This post is a follow-up to “Different Anti-Virus Solutions“. Last time I gave an overview of three of the most common, free anti-virus solutions available. This week I’ll introduce you to a few of the lesser known but still highly valuable tools you can use to protect your computer.
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Tiny Personal Firewall
The Tiny Personal Firewall Free Edition is designed to protect home computers from infections by viruses, worms, and trojans. Tiny Personal Firewall’s purpose is to provide real-time protection in the background of your system. Users can determine the security level that they wish the program to operate with, be it low, medium, or high. This program is designed so that users can block destination IP addresses, block certain ports, and create a log of all infections or infection attempts. Unfortunately, uses of Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing or WinRoute will not be able to use Tiny Personal Firewall as these applications are incompatible with each other.
ZoneAlarm® Free Editions
ZoneAlarm® Free Firewall is designed to block hackers and prevent infections to the computer system. It protects against spyware and viruses in real time. The ZoneAlarm Free Firewall also offers the ability to hide your online presence from others in its efforts to protect you from viral infections. The ZoneAlarm® Free Spy Blocker Toolbar is designed to protect its users from accessing web sites that will place spyware on their computers. the ZoneAlarm® Free Spy Blocker Toolbar offers extra features including the Ask.com search bar and Spy Site Blocking.
Hijack This
The Hijack This Free Edition offers the ability to protect your computer against spyware, Browser Helper Objects (BHOs) and other types of malware. One of the more protective features that it offers is the ability to scan for hidden streams of data, a feature that browser hijackers often use to hide from detection. One of the minor problems with this application is that it does occasionally include items on the scan log that are actually customizations on the computer and not infections. This application provides a distinctive set of tools for detecting malware.
Spybot Search & Destroy
Spybot S & D is designed to scan the computer for a variety of malware applications. As it scans the computer, it uses a comprehensive list of common infections to check against. It does sometimes include false positives and it is left to the user to determine the wisdom of deleting these. Spybot S & D is not compatible with certain other applications. Therefore, it might not perform its function effectively. The system start up feature for this program allows users to review their set up and to access certain other features including the Secure Shredder for destroying data.
Free anti-virus applications offer computer users an opportunity to protect their computer systems from malware infections with no additional financial expense. They can be used in conjunction with paid versions. While many of these applications have similar features, it is important to do the research to obtain the program that will best meet your needs.
Next week we’re going to take a closer look at computer recycling and re-purposing and how VersionDownload.com can help you with it.
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