Antivirus and firewalls

I can recommend the manufactories below, but the final decision is on your own. It is something about the price and what you will feel satisfy your needs.
Please remember no vendors will distribute antivirus, virus warnings or updates by mail unless you subscribe for it. You have to download or read about this at the vendors homepage!


Beware of  "ANTIVIRUS 2008" this a is a fake if You  have installed this You are in trouble!

Antivir This is recommended by some friends - I have not used this.
Grisoft Here is free version of a virus checker and shield.
I have used this with success on an infected PC and removed a worm. The PC was attached shortly after the owner get ADSL!
Even after the Harddisk was damage the virus/warm survived. It was not easy to remove, the restore function on Windows must be switched of and deleted, and then cleaning for the virus. The PC has been ok for a while, so I suppose it is ok. See more at: Symantec Latest Threats.
McAfee Here you can get all in one package. You can download a free trial, that will work for a limited period.
I have used this tool in the past with success.
Symantec Here you can get all in one package. You can download a free trial, that will work for a limited period.
There are different types, and thereby many different prices I use one of these on my own PC. And I do not have problems with viruses. Furthermore  I know they have a well working support.
Zone Labs From Zone Labs you can get a free Firewall.
The firewall denyes unwanted access to and from machines & web-sites. Each time a new program try to access the internet you have to allow this. This tells you how you load the internet, and can denied unwanted use. I.e. if a virus try to access the internet you will be warned and can act to remove the virus. I use this tool with great success!
Lavasoft logo Ad-aware It should check and remove viruses and even more remove other superfluous files, as my friend says: "It moves! - it's great."
I have used this to remove unwanted ghost popups - it really works - clean the PC.
I think it is the best freeware to remove:    SPY-ware
Spy-ware is programs that collect data from your PC. What You are doing on the internet, maybe even Your passwords, pincodes and accounts! this last part is not legal, and the other part is not legal without Your agreement. For Your own sake: check what you agree when you download programs.
Check for virus alerts at homepage of Microsoft

The choice is yours, but connect a PC to the internet without antivirus and firewall is a big risk.
PS! Logo's and names are trademark of the vendors in the links

Bendt  Mollerup  2006-11-15
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