Total security for your PC with these free apps
If you don't want to fork out for an all-in-one security suite then fear not. We've rounded up the best free apps available online to help you create you own inexpensive PC security system.
The free security bonus
With this last tool, your roll-your-own suite will go beyond what even the best paid suite can provide. The free VirusTotal Uploader gives you a right-click option in Explorer to upload any suspect file no larger than 10MB to VirusTotal.com, where a whopping 35 different antivirus engines will scan it. No single antivirus application can catch everything, and for this reason VirusTotal provides a great (and easy-to-use) second line of defense.
If you get the go-ahead from all of the engines, you're almost certainly golden. If you see one or two generic-sounding alerts, the file is likely safe, as the warnings are probably false alarms. But if you receive, say, seven or more different warnings, and some of them identify a specific threat, watch out.
Comments
Hell Noire said: To RayWhile Linux is a wonderful choice for the nerds I run it on all my computers for the common user its too much Maybe when more people realize its not just for servers they might switch But thats what Linux Mint Ubuntu is for eh
Hell Noire said: Avast and Avira are better then AVG proven by your own link to AV-testorg Personally Im a greater fan of Avast All in ones with the antirootkits tend to get bogged down and AVG proves that well For an antirootkit that works well I believe its called the KB-Block or something I dont have the name on me but its a working anti-rootkit that helps Avast Threatfire is also a good add on but unneeded if you have this rootkit blocker For anti-spyware all you need is SUPER anti-spywares free version Spyware Blaster and some common sense Finally for a firewall Comodo Firewall blocks more then the Online Armour supports Windows Vista and can still be as easy with a little configuring