When you surf the net unprotected,this is what you get:viruses,trojans,malware,spyware,smit… a bunch of other crap.To protect your PC you’ll need several pieces of security software programs.The ones listed below are free and many out perform some paid security suites:
1 a firewall (install only one)
2 an anti-virus (install only one)
3 an anti-spyware/malware (install two or three)
4 a secure browser
5 a disk cleaner (deletes temporary files,cookies,etcGet one or two)
Free firewalls:
Comodo Internet Security (just the firewall and not the anti-virus,unless you want the full program)
ZoneAlarm
PC Tools Firewall Plus
Outpost
Online Armor
Free anti-virus:
avast! Home Edition 4.8
Avira AntiVir Personal 9
AVG 9 (use Threatfire with this program to increase your level od detection)
Panda Cloud Anti-Virus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Free anti-spyware/malware:
Ad-Aware
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Windows Defender
SUPERAnti-Spyware
Spybot Search and Destroy
Spyware Terminator
SpywareBlaster
Browser:
Firefox and load it up with McAfee Site Advisor,AVG Link Scanner,or W.O.T.(Web of Trust).Also get BetteryPrivacy,Ghostery, TACO (Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out),KeyScrammbler.Set Firefox to delete cookies when you close the browser (Tools,Options,Privacy,Cookies).NoScript is also available for Firefox. If you get AVG as your anti-virus,there is no need to get the AVG Link Scanner because it is included in the program.
Disk cleaner and defrag utilities:
CCleaner ,Glary Utilities,and Advanced SystemCare ; all free
Get it at CNET http://www.download.com
Also get Smart Defrag and run that in Deep Optimize mode
When you surf the net unprotected,this is what you get:viruses,trojans,malware,spyware,smit… a bunch of other crap.To protect your PC you’ll need several pieces of security software programs.The ones listed below are free and many out perform some paid security suites:
1 a firewall (install only one)
2 an anti-virus (install only one)
3 an anti-spyware/malware (install two or three)
4 a secure browser
5 a disk cleaner (deletes temporary files,cookies,etcGet one or two)
Free firewalls:
Comodo Internet Security (just the firewall and not the anti-virus,unless you want the full program)
ZoneAlarm
PC Tools Firewall Plus
Outpost
Online Armor
Free anti-virus:
avast! Home Edition 4.8
Avira AntiVir Personal 9
AVG 9 (use Threatfire with this program to increase your level od detection)
Panda Cloud Anti-Virus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Free anti-spyware/malware:
Ad-Aware
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Windows Defender
SUPERAnti-Spyware
Spybot Search and Destroy
Spyware Terminator
SpywareBlaster
Browser:
Firefox and load it up with McAfee Site Advisor,AVG Link Scanner,or W.O.T.(Web of Trust).Also get BetteryPrivacy,Ghostery, TACO (Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out),KeyScrammbler.Set Firefox to delete cookies when you close the browser (Tools,Options,Privacy,Cookies).NoScript is also available for Firefox. If you get AVG as your anti-virus,there is no need to get the AVG Link Scanner because it is included in the program.
These are free for personal use and you can download them at CNET http://www.download.com
Some add-ons for the Firefox browser are available at http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
Disk cleaner and defrag utilities:
CCleaner ,Glary Utilities,and Advanced SystemCare ; all free
Get it at CNET http://www.download.com
Also get Smart Defrag and run that in Deep Optimize mode
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