Despite all the efforts made by Microsoft (such as the introduction of ' UAC on Vista), Windows continues to be a operating with many deficiencies in terms of safety : take a virus or trojan during surfing the Internet is far too easy and often, when we become aware of the incident, have already reach significant levels of impairment of the operating system. Fortunately there are many outstanding
free software designed to increase its the security level of Windows , acting essentially on two different (but complementary) levels:
- Threat Prevention : they are part of this group all programs ( firewall and antivirus ) aimed at blocking the ' access to your computer from viruses, Trojans, malware , etc ...
- Infections Removal: If a virus is able to pass the first level of software are needed to ensure effective and definitive removal of the infection or malicious software : fit in this group all the different engines for antivirus scanning and cleaning of various software system.
Following are those who for me are the 10 best free programs to help you get total protection for Windows :
ANTIVIRUS
- Avast Home edition : defined by many almost the same level of commercial products like Norton Antivirus , Avast itself as one of the best antivurus in free circulation. E 'has a good scanning engine that is the file system of web traffic (that also allows you to surf the Internet with more peace of mind). One of the greatest strengths is that it has a very low consumption of resources during its operation, so will not affect normal operation.
- AVG Free : Another good free antivirus, thanks to its lightness, it is particularly suitable to be used on computers a bit 'dated.
ANTI SPYWARE
- Spybot Search And Destroy : due to frequent updates of the database, Spybot S & D is placed first in class and, despite the interface a bit 'Spartan , is the best free software for detecting and removing spyware.
- Ad Aware Free Edition : comparable with Spybot, Ad Aware is a product with a very respectable 'interface certainly more pleasant and perhaps more intuitive for beginners
FIREWALL
- Comodo Firewall Pro : is without doubt the best free firewall in service: highly configurable and easy to use for both novice untente for the more demanding requirements. It provides a 'clear and intuitive interface which also allows real time monitoring the work done by the firewall to protect against threats and intrusion attempts from the network
- ZoneAlarm Free Firewall : popular and widely used is a good alternative to Comodo, although overall I think is most lacking in terms of usability and configurability especially
CLEANER
- CCleaner : excellent tool for removing any type of temporary file / unused on your computer, it works like a ven registry cleaner and uninstaller. We discussed in detail in this article
- nCleaner : similar to CCleaner but for a user to more experienced. We discussed in detail in this article
- HijackThis : Unlike CCleaner and nCleaner, HijackThis is a spyware removal tool that works very low level, without a lot of automation: it is better to remove even the most insidious threats and nascaoste, but you must always be well aware of what you are doing, otherwise you risk compromising the system.
PARENTAL CONTROL
- K9 Web Protection : in this case it is a concept of security a bit 'different from previous ones, but perhaps much more important because, in this case those who need Security is not the computer but the user himself. In fact, very often in Internet content are violent, pornographic or racist which can be very harmful, especially for children (although, in my opinion, not even adults should consider themselves exempt).
K9 is a free software that enables a system of parental control ( parental control ") and thanks to its built-in filters and personalzzabili you protect your network from unwanted content and offensive . However, this is a fairly complex software to install and is therefore also necessary to have a little experience to be able to appropriately
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