AVG Internet Security A quality internet security package at a reasonable price. This all in one package helps protect you from hackers, virus, mal-ware and spam. AVG Free Anti-virus The best Free Anti-virus Around. While not as thourgh as the internet security package it's a good product at an unbeatable price. Spybot Search and Destroy A very good utility for removing and preventing malicious software. This is Donation-ware (If you like it and can afford too, send the author a donation). Ad-Aware Another excellent utility for removing malicious software. They offer both Free-ware and paid versions, for most people the free version is all you need, the paid version offers automatic real time protection the free one is manual and does not offer real time protection. SeaMonkey A web-browser like Internet Explorer, it is a continuation of the Mozilla project, which came from Netscape. In many ways it is superior to Internet Explorer and preferred over Firefox’s interface. It features Tabbed browsing (middle clk to open and close tabs), built in form management (it will remember and fill in forms, user-names and passwords for you if you want), infinite text resizing, better security for scripts, java, and cookies. It puts web surfing back in your control, instead of handing it over to the site you’re looking at. | Q: What is a Virus? A: A virus is a piece of software code designed to attach itself to another program and modify it’s function usually with malicious intent. There are other things such as worms, scripts and trojans’ that perform virus like functions but they are not truly viruses, but for simplicity we call them virus. Q: What is spyware - malware - adware? A: These are files or programs that track your computer, and perform hidden and usually unwanted functions in the background without your knowledge. Such as causing popups, redirecting to you websites they choose, redirecting your searches so you get the results they want you to, sending spam, and even stealing your account numbers and identity. Q: What is a cookie ? A: A cookies is a text file saved to your computer when you visit a website, this can be used for both good and bad purposes, but the cookie itself can not cause damage to your computer. Cookies are used to remember things, such as the layout of your homepage if you customized it, or login info on you your favorite forum or blog. The other side of a cookie is often abused by advertisers, they remember what site you went to, how often you went there, when you were there, what pages you looked at, etc... |