Getting to the basics There is no dearth of the antivirus software obtainable in today’s tech-savvy market. These are available in various versions, be it freeware, sharewares, or even meant for purchase. You can do that basic research prior to going ahead with your choice. Antivirus software is always based on one’s need and what they look for. Most often the licensed ones are available as a trial before you can decide to go ahead with it. However, some trial version software cannot be easily uninstalled and hence, it is always safe invoking system restore facility prior to going about them. Check some antivirus programs listed below. These are based and classified depending upon several parameters such as cost, utility, service to customers and efficiency. 1. Shield Pro 2006 Shield Pro 2006 was called ViRobot Expert initially, and is developed by PCSecurity Shield. PCSecurity Shield makes sure to give right online support along with updates. They have a patch of less than three hours for any new virus and promise to fix it within five hours of its emergence. It allows viruses being scanned robotically. 2. BitDefender 10 Standard Manufactured by softwin, Bitdefender 10 Standard provides shield from spam, viruses, spyware and also guard peer-to-peer applications. It provides total email security and heuristics that checks programs within a virtual PC for identifying mysterious viruses through viruses, worms and other malwares. A year of free of charge updates and live technical assistance by means of internet and telephone is available along with latest virus signatures. Tested and approved by ICSA, West Coast labs, Virus Bulletin checkmark, it has been certified to detect and eliminate viruses devoid of generating false positives. In the recent review of Toptenreviews.com, it has been No.1 amongst antivirus software. 3. Kasperkey antivirus personal 6.0 Kasperkey antivirus is easy to use and install. It provides you with three levels of protection for making a choice. With a minimal load on CPU, updates are carried on as repeatedly as every hour. Technical Assistance 24/7 and a two tier email shield attribute are other added traits. Kasperkey has passed West Coast labs and ICSA 2005 checkmark levels 1 and 2 and has covered VB 100% test. It has been silver rated by toptenreviews.com. 4. PC-Cillin by Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security has been released by Trend Micro. It presents with antivirus security along with a personal firewall for shielding against Trojans, viruses, worms and hackers. Furthermore, it has features by which it removes spyware, phishing attacks, blocks spam, and also prevent thefts. 5. AVG antivirus Grisoft has provided with a free edition of AVG antivirus designed especially for home users. All you would need to do is download it from the manufacturer’s website; and that is free of cost. People are usually skeptic about relying on the quality and dependability of free software. However AVG antivirus has proved to be popular among the available free downloads. This software is preferred for home computing though it provides no server version or technical support, as it is entirely free of charge with no obligation from the service providers.
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Louisiana School Network Manager Encourages Hundreds to Get Secure With Avg Anti-virus and Walling Data
Hickory, N.C. – January 29, 2009- Todd Meche, network manager for St. Martin Parish School Board in St. Martinville, Louisiana, is happy to be a brand champion for AVG Anti-Virus. The Enterprise version of the software, AVG Network Edition, has made his job easier over the years, keeping the schools in his domain secure against viruses and other computer security threats. Meche estimates that over the last seven years he has encouraged hundreds of people to switch to the popular security product. The story of how he came to be such a fan began in 2001, when he first joined the St. Martin Parish School Board. “The school system was already using AVG Network Edition to protect more than 3,000 workstations across fourteen schools in the district,” said Meche. “Everything was running smoothly, and no-one ever seemed to have any problems. In fact, I didn’t know how good we had it until I was in a meeting at an administration conference and heard horror stories about other programs. Other network managers were telling me that the big name brands like McAfee and Norton were causing them major problems.” “Not only were they complaining about the amount of system resources these programs were hogging, slowing entire networks down, but they were also concerned by the sheer time it took to maintain them on a day-to-day basis.” “Many people were surprised that I wasn’t joining in the chorus of complaints, so they all wanted to know what we were using. I was happy to tell them just how great AVG Network Edition has been.” In fact, as Meche reflected on the years he has trusted his networks’ security to AVG Network Edition, he estimated that he’s recommended to over two hundred people that they switch to the product. More than 1,000 teachers and faculty work for St. Martin Parish and over the years, many have asked him what anti-virus products he recommends for their home computers. “Every time someone asks what to use to protect their home computers, I always recommend AVG Free Edition.” “AVG Does Its Job So I Can Do Mine” Since 2001, Meche has kept his AVG Network Edition installations upgraded to the latest versions to ensure the protection kept pace with the growing threats, and he’s always been pleased with the results. “We started out with AVG 6.0 and we kept upgrading whenever a new version became available,” said Meche. “Now we’re using the 8.0 edition. AVG just gets better and better with the release of each version.” He went on to explain that “AVG saves me time, because I don’t ever have to go back and change anything with it. It manages itself. It doesn’t have a lot of fancy options that no-one uses, and that’s just fine with me. AVG does what matters – it does its job effectively so I can focus on mine.” A Great Product and a Great Supplier Meche acknowledged that another reason he is a fan of AVG is because of Walling Data, the distributor from whom he purchases his AVG licenses. Walling Data is the longest-standing and highest-volume distributor of AVG Technologies solutions in North America. Walling Data is also the only distributor to offer all its customers – resellers and end-users – free, unlimited, U.S.-based pre- and post-sales support. Meche was impressed with that Free support offer, especially when it was coupled with generous educational discounts Walling Data offered on the purchase of the software. “AVG is so easy to manage that I’ve have rarely needed tech support,” said Meche. “But with thousands of workstations and more than a dozen sites, we’ve encountered a few issues here and there. All I had to do was pick up the phone and call Walling Data’s tech support team. They’re always polite, friendly, and easy to work with.” “When it comes time to renew our licenses, we always shop around, but we’ve never come across a supplier who’ll give us a better deal than Walling Data.” Today, Meche is still eager to share his enthusiasm for AVG Anti-Virus and Walling Data, adding: “We have the best of both worlds. AVG is the most efficient and powerful security product out there, and Walling Data gives us great pricing and free support. What’s not to like?” For more information about how to purchase AVG Anti-Virus, with Walling Data’s Unlimited US based support included at no cost, please visit http://www.avgantivirus.com # # # About Walling Data Founded in 1994, N.C.-based Walling Data is a value-added technology distributor of technology products for resellers, small businesses, and education and government institutions. Walling Data was the nation’s first distributor of AVG security products and today is the highest-volume distributor for the product in North America, with more than 50,000 satisfied customers. Walling is also the only value-added distributor for Cymphonix Network Composer, an award-winning device that helps companies control and monitor users compliance with internet usage policies. Additionally, the company has recently become a distributor of CyberPatrol’s parental control and business-grade web filtering solutions. Walling Data provides free, unlimited, U.S.-based phone and “we-do-it-for-you” remote support for all of its customers. For more information, visit www.wallingdata.com and www.avgantivirus.com About AVG Technologies AVG is a global security solutions leader protecting more than 80 million consumers and small business computer users in 167 countries from the ever-growing incidence of web threats, viruses, spam, cyber-scams and hackers on the Internet. Headquartered in Amsterdam, AVG has nearly two decades of experience in combating cyber crime and one of the most advanced laboratories for detecting, pre-empting and combating Web-borne threats from around the world. Its free online, downloadable software model allows entry-level users to gain basic anti-virus protection and then to easily and inexpensively upgrade to greater levels of safety and defense in both single and multi-user environments. More information is available at www.avg.com. Media Contact: Ashlie Lanning, alanning@wallingdata.com, 919-459-8158
Do antivirus companies really prosecute? Or does compliance merely appeal to conscience?
Licenses for antivirus programs may range from 3, 5 or more computers. Most of them, however, can use one active code to operate the trial program. So virtually, you can activate as many software copies as you want. If one exceeds the legal requirement, do these antivirus companies really run after you? Would they be able to detect?
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5 Comments »How Effective Is Free Antivirus And Spyware Software?
The free antivirus programs are most definitely not better than any other. They are passable and decent, but some paid antivirus programs are so much better. Kaspersky is great, as well as Nod32. Twice as good as the free anti-virus programs, but not without a nominal fee. Spyware programs are a different story. Ad Aware, AVG AntiSpyware, Spy ware Doctor, Spybot Search and Destroy, and SuperAntiSpyware are all great free spyware programs. The most important thing, however, is your behavior. If you behave properly, you don\’t need any type of antispyware or antivirus programs. The problem is, almost no one on the internet behaves properly these days. In either case, if you aren\’t willing to pay, I recommend using one of the mentioned free antivirus programs (preferably AVG or Avast) and a couple of the antivirus programs (one of which will be actively blocking spyware, as well as to run full scans of your computer at least once a month. The second will be used for a secondary full spyware scan along with the first. Also, you should watch your behavior. Do not click links in your email. If you want to go to a URL someone (even someone you know) has sent you, type the URL out in the address bar. Be very careful about downloading anything. You should make absolute sure that it is safe. Some websites can infect your computer by using Active X controls, so also be very careful about what Active X controls you allow when surfing. Most of the computers are infected because of clicking on the links in popular social networking sites like facebook and myspace. Avoid watching pornography sites since most of the adult sites ask the user to download a codec to view the downloaded video file and spread spyware in the computer. Most of the computers are also infected because of using P2P Software like Lime wire. Lime wire, infact most P2P software is plagued with spyware/malware, which in turn will mess your system up incredibly. There is an older version of Lime wire which contains no spyware.However, it’s the systems you download music from which will have the major source of Virus\’ and spyware to help mess up your system and time. When you download a track from limewire,you do so by downloading it off someone else PC, in turn they could be infected, passing on the infection to you. Also with it being P2P, they will have access to your system and all of the music that you have, not very safe hey! If you want to download music, I would suggest doing it off a legit music site, like I tunes or HM V for example, this way you’re getting music pretty cheap and staying safe in the process. There are even some sights that for a small sum, let you download as many songs as you want over 28days. My advice is keeping it safe, even if it’s an old PC you don\’t really care about. Piracy laws have really been clamped down, and you never know, the officers could come knocking on your door.