Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Security Programs

Here is a list of the Security programs I am currently using on all my Windows computers. My main theme in my program choices are:

1 - It must Work

2 - I Prefer it be Free, or low cost

3 - It cannot Bog down, or overload my computer's Ram or Processor

The List: {Click on each item to go to the publishers download site}

1 - Zone Alarm
Firewall, Free for Home use. They Do have a more feature rich pay version
2 - Avast Antivirus
Free for Home use. They Do have a more feature rich pay version
3 - Spybot search and destroy
Freeware, but they do ask for donations
4 - Firefox
FREE, use instead of internet explorer. An Absolute must have
5 - No Script {Add -on for firefox}
An Absolute must have
6 - Adblock Plus {Add -on for firefox}
An Absolute must have
7 - WOT {Add -on for firefox}
Warns you of dangerous sites

The key provision with using these programs is to make sure you use the automatic updates on all of them. I have not been infected on any of my computers since using the above combination.
I will go into the settings to use on each one in a later post.

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