Operating System

• Microsoft Windows 2000 (any version)
• Microsoft Windows XP (any version)
• Microsoft Windows Vista (all 32-bit versions)

Firewall

• Windows Firewall
• McAfee Firewall
• Sygate Personal Firewall

Virus Scanner (Includes Anti-Spam Software)

• Avast! AntiVirus [http://www.avast.com]
• AVG Free Edition [http://free.grisoft.com] with recommended configurations [click for instructions]
• McAfee Internet Security Suite [http://us.mcafee.com] with the Privacy Service uninstalled [click for instructions]
• McAfee Internet Security Suite Ver. 8 [http://us.mcafee.com] Firewall Settings [click for instructions]

Anti-Spyware

• Ad-Aware 2007 [http://www.lavasoftusa.com]
• Spybot Search and Destroy 1.4 [http://spywarebot.com]
• Windows Defender [http://www.microsoft.com]

Email Clients

• Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express [Instructions on configuring your web email through Outlook]
• Configure AOL Web Mail through Outlook/Outlook Express [http://www.postmaster.aol.com/imap/express.html]
• Mozilla Thunderbird
• Netscape Messenger
• MSN Hotmail (NOT Hotmail Live)
• Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Mail Classic

Hardware Recommendations

• 512MB of RAM (minimum)
• 1.0Ghz Processor (minimum)