More Security Freeware

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while, I have been really busy these past 2 weeks.
Now, since you have the basics, now you can get some products to enhance your computer's security. The first one is WinPatrol. It is a great product that runs monitors many different areas of your computer that spyware usually affects/changes, such as start up items, Windows services, and Scheduled Tasks. It also allows you to remove things at start at start up, or make them start a designated time after your computer starts, and more. To get it click here.
Another good free software is McAfee's Site Advisor. This free program is an add on for Firefox, and Internet Explorer. It tells you whether the site you are on is Safe, Harmful, or if it is in between. It also puts a sign next to each search result in most search engines, telling you whether that site is safe or not. If you put your mouse on the icon it will tell you why that site got the rating it did. It is a must for security. You can get it by clicking here.
Spyware Blaster is a software that protects Firefox from dangerous cookies, and IE from dangerous cookies and dangerous ActiveX controls. It also adds alot of sites to the restricted sites lists in Firefox and IE. You can get it by clicking here.
Like anti spywares, no anti virus can catch all viruses, yet unlike anti spywares, you can't have more than one. Luckily, you can use online scanners. Alot, of scanners don't remove what they find, and will say that there are viruses that aren't on your computer to scare you into buying there product, but Trendmicro's Housecall removes what it finds. It scans for Viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, and security vulnerabilities. The only downfall of this product of this product is that it uses an activeX conrol to run, so you can't use Firefox (you can use IE though). To use it click here.

Anti Spyware

Now that you have an anti virus, you will need at least 2 anti spywares, because no anti spyware will detect all spyware. Again if you are willing to pay, you should get either Spy Sweeper or Spyware Doctor, all of the following free products that I am about to mention except for Spyware Doctor Starter Edition. Now if you want to get it all for free like I did, :) then you will need to get the following programs. The first one is A-Squared free, this freebie updates daily, has a nice user interface, and has over 785,000 signatures. That is very impressive. To get an exact break up of how many signatures it has for each type of malware, go to their home page by clicking here. A downfall of this program is that it doesn't have a scheduler. The other one is Spyware Doctor Starter edition which comes with the Google pack. It does everything that the paid version does except that alot of its real time protection features have been disabled, it is still a great on demand scanner though (this means that it is good for scanning manually). It has a nice user interface, updates at least once a day, and has a scheduler as well. It has over 440,000 signatures, which although isn't as much as A-Squared, it is still pretty impressive. The biggest downfall of this program, as well as the paid version, is that it adds quite a bit of time to your start up. To get these products click on their names below:
Spy Sweeper, Spyware Doctor, A-Squared, Spyware Doctor Starter Edition.
Remember to comment if you have anything to say, or any other products to recommend, your views are always welcome.

Anti Viruses

Hello, these couple of weeks' posts will be about your computer's security. To get a good comparative on the Anti Viruses Performance, go here: http://www.av-comparatives.org/ and look at the February and the May reports. If you want a free anti virus i would recommend one of these: Avira AntiVir, or Active Virus Shield. Avast and AVG don't have as good as detection rates as these two. Don't let the name AOL scare you, Active Virus Shield is powered by Kaspersky, one of the best Anti Viruses so, in the website, Active Virus Shield would get the same results as Kaspersky. It updates alot as well, it can update as much as 15 times a day! When i had Avast, I wanted to try out AntiVir, when i ran a scan with AntiVir, it found a rootkit and 3 trojans that Avast missed. Anti Vir is the lightest one on computer recourses, which means that it will slow your computer down the least. The biggest con about the free version of AntiVir, is probably that it will display a big ad about upgrading to a paid version, every time you update it. I tried AVG on a computer that i knew for sure had viruses. It found 11 and could only remove 7 of them. If you are willing to pay for an Anti Virus, I would recommend Kaspersky. You can get a free 30 day trial from here.