Free Downloads
On this page you will find some useful software that you can download for free. The links on this page will take you to the offical download page for the product, or one of their approved sponsers. Therfore you can be confident you are downloading the latest version of the software.
To download an item just click on the associated image.
Please Note: Whilst every effort is made to ensure the content of these files is safe, caution should be exercised when downloading. West Berkshire's PC Mechanic will not be held liable for any harmful content entering your computer as a result of using these download links. The user is advised to scan all downloaded content using an antivirus program before installing.
Avast Free Anti Virus
The world’s most popular free antivirus software: 100 million registrations and growing. avast! Free Antivirus is perfect for people who send e-mails and surf popular websites, but do not store any sensitive data on their computers.
AVG Free Anti Virus
AVG Free provides you with basic antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows and is available to download for free. Protection against viruses and spyware (antivirus and antispyware), fast, effective security that is kind on resources. Compatible with Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows.
Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple. Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want—without interruptions or long computer wait times.
ThreatFire
Consumers spend over a billion dollars a year on security software to keep their PCs safe. Every month they spend countless hours configuring and updating their software. And yet every week millions of users are infected by new threats that their traditional antivirus does not stop. Why? Traditional antivirus solutions cannot protect you until after they've discovered a new threat and produced a signature to counter it. ThreatFire is different. It does not rely on signatures, but instead constantly analyzes your computer's behaviour to detect and block any malicious activity. ThreatFire protects immediately so you know your PC and your valuable data is always secure.
Malwarebytes
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is considered to be the next step in the detection and removal of malware. In our product we have compiled a number of new technologies that are designed to quickly detect, destroy, and prevent malware. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware can detect and remove malware that even the most well known anti-virus and anti-malware applications fail to detect.
Sandboxie
Sandboxie runs your applications in an isolated abstraction area called a sandbox. Under the supervision of Sandboxie, an application operates normally and at full speed, but can't effect permanent changes to your computer. Instead, the changes are effected only in the sandbox. This helps to reduce the threat of malware and viruses when surfing the internet or using networked applications.
Zone Alarm Free Firewall
ZoneAlarm Basic Firewall: The #1 free firewall monitors inbound/outbound traffic and makes you invisible to hackers.
Device Doctor
Device Doctor is a freeware Windows application that scans your computer hardware and checks to see if there are new driver updates available for your devices. It also locates drivers for "unidentified devices" in the Windows Device Manager.
CCleaner
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!
FileZilla
The free FTP solution! Both a client and a server are available. FileZilla is open source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License. FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.
CutePDF Writer
Create PDF documents on the fly — for Free! Portable Document Format (PDF) is the de facto standard for the secure and reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents and forms around the world. CutePDF Writer (formerly CutePDF Printer) is the free version of commercial PDF creation software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a "printer subsystem". This enables virtually any Windows applications (must be able to print) to create professional quality PDF documents - with just a push of a button! FREE for commercial and non-commercial use! No watermarks! No Popup Web Ads!
Open Office
OpenOffice.org is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
GIMP
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.
Crossloop
CrossLoop is both a website that provides a place to find expert helpers for your computer needs, and a collaboration application (the CrossLoop application) which allows a person at a remote computer to view and/or control another computer.
Skype
Skype is software that enables the world's conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Every day, people also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles.