###In many cases, software recommendations are not a question of spam.

**Instead,** product recommendations are [off-topic at the SuperUser site](http://superuser.com/help/on-topic) (see the last bullet point in second list). If someone clearly asks for recommending software for a task

1. flag the question as off-topic

2. give them friendly advice to search (and maybe ask) at [Software Recommendations StackExchange site – softwarerecs.stackexchange.com](http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com)

 * there is **6200+** Q&A's already there – we are not going to duplicate their work here at the SuperUser

This way you are actually *helping* the OP to ask at the right community where their question has potential to obtain answers of higher quality and in shorter time.