Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Computer Security

There are three good, free, anti-virus programs I recommend:

AVG

Avast
Anti-vir

Also NOD32 from eset. It is very lightweight and highly effective. I do not recommend McAfee or Norton . They're just too bloated.

I recommend for fighting spyware:

Microsoft Defender
(Vista, XP and W2K only)
Spybot Search & Destroy
AdAware

The best commercial programs are Spysweeper and Pest Patrol but I don't find they're particularly better

The best ways to fight spyware is not to get it in the first place. That means using Firefox for day-to-day surfing, avoiding music sharing programs, and being very careful when you visit web sites. Avoid allowing them to install software.

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