Today I made some modifications to an older post on free antivirus tools for Windows. Norton Security Scan, no longer available with Google Pack, has been removed from the list, while the recently released Microsoft Security Essentials has made its way in. If you’re looking for some free PC protection, do read the article.
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SpywareBlaster makes your PC a lot safer by preventing attacks on the vulnerable Internet Explorer.
PC Security Test is a surprisingly detailed and effective program that checks your computer’s security against the ever increasing viruses, spyware, and hackers. This 1MB tool has a number of useful features, listed below, that reveal the security vulnerabilities on your computer.
Standard tests : The most important part of PST, the standard tests simulate a [...]
Viruses and other malware have an unusually high affinity for your new Windows computer. If you want to keep your darling PC safe those bad guys, go ahead and pick one of these free antimalware tools.
Avira AntiVir Personal
Avira’s AntiVir has been constantly making the top of the charts in many antivirus comparison tests carried [...]
Agnitum has revived the free version of it’s popular Outpost firewall, whose first and only version (1.0) was released over three years ago. The latest Outpost FREE firewall offers you an array of features like :
Bidirectional firewall
Protection that can’t be shut down by hackers
Application behavior monitoring
Intuitive, resource-friendly operation
Activity monitoring capabilities
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AVG has released it’s LinkScanner software as a free download for all Windows Vista / XP / 2000 users. LinkScanner, which works with Internet Explorer and Firefox, includes two components -
Search-Shield : “scans search results and places a safety rating next to each link, so you know where it’s safe to click.”
Active Surf-Shield : [...]
USB drives (pen drives / thumb drives / USB sticks) are indispensible for carrying a few gigs of data around with ease. Low cost, reliability, superfast transfer speeds, and the drag-and-drop abilities have made them immensely popular today. But all this convenience comes with a price as well – it’s damn easy for viruses [...]
The free versions of AVG and Avira AntiVir are rock solid antiviruses, constantly making it to the top in comparison charts and hitting millions of downloads every week. However as with many other free product versions, they too come with ads which just don’t look great on the desktop. In AVG, there’s a permanent ad [...]
McAfee has released a new version of it’s popular web-surfing plug-in, SiteAdvisor. SiteAdvisor is available as a free download for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and some other Mozilla-based browsers, like Flock.
Among other additions, this new version includes a Secure Search box, which filters out only the trusted sites for your search term. There is also an [...]
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These three lines are enough to send any regular PC user into panic. And if you’re still scratching your head on what I wrote above — this [...]
