Many spyware programs on today’s market, regardless of being free or commercial, concentrate on the removal of spyware and other forms of malware on the PC system. Only a few try to block spyware before it makes its way on to the computer. Spyware Blaster focuses on preventing attacks from happening in the first place. [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Microsoft’s free security software, Microsoft Security Essentials, has become a very popular program in the world of Windows. There is no single reason for that, factors that weight in heavily are that it is free, relatively lightweight and unobtrusive, and that it is developed by Microsoft directly. Microsoft yesterday has opened registrations for the next [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Security, Windows

When you delete files or folders in Windows they are either moved to the trashcan of the system or deleted directly. Regardless of the selected action, files remains recoverable on the system for some time. To explain it in simple terms: When you delete a file, the reference is removed by the operating system but [...]

Categories: Software

It is the time of the year again where security software developers are pushing out the regular yearly updates for their products. Avira has just started the official beta test for their new product line, which includes beta versions of Avira Free Antivirus, Avira Internet Security 2012 or Antivirus Premium 2012. Windows users who are [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

Every computer security company under the sun releases new versions of their product line once a year. AVG is no difference, and the latest versions of the company’s security software has just been released to the public. AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 is, the name implies it already, the free basic version of the company’s security [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

Agnitum, the company that is developing the security software Outpost, recently ran a promotion where users could “swap” their existing commercial antivirus solution against Outpost’s Internet Security Suite free of charge. We have covered that promotion in detail, mainly because it was a unique marketing idea that we did not see before on the Internet. [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

Bitdefender Total Security 2012 is Bitdefender’s top of the line security product that offers all the features of the two sister products Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2012 and Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 plus several features of its own. When you look at the product comparison chart on the Bitdefender website, you will notice the following differences [...]

Categories: Security, Software

The first version of Security Software Downloader was released in 2010. The program allows Windows users to download security software comfortably from the program interface. That’s handy especially on new systems, on systems that need a change in security software and PCs that are infected by malware that the installed antivirus software cannot remove. Security [...]

Categories: Open Source, Security, Software, Windows

Back in 2010 I reviewed the Stuxnet Removal Tool by BitDefender, part of BitDefender’s Free Virus Removal Tools on the BitDefender website. The removal tools are specialized programs that remove a specific virus or malware from a computer system. That’s convenient if you know which malware has made its way on your computer, not so [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows