Free Software for Students and Parents
A free anti-virus program for personal use
Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer.
REMOVE SPYWARE AND JUNK PROGRAMS - Ad-aware, one of the first applications built to scan your system for adware and spyware and remove it.
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for typing papers, letters, reports, memos, and so forth.
Open Office is a free productivity suite that duplicates Microsoft Office