Comodo Internet Security

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3M8KiBtmxYSka0lPGXy1CAp0VEh1WVi5js3Pz4G7geJsketRo5gRpJ5wDhPZprkTSQs_3l_oc3X7jWonbLVYtGPWxe7YQlI59qUCNYUueQolMrS4oxPLVsAZwNvAXOyIYzXVVAbpXbNA/s1600/e4fd981defd5995cca1042166b3e9039.jpeg" width="400" /></div> </div> Comodo Internet Security 2011 is the free, multi-layered, security application that offers complete protection from viruses, Trojans, worms, buffer overflows, zero-day attacks, spyware and hackers. Built from the ground upwards with your security in mind, Comodo Internet Security combines powerful Antivirus protection, an enterprise class packet filtering firewall, advanced host intrusion prevention, application control and anti-spyware in one supremely powerful application. The latest version sees a major leap forward in security and usability with the addition of cloud based virus-scanning and behavior analysis of unrecognized files - making CIS 2011 unbeatable at detecting zero-day attacks. Under default settings, unknown and untrusted files are automatically scanned by our cloud-based virus scanners then, while the file undergoes behavior analysis on our cloud server, it is run in a sandbox on your local machine so that it cannot modify or affect data on your 'real' system. Put simply, this ground-breaking method of protecting your PC means that only trusted applications are allowed to run on your computer. Malware and untrusted files get nowhere near anything important AND you get to use your computer without interruption from nagging alerts. CIS 2011 also features a friendly graphical user interface; granular configuration options; easily understood and informative alerts; wizard-based detection of trusted zones and much more. Comodo Internet Security delivers enterprise class protection and can be used out of the box - so even the most inexperienced users will not have to deal with complex configuration issues after installation. Comodo Internet Security is available in many different languages and is free for life.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?fr61u6cuk4omhhr" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/?fr61u6cuk4omhhr" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirg0UQRbi_Gv92C1dafLRQaJkFbNX6-3k05c8FOA4oA0VA0EWqf7L6tP6ChUEdFpklC9WBXJxZcONmS0aauV3xQBaGS-rYHUKd7fq6Gm1-eZtBWWESGpO4X0FyX7IQaTlc1n9hwFdOpbtf/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Comodo Internet Security

Comodo Internet Security 2011 is the free, multi-layered, security application that offers complete protection from viruses, Trojans, ...

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USB Drive Antivirus

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYeZqn5bEArYXCoJaDjztkJP28ow7O8Kp8hYABDFZ27hBbul74sx7gd5r8ojFgm8UnZz8kuJj3zsHx-557DKh9C7w-fsXEGASRZwvweI4TGiB0LVOohmbndvNxEm-565DfADTD71NIao4/s1600/usb-drive-antivirus_2.JPG" width="400" /></div> </div> USB Drive Antivirus provides comprehensive protection against any virus, worm trying to attack via USB drive. When an USB device is inserted into your computer, USB Drive Antivirus will automatically scan it, block and delete USB virus, trojans, and malicious code. Also it can detect and remove USB virus such as autorun virus in your computer. USB Drive AntiVirus can also remove the autorun.inf virus due to which you can not open your hard disk and USB drive (Pen drive, Memory card) by double clicking.<br /> USB Drive Antivirus is the best USB antivirus software to permanently protect your computer against any USB worms. This light and easy to use solution is compatible with other antiviruses and doesn't slow down your computer at all.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?l17ljn0l2sw6gw4" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/?l17ljn0l2sw6gw4" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirg0UQRbi_Gv92C1dafLRQaJkFbNX6-3k05c8FOA4oA0VA0EWqf7L6tP6ChUEdFpklC9WBXJxZcONmS0aauV3xQBaGS-rYHUKd7fq6Gm1-eZtBWWESGpO4X0FyX7IQaTlc1n9hwFdOpbtf/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> </div>

USB Drive Antivirus

USB Drive Antivirus provides comprehensive protection against any virus, worm trying to attack via USB drive. When an USB device is ...

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Quick Heal

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWS4e00VujSgpHrIKufPPQ7E-UkpQleXOF2GsAtI_Xha6tqMvwtU-ws_9hN5pHMRJPcP2cM_CkFfnmJMaVhbCOFXdyNzE_afGctJbDhpafMbcJop6NjRTTKhx_C_66dEFQ_nJQgSU68WTG/s1600/quick+heal.jpg" width="400" /></div> Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro protects your laptops and desktops and provides protection against malicious threats that can sneak into your system when you are browsing the Internet, checking mails, chatting, etc. Upon installation, it acts as a shield against viruses, worms, trojans, spywares and other malicious threats. It also provides security against new and unknown threats with Quick Heal's renowned DNAScan Technology. It utilizes minimum system resources, thereby giving complete protection to your system without slowing it down. Core Protection AntiVirus, AntiSpyware, AntiMalware, AntiRootkit, Silent Firewall and IDS/IPS assure complete protection for your PC at different levels. Antivirus - Scans and removes viruses, worms, trojans and other threats that may sneak into your system through removable drives, email attachments or internet downloads. AntiSpyware - Detects, cleans and blocks spywares thus automatically preventing identity theft. AntiMalware - Scans registry, files and folders at lightning speed, detecting and cleaning Spywares, Adwares, Roguewares, Dialers, Riskwares and other potential threats. Anti-Rootkit - Detects and cleans rootkits proactively by a deep system scan. Firewall Protection - Works silently in the background and monitors network activity for viruses, spywares and other malicious agents. It uses Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect harmful network activity and the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) to prevent malicious network activity. Self Protection - Protects Quick Heal files, folders, configurations and registry entries from getting tampered by malicious threats. Web Security Real time cloud security protection restricts access to malware infected websites. Browsing Protection - Protects your computer from threats transferred through malicious websites. Gives zero-time protection from infected websites and malwares which can infect your system through accessing malicious websites. Sandbox Running your web browser in a sandbox gives you an uninterrupted and secure browsing experience. Acting like a screen between your PC's Operating System and the malicious threats, it limits the attack surface. Privacy Protection Removes traces from Internet history and most recently used list of various applications. Flash Drive Protection Automatically scans external storage devices. Protects USB drives from autorun infections.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?m4429lc7vkteitj" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/?m4429lc7vkteitj" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHn6JRNEE6RDC6cS7tzYKch5mzS9l72g_KYqur05nNT9vEK5U8bsIwD0dB1KC_h46lD1tpmPAl310dl40jojdeGeD54vFV554ZD01bK8PZHbqmNnfU2LBKZiaVSels6AvrnSu_EGiLy925/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Quick Heal

Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro protects your laptops and desktops and provides protection against malicious threats that can sneak into your ...

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Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAQXhPg_nm7bhiy6W-Rmx8QeEcCfOmEynaYalP0vMKeOuuEDRgua39_pd8tQFKNP_cw72qRKO36aiNKhUvu6ZD-u18M4CQVV_StqjS0HHfc7DeCpEUI-Xks4onvFPGfwnfq3TS8uEucKb/s1600/main-page.jpg" width="400" /></div> </div> Strong, fast and easy-to-use security--Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security provides maximum protection for everything you do online. It's your all-in-one security solution for protecting you, your devices and your data. Titanium uses cloud technology to proactively stop viruses and spyware before they reach your computer, so it won't slow you down. It's the same technology we use to protect some of the world's biggest businesses, now available to you. <br /> Real-time updates keep your computer protected from the latest online threats. Using less than half the disk space and memory of traditional security products, Titanium Maximum Security is light on your system resources so your computer runs faster. It's designed to be easy-to-use and understand with simple screens and reports, and won't pester you with alerts and pop-ups. Keep your children safe from cyber-criminals and inappropriate content when they go online with customizable parental controls. Social Networking Security automatically shows you what links are safe or malicious on sites like Facebook and Twitter. Includes tools for protecting your data from loss or theft including Secure Erase file shredder, Trend Micro Vault with remote file lock and a 10 GB SafeSync account to protect, access and share your files. Extend your protection to smartphones and tablets, including Android devices.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?rv87bp0h00qmjpi" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/?rv87bp0h00qmjpi" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFGaDNPYvZoyvRZJ5WAzafgyfnWu-_qF4Tsqav5W50ffxgRUbc1Nh5DE71rov6PU7-PuLwpGSoE0uOO8coVvDwVNfWiH_boB_A2D_e0oFYMKr5cDD1mdfip96fb1XJ2LRh-fbgs4YTXB7/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

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Strong, fast and easy-to-use security--Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security provides maximum protection for everything you do online...

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Panda USB Vaccine

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <br /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNdvzCLkufXKtgYZ-uVJi010xhSgvLukn_bOBTYQSLv3pUSD18cF-G3Nf83C-s-TeRKfrei_r1m9mdqnBzOnwvvV_JJ22-y09ogI3QpTvcuRMxBiOGvNrvGuwj2OJIWC8g1tn4HeL268g/s1600/usbvaccine1014.jpg" width="400" /></div> </div> <br /> Panda USB Vaccine is a free utility from Panda Research which helps prevent malware infections due to the autorun feature of Windows Operating Systems. Once executed the user can choose two types of vaccinations: Computer Vaccination or USB Drive Vaccination. USB Vaccine allows users to vaccinate their PCs in order to disable autorun completely so that no program from any USB/CD/DVD drive (regardless of whether they have been previously vaccinated or not) can auto-execute. This is a really helpful feature as there is no user friendly and easy way of completely disabling autorun on a Windows PC. Panda USB Vaccine can be used on individual USB drives to disable its autorun.inf file in order to prevent malware infections from spreading automatically.<br /> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description">There really isn't much to this USB drive vaccine. We were pleased to find that it not only has an option for USB Vaccination, but also Computer Vaccination. For each option it lists an explanation of the process behind vaccination and what it involves. You know what and why it vaccinates before you decide to even use it. You can setup this utility to automatically scan and clean any USB when it is plugged into the computer, or manually direct it to do so. The vaccination process was very quick for both the computer and USB. You can remove the vaccination from your computer as well, if you decide that you don't really need it. For more details and information, you can go to the Help page. There isn't much listed, but it does cover more concerning what the utility is for and what it really does. Overall, it's a very simple and useful utility that doesn't take up much of your time.</span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?sp69zrt23scr0ku" target="_blank"><img alt="www.mediafire.com/?sp69zrt23scr0ku" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a> </span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Panda USB Vaccine

Panda USB Vaccine is a free utility from Panda Research which helps prevent malware infections due to the autorun feature of Wind...

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Stopzilla AVM

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhghJTw-k_BTWXs1m5AgEde67kqzYLrNK_Ug3sURYuKpvb4p91bAiBi3m4m3EWzqw0wDepbnfLGxMsSg9u26BWwRoYyvGGO3s23zTLw0l3VMJpwQm28jMfGL9-t0lyMWhpLlsuJ1L-lpq0U/s1600/STOPzilla_1.png" width="400" /></div> </div> The internet security software provides full comprehensive protection against viruses, malware, spyware, and adware. Real Time Protection continually scans, detects, and removes malicious threats on your PC. Includes virus protection. Deep rigorous threat scanning: scans your computer files completely and goes deep. Includes a self-protection mechanism that prevents malware from attacking our security software or rendering it ineffective. Full protection mode: can operate as your primary defense for your computer from virus, malware, spyware or other threats to your computer. Can operate in "Shared Mode" assisting your already installed PC security software in detecting, preventing and removing malware threats adding the ultimate level of protection.<br /> State-of-the-art anti-rootkit technology allows it to detect the most complex and deeply rooted malicious threats and remove them. Scans your computer for Malware threats and allows quarantine or removal from your computer. Designed to be simple, intuitive, and easy, Stopzilla handles the complex technology so you can enjoy your computer experience without security worries.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?e66551y36cktymy" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/?e66551y36cktymy" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Stopzilla AVM

The internet security software provides full comprehensive protection against viruses, malware, spyware, and adware. Real Time Protec...

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HitmanPro

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikax4M0i6T5T6XyLH73-fJ6WlpjNltMR1MaVIYRkRhR9UJJX11PD9FUtDaVBoRwndHhyoT6Y7uEUrJO7zifafoj8B65Ng1oi2mfy9EP1wZmSWWGzekkugnJXggG-geEdlD6v0Qd1np15ln/s1600/hitmanpro360.png" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> <span id="intelliTxt">Keeping malware off your system and removing rogue or fake software, dangerous keyloggers and other such threats is a job for dedicated tools and among the best choices is Hitman Pro. It is a powerful application that can detect and remove most viruses that could come in contact with your computer.<br />Right off the bat you can notice a great thing about this utility, namely the fact that it uses a cloud engine when scanning, therefore several antimalware engines are at work to help you find and obliterate any trace of malicious code.<br />Another neat feature of Hitman Pro is the ability to run without installation when needed, so it can be used from a portable storage device. In case you wish to keep it on your system, though, select the option to create a copy of the utility, so you can regularly scan your computer.<br />The default scan takes a few minutes to complete and you can track the real-time progress and view on the spot any suspicious or dangerous items found in your system.<br />Viruses or other types of computer infections can be either deleted, quarantined, ignored (not recommended) or reported as safe. A small description of each threat is displayed below the files in the list, as well as the level of risk it presents.</span><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span id="intelliTxt"><b>For 32 Bit </b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?82jorb20lwe8khz" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/?82jorb20lwe8khz" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b>For 64 Bit </b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?9vw5jed465s52mj" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/?9vw5jed465s52mj" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <span id="intelliTxt"><br /></span></div>

HitmanPro

Keeping malware off your system and removing rogue or fake software, dangerous keyloggers and other such threats is a job for dedicat...

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Panda Cloud Antivirus

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKK9GmJkXzQWXRLjS1WWZOtrUrRFCTbyVk4wk9chpXOrC0GQcOSqH0bwPaUE32S3T4jDoTV63c3lvHYNkwEkB9UDsfApYyfBf0ZrUlnCwKwI5fpnGp5cocyu3vkrWom0D-745bT3Hrlhb/s1600/cloudav-beta3.jpg" width="400" /></div> Panda Cloud Antivirus is cloud-based. It consists of a lightweight antivirus agent that is connected in real-time to PandaLabs' online Collective Intelligence servers to protect faster against the newest malware variants while barely impacting PC performance.<br /> Panda Cloud Antivirus' installation is a simple, trimmed-down affair. The installer could load faster, and takes more than five minutes to install. Part of this is because it's downloading local files for stronger offline protection than before, but that doesn't change that it's not a quick procedure.<br /> You can customize the installation folder, but like many security suites, it also opts you in to several system changes. These include a toolbar, changing your default search provider to Google, and a home page change. While we understand the financial reasons for doing so, that doesn't make having to opt-out (or revert the changes if you didn't notice them) any less annoying. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?h2qlbiq0ku7d5bf" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/?h2qlbiq0ku7d5bf" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Panda Cloud Antivirus

Panda Cloud Antivirus is cloud-based. It consists of a lightweight antivirus agent that is connected in real-time to PandaLabs' o...

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USB Disk Security

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnsf18kKdmuURJnlPELWNUWuzb3zye9cpwKe75N-TqyztJ9V3q55SfktJULv39JajV_DAcVRMmYUZSnkjUk-mltqvXynTLR2AeDXzEstTs6FTFC3z2nzdPLeMnTEP2tLJNaHv9AfZYr0s/s1600/free-usb-disk-security-09-700x451.jpg" width="400" /></div> USB Disk Security provides protection against any malicious programs trying to attack via USB drive. It delivers high level of protection against theft and accidental disclosure of confidential data, and prevents unauthorized persons from stealing your data. USB Disk Security is the best security software to protect offline computer without the need for signature updates. This light and easy to use solution is compatible with other antivirus software and doesn't slow down your computer at all.<br /> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description">Software tends to look like its type: media players, graphics apps, and e-mail clients usually look like media players, graphics apps, and e-mail clients. USB Disk Security looks like an up-to-date PC security tool, with a colorful and stylish yet professional-looking interface, clearly labeled buttons, and file list views. USB Disk Security incorporates several tools, including USB Shield, with real-time monitoring of USB drives; USB scan, a malware scanner optimized for USB drives; Data Prevention, which consists of the USB Access Control and USB Drive Control tools; and Safe Sites, with a URL Scanner and a Safe Web Navigation feature that sets the program's LinkZB page as your browser's home page. USB Disk Security also bundles some useful System Tools: Disk Cleanup, Repair System, and Autostart List. Unsafe and deleted files are moved to a Quarantine directory. The Settings menu is simple: just a password feature and language menu. But the Help menu is extensive and clearly written as well as illustrated with many screenshots.</span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?z3ajwqlifahl40e" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/?z3ajwqlifahl40e" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></span></div> </div>

USB Disk Security

USB Disk Security provides protection against any malicious programs trying to attack via USB drive. It delivers high level of protec...

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Bitdefender Antivirus Plus

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn5CbriXd44iHEs6GZjuTlxK0kaj7SBkcnhcrGgddhRsesPl2_QRhZChWFbYhnukXX610N1bBaY4I11hy1AnxnP6iQKxLlMqCGc4XMidvYWVTN_jppTitH0jx0ZD5uFYn7siLVBQntl7r/s1600/MainView.png" width="400" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2013 builds on the best antivirus technology for Windows to silently stop e-threats, secure online transactions, and defend your privacy on social networks. Bitdefender Safepay - Keeps hackers at bay by automatically opening all your online banking pages in a separate, secure browser. MyBitdefender dashboard - See all the status and licensing information about your software and services. Security Widget - Enables you to keep track of all of your security related tasks, drag-and-drop files for quick scanning for viruses--right from your desktop! Parental Control - Blocks inappropriate content, restricts Web access, monitors your children's online activity. USB Immunizer - Immunizes any Flash Drive from viruses, when they are connected to your computer. Active Virus Control - A proactive, dynamic detection technology which monitors processes' behavior in real-time, as they are running, and tags suspicious activities. Rescue Mode - If e-threats cannot be removed, the computer is re-booted in a trusted environment which is then used for cleanup and restoration. Vulnerability Scanner - Checks for missing or outdated security software, missing Windows security patches. Bitdefender Autopilot - provides a hassle-free experience by making optimal security-related decisions without input from you. Social Network Protection - filters/blocks social-networking e-threats by scanning the links you receive from your friends. Search Advisor - The Link Filter relies on intelligence provided by Bitdefender Cloud services to flag malware and phishing attempts in search engine results. Personal Data Filter - Prevents critical data from ever leaving your computer. Antiphising - Analyzes and blocks websites that support various scams or credit card phishing attempts. Scan Dispatcher - finds and uses time-slices when system resource usage falls below a certain threshold to perform recurring scans of your entire system.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?bwcgyl9d99we5aw" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/?bwcgyl9d99we5aw" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Bitdefender Antivirus Plus

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Norton AntiVirus

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovJXhYz1LHtb_n2uCj3fCyaEpVCqaZDlHEzSHY2RONMNTy5jIvvhGT2LHj15CHvD_P3YfYr7sXXuVAAGYKauB0RQLa3K7VMQAO8FubWPkUoMEkzUbrf9JHbDMXd956ZSzgiBuLnnyQ-zZ/s400/norton-antivirus-2013.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> <span class="publisherDescriptionWrap content">Norton AntiVirus 2013 protects your PC against the latest viruses, spyware, and other threats. It delivers fast, powerful online protection to keep you a step ahead of cyber attacks. It lets you chat, email and share files without worry, updates automatically, offers easy-to-use features, and includes free customer support during your subscription period.</span><br /> <span class="publisherDescriptionWrap content"><span class="edReview content" itemprop="description">Symantec has moved Norton 360 to the same release schedule as Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus, making them into a three-tiered strategy for consumer security. Norton AntiVirus is the entry-level product, with Norton Internet Security occupying the middle rung and Norton 360 aimed at people who want the most bang for the most buck.  </span></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?db3nk8rni8fjotd" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/?db3nk8rni8fjotd" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Norton AntiVirus

Norton AntiVirus 2013 protects your PC against the latest viruses, spyware, and other threats. It delivers fast, powerful online prot...

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SmadAV

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotmwJUo7LHmD7Yk43TMWLG6sgSMCpr43GlsuKAMKSV65yqpJ7JipFjF9PtvOk52dpTMtb7yeq7j0IlzUAQxCyD4ZVZ_7Df07CIeQGrJrJZM16K7DUAfnZpVa7XTyYlul5NZ_HIQOK2aZh/s1600/2.png" width="400" /></div> <br /> SmadAV is an additional antivirus software that is designed to protect your computer.<br /> 1) Additional protection for your computer, 100% compatible with other antivirus software! Works with your primary antivirus as an extra layer of defense.<br /> 2) Best USB Antivirus (Total Protection USB drives)Prevent viruses that spread through USB stick drives.<br /> 3) Best for offline use (no need to update very often) Designed to be used with computers that are rarely or not even connected to the internet. SmadAV does not need to be updated as often as other antivirus. (Regularly updates once a month).<br /> 4) Cleaner and tools to clean the virus. SmadAV not only removes viruses but can also fix registry problems in infected machine.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ado41420cdes4w2" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ado41420cdes4w2" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

SmadAV

SmadAV is an additional antivirus software that is designed to protect your computer. 1) Additional protection for your computer, 1...

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ESET NOD32 Antivirus

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FVGoD_9T8wm2Yjy9wuZeN34UhJBLaqnFxOrriCPHSppyM7tG0EkgQDNkN9jIN8YHD-gqjaINtqU0pfcFYzhuxY3Jx41uEjiEnDy2pbIv2GQAQ8PS0iZJMcRm6JoX8_F5KmQy7hJklIoQ/s1600/pc-tools-antivirus-8.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description"></span><span class="edReview" itemprop="description"></span><br /> <b>Installation</b> <br /> ESET's installation could be faster, although it's by no means sluggish. It's slowed down by a preponderance of screens, including registration, and an unnecessary query as to whether or not the user wants Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) protection activated or not. While a legitimate query, there's no reason for it to slow down the install by yet another screen to click through. <br /> PUPs are definitely a security issue, though, so perhaps the program ought to just scan for them on the first scan automatically, and then ask you if it's a scan you always want. <br /> One decent thing about the registration process is that it's all done from within the suite--no need to jump to your browser. Also, there's no reboot required after the installation. Still, the one-minute-or-less installs from Norton and Trend Micro should be a goal that all security suites aspire to. <br /> <b>Interface</b> <br /> The layout of ESET 5 remains unchanged from version 4, except for minor details, although neither is quite as easy to use as it ought to be. The interface opens to a window indicating your security status. The default is colored green and labeled Maximum Protection, which changes to red and a warning when core security features, such as Network Protection, have been disabled. The center pane doesn't indicate this very clearly, but the plain text Maximum Protection labels that tell you which parts of your computer and activity are protected are actually links. Click one to drill deeper into your settings, toggle features, and gain more granular control over your security. <br /> The left nav lets you access other features, including Computer Scan, Update, Setup, Tools, and Help. To the interface's credit, each tab's layout is kept similar, and there are helpful mouse-over tooltips that help clarify things like the differences between default scans, but key features, like the Advanced Settings window, are hard to find. <br /> Along with a lack of clarity about how to get around ESET's interface is the confusion created by redundancy. There's nothing gained by making things harder to find, and even savvy users will probably have to take more time than necessary to get up to speed. <br /> <b>Features and support</b> <br /> ESET NOD32 5's core features put the suite at or near the top of its class. Its collection of features, while not revolutionary, are nevertheless extremely well implemented. What it lacks are many of the modern ancillary features that justify the higher price. <br /> On the side of the basics, there are two default scans: a "Smart Scan" and a custom scan. ESET has improved its antivirus and antispyware engines so that they don't detect only threats, but prevent your host files from corruption before the bad guys go after you. There's removable media control, so you can block USB keys or external drives from connecting to your computer, and the new gamer mode automatically initiates silent running whenever a program is running at full screen. This is perfect for movies and presentations, as well as games. You can also activate it from the system tray. <br /> ThreatSense, ESET's cloud-based detection, isn't new--yep, it had it three years ago--but it's been expanded in version 5 to include reputation analysis. All of that comes in the basic NOD32. Upping to Smart Security gets you antispam, parental controls, and a "smart" firewall that learns how your computer uses the Internet very quickly. <br /> ESET's browser guards are browser-agnostic, and don't require an extension. You won't get search results ratings, but ESET successfully blocked us from attempting to reach known dangerous Web sites clicked on in search results. <br /> It's not too much of a stretch to say that ESET owns the Support space. In addition to the hot-line support, forums and knowledge base, no other security suite offers an education module like ESET does. Called "Cybersecurity Training," the module features an interactive city that you can explore to learn about how to protect yourself, your personal data, and your computer when online. It's an in-depth approach that we wish other vendors would take, because at the end of the day, it's going to be your own wits that keep you safest. <br /> It's accessible from the installation CD if you buy the physical boxed copy of the program, and we're not sure just yet about how to launch it from the downloadable version. <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?qppxcoroazg775e" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?qppxcoroazg775e" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> </div> </div>

ESET NOD32 Antivirus

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PC Tools AntiVirus

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_u8AutBWmRVFUTVPnGgjXIMF79fO5kADAoQ_RWwoyhC2XexAA3msiqfvFwU6NHmBynto01xIqoKbGMNDGso37CE5Dk58HyPidCmxcGepkvMDel5sorSmtNLFqsTPpYP3KQ3-mkE6N2KQi/s1600/pc-tools-antivirus-8.jpg" width="400" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>                             <br /> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description">  PC Tools AntiVirus Free is a full antivirus and antispyware package designed to protect from known viruses, worms, Trojans and other threats while defending against spyware, adware, bots, keyloggers and other malware. Monitors for and blocks known malware in real-time. PC Tools AntiVirus Free uses spider scanning technology to identify and remove threats in minutes. Warns you about unsafe or phishing websites and displays website safety ratings in your search results. Frequent automatic updates and product upgrades ensure that you are always protected against the latest threats. <br /> Free antivirus packages have evolved to the point where many of them protect your PC from threats as well as the premium tools. We looked at PC Tools AntiVirus Free, which offers good, basic protection from online threats,is regularly updated, and even includes some useful extras like phishing alerts, Web site ratings, and adware and malware protection.<br /> PC Tools' installer essentially outlines the differences between the freeware and premium versions of its antivirus solution, such as zero-day threat updates, a firewall, ID theft protection, and anti-spam. One of the setup options allows automatic updates. We recommend keeping this box checked since your antivirus software can't be too current. During the setup process, PC Tools downloaded and installed updated antivirus definitions. The program's colorful interface is similar to other tools, but with its own sleek layout. PC Tools scanned our system and found a number of low-level threats like tracking cookies and adware. We could click to expand a tree view to see exactly what the program was targeting. Satisfied, we clicked Fix Checked, and PC Tools quickly cleared the house. Next we clicked the IntelliGuard tab, which offered nine Guards: Behavior, Browser, Cookie, Download, Email, File, Network, Rootkit, and Site. Each offered an explanation as well as View History and Manage Exclusions controls. The Settings tab also offered nine sections, everything from Global Action List to Scheduled Tasks and Quarantine. A Report Card tab brought up a quick-and-easy summary of our PC's security situation and PC Tools' recent activities. Of course, we could click a prominent Upgrade button any time we felt like trying the premium version.<br /> We've tried many antivirus programs, free and pay, and they all have their advantages and disadvantages. PC Tools' free solution offers a nice blend of good, basic protection and some useful extras. Many of the extras it omits are available as freeware, too, such as third-party firewalls and spamfighters. Now if it's a question of free or no antivirus, the answer is simple: Download a free antivirus solution right now. PC Tools AntiVirus Free should definitely be on your list.</span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vfzmknp5bxe7d3w" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vfzmknp5bxe7d3w" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> </div> </div>

PC Tools AntiVirus

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Kaspersky Anti-Virus

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div>     <br />                         <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0wy1MFm81IsjapIocsCivdM2rCO1Tn4ZsjYROsXe4W1KclderJK5Yuptwz-kslJREEPt6iCDTj293FASQOb2D63tIrn6uixfWdp7Virw04DE3gSPj3gkO3blWPKxSbFxAkTqWPPpiAMZ3/s1600/Kaspersky_antivirus.jpg" /></div> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description"><b>Installation</b><br /> Installing Kaspersky has been dramatically simplified over the past two years. Following on 2012's fuss-free install, the installer for 2013 will remove conflicting security programs and any detected malware automatically. <br /> You're still on the hook for a reboot, but not when running only the trial. The install procedure was only three screens long, and it took under 2 minutes to complete. You can also register and purchase a license key from the program itself, no need to jump to your browser. Overall, this is one of the best installation processes for a security suite, if by best you mean, "short, fast, and painless." </span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaDRBIHsmSYvHvkAgrUJbOisnwtdv7tvw3o-OqWhEYKZIHggUIHfAt1ttKwQn6A3bJvIS_bpvN7UgvXx6RzwxfP_QEl6TNmiF8J5qWZEFwH-pwfUSRASB5yWqtOS_GZqKXEZIbyHDTkQW/s1600/kaspersky1.png" width="400" /></div> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description"><br /> <b>Interface</b><br /> Kaspersky's followed up last year's overhauled interface with only minor tweaks this year to accommodate new features. The number of windows you must go through to initiate a scan, or to solve a problem warning, has been reduced. <br /> Based on a mobile app-drawer design, the interface presents your security status at the top and stashes the four major security features of scanning, updating, the new Safe Money, and parental controls, at the bottom. The app drawer layout puts key security status information up front, and keeps your tools organized yet easily accessible below. You can slide the features sideways to see more options, or click the arrow at the bottom to pull up, drawer-style, the full list of options. Settings and Reports live in the upper right corner, and both use terminology repeated throughout the interface. This creates a solid level of consistency, and ought to appeal to basic security consumers and power users alike. <br /> A Cloud Protection button at the top of the interface opens a screen that explains Kaspersky's cloud technology that debuted in the 2012 version. Like its competitors that have already incorporated cloud-based detection, you can opt out of anonymously contributing your data without making yourself less safe. <br /> Kaspersky's opt-out is a bit tricky to get to, though. Hit Settings, the annoyingly unlabeled Advanced Settings tab (hint: it's the cardboard box), Feedback, and then uncheck the box to opt out. <br /> Unlike some competitors, which allow you to reorder the tool buttons so you can have the ones you use most often at the ready, Kaspersky's tool layout is locked down. This is one of the few drawbacks to the design. Another is that in the Settings window, the tabs on the left are unlabeled and their icons are not necessarily as obvious to understand as possible. In order, they are Protection Center, Scan, Update, and Advanced Settings. <br /> Labeling aside, the settings themselves were remarkably easy to navigate and comprehend -- even the advanced ones. Meanwhile, jumping from feature to feature was a zippy experience, and we encountered absolutely no lag when skipping between screens. <br /> <b>Features and support</b><br /> Kaspersky 2013's newest and best features come in the form of some very forward-thinking security improvements. <br /> The most important of them is the exploit blocking engine called Automatic Exploit Prevention. It's a response to the increase in the number of phishing attacks and includes an antiphishing engine -- similar to the antivirus and anti-malware engines -- that updates daily. <br /> It's hard to overstate how critical stopping exploits can be to stopping large-quantity cash thefts from online banks. Experts have estimated recent successful banking breaches at scoring from $3 million to more than $220 million, and Kaspersky says that the exploit prevention engine stops the vast majority of exploit kits. <br /> A major component of the exploit prevention engine is Address Space Layout Randomization, or ASLR. It's a proven security technology, used in Apple OS X and iOS, in Google's Android, and by Microsoft in Windows 8. It's not foolproof, but it is one of the more effective security technologies currently available. The inclusion of ASLR in Kaspersky means that the technology will be available to Windows 7 and earlier versions, making Kaspersky unique in the security realm for that reason. <br /> The suite now blocks Duqu and other malware specifically designed to surreptitiously install on your computer before the antivirus program loads during boot. <br /> Safe Money revamps the Safe Run feature from previous years and is only in Kaspersky Internet Security 2013, not Kaspersky Anti-Virus. It basically streamlines the process of accessing banking sites securely. Simply go to your banking site, and as long as you have Kaspersky's browser add-ons installed, it will ask you if you want to open the site in a sandboxed mode, isolated from other browser and PC processes. You can also manually add other sites to Safe Money in Kaspersky's interface, but it's no longer a requirement because of Safe Money's new auto-detection. You can tell it's running because of a thin green line around your browser window. <br /> We were skeptical about Safe Money working as advertised, but it really does detect banking Web sites as you visit them and reopen them in sandboxed browsers. It detected both major banks like Chase, and our own local credit union's site without fail. <br /> Other changes have been made, as well. The secure keyboard for protecting personal data when entered by a physical keyboard works with more sites than before; there is expanded browser compatibility so it now works with Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Opera; and better battery management has been implemented for laptops. (We did not test the battery life, however, due to time constraints.) <br /> There are older features worth calling out, too. One is the File Advisor, which is a Windows Explorer context menu option for checking out a file's reputation without having to go through the main Kaspersky program itself. It creates a pipeline from the Kaspersky Security Network, the Kaspersky cloud protection, to the files on your desktop. We found it to pull down reputation data quickly, although its speed also depends on your Internet connection. <br /> The Roll Back feature can easily undo damage caused by any malware that <i>does</i> slip through, and the Network Monitor feature shows you real-time traffic to and from your computer. Among the better ancillary tools are an Internet Explorer security analyzer, which is a good idea if you're stuck on Windows XP with IE8 or earlier -- but it's weird that it doesn't support any other browsers. <br /> The virtual keyboard, different from the physical keyboard protection, has been improved so that it's more responsive than previously. It's mostly an older feature to use if you're worried about keyloggers that Kaspersky keeps around for bragging rights. It's highly unlikely that you'd have Kaspersky running and be infected by a keylogger. </span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4g8w9ibqgartrb0" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4g8w9ibqgartrb0" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Kaspersky Anti-Virus

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Ad-Aware Antivirus

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNuiCWWosfecH7D29GIeCEwyAm88MjSKj75RL2sG7hJ5HnSbJSpQaoxr18Ryu3TxkBpFTeeB4t137vKrNa0JIZl0sg-iAFgrauArfmzbFXnMmCoI98O34k7gg9xbq-RIV2_2RD460pCPJO/s1600/Avira-Premium-Security-Suite_1.png" width="400" /></div> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description"><b>Installation</b><br /> The installation is straightforward, although it still does opt you in by default to the Ad-Aware browser toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox. A software installation ought to get your program installed as quickly as possible, with as little requirement for input from the person installing it. Ad-Aware's installation was zippy and generally painless. <br /> Unlike nearly all of its competitors, it does not require you to register to use the free version or the trials of the paid upgrades. What it does do similarly to its competitors on install is good, though: it automatically downloads new virus definition files and runs a quick scan. A reboot is unfortunately required; that's an occupational hazard for security suites like this one that have deep hooks into the Windows OS.</span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7q8ruRPehyuAd_rpbIHN6AftZ9UsfJxy-gQLVifpmX1wvvlAkqzFW1SQh-_OEuBbjtOd657MnedPviFd5oNHe3ElywymquQxlCSaExcgDFjd2zVf6CLyoUVz8upQT46KT5c2nspEwkIh4/s1600/ad-aware_10_01_main_610x40222.png" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> <b>Interface</b><br /> A big reason that the new Ad-Aware stands a good chance of surviving is because it's finally a usable product again. Gone is the tripartite vertical sectioning, replaced instead with a more traditional layout. Not unlike the major interface change that Avast introduced for its fifth version, the interface's quirkiness has been replaced by usability. The interface is divided into three horizontal sections: the top contains navigation to Home, Info, and Options; the second shows you a large, protection status icon with links to dive deeper into recent protection on the right; and the majority of the interface offers additional protection tools such as gaming mode, firewall, and safe browsing. <br /> The interface is multithreaded, which means that using text "breadcrumbs" you can easily find your way back through the interface the way you came, or directly to the Home screen. <br /> Even though tools are categorized into Basic and Advanced, they all have buttons on the main screen for quick toggling. More advanced configuration options are still available, but as with most of the competition, they've been buried one level down to avoid confusing beginners and to keep visual clutter to a minimum. Click the name of any feature and a pop-up provides a brief explanation of what it does. Click the gear icon next to it to dive into config options. <br /> <b>Features and support</b><br /> Ad-Aware's features have been improved as well. It offers the same level of core protection against malware across the board, in free and paid products. Nag screens have been removed, a silent/gaming mode has been added, and Ad-Aware now gives advanced heuristics and rootkit protection to people using the free version.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> Ad-Aware's antivirus engine is powered by Vipre, a well-known security suite that's more popular in Europe than North America. Vipre has never set the security world on fire for its results, but it is a good, solid, middle-of-the-road engine that will detect many, and in some cases most, of the threats you'll face on a regular basis. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-s9L9B3OHmyqVgVVk7Ga4mDZbut2_wVQlFkpbsNXrmrN98sgtC6LfZnpOBICKfkzE3uSV2c8UZ_Sd4FfY5yqJRcM7e_yykcJMy-nx7E32MIu-QCZQ1EsSVI1VuPfRJViPre400Eujkw6/s1600/ad-aware_10_01_main_610x402.png" width="400" /></div> The toolbar's been streamlined, stripped of most extraneous features, and offers a search engine powered by upstart Google competitor Blekko. It also detects bad URLs and blocks you from loading them, so it has a legitimate security purpose. <br /> Assouline also said that people can expect to see new features land in Ad-Aware regularly, as the program has adopted an aggressive release cycle not unlike Chrome and Firefox. He cautioned, though, that it was not the six-week cycle that those browsers have. <br /> The differences between the paid versions and the free versions have shrunk, as more features have been front-loaded into the free version. Ad-Aware Personal Security 10 adds reputation and anti-malware filtering for $12 per year. Ad-Aware Pro Security offers e-mail phishing protection, USB guards, a two-way firewall, and network protection at $36 per year. If you don't care about the lack of spam filters or parental controls, or the lack of reputation-based protection, and you trust Ad-Aware -- always a key point -- $36 could be quite a deal. Considering what's offered, it's very nearly priced to disrupt the market. <br /> One interesting problem we encountered was the program updates were pushed out in separate installation files. Unlike most competitors, which offer in-place downloads so that the suite updates without having to run an installer, an offered software update opened a Web site and asked for approval to start downloading.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fcd8kcvax5u2f7m" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fcd8kcvax5u2f7m" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

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Avira Antivirus

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <br />                                       <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNhWGlGEoPBQ0XXrfLfqFFFKGkoEzAEAI6o6igpv4V3yuGT7yeHPSD3UfFC3GXl5dVaJcMOcC22YNN-QmzZL784SD_irCKOBndJAlIh5CS_G6259R4272tyDNieskJvMWNGuUTEX0oY_m/s1600/Avira-logo.jpg" width="259" /></div> <br /> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description"><b>Installation</b><br /> Last year's improved, zippy install has been changed slightly, and that may cause problems for some people. <br /> Getting into Avira has never been easier, and it still has a two-click install. The company says that it developed the two-click installation as part of its "less is more" strategy, where it offers the same level of protection as before without the hassle. Of course, that's a tacit acknowledgement of prior problems. <br /> Anyway, the install is the simplest of the major free security suites. The two-click process will autodetect competing security components and remove them, so be warned if you think you're going to be more secure by running two overlapping AVs. Avira won't let you. <br /> However, this is so aggressive that sometimes the program won't install properly. A conflict between Avira and a security suite previously installed on our test computer that left half a dozen registry keys behind caused the computer to crash and resulted in a "blue screen of death" on an otherwise stable computer. At the end of the day, whether it's the fault of Avira or the previous security suite is irrelevant. Nobody wants to be faced with a BSOD when installing a program, and most people will blame the new software. <br /> Another click will take you past the Ask.com toolbar and search engine redirect, but at least Avira is polite: it's an opt-in, not opt-out, experience. The toolbar screen itself is a bit unclear: it's actually Avira's WebGuard feature, powered by an Ask.com search engine that's part of the toolbar. There's also an option to have Ask.com become your browser's default engine, although that's not checked by default. <br /> We discuss the toolbar and the changes to it in the 2013 version in the Features section below. <br /> At the end of the installation process, Avira will begin a quick scan. On our test machine, it took about 1 minute, 43 seconds to complete, a completely reasonable wait to endure before the suite is ready to go. </span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvCsVh1VbGmVye9MtwacEVqTy9WZ7mefvbQ9iZDiiMAJate4ATsVKzsAL6xDhzJ3quFlI0r7_3seb-Sg7ZLTNyyN2k2Weh4fD_UgfzotT1WW2QKWFWtkjUz-rHRFc_9zOAfWd_iJ-o7SB/s1600/Avira-Premium-Security-Suite_1.png" width="400" /></div> <br /> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description"> <b>Interface</b><br /> The interface is virtually unchanged from last year. It has been tweaked to include the new features, but it's the same look and feel as in the 2012 version. This is perfectly acceptable, as the interface is simple and mimics that of many competitors. <br /> A left nav shows you your tools, while the center pane focuses on a deeper dive into your security. On-off buttons make it easy to toggle features, although it's noteworthy that the free version is still quite restricted when compared with the free competition. <br /> A red banner with the program name serves as a wrapper to anchor the suite, with a Windows XP-style menu bar above it. It doesn't look bad in Windows 7, although it is definitely archaic. It looks even older in Windows 8. The only feature that you can't reach from any other part of the interface except the menu bar is the Help menu -- a little tweaking here could've made this more appealing. <br /> The main interface is the Status window, with a green check box letting you know when you're safe. It turns to yellow when there are security tasks to perform or when you've turned off a feature, like real-time protection. It turns red when there's something mission-critical that requires your attention. <br /> Below that, you've got two categories: PC protection, and Internet protection. What this really means is that the former protects you from threats locally, while the latter guards you against new threats from attacking you. Under PC protection, you can toggle your real-time protection, manually run a scan, start an update, or upgrade to a paid version of Avira. Use the gear icon next to each option to open the configuration window, which has its own slider in its upper-left corner to quickly change between the standard view and expert mode. <br /> One hint about the system scanner option from the left nav: this is where you would go to initiate specific types of scans, or scans on specific parts of your computer, such as a rootkit scan in C:/Windows. For a generic scan, use the Scan System option from the Status window. <br /> Under Internet protection, you only get one option in Avira Free: Web protection. If you chose to not install the toolbar, then this entire section will appear grayed out. <br /> It doesn't sound like much, but that's the point. This is the easiest-to-use version of Avira yet. <br /> <b>Features and support</b><br /> The new features in Avira are the best part of the 2013 update, but they do come at a price. The company has focused on expanding its security features to cover social networking, tracker blocking, and Web site verification, as well as a huge push into crowdsourced tech support. Longtime Avira Free users no doubt will be delighted that the daily upgrade pop-up will go away permanently if you install the Avira toolbar. <br /> The toolbar has become a major focus for Avira, and the company is using it to provide multiple in-browser security features. The company has partnered with Abine to bolt its Do Not Track Plus tracking and ad blocker to the toolbar. Also in the toolbar is the new Web site reputation adviser, also on loan but from CallingID, and social networking protection courtesy SocialShield, a company Avira bought earlier this year. <br /> A new "Experts Market" is also accessible only from the toolbar. It's crowdsourced tech support, where Avira fans can sell their expertise to others and set their own rates. The Experts Market is designed to connect tech experts to people who are looking to solve tech problems. These user-experts can then charge whatever sum they'd like for their services, and Avira will take a 10 percent commission. <br /> The toolbar is a mixed blessing. If you install it, it grants you those security extras. But it also redirects your default search to Avira-branded Ask.com search. This is not insurmountable in Firefox, which has a dedicated search box, but it makes Chrome painful to use since that browser uses a unified location bar/search. Abine's Do Not Track Plus is available for free on its own, so if the search commandeering is intolerable to you, there are still other ways to get the protection it offers. <br /> Avira has changed other parts of the suite, as well. The virus definition file and protection engine now checks for updates every six hours instead of once a day. Premium Avira makes the same check every two hours. There's also an Android app that provides anti-theft and device tracking features, but unlike competitors both free and paid, Avira's Android app lacks a security engine. Basically, it won't protect you against Android malware. <br /> Avira's core security features remain intact. The scanner checks for virus, Trojans, rootkits, and adware. There's a generic threat removal engine, but Avira -- like many security suites -- is much better at preventing threats from infecting you, rather than removing ones you've already got. <br /> The advanced options menu doesn't contain much that's new, either. It's quite easy for a savvy person to drill deep into security settings and either extract the information they want or set a very customized level of security. This includes scanning as Administrator from the main interface, a window showing real-time scan performance, configuring how to scan of archives, and a restart reminder in case you enjoy that kind of automated nagging. <br /> The engine powering the scans protects your Hosts file by default, and resource usage remains low following last year's update. If a problem is discovered, a one-click Fix problems button appears at the top of the Status window. Click it, and even if the fix is something as simple as reactivating a deactivated module, the program will do it for you. <br /> The WebGuard feature, available only if you install the Avira toolbar, takes a more aggressive approach to detecting sites that could be hosting malware before they load on your computer. This is not unlike Avira's competitors. However, for the performance cost to the browser for a toolbar, search result ratings would be a nice compensation. Too bad they're only available if you use the dedicated search box on the Ask toolbar. <br /> Features-wise, the free version provides the kind of security that most people will be comfortable with. For people who want more, Avira Antivirus Premium 2013 ($29.99 for a one-year license) comes with malicious Web site blocking and live telephone support. Avira Internet Security 2013 ($59.99 for a one-year license) rolls in parental controls; an e-mail spam guard; antiphishing measures; Wi-Fi guard; and a firewall that I found to be obnoxiously chatty and intrusive. If you're obsessed with Avira, you can upgrade to Avira Internet Security Plus 2013 for $81.99, which gets you an additional system performance optimizer and file encryption.</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gg177s16gom0483" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gg177s16gom0483" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description">                             </span><span class="edReview" itemprop="description"> </span></div>

Avira Antivirus

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AVG AntiVirus

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWohOligJDzhRNXdsKn9mi294HOL62pALIwwBxAGMmhr3I-gkwu0OH0hKYISGSdcyRA_Mj2ZQegRdWv5vBpAhmss1LaZuqGmURgqTUvT4AbKEgTweOdzXmhOcmzHceMvMr4yftEofmD39-/s1600/avg_antivirus_free_edition_8_5_build_409a16341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMiARWDeKkhyphenhyphen5KWe5HxFNFkwWIfxxPbgv_vIKVndP0plfHN131o8rcEGk3wmqvztXSF3O6PBSi9aYhyphenhyphenZxi1ZXnz5Rfdm5zO6Sp_Oi1WxDzQTW3Io6QP1tsnhDyKtZGKlRmhtFW6RH-zqK/s1600/avg_antivirus_free_edition_8_5_build_409a16341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMiARWDeKkhyphenhyphen5KWe5HxFNFkwWIfxxPbgv_vIKVndP0plfHN131o8rcEGk3wmqvztXSF3O6PBSi9aYhyphenhyphenZxi1ZXnz5Rfdm5zO6Sp_Oi1WxDzQTW3Io6QP1tsnhDyKtZGKlRmhtFW6RH-zqK/s1600/avg_antivirus_free_edition_8_5_build_409a16341.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>                     </div> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description"><b>Installation</b> <br /> We found that the program can go from completed download to ready to use in about 5 minutes. <br /> AVG's touted its five-screen installation for several years now. While it's true that the process continues to be short, it's important to call out a few improvements and one glaring snag. <br /> The installer itself now weighs in at 33MB, down from more than 100MB two years ago. The installer also does not require a reboot. This isn't surprising for Windows 8, but even on computers running Windows 7 and older, installing AVG will be reboot-free. Unfortunately, not only do you still have to opt out of AVG's toolbar and SafeSearch if you don't want them, but even when you choose only the toolbar, it commandeers your default location bar search in Firefox. This is, of course, problematic because the toolbar provides some important security options, such as AVG Do Not Track. <br /> AVG loses points as well for force-shutting your browser without warning during installation, and for not adapting the installation options to Windows 8. AVG has retained the small check boxes from previous years, which are difficult to use by touch. <br /> A more customer-friendly approach would be to go for an opt-in process that doesn't move forward until the user makes a decision. After all, this is what AVG does when asking you to choose between AVG Free or a 30-day trial of AVG Internet Security. <br /> <b>Interface</b><br /> Windows 8 has forced every Windows software maker around to reconsider how its programs look, and that's a good thing. Whether kicking and screaming, or gleefully leaping, software designers are changing how they make their Windows apps, and AVG is no different. <br /> Although the security suite had been using a variation of the same interface for years, the 2013 suite has been overhauled with a new one that embraces large, boldly colored, tile-like buttons that ought to feel at home in Windows 8. <br /> The new main interface lays out AVG's features in a clean, legible manner. The upper right corner has links to Reports, Support, and Options. At first blush, the Options list is overwhelmingly long, but navigating is impressively accurate on a touch screen. It contains direct links to features that are also available behind the tiles that take up most of the interface. <br /> Next on your way down the main screen is a protection status notification in green for safe or red for unsafe, and then there are three rows of tiles. The first row of bright green tiles are links to core security options: Computer, Web Browsing, Identity, E-mails, and Firewall. The second row are blue, and link to AVG's performance optimizer, parental controls, and the backup service LiveKive. Next to LiveKive there's a button for AVG apps, new services that haven't been revealed at the time of writing. <br /> The third row contains two teal buttons, one to commence a scan and one to update virus definition files. If you're running AVG Free, the bottom quarter of the interface is an ad to upgrade to AVG Internet Security 2013. Behind each of the buttons is a deeper dive into its associated functions. Under Computer, for example, you have access to antivirus and antirootkit scans, statistics, and configurations. <br /> The interface is basically highly navigable, except that people with Windows 8 touch screens could find the third level down tricky without a mouse. If you go into Configurations or another deeper settings level, the advanced settings options could still be too small for some people to easily adjust. <br /> Do note that AVG is essentially running a Windows 7 program with Windows 8 dressing. It opens to Desktop mode, and runs in a single window that doesn't take up the full screen. It's possible that there have been under-the-hood improvements that will allow AVG to adapt to a Metro interface easily, but that's not available yet. <br /> <b>Features and support</b> <br /> While the interface is new, and as you'll see below, the performance improvements are stunning, AVG's focus for 2013 has not been to push aggressive new security tech. That's okay. Instead, the focus this year was to bring some tech that exists at competitors to AVG's enormous, 128-million-strong active user base. <br /> When you start AVG for the first time, a window appears over the main interface that promotes links to its new, free 24-7 telephone support; the AVG Android app; and a tutorial on getting started. As one of the best-known names in Windows security, we like that AVG is making it easy for newcomers to get acclimated. <br /> There's a new file reputation system, which AVG also uses in conjunction with its scans to scan dramatically faster than before. Basically, it looks at a file in the order that its bits were saved to disk, not in order of the directory file tree. It may sound hokey, but as the benchmarks below show, it's an effective technique. By cross-referencing that data with what other AVG users are running, AVG is able to create a more effective net for blocking malicious files. <br /> The file reputation is an extension of AVG's "smart scanning," which takes advantage of AVG's behavioral detection network to scan known safe files once, and rescan them only if it detects changes. As with its competitors, AVG's network is made up of its user base anonymously contributing data up to the cloud. You can choose to opt out of contributing your data when you install, or from the options menu. AVG says opting out won't negatively affect your security. <br /> The smart scanning tech also gives you a built-in system resource manager that prioritizes scans. If a scan is scheduled to begin while the computer is in use, it will automatically restrict the scan so that it runs more slowly but doesn't interfere with the computer's other tasks. When it detects the computer idling, it will then allocate more power to the scan. The feature comes with a slider so you can customize how sensitive it is. <br /> Another major change was introduced earlier in the year. AVG's Do Not Track add-on has been folded into the AVG toolbar. AVG's version lacks the nuance of Abine's Do Not Track Plus, making it more of a logger's chainsaw than a surgeon's scalpel, but it's still good to get privacy-protecting tools out to as many people as possible. <br /> AVG offers a wide range of effective tools for keeping your computer safe. Along with the expected antivirus and anti-malware engines, it has rootkit detection and removal; fake antivirus and ransomware blocking; and basic e-mail and identity protection. <br /> The LinkScanner tool has been improved to watch out for more dynamic code, which is essential in the security game because threats are mutating at such a rapid rate. <br /> The PC Analyzer scans your system for Registry and disk errors. It includes a disk defragmenter and a broken-shortcut cleaner, as well. Although the feature is restricted in full to paid users, if you have the free version, the PC Analyzer comes with a one-time offer to clean all errors it finds. It provides a link to a download of the separate PC Analyzer tool, once the scan is completed. This is an interesting twist on the idea of letting users detect but not repair errors, and it provides more functionality while not affecting the basic security of your computer. However, it's likely that some users will shy away from the extra download. <br /> Other features are restricted to users of AVG's paid upgrades. The paid upgrade version of AVG Anti-Virus 2013 distinguishes itself by offering a chat link shield, a Wi-Fi guard for open Internet connections, and a download scan for files sent via instant message that looks at all ports, not just port 80. The PC Analyzer option mentioned earlier is also included, and comes without restrictions. <br /> AVG Internet Security 2013 includes all that AVG Anti-Virus 2013 offers, and adds in a firewall and antispam protections.</span><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSDgKlQ6WqpvBie-_6OECQK0aDlvCFLAfUuriw2__jkY_kwCMOReA" target="_blank"><img alt="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSDgKlQ6WqpvBie-_6OECQK0aDlvCFLAfUuriw2__jkY_kwCMOReA" border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsF70owRN2IEr-Bhf29-9sXIoo-oV0TJGoZ167niGe26ay4gYlMvpkYKxi-3zC6v9A6s-hvZ0rvEv8x4nmotAwIr21-i9DaXyxGnO6BBZcbQkeXa_dZhQuLM9qUR66M5cBFVLhu5w2CuB/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <br /></div> </div>

AVG AntiVirus

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Avast Antivirus

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5zZZyTEpwMF6qXpwQibdPhPU9dA-i3cw2Dt1f3qJZ1CPjK5UCgX6A8TmRgB2ghAfnwWkBAdVy6fgST6Ba-TNPQcH4YOr9wQedvgBxDStQl4MQji1E0euT2WH15CfM9Z2GoJOGtRh5dmL/s1600/images.jpg" width="320" /></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Installation</b><br /> Avast has improved its installation process so it's faster than before. It's not the fastest on the market, not by a longshot, but a standard installation took us about three minutes. <br /> Some items of note during the installation that will come up later in the review: to avoid the new Windows 7 and Vista desktop gadget, or the new WebRep browser add-on, you must choose the Custom install option and uncheck those here. <br /> Automatic installation of these features is frowned upon, although Avast does provide a clear method for uninstalling them. It's just not as simple as a check box that gets its own installation window, since you have to go through the Customize menu, which makes the auto-install sort of surreptitious. <br /> The current versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer both block forced add-on installation. When you run one of those browsers for the first time after installing Avast, they'll ask you if you want to allow the new add-on. <br /> On the plus side, installing Avast doesn't require a reboot, and using its uninstall tool we detected no remnants in the Registry or on the desktop. Avast has said that the installer has shrunk for all three versions by about 20 percent, although it's still a large download at around 70MB for the free version. <br /> A new Avast installation option, available only from the custom install menu, lets you sideload Avast as a secondary security program to supplement your main one. We're not big fans of this option from a security point-of-view, because it can bog down your system resources without actually making you safer. However, for seeing if you like Avast, it's not a bad thing as long as you remember to choose one security suite to go with.<br /> <br /> <b> Interface</b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yINrnIEjFhlUgbejgcqrxkcOakLXi_O__33MTotQ9WEdRXWdXDErosxFgGzgEGzJ8uo-lnb2wQdF1erMsKNkXnDtLPKP5ANnsRbqLIf-RfHlC5-ATAYNl2C8T7y_oNvKU-IVPbXOPEV-/s1600/avast-7-2.jpg" width="400" /></div> Avast 7's interface hasn't changed much over the past three versions. There've been some decorative changes, a darkening of color here, lightening of grays there, but the changes have been either lightly cosmetic or utilitarian. For example, there are big graphics to illustrate the more nebulous security concepts that only have an on-or-off switch. This may sound useless, but it's actually quite clever because it helps you visualize how one of the more complex Avast features is keeping you safe without bogging you down in jargon. <br /> Highlighted with the familiar security colors of green for safe and red for dangerous, the Summary tab gives up-to-date info on shield status, auto-updates, virus definitions, the program version, and whether the silent/gaming mode is on. There's also an unobtrusive ad urging you to upgrade to Avast Internet Security 7 if you're using the free version, and an option to connect an Avast account. (This is for the Avast Web management tool, expected to be live about a month from when this review is published.) <br /> The Summary tab contains two submenus, Cloud Services and Statistics. The former shows you how Avast's servers help protect you, and offers a Settings button. <br /> The latter is for those intrepid folks who're curious to see how Avast's shields have been performing against threats. It's where you can get your math geek on. For each shield, it tells you how many files were scanned and when, and presents the data in a concise graph.<br /> <span class="edReview" itemprop="description"></span><br /> The scans live in the second tab, where you can choose and adjust four default scan types plus a custom scan option nestled into the bottom right corner. Real-time shields live in the third tab, and again the clean interface comes into play here as navigating what could be a mess of options and tweaks is instead dead simple. Shields are listed on the left, or you can choose one from the interactive shield wheel in the main window. <br /> Click a shield to reveal a real-time chart of what the program's been defending you against, with a Stop button and settings options at the top of the window. Another button at the top takes you to the advanced settings for that shield, and links at the bottom expose the shield's history as a graph and export a log file. <br /> The Additional Protection tab leads to the AutoSandbox, Browser Protection, Remote Assistance, and Site Blocking tools. Avast Pro Antivirus and Avast Internet Security users also get Antispam, Sandbox, and SafeZone options. The Maintenance and Market tabs round out the options. As you might expect, Maintenance is for updating the program, checking out quarantine (called Virus Chest,) and managing your subscription, while the Market tab is a new option for buying extra security components. <br /> <b>Features and support</b><br /> While these tools are clearly non-essential, and some of the prices struck as high--$10 for a Rescue disc? $50 for an annual backup service?--we like that Avast gives its fans a chance to stay in its eco-system. The Avast EasyPass, for example, is an Avast-branded version of RoboForm's premium password manager and is well worth the $9.99 annual fee. <br /> Avast 2012, aka Avast 7, includes several new features that directly impact your security. One of the biggest changes is a hybrid update technology that pushes out updates in real time. Because a full database update isn't required, Avast users will get their security updates much faster than before. Full database updates will also be pushed out, just not as frequently. <br /> Another important security change introduces a file reputation system for evaluating downloads. This tech has existed for a couple of years in paid security suites like Norton, Kaspersky, and Bitdefender, but Avast is the first free antivirus to offer it. It leverages community data from Avast's enormous active user base to help determine if a file is safe. <br /> Avast's WebRep browser add-on for instant Web site safety evaluation has been extended to work with Safari, and it will also now check for fake certificates. Faked security certificates were an unexpected problem last year, demonstrating how fragile Web security protocol could be. <br /> In a half-day of testing, none of these appeared to cause any negative impact on computer or browsing performance. Assuming these technologies work as advertised, your computer ought to be a fair bit safer from malware with them. <br /> And although we're more than half a year away from Windows 8, Avast has included some attention for the forthcoming Windows 8 beta, also known as the Consumer Preview, gets some attention from Avast as the suite includes an Early-Load Antimalware Driver (ELAM) for guarding against system-level rootkits.<br /> <br /> The free version of Avast is arguably the most comprehensive set of freely available security features on the market. There's a reason these guys have more than 150 million active users (at the time this review was written). The antivirus, antispyware, and heuristics engines form a security core that also includes multiple real-time shields. Along with the new features, it's got an AutoSandbox for automatically walling off suspicious programs; a full complement of shields that guard against scripts, P2P networks, instant messaging, and potentially dangerous program behavior; a silent/gaming mode; on-demand boot scanning; and a healthy output of statistics for the data nerds. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzKuSbPbeLuCXZobzgglL3J26y30ovQGxUn9zG39Rn2dFbVBunNuw8UPQkEbh8mOCYUnFBfQtQ9UkAH1ckrVKWmcVNL2-S46_RDTUudtnF1BvGvTpiz2xG4qNTVewe0Hldd6GAZmYunwe/s1600/Avast.PNG" width="400" /></div> Avast's sandbox, by the way, automatically places programs in a virtualized state when it suspects them of being threats. It walls off suspicious programs, preventing them from potentially damaging your system while allowing them to run. As the program runs, the sandbox keeps track of which files are opened, created, or renamed, and what it reads and writes from the Registry. Permanent changes are virtualized, so when the process terminates itself, the system changes it made will evaporate. <br /> The company hasn't said whether the virtualized state begins after the program already has access to your system, so it's theoretically possible that it could be compromised. There's not a single security feature in any program that hasn't been been compromised at some point, though, so "theoretically hackable" is true of all security features. The AutoSandbox will now advise you when you're done using it as to how best to handle the program in the future. <br /> The AutoSandbox for free users is different from Avast's paid-upgrade sandbox, and the paid upgrades to Avast Pro and Avast Internet Security include both the automatic version and the older, manually initiated version. <br /> You can access the AutoSandbox settings from the new Additional Protection option on the left nav. It defaults to asking the user whether a program should be sandboxed, although you can set it to automatically decide. There's a whitelist option for programs that you always want to exclude from the sandbox, or you can deactivate the feature entirely. <br /> In addition to these core security features, Avast has some nifty extras to help you out. The Troubleshooting section now comes with a "restore factory settings" option, which makes it easier to wipe settings back to a familiar starting point, and comes with the option to restore only the Shields settings, leaving other changes untouched, like permanently running in silent mode. <br /> There's a sidebar desktop gadget for Windows 7 and Vista, and you can set automatic actions for the boot-time scan. Available under the Scan Computer tab, the boot-time scan customizations give you far more flexibility in managing the lengthy and time-consuming boot scan. <br /> Meanwhile, new in Avast Free is the Remote Assistance feature, for single-instance, friend-to-friend remote tech support. Part of the main Avast interface, all the other person has to have is...Avast. <br /> It's a good way to get others to install the program, but this isn't the only single-serving tech support option around. Still, in our tests, it worked fine. One person shares a code with the other, and voila! Instant remote PC access. Simply close the window to break the connection. <br /> Avast doesn't offer an on-demand link-scanning feature, like AVG and Norton do, although the company says that the way that Avast's Web shield behaves ought to protect you automatically from any malicious URLs by automatically preventing the URL from resolving in-browser. A page will appear letting you know that Avast has blocked the site because it is suspected to contain a threat. <br /> There weren't many big changes for Avast Pro Antivirus or Avast Internet Security users, but there were improvements made to the Safe Zone and Browser Sandbox features. The Browser Sandbox now lets you force Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari to always run sandboxed away from your system. SafeZone now automatically asks you when you're about to perform a browser-based financial transaction if you'd like to switch to the SafeZone mode. <br /> <b>Performance</b><br /> As far as Avast's impact on system performance goes, in a real-world test Avast completed its scans in a timely yet not blazingly fast manner. A Quick Scan took about 20 minutes, and the Full Scan took 59 minutes. RAM usage was surprisingly light, with Avast only eating up about 16MB when running a scan.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?8m5kvtjvddz0sbm" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.mediafire.com/?8m5kvtjvddz0sbm" border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvyw-a4gqBM4B2bchSHWnhZZvxRWMMRNQoPzeJOIkgY0XdrjinuSm-huJABWEhyqNNGVc0aDlq5UIopfCBEc2T4Ou8yJZ4MsNlnPNxlV61FLh1Z5ZBJENI6u80nljc1t-qSvLa5YjyNX0/s1600/download.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

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