The most recent Antivirus & Firewalls articles from Computeract!ve

AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0.135

Chris Wiles/Tim Smith — 2008-07-03T00:00:00.000Z

Chris Wiles/Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Thursday 3 July 2008 at 00:00:00

Impressive & free antivirus package

AVG continues to be one of the most popular free anti virus programs available on the internet and it maintains this position with a combination of effective protection and an...

Avira AntiVir Personal Edition 8.1.0.46

Tim Smith — 2008-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Monday 19 May 2008 at 00:00:00

Popular free anti-virus client

Virus attacks are all too common and Avira AntiVir can protect against these menaces and others including worms, trojans and dialers....

Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0.1.325

Tim Smith — 2008-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Thursday 15 May 2008 at 00:00:00

All-round security suite

Kaspersky Internet Security is the latest in the line of software packages offering full protection in one place. The antivirus component checks all emails as they arrive on the computer...

Spybot Search and Destroy 1.5.2

Tim Smith — 2008-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 30 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Protect your PC from the latest spyware

As with viruses, spyware has caused such controversy that a number of software programmers have developed utilities to eliminate it....

Linkscanner Lite

Tim Smith — 2008-01-18T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Friday 18 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Block malicious code in websites

The nature of online threats to computers has changed quite radically in the last few years. Rather than attacks that affect millions of computers worldwide, hackers have decided to concentrate...

AVG Anti-Rootkit Free 1.1.0.42

Tim Smith — 2007-11-08T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Thursday 8 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Protect your computer from these threats

This is the software publishers description: AVG Anti-Rootkit is a powerful tool with state-of-the-art technology for detection and removal of rootkits. Rootkits are used to hide the presence of a malicious object like trojans or keyloggers on your computer. If a threat uses rootkit technology to hide itself it is very hard to find the malware on your PC. AVG Anti-Rootkit gives you the power to find and delete the rootkit and to uncover the threat the rootkit is hiding. Important notice AVG Anti-Rootkit protects you against a certain kind of threat: Rootkits. To be protected in realtime against all kind of threats that could harm your computer it is recommended to have a look at AVGs fully integrated solutions. Highlights Powerful cleaning due to advanced cleaning driver Easy to use interface Fast and efficient detection (even for NTFS-ADS objects) Special interface for visually impaired people Support & Licensing No support can be provided for AVG Anti-Rootkit Free AVG Anti-Rootkit Free is freeware and available free of charge This tool may be used according to the license agreement only AVG Anti-Rootkit Free is absolutely not for use with any type of OEM bundling with software, hardware components, or any service This is the software publishers description: AVG Anti-Rootkit is a powerful tool with state-of-the-art technology for detection and removal of rootkits....

Bullguard 8

Tim Smith — 2007-11-07T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 7 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Stay safe and back up files online

This is the software publisher's description. Complete Internet security suite, consisting of various modules to protect against virus, spyware, malicious software, email-based spam and external hackers....

Smoothwall firewall

Tim Smith — 2007-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Friday 2 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Use an old computer to protect your network

The Smoothwall Open Source Project is a free firewall based on the GNU/Linux operating system. It is ideal for installation on older computers that are no longer fast enough for day-to-day use...

Trend Micro Internet Security 2008

Tim Smith — 2007-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Friday 19 October 2007 at 00:00:00

Complete all-round security suite

Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 covers all the different aspects of online security from traditional anti-virus through to fraud defence and wireless network protection....

McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007

Tim Smith — 2007-04-13T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Friday 13 April 2007 at 00:00:00

Exclusive 90-day trial version

Online security is getting ever more complicated with the increasing variety of threats and the different software needed to counter them....

Norton Internet Security Add-on Pack for Windows XP

Tim Smith — 2007-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Friday 12 January 2007 at 00:00:00

Extra security for Norton

This is the software publishers description: Stay protected from spam and personal information theft while keeping your children protected from inappropriate websites....

AVG Antivirus free for Linux

Tim Smith — 2006-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Monday 4 December 2006 at 00:00:00

Catch and delete viruses on a Linux computer

Linux may be more resilient against viruses, but there are still good reasons to install some form of antivirus software....