How to protect your computer for free
How to protect your computer for free
How to protect your computer for free
Nowadays, using a computer means especially browsing the Internet, downloading documents, chatting with others, sending emails, using e-banking services, etc., this means that almost all activity spent on a computer requires an active Internet connection.
Computer users spend much time on the Internet, work with their documents and perform different online activities without worrying about the danger, that can come from the outside world and turn their join-time to a headache.
Browsing the Internet, visiting different Web pages, the safety of our operating system and documents can be altered very easy if we don't use security measures.
When we decide to protect our computers against online threats, we have the options to choose between free and paid ways.
There are some techniques that can be used to efficiently protect the computer against online threats such as viruses, spyware, malware, hackers, personal information theft and spam emails for free.
1. Install Microsoft Updates.
This is the first step you can do to protect your computer against malicious application that track and attack the vulnerabilities of the operating system. Checking and installing Windows updates ensures that your computer is protected with the latest security updates.
2. Firewall protection.
Firewalls offer protection for the incoming and outgoing network traffic. The Windows operating system has a built-in firewall that offers basic protection for the computer against hackers and other security threats.
If you want a better firewall protection, more flexibility or have problems with the Windows Firewall, you can choose from a wide range of free firewalls from the Internet.
- ZoneAlarm Free.
ZoneAlarm Free is a completely free powerful firewall application that is known by its high detection rate, safety and low memory consumption. An easy installation process with automated settings, a friendly and simple user interface, effective threat detection, instant port blocking, spy site detection, heuristic phishing detection are some of the application's features.
- OutPost Firewall Free.
Outpost Firewall Free is a free security software that offers a two-way firewall to monitor the network traffic and applications. It prevents and detects potential hacker attacks, uses network and application rules to identify any suspicious behavior and enables host protection.
3. Antivirus protection.
- Microsoft Security Essentials.
Microsoft Security Essentials is a powerful security software which protects the computer against viruses, trojans, spyware, worms and other malware. It offers quick, full and custom scan of the system, real time protection (monitors file activity on the computer and scans downloaded files and attachments) and automatic virus signature updating.
- AVG Free Edition.
AVG Free Edition is a free award winning antivirus application that includes a fast and effective virus and malware scanner. It includes a LinkScanner that checks downloaded applications for infections and ensures that accessed online web pages are safe and clean, a real time and an on-demand virus scanner.
- Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition.
Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition is the first free antivirus software that uses the cloud technology, it is capable of removing all you infections with viruses, rootkits, trojans and spyware.
The application connects in real-time to the online Collective Intelligence servers of the PandaLabs and offers the fastest and most accurate detection of new and unknown malware.
- Avast! Free Antivirus.
Avast! Free Antivirus is a free antivirus software which obtained VB100 awards in 2002-2003, it scans PCs for viruses, trojans, worms and other malware. The software includes multiple real-time shields such as File System Shield (monitors all programs stored on local disks, scans documents when they are accessed and at writing), Mail Shield (scans incoming and outgoing messages, deletes infected mails), Web Shield (scans HTTP traffic, uses intelligent stream scanning), P2P Shield, IM Shield (scans several Instant Messengers when downloading files), Network Shield (monitors all network activity and blocks viruses and malicious websites) and Behavior Shield.
- Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus.
Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus is a powerful free and very fast award-winning security software that protects your computer against several malicious codes such as viruses, adware, spyware, fake software and other malware. It also detects double extension files, phishing attacks, protects the operating system in real time, performs on-demand scans, generates detailed reports with the performed actions and updates the signature database daily.
4.Anti-malware protection.
In this category will come security software that detect and remove malicious software such as trojans, worms, spyware, adware and other malware. These dangerous program codes try to track the user's activity, steal personal information, display annoying advertisements, alter the operating system default functionality.
- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware free edition.
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is a free antivirus, antispyware software, with many powerful features, comparing with other security, anti-malware software it is lightweight, user friendly, powerful in finding trojans, viruses, spyware and it uses low memory for scanning and for protecting you files against malicious software.
- Malware Destroyer.
Malware Destroyer is a free antivirus software specialized to kill trojans, worms, spyware and adware but it recognizes many types of malware. It has a large list of malware in it's virus signature.
- SUPERAntiSpyware.
SUPERAntiSpyware is a powerful multilingual anti-spyware software which detects and removes any spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers and worms from the system. It offers real time and on demand protection againt malware, guards the web browser's default settings and restores the operating system disabled and altered areas after the malware attack.
- Spybot - Search & Destroy.
SpyBot - Search & Destroy is a powerful multilingual anti-spyware application which removes not only the common spyware, adware and tracking cookies but is able to detect and kill yet unknown malware. It offers immunization of the system preventing any possible infection with spyware using different methods inside web browsers (protecting IE, Firefox, Opera cookies, domains, Ips, plugins, secure domain and Windows Hosts file).
- Ad-Aware.
Ad-Aware is a professional multilingual anti-spyware software which is an ideal solution against any spyware, adware and trojans, it offers real time protection with Ad-Watch Live! against malicious processes, protects the Windows registry and controls the network by blocking any blacklisted IP address.
5.Anti-Spam protection.
Anti-spam software scan all your emails, detect and automatically block junk mails that can become very annoying especially when you have important mails to receive from others and your need to delete those spams that appear every day in your Inbox of your mail client.
- MailWasher Free.
MailWasher Free is an application that helps you identify spam emails and prevents users to accidentally delete important email messages.
It is important to mention that users can also backup their documents (using online storages or clean hard disk partitions, CDs, DVDs, USB flash and hard drives) to protect from any potential danger. You must avoid to open unknown email attachments, use only trusted websites to download softwatre and change you passwords frequently on different web sites.
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