Free is the best price of all. And when it comes to software, that’s often what the tag says.

Many, many programs are free. Every day, I feature one on my site. We count the downloads. And I can tell you that these free programs are popular!

We went back and constructed a list of the 10 most popular. They’re below. But there are many more on my site. Whatever you need, you can probably find it there.

1. AVG antivirus – Many nasty bugs are on the Web. Most depend on you making a mistake. It will happen. Be prepared with a quality antivirus program.

2. Secunia Personal Software Inspector – You dutifully update Windows. But flaws are found in other programs as well. How can you keep them up to date? Put the Inspector on the job.

3. Avira antivirus – This is another antivirus program. Avira promises to protect you from viruses, rootkits and more.

4. Spybot Search & Destroy anti-spyware – Spyware and adware are big problems. You don’t want either on your computer. Spybot Search & Destroy will remove them.