Another Senseless Gerbal Killing and Snuff Film

Oh the Horror, the Humanity, the Humor

Internet Security and Free Programs

I fell somewhat vindicated with my statement that Most People would do as well with AVG Antivirus (free version) and ZoneAlarm (again, the Free Version), as Maximum PC’s November Issue listed both programs as essential apps.

Spyware Checking is another matter; none of the free ones are as effective as some of the “paid” versions. I currently use Microsoft Defender, Ad-Aware, Spybot, and a new one (at least to me) that I read about in Maximum PC called A Squared Each One find stuff that other missed.

Hijack This is a very powerful program, that can deal with some of the worse infections , but if you don’t know what you are doing, you can do more harm than good, with this program.

If you are going with free programs, I would suggest you periodically scan with all of them.

If you are willing to buy one then the one I would go with is probably Webroot Spysweeper. I’ve used it, and it is easy to use and quite effective, as it runs in the background and catches Spyware before it can get installed.

Of the Free Ones, MS Defender is the only one that does this.