KeePass keeps every account inside a single encrypted database and asks you to remember one master key. Version 2.61.1 arrived on 1 May 2026 with a list of fixes, and Auto-Type fills forms by simulating keystrokes.

KeePassXC 2.7.12 is free and open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, storing every account in one local encrypted file with a browser extension for autofill and a generator built in. Data never sits on a vendor server, and no subscription is charged.

GlassWire 3.11.1164 is an application firewall with traffic visualisation for Windows and Android. The free tier keeps twenty-four hours of history and opens four views by program, host, protocol and country; the pop-up prompt and custom profiles sit on the paid side.

Passbolt is an open source credential platform for teams, with the vault running on your own server or inside the firewall. A browser extension, mobile apps and a command line tool share one encrypted set of data, sharing uses OpenPGP public keys, and private keys stay on the client.

Microsoft's own authenticator app for phones, handling second-factor checks and passwordless sign-in, with a built-in one-time passcode generator that also works offline, and room for accounts from Microsoft and from other providers alike.

A password and passkey manager built on zero knowledge encryption: scrambling and unscrambling happen on the local device and the service stores only ciphertext. Extensions and native desktop and mobile clients all open the same vault, while the free tier caps at ten records and one mobile device.

A multi-platform security subscription for personal use that puts virus, malware and ransomware protection in the same licence as system performance tools, covering five desktop and mobile systems. A 30-day trial has replaced the old long-running free edition.

A free Windows firewall from Check Point that watches traffic in both directions, and bundles program access control, early boot protection and a botnet defence. It asks for Windows 10 or 11.

Bitdefender Antivirus Free is a free antivirus for Windows; the official page says it stays free with no hidden charges and no time limit, learns the machine's normal activity patterns and isolates suspicious changes.

One encrypted file on your own disk, no cloud sync, no telemetry, no account: a password vault whose trust model is a file and a master password, nothing else.

A single file that scans startup items, services, drivers, network settings and suspicious paths into two text logs a helper can read line by line, so diagnosis stops being guesswork.

When the main antivirus reports a clean machine but the browser opens on a page nobody chose, a scanner built for the slow, quiet infections is the tool you actually need.

Emptying the recycle bin leaves the data where it was. This old utility overwrites it, handles free space and whole disks, and puts a confirmation step in front of an operation you cannot undo.

A security suite built around the opposite premise of most rivals: a small engine, a quiet background and scans you do not notice, with a full-feature trial before you decide about paying.

A computer accumulates history, cache, recent documents, run records and thumbnails until the day it is lent or sold. Privacy Eraser gathers hundreds of those targets under one tree, clears them in a single pass, and adds a shredder plus free space wiping for the files that must not come back.