Internet Security - Free & Easy

Perfect protection for a post-GFC world

 

Even on a really tight budget, actually even on no budget at all, there's good protection on offer if you know where to find it. The best free internet security suite is AVAST 4.8 Home Edition http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html .

 

It lacks a a scheduling function for regular system scans, and it doesn't have a script blocker for Web pages, and its automatic update checking isn't as fancy as the paid version. Everything else, it does just as well - check Neil Rubenking's review in PC Magazine for details http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2282704,00.asp .

 

For those who don't know him, Neil is the eminance grise of AV testers - he's been doing this ever since the first computer virus was unleashed on an unsuspecting planet. The only real turn-off is Avast's strange interface but you can change that squashed radio to something less exotic.

 

For the seond layer my pick is Threatfire from PC Tools, a behaviour-based detection program and another 4 out 5 pick from PC security’s eminence grise Neil Rubenking at PC Magazine. PC Tools makes the highly regarded Spyware Doctor, so it knows what nasty malware looks like. Check the reviews here http://www.threatfire.com/reviews/

 

And here is a graph from PC Tools designed to demonstrate the additional protection the product offers over basic security suites:

 

 

These two are not only good products and free, but they’re easy to install and, most of all, don't slow down your PC. You see, it really is easy. And Free.

Perfect protection for a post-GFC world

 

Even on a really tight budget, actually even on no budget at all, there's good protection on offer if you know where to find it. The best free internet security suite is AVAST 4.8 Home Edition http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html .

 

It lacks a a scheduling function for regular system scans, and it doesn't have a script blocker for Web pages, and its automatic update checking isn't as fancy as the paid version. Everything else, it does just as well - check Neil Rubenking's review in PC Magazine for details http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2282704,00.asp .

 

For those who don't know him, Neil is the eminance grise of AV testers - he's been doing this ever since the first computer virus was unleashed on an unsuspecting planet. The only real turn-off is Avast's strange interface but you can change that squashed radio to something less exotic.

 

For the seond layer my pick is Threatfire from PC Tools, a behaviour-based detection program and another 4 out 5 pick from PC security’s eminence grise Neil Rubenking at PC Magazine. PC Tools makes the highly regarded Spyware Doctor, so it knows what nasty malware looks like. Check the reviews here http://www.threatfire.com/reviews/

 

And here is a graph from PC Tools designed to demonstrate the additional protection the product offers over basic security suites:

 

 

These two are not only good products and free, but they’re easy to install and, most of all, don't slow down your PC. You see, it really is easy. And Free.