Zonealarm		A firewall protects your PC from external attacks by blocking access from specific sources or services. Firewalls were traditionally boxes that protected entire networks, but with the advent of always-on Internet connections in homes and small offices, the popularity of software firewalls has risen dramatically. Easily the best-known software firewall is Zonealarm, which is free for personal use. Once activated, Zonealarm waits patiently in the SystemTray for an external request to access your machine, at which point it can simply block it, or ask your permission.

Tiny Personal Firewall 2.0		Tiny Software offers a number of products including the highly capable Personal Firewall 3.0. This is a very powerful firewall that's designed for deployment in medium to large enterprises, and carries a hefty price tag. Fortunately for this feature, Tiny Software also offers the free Personal Firewall 2.0. It's a pretty basic firewall that's designed to protect your machine from external network access.	Win 98 Win 2K/XP

Devicelock		Provided your PC is running Windows NT, 2000 or XP, Devicelock allows the administrator of that system to assign rights on all drives, and even the serial and parallel ports. You can specify full access, no access, prevent ejecting, or combinations of the above, during specific times of the day and week. It's also possible to selectively change these rights depending on who's logged in at the time.

HTML Guard 2.11		Have you ever found a website that bears an uncanny resemblance to your own? It wouldn't be so bad if your site had been used for inspiration, but the reality is that entire batches of HTML code have been nabbed without your permission. HTML Guard allows you to encrypt HTML source code, along with disabling text selection, right-mouse clicks, and even printing from within a browser.

Email remover		It's way too easy to email huge files around these days, and there are few things more frustrating than having your email inbox blocked by massive or unsolicited messages. Fortunately Email Remover will quickly download the subject headers and first few lines of your pending messages - you can check them out and delete where necessary, after which you can use your normal email client to access your desired messages.