - Repair TCP/IP errors
• FREE Proxy - Open source, feature packed Proxy server software
• Xampp - FREE Apache, MySQL web server for Windows, ideal for testing websites before going live
• OpenDNS - Controlled browsing / web filtering
• Router guides / port forwarding - Covers just about every make / model of router
• Vistumbler - WIFI monitoring for Vista
• Net Tools - A huge suite of Network / System Admin tools - ALL the tools you'll ever need.
• Cisco Network Magic - FREE for Linksys hardware users

Password: (Admin / User / BIOS)

• Password Age - Password Age (formerly 'machines'). Displays the age of the password for user and computer accounts.
• Admin / User password reset

Portable Apps: - Run programs from your USB stick

• ClamWin Portable - Anti-virus on the go
• Command Prompt Portable
• Open Office Portable
• Full suite of apps including: web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, audio player, sudoku game, password manager, PDF reader, minesweeper clone, backup utility and integrated menu

Product Key Finders:

• Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder - For Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003 / 8, Office 2003 / 7

Registry:

• Erunt - Registry Backup and Restore

Remote Control:

• TightVNC
• Logmein FREE Remote Control
• Teamviewer - Free remote control for Windows and MAC - One of the best out there

Sandbox / Virtualization:

Run virtual / sandboxed versions of your applications or operating system

• Sandboxie
• Returnil - FREE Alternative to Windows Steadystate

Security:

• PC Security Check
• Back Track - Bootable CD based on Linux distro for wlan security auditing / penetration testing and more
• SubInACL -Admin tool that enables administrators to obtain security information about files, registry keys, and services
• Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT)
• Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1
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Software Updates:

Keep all your software up to date with:

• Secunia PSI

System Tools:

• StartupLite
• Sysinternals - Suite of PC monitoring / repair tools
• Process Tamer
• Win Info - A nice utility showing information about your NT installation including: version, build number, installation date, and whether it is a full or time limited version.
• WhoCrashed - Windows Crash Dump Analyser
• WinDbg - - Debugging Tool For Windows
• SysRestorePoint - Create a system restore easily
• BgInfo - Displays desktop info such as name, IP, version etc

Virtualisation 

• Virtual PC 2007 - Run multiple computers with different operating systems within a host computer
• VMWare Server
• VM Player - Run virtual machines on your Windows or Linux PC with VMware
• Virtual Appliances - FREE ready made virtual machines
• VeeDee Eyes / Virtualbox Ready made, FREE, Virtual machines
• VMware ESXI Now FREE
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 -FREE
• XP and Vista Ready Made VMs
• Microsoft Hardware-Assisted Virtualisation Detection Tool
• Turnkey Linux Virtual Appliances
• VMC to Hyper V Import Tool
• Windows Server Virtualization Calculator
• Paragon Go Virtual

Windows Tools

• Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor - Is your system ready for Windows 7 
• Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools 
• Windows Server 2003 Admin Pak 
• Windows 7 USB DVD Tool - Install Windows 7 on netbooks without a DVD drive 
• Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit - evaluate and mitigate application compatibility issues before deploying Windows 7, Windows Vista®, a Windows Update, or a new version of Windows® Internet Explorer® in your environment. 
• Windows 7 recovery disks 
• System Update Readiness Tool - Fixes Windows Update errors in Vista, Server 2008, 7 Windows Product Key Update Tool - Change your Windows Product key with ease
• Re-enable - Repairs the damage caused by malware
• Visual Core Configurator 2008 - Server 2008 Core GUI Admin Tool - No more remembering commands