Secure and encrypt entire partitions or devices, including system drives, with automated, real-time protection and enhanced security measures.
VeraCrypt is a free open source disk encryption software for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Alternatives:
Windows BitLocker
Windows Security (known as Windows Defender Antivirus before Windows 10 May 2020 Update, Windows Defender before Windows 10 Creators Update, or Microsoft Defender Antivirus before Windows 11) is an anti-malware component of Microsoft Windows.
Windows Defender is built into Windows to help guard your PC against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software in real time. Windows Defender features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against malware when it's detected, minimizes interruptions, and helps you stay productive.
Alternatives:
Sophos Home,
ESET NOD32 Antivirus
Analyse suspicious files, domains, IPs and URLs to detect malware and other breaches, automatically share them with the security community.
VirusTotal is a free service that analyzes files and URLs for viruses, worms, trojans and other kinds of malicious content.
Alternatives:
MetaDefender,
Jotti's malware scan,
VirSCAN
Based on the success of our 
PhrozenSoft VirusTotal Uploader, Phrozen Software is proud to introduce Winja, which provides even greater malicious file scanning and monitoring capabilities.
Winja is a free application for Microsoft Windows that lets you find potential malware on your system. It uses the scanning engine of virtually all antivirus products in the market to give you a very precise idea of the risk posed by a particular file. To do this, Winja first uses the
VirusTotal public API to submit the fingerprint of a file. If this fingerprint exists, Winja returns the existing analysis report. If not, Winja sends the unknown file to VirusTotal servers for scanning.
Comodo Firewall is a personal firewall, a genre of security software that secures PCs by policing Internet traffic on an app by app basis. The most prominent feature of a personal firewall is generating popup notifications when an unknown program attempts to access the Internet...
Comodo Firewall offers the highest levels of security against inbound and outbound threats. It checks that all network traffic in and out of your computer is legitimate. Comodo Firewall also makes it easy for you to specify exactly which applications are allowed to connect to the internet and immediately warns you when there is suspicious activity.
Alternatives:
BiniSoft Windows Firewall Control,
simplewall,
SpyShelter
Security add-on for Windows. Make it considerably harder for unwanted software to get launched. Not through file signatures but through identifying places where executables have no right to be, for example Documents folders.
Control which folders programs can be run from.
User manual: http://softwarepolicy.sourceforge.net/
Hardentools is a collection of simple tools to help harden Windows by disabling features that present a higher security risk like Windows Scripting Host and Microsoft Office Macros. Changes from the software can easily be undone with a Restore button available after initial...
Hardentools is a collection of simple utilities designed to disable a number of "features" exposed by Microsoft Windows, and primary consumer applications. These features, commonly thought for enterprise customers, are generally useless to regular users and rather pose as dangers as they are very commonly abused by attackers to execute malicious code on a victim's computer.
Autoruns shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys.
This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and when you start various built-in Windows applications like Internet Explorer, Explorer and media players.
A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware.
A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware.
Alternatives:
Process Explorer
Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and...
Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.
Open source virtualization tool supporting x86/AMD64, runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris. Offers portable, lightweight, ad-free use.
VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Windows virtual machines for testing software are available at https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/
Runs independent of Windows OS via CD, DVD, USB, offering deep threat removal including rootkits. Designed for persistent malware cleaning.
A malware cleaning tool that runs independent of the operating system from a CD, DVD, or a USB. It has direct access to the disc and the file system, and therefore is capable of removing the most persistent threats.
Alternative: https://ualinux.com/en/ubuntu-rescuepack
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