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• Antivirus Software •
Comodo Internet Security
You have the choice to install Firewall and Antivirus separately or together during installation process. I don't want to write a lot of text at this point, but I have to say that the whole package was easy to use and to configure. I think it'll be a good choice for beginners and advanced users will find a lot of features and settings to configure. Naturally there is an On-Access Scanner that provides protection for all applications which need to interact with the Internet. Within the first 2 days of usage, I had to confirm internet access for several programs which need to communicate with the web. Once I've done it for all my progs, marked some as trusted and configured how the progs could connect (only thru TCP and HTTP, the FTP client thru TCP and FTP only), the whole configuration was done for me. Regular home users may have to do less configuration and professional have to do more. The antivirus engine identified some well known and trused programs as e.g. malware but you can mark them as trusted and report those False Positives easily to Comodo.
I shot a few Screenshots, have a look!
Summary/Settings Antivirus/Firewall Defense+/More
Compatible with Windows XP from SP2 - 7, 32- and 64-bit Systems.
Visit the Comodo Homepage and the Support Forum.
AVG Antivirus Free
AVG Antivirus Free protects your computers with a resident module (On-Access Scanner), on-demand scanner, automatic updates, link scanner, safe search and security toolbar for web browsers. There are two free editions, one for home users and one for small companies. AVG Antivirus Free for home users is free for the private, non-commercial usage only! Requirements for the AVG Free Small Busines Edition: 5 or less PCs (without LAN and Server) and a registration process.
Screenshots: Overview/Scanner Update/Languages eMail/Resident
AVG Antivirus Free is compatible with Windows 2000 - 7.
Download AVG Antivirus Free for home users.
Download the AVG Free Small Busines Edition.
Visit the Support Forum if you need help.
Avira AntiVir Personal
AntiVir Personal is free for personal, individual use. Features: Detection and removing of all known viruses, integrated update function, dialer protection, macro virus protection, protection against trojans, worms and boot record viruses. AntiVir comes with on-access scan for constant monitoring and an on-demand scanner for scanning your desired files and folders manually.
For Linux, Solaris and Windows 2000 - 7 (32- and 64-bit).
I grabbed two Screenshots with my neighbors Notebook.
Please visit the AntiVir Homepage to get the program.
Visit the Support Forum if you need help.
avast! Home
avast! Home is a good and free antivirus software which removes all known viruses from your computers. Updates for the antivirus definitions are retrieved automatically and you have to confirm for program updates. Integrated Shields: File system Shield, Mail Shield which protects all traffic over POP3 (Incoming Mail), SMTP (Outgoing Mail), IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol) and NNTP (News). Read a Wikipedia article about these protocols). Network Shield , P2P Shield (peer-to-peer) and IM (Instant Messenger) shield and last but not at least the Web Shield which works as a transparent proxy server for monitoring and filtering all HTTP traffic. The on-access scanner does monitor your computers permanently and and will protect against viruses, worms, trojans, keyloggers, rootkits, macro viruses, boot record viruses, dialers and spyware. The on-demand scanner let you scan files, folders and USB Flash drives manually.
Screenshots: Summary Shields Settings
avast! Home is compatible with Windows (no server systems) XP - 7 (32/64-bit). Free for HOME users for NON-COMMERCIAL use only but a (free) registration is necessary.
Download: avast! Home Website (now with free Linux Edition).
Visit the the Support Forum if you need help.
Download some different Skins if you like.
ClamAV
ClamAV is a good stand-alone virus scanner but you have to scan manually, an on-access real-time virus scanner is not integrated. ClamAV is available for UNIX/Linux, Mac and Windows (98 - 7 and Server 2003/2008).
Websites: ClamAV (Linux), ClamWin and ClamXav (Mac).
Screenshots: ClamAV and ClamWin Portable
Visit the ClamWin Portable website.
Tip: Ninja Pendisk can protect your USB flash drives!
Virus removal - Informations and tools
If your computer is infected, you can get free removal tools from various developers!
McAfee Stinger is able to remove nearly all known viruses, is always up-to-date and portable. Get informations about recent viruses and perform an online scan with McAfee FreeScan first.
View a Screenshot of Stinger.
Get single removal tools for a lot of viruses and worms:
Kaspersky - free removal tools and free Online Scan.
BitDefender - free removal tools and free Online Scan.
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Important! The System Restore Feature under Windows ME - 7 will recover the virus if you restore your system to an earlier configuration.
Disable it before you start to remove viruses and enable it again after you removed viruses successfully!
Windows ME: Click Start - Settings - Control Panel and double click the icon System than click on File System on the Performance tab, select the Troubleshooting tab
and check Disable System Restore.
Windows XP: You need administrative rights! Click on Start, right click My Computer and click Properties than select the System Restore tab and check Turn off System Restore.
Windows Vista: You need administrative rights! Right click the Computer icon on your Desktop, select Properties and select System Protection, uncheck all checked drives and hit Turn System Restore Off.
Windows 7: You need administrative rights! Right click the Computer icon on your Desktop, select Properties and select System protection, then select the disk under Protection Settings, click on Configure and hit Turn off system protection, click OK and OK again.
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