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Free Tools for Maintaining Your Computer

You’re probably used to hearing the maxim, “you get what you pay for.” However, while it’s true in many areas of life, it doesn’t necessarily apply when it comes to maintaining your computer. There are many free and inexpensive tools available to help you protect and maintain your system. It seems too good to be true, but there really are excellent tools that you can download free from trusted sites, including antivirus programs, spyware and bot removers, and several other tools to protect you from malware, or malicious software, such as Trojans, keyloggers, and browser hijackers. If your computer runs … Continue reading →

Which Antivirus software should I use? – Recommendations

Which antivirus software should I use? After reviewing some of the free and not-so-free (here and here) antivirus programs on the market over the past few days, it’s time to give some recommendations. Before taking my recommendations at face value, I suggest stopping by the Web sites of each of the products reviewed and reading a little more about their products. You can also check some software review sites such as 6 star reviews or others than can be found by searching for “antivirus software review.” PCWorld.com has a recent review of numerous antivirus programs. Five extra minutes of reading … Continue reading →

Which Antivirus software should I use? – Antivirus programs for purchase (part 2)

Trying to figure out which antivirus software to use is a difficult one. Yesterday, we covered two of the most popular antivirus programs on the market. Today, we’ll briefly review three additional antivirus software packages and tomorrow we’ll visit some recommendations. Programs ● PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 – PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 by Trend Micro includes much more than an antivirus program. It includes a firewall program as well as anti-spyware scanning. The antivirus program may be a little difficult to install for some, but has a pretty intuitive user interface. This means that you shouldn’t have to worry about … Continue reading →

Which Antivirus software should I use? – Antivirus programs for purchase (part 1)

If you’re resigned to the fact that you need some type of antivirus software running on your computer (and you should), the question becomes which one should you use? Yesterday’s blog covered a few free antivirus programs on the market. You can see the review here. Today we’ll begin covering some of the antivirus software for purchase. Software licenses and subscriptions Most of the antivirus programs reviewed here require a license, subscription, or contract to be able to continue receiving updates. When you buy the program, you usually also usually get a 6-month or 1-year license, and sometimes you can … Continue reading →

Which Antivirus software should I use? – Introduction

Which antivirus software should I use? Aren’t they all the same? Why should I pay for antivirus software? Over the past few weeks, we have discussed some of the security threats that loom outside our computers in cyberspace. Today, we’re going to start a blog series that reviews some of the more popular antivirus software on the market. My goal is that after reading these reviews you will be better informed as to which antivirus software is right for you. If you only take away one thing from this series, I hope it is the understanding that everyone needs some … Continue reading →

Giving away your old computer 4 – Security Software

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It is important to prepare your old computer before giving it away. One of the most important things you can do to prepare your computer is to delete and erase all of your personal files and documents. After you have cleaned the system of any personal files, you can begin thinking about what software products you want to leave installed on the computer. Continuing this series of preparing your computer for donation, the next step is to install any security software and download the latest updates. Security Software I have previously written on the need for security software. It is … Continue reading →