Here's a couple of free programs I use and highly recommend them.

>Free Antivirus Program:
http://www.grisoft.com or http://www.grisoft.com/doc/38/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
This AVG antivirus program works flawlessly without hogging the memory or speed of your PC. Grisoft has also come out with a new Firewall program which I will be downloading and trying.

Free (30 Day Trial) FTP Program: http://www.ipswitch.com or http://www.ipswitch.com/downloads/index.asp
WS_FTP provides an easy to use FTP program that is uncomplicated and designed for the newbie or seasoned webmaster. Give this a try for 30 days free, or buy it for the cheap price of $39.95

>Free Spyware Detect/Removal Program:
http://www.lavasoft.de/
This Ad-Aware program is free and is similar to SpyBot Search&Destroy yet catches some spyware that SpyBot doesn't catch. Better to have 2 programs to use rather than getting spied on.

Hope you'll try these programs out and let us know how it works for you.

Kevin