Anti-Virus
Software
Below are listed
some of the Anti-Virus software programs I am familiar with.
Most
are free, with some having optional paid software available.
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Microsoft Security Essentials
- NEW PROBLEMS!
April 20, 2010
After several months of satisfactory
service from MS Security Essentials, I recently noticed an extreme
slow-down
in several of my computers. It seems the CPU Usage was
running 95-100%,
and everything was slowing to a painful crawl. More
inspection found
that the "MsMpEng.exe" was causing the bottleneck. Removing
Security
Essentials fixed the problem.
Curiously, though, I have one
computer not exhibiting the problem.
All are running WinXP home or
pro, w/sp3 and at least 2gb memory. Some AMD, some Intel
processors.
Please, E-Mail:
with
your observations.
NEW
- Microsoft Security Essentials
FINALLY,
Microsoft has an anti-virus software
that
really works, and works well! Best
of all,
IT'S FREE!
Quoting
Microsoft, "...provides real-time
protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and
other
malicious software."
It does
what they advertise! I am now
using it on all of my home computers, and several others I work
with.
After using it for a couple of months on a couple of my computers, I am
quite impressed with it's performance.
Read a DOWNLOAD
SQUAD
review HERE.
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avast!
4 Home Edition
by ALWIL Software
Avast is one of
those anti virus programs
that has been around for a while. I currently run it on one
of my
personal computers, and am quite happy with it.
Awarded 5 stars
by CNET
Download.com, Home Edition is a very valuable addition to
your computer
protection scheme. This is one that I recommend.
You are
required to register, and then you
will be emailed a registration good for a year. Registration
is free,
and must be done yearly. (Home Edition, for personal use only)
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AVG
Anti-Virus Free
by Grisoft
This is a very good anti-virus program that I have
used in the past.
I was very happy with it's performance. As with other "free"
programs,
it offers a limited set of features, but still a good product.
NOTE:
It is for private, non-commercial, single
home computer use only.
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Avira
AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 8
by Avira
Avira is a German company that produces this free
version, and also
2 paid versions, including their Avira Antivir Premium, and
Avira Premium Security Suite (see comparison HERE)
They also have
a group of FREE TOOLS in their Download
section.
NOTE: Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE Antivirus is
only available
for single computer use for home and non commercial use.
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RATED:
5 STARS
ClamWin
Free Antivirus
ClamWin A/V is
a product released by Source
Forge. These wonderful folks have a LOT of FREE software,
released
under the
GNU
General Public License (GPL)
I have used
ClamWin and this is one of the
Source Forge projects I recommend.
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PC
Tools AntiVirus Free Edition
This is a free version of their paid AntiVirus
software. As
with some other "free" offers, the free version has a few less features
but still offers a good product.
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ON-LINE SCANS OF YOUR
COMPUTER
Below are listed some free,
on-line computer scans to detect malware on your computer.
These
are sites I trust.
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Housecall
An on-line test by Trend
Micro! I use the Trend Micro PC-cillin
Internet Security
2007 Suite on several computers I am in charge of, and this test
actually
detected problems that their PC-cillin didn't! Rating
- 4 STARS!
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