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Here are some of the BEST  free security applications available:

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Get AVG Anti-Virus Free

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is a free anti-virus protection tool developed by GRISOFT for home use. We invite you to join the millions of satisfied customers worldwide who have downloaded the software and now enjoy the benefits of AVG Anti-Virus Free.

New in AVG 7.5

  • Improved virus detection based on better heuristics and NTFS data streams scanning
  • Smaller installation and update files
  • Improved user interface
  • Windows Vista ready
  • and more

What you get with AVG Anti-Virus Free

  Easy to use
  Regular and automatic virus database updates
  Real-time protection of files and e-mails
 
  Scheduled and manual testing
 
  Windows  and Linux
  And most of all ... great customer satisfaction

Copyright © 2004-2007 Grisoft, s.r.o.

Firewall

Zonealarm Free download is one of the premier personal Firewalls.  I highly recommend it.  Choose the "Basic Firewall Protection. Click here to download

 

Ad-Ware And Spy-ware Protection

 

Ad-Aware SE PersonalClick on the image to go to download site

Publisher

Lavasoft

Publisher's Website Lavasoft
With the ability to scan your RAM, registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware SE easily can clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.

Ad-aware SE Personal Edition boasts a number of improvements. Extended memory scanning now scans all modules loaded by a process. Scanning uses the all- new CSI (Code Sequence Identification) technology to identify new and unknown variants of known targets. Extended registry scanning now scans registry branches of multiple-user accounts and performs additional smart checks to detect dynamically created references. Scanning speed is noticeably faster, and this version offers an Extended Scanning mode for known and unknown/possible browser hijackers.

New in version 1.06: Disk-scan is approximately 30% faster. CSI scan is now more efficient. Added "Scan for low-risk threats" option, to scan for targets with low TAC index. Ad-Watch CSI engine performance highly improved; using less CPU and Memory as well as having a smaller footprint. GUI adapted to use the new TAC.

 


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Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common anti-virus applications do not yet cover. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install, if your browser crashes, or if you browser start page has changed without your knowing, you most probably have spyware. But even if you don't see anything, you may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile of you that will be sold to advertisement companies. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm in trying to see if something snooped into your computer, too :)

To see a list of threats that Spybot-S&D can remove, click on Support in the navigation bar at the left, and there on Threats. If you want an introduction how Spybot-S&D works, please read the tutorial. If you fear incompatibility with other software you are using, we can assure you that will not be the case. Still, we have created a compatibility overview listing some software that compatibility has been asked for before.

Spybot-S&D can also clean usage tracks, an interesting function if you share your computer with other users and don't want them to see what you worked on. And for professional users, it allows to fix some registry inconsistencies and extended reports. A list of features is available if you click on features.

Copyright © 2000-2005
Patrick M. Kolla.
All rights reserved

Although Patrick M. Kolla offers this software for free.  I highly recommend donating to this worthy cause.  Freedom is seldom free. Joe.

 

 

 

Browsers

 

 

 

 Maxthon Tabbed Browser
Maxthon Internet Browser software is a powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine (your most likely current web browser) which means that what works in the IE browser will work the same in Maxthon tabbed browser but with many additional efficient features like...
  • Tabbed Browsing Interface
  • Mouse Gestures
  • Super Drag&Drop
  • Privacy Protection
  • AD Hunter
  • RSS Reader
  • IE Extensions Support
  • External Utility Bar
  • Skinning
  • And Much More to Explore...

Browser feature tour Take a Tour    Internet browser download Download Now!

You can also check out the Awards given to Maxthon Browser and read the users feedback in Their Forum for further references.

Maxthon is free. But if you are enjoying your new tabbed browser surfing experience, please Donate or Promote Maxthon to help them develop it and keep it the best.

Please be sure to check out the End User License Agreement and the System Requirements before using Maxthon

© Copyright 1999-2005 Maxthon International Limited. All Rights Reserved

 

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