Premium Tools
It has taken some time for us to establish a relationship strong enough with various software providers to offer the fans of Be Your own IT a strong list of tools from spyware removal to registry cleaners to help you keep your PC running in top condition.
Below you will find the list of our suggested tools every computer should have running on it. Most everything below has free trials and are well worth your time to check out. It doesn't matter if you need a good spyware or anti virus tool, something to keep your PC running smooth or a good strong day to day applicaton we have taken the time to put everything you need in one place.
We have graded each to help you decide, some are not clearly better than the rest, and we don't have anything on this list we haven't personally used or recommended to customers.
A-Is A Must Have, benefits are great and it exceeds its competition
B-Is a Software Worth Checking Out Going to Fix Your Problems
C-Good Value Good Product Nothing Amazing But Decent
D-We Wouldn't Have Any Of These On This List
(Great news is all of these great software suites are available right here on our site!)
Keep Your PC Running Smooth With These Must Have Applications
- Regcure PC Optimizer- makes a big difference in most computers we see it installed on. A must have if your PC has been running slow. (A+)
- Driver Cure-Driver Cure does a great job cleaning up hardware driver issues for a wide variety of issues. Make sure you have the correct and most current version of all your required drivers (A)
- Driver Detective- driver update service providing manufacturer specific drivers for your computer system. Driver Detective software is user friendly to make the update process fast. (B+)
- Privacy Controls-One of the best tools on the web to make sure your web browsing is safe and secure. Protect all of your personal information while on the web. This is a MUST have. (A)
Remove Spyware Infections & Prevent Future Spyware/Malware Issues
- Adaware- One of the most used spyware tools on the web. Has a great reputation for keeping spyware off your computer as well as removing an existing infection. (A)
- XSoftSpySE Spyware Removal- It is tough to choose between this one and the others, we are kind of new to this tool but it has already bailed us out many times with tough to remove spyware issues. (A)
- Anti-Spyware- Another great tool for removing existing spyware infections, maybe not the top of the three but also pretty darn good. (B)
Prevent Viruses From Damaging Your Computer
- Anti Virus Plus- Quitely one of the top antivirus programs we have used. Certainly there are better ones but if you are looking for a good anti-virus program this should do the trick. (B+)
- Spam Controler- One of the coolest spam control programs out there. If you have a spyware issues on your computer this is the cure. Most of our computers only protect us from a small potion of spam. This picks up the slack. (A)
- Spyware Doctor With Anti-virus 6-Great combination value, both a high quality spware removal program and a great anti-virus program. (A+)
Recovery Tools
- Outlook Express Repair Tool-In a pinch this saves us every time. This far haven't had a situation where it didn't work. (A)
- Access Repair Tool-Only needed this tool once or twice but it fixed the issue every time. (A)
- Excel Repair Tool-Really great tool for restoring a corrupted excel workbook or worksheet (B)
- Data Recovery-If you have lost data of any kind, an accidental delete format or virus, this software can save your life. (A+)
