Free Security for your PC

By Tyler Downer
4/19/08

With viruses, hackers (more properly, crackers) spyware and more, the internet is an unsafe place to be. Fortunately you can protect you computer without spending a dime and the free protection works! Below I list some of my favorite tools. Every Windows computer should use this full set of tools, they all work together to achive high security.

• Avast Anitvirus: Avast has some of the best rated protection for the price. It comes in a free version for home users or you can purchase a upgraded version with more features.
• ThreatFire: This program works with your antivirus to recognize harmful progrmas before they open. it then ask you if you want the program to run.
• Zonealarm: Zonealarm is the best free firewall avaliable. It moniters internet traffic and block suspicous packages before they come to your computer. It al so has great internal protection, watching for programs that are called a Trojan horse, seeming good, but realy there only to harm your computer.
• Adaware: This handy program works by scaning and deleting spyware malicious website place on your computer. While it does not have real-time protection, as it's big-brother does (for a price), it has the same internal scanning engine.
• Firefox: Even just surfing the web can be detrimental to your computer. Firefox has great security and wonderful features. When combined with the addons freeley avaliable from addons.mozilla.org it becomes even safer.

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