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	Abiword		A simple and solid word processor that is compatible with Microsoft Word documents. Homepage:  http://www.abisource.com
	Open Office		Open Office is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. Homepage:  http://www.openoffice.org
	Notetab Lite		Free and powerful text editor. Homepage:  http://www.notetab.com/
	Foxit PDF Reader		Foxit Reader 2.0 is a free PDF document viewer and printer, with incredible small size (only 1.5 M download size), breezing-fast launch speed and amazingly rich feature set. Foxit Reader 2.0 supports Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.6. Homepage:  Foxit Software
	IrfanView		IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista. Homepage:  Irfan Image Viewer
	FilZip		Compression/Decompression. Zips/unzips files in all popular formats (zip, rar, tar, etc.). It has nice right-click (shell) integration. Homepage:  http://www.filzip.com Alternately, buy WinRAR, the standard.
	NOTE: Although we believe in free software, the links we provide here are intended to encourage the purchase of a top-quality program. Anti-virus protection is important enough that you should consider spending the money for a top-quality program. Viruses these days don't just trash your files; many of them can and do compromise your system, turning it into a spam-sending engine; and others will steal your confidential information (credit card numbers, passwords) and send it back to the author(s) of the malware. We believe these programs to be suitable choices; however, we can make no statements regarding their reliability or performance.
	Anti-virus scanning at Panix		Panix supplies antivirus scanning for all customers wishing to use it. For general use, we recommend using your browser of choice to login into our implementation of WebMail at mail.panix.com. For customers wishing to use the shell to turn on antivirus filtering, instructions are available here . Please note that antivirus scanning is not turned on by default for any customer. If you are interested in obtaining the AV solution chosen by Panix, you can look here: Clam AV for a download link. Please bear in mind that free Open Source software always needs your support; Clam AV is such a tool. You can also look here.
	Avira		AntiVir is a freeware virus protection program, and includes a "virus guard" application to keep an eye on your system for changed system files and other hallmarks of possible virus activity. The AntiVir website has the information on this program. Please note that by purchasing this product, you provide some support for The Auerbach Foundation .
	AVG by Grisoft		AVG Pro is a well-respected antivirus suite, and their Free Edition includes most of the features of the Pro version.
	Spybot destroyer		A very useful preventative.

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