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There are a lot of free antivirus software in the Internet, I already know this, and you do too, I am pretty sure about this. Anyway what you should know is that many of them are full of bloatware that increases your CPU usage slowing your computer down. As a matter of fact, lately a lot of antivirus companies have started adding a lot, really a lot of features in their programs, most of which are pretty useless to the average surfer.  So, what solution do you have in order to get a light freeware antivirus which doesn’t choke your CPU? A good free antivirus solution is the almost unknown Rising Antivirus which apart from being extremely light, is able to protect your from any kind of pestaware and threat. Here is a list of what is able to do:

• It protects you from anti virus, worms, trojans and anti rootkit. (so, you won’t need to run any antisypware on your PC).
• Mail protection.
• Malicious Behavior Detection and Hidden Process Detection.
• Proactive Defence(protects your security safe from malicious program)
• Free updates.
• Completely Free!
• Great alternative to the famous AVG antivirus which with its latest 8.0 version has become a little heavier.

Rising Antivirus is compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista and it has passed all the most famous and tough virus test getting a lot of awards. If you want to download it, click here.

There are lots of ways to protect your computer from viruses, malware and malicious people trying to trick and scam you. Antivirus, antispyware, online scanner, specialised websites and a lot of software can protect you in a lot of ways. But how can you extricate yourself from this thick jungle and find out what you really need for you and your beloved computer? Here are the best guides I managed to find while surfing in the Internet. I have read all of them and I have to confess you that I was surprised to learn that there are, apart from expensive software, a lot of free programs that manage to shield you against the most common threads you can meet while surfing. Apart from this we can not underestimate the power of a few, little, important tips reported in some of these articles which can save us from hours of pain or worse! So, let’s read together what these writers and experts have to say and teach in order to be smarter than viruses!

• Techsupportalert.com | A very interesting website full of resources, guides, articles and lists of software to be always shielded against viruses and all kinds of threats. I use this website a lot because it contains a very exhaustive list of software covering every kind of security field as far as computer and Internet are concerned. I highly advice this website because if you can not find what you are looking for here, chances are that it does not exist!
• Webuser.co.uk | This interesting guide starts speaking about spywares and what they are, how you can get them and how to be protected from them. But just when you think to have learnt everything here it comes a list of other guides right at the end of the page concerning: Viruses, Premium Rate Diallers, Keylogging, Phishing and Identity Theft. I advice these guides to those people who are just getting seriously interested in the security subject.
• How to Protect Your Computer from Viruses | A very interesting 3-steps guide talking about the most elementary but effective ways to protect your computer from viruses. This guide focuses on the following free software which are considered by a lot of people the most trusting ones: AVG, AVAST! and COMODO.
• Don’t Be A Computer Virus Victim | A 11-steps guide talking about the most important things to do and not to do in order to make your computer virus-proof. I highly recommend this guide to beginners who want to know how to be safer while surfing.
• 10 things you should do to protect yourself on a public computer | Don’t underestimate the malevolent side of surfing on a public computer! Here is a very interesting guide about what you should do and know before and after you surf on a computer which is used by hundreds of people a day!

VirusTotal is a nice website which lets you scan your files to look for virus, spyware, worm, trojan and other malware. Well, written like this it looks like this website is nothing new at all, but VirusTotal is not what it looks like. As a matter of fact VirusTotal scans your files by using 32 virus scanners such as: Alwil, Avira, ClamAV, AVG Technologies, Kaspersky Lab, McAfee, Panda e Symantec and other ones. There are three ways to scan a file (whose size has to be 10 Mb at most):

• Upload a file in the homepage
• Send your file via email (scan@virustotal.com)
• Download and open a little file in your computer. This little program lets you upload a file to scan in two easy steps.

On the homepage (available in 20 languages) there is an indicator showing the current service load level. The higher the load the longer you will have to wait for your result. I like VirusTotal a lot because, since I am rather paranoid when it comes to opening unknown files on my PC, it lets me use a lot of scanners (most of them are quite famous and reliable) with a few steps. I also like it because the website itself is rather simple and require no knowledge to use it. Try it yourself and discover how easy is to spot a virus!

If you want to know more about online scanners read this article. If you want to know more how to protect your computer from viruses read this guide.

You have got a virus on your computer. It is so smart that managed to block your antivirus. You are stuck. What do you do now? Cry? Hit your head on the nearest wall? Take your car and drive as fast as you can to the first Best Buy Geek Squad you meet along the street? Before doing one of these things you have one last chance. Try out some free online antivirus/antispyware scanner and touch wood. Here is a list that maybe you can find useful when it looks like everything is lost. Continue reading »

Another software company is giving away its best software. This time it is the well known Grisoft.com with its wonderful software (which I use myself) AVG 7.5 Professional. The software is worth $29.95. The offer is valid till 17 Jan 2008 and comes again from Computeractive.co.uk. The direct link to download your free copy of Avg anti-virus Professional is here. The software comes with license key.