The Right Tool for the Job – Top 10 Computer Repair Software

When you are on the job, you better come prepared. This article is a list of useful computer repair tools.

Antivirus:

AVG Free – AVG is a very solid antivirus which detects many things that Norton doesnt detect, best of all, its free. Difficulty: Beginner
http://free.grisoft.com

Avast 4 Home Edition – Good free solid antivirus for home users. Difficulty: Beginner
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Spyware Adware Removal:

Hijack This! – Hijack This! is a tool that lists everything in your startup, plugins for internet explorer and other places where adware and spyware hides. This tool does not tell you what is and is not spyware or adware. It shows you everything (the good and the bad) so you can pick and choose. Difficulty: Advanced
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

Spybot – A well known Spyware and Adware removal tool. Difficulty: Beginner
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

Ad-Aware – Another well known Spyware and Adware removal tool. Difficulty: Beginner
http://www.lavasoft.com/

Security:

TCP View – A tool that lists what is happening through your TCPIP stack. It will show you what programs are connected to where, what programs and system processes are listening. Difficulty: Advanced.
https://technet.microsoft.com/fi-fi/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx

Process Explorer v10.05 – Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more. This uniquely powerful utility will even show you who owns each process. Difficulty: Advanced.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processexplorer.aspx

Process Monitor – This monitoring tool lets you see all file system activity in real-time. Difficulty: Advanced.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processmonitor.aspx

System Recovery:

Ultimate Repair CD for Windows – UBCD4Win is a bootable CD which contains software that allows you to repair/restore/diagnostic almost any computer problem. Great for when Windows wont boot. Difficulty: Medium
http://www.ubcd4win.com/

Driver Collector – Perfect for when you are about to format a clients PC. This nifty tool will find and collect the installed driver files for the harware you select on your PC. Difficulty: Easy.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Driver-Collector.shtml