Getting your computer secured from hackers and intruders is more important than ever, now that hackers, intruders and malwares are unsuspectingly hiding in seemingly friendly software. Here are some of the programs you can install for free that will protect your computers from different types of harm.
Secunia Personal Software Inspector – This free software is one of the smartest out there. After installation, immediately run this software to your computer. Secunia will scan all files in your computer. It has a special talent in scanning not only files but also programs. Secunia will take a look at individual programs to see if there are doubtful files attached to them. They do this by comparing the files in your programs with those from their server. If something is missing in a given software, especially the latest security update, Secunia will direct you to the site where you can update your software.
Active Virus Shield – Built by AOL, this free software doesn’t only get daily but hourly updates on viruses and security measures. Built only for Windows users, you might want to have a faster internet connection and a stronger computer. Other than that, AOL’s Active Virus Shiled is highly efficient in scanning EVERYTHING downloaded and installed in your computer, especially e-mails.
HauteSecure.com – If you like to push your web experience to something dangerous so that it borders visiting dangerous sites, you might want to have HauteSecure.com with you at all times. This software is a plug-in to the Internet Explorer (no Firefox for now) and it scans the website before it allows you to see them. If anything that violates their security policy is detected, you’ll receive a pop-up from HauteSecure.com informing you about the website. If you’re a Firefox user, Link Scanner Lite is for you. Built by Exploit Prevention Labs, it works basically the same with HauteSecure.com.
GMER Anti-Rootkit – Anti-rootkit is a software that checks the background of your computer – driver installations, keys and processors. Before any attacks to any of your driver, GMER will prevent them by scanning the hard drive for any updates from your computer. This is important since the most dangerous viruses out there are those that can practically hook up with your driver and registry. Viruses may disable every driver you have and you end up with a very bad computer that can only be repaired by totally reformatting the computer.
CCleaner – Get the clutter out of your computer with this easy to use software. Most of the time, we forgot to delete the temporary files in our computer that could possible be a virus or will just slow down the system. CCleaner practically deletes everything in the temporary files folder and destroys them completely. Temporary files and cookies from different browsers will also be stored temporarily in CCleaner, but it could be vanished without a trace in your computer.
For everything from personal files to software and web navigation, there are a suite of security tools that you can try. You can never be too sure and it always helps to be prepared for the worst.
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These aren’t the best software for security.
Try anti virus like AVG.
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Comment by Ryan — March 28, 2008 @ 9:32 am