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AVG Antivirus 2012 (Free) Review

AVG is probably the best-known free anti-virus program, as well as a perennial favourite of ours. Fortunately, the latest version of the software continues that trend and offers excellent protection. In our tests just one virus out of 50 (two per cent) compromised our test system, meaning that AVG defended against 98 per cent of our test files. It was very good when it came to false positives, producing no warnings about harmless files and only blocking two of our test programs. The interface hasn't changed much in the last year or so, although the main icons have been spruced up a little bit. From the front page, you can view the status and click through for more details about each of AVG's core components. These include the main anti-virus engine, the LinkScanner, which warns you about potentially unsafe web pages among your search results and on Facebook, email virus scanning, a dedicated Rootkit scanner and Identity Protection, which uses heuristic monitoring to ...

Norton Internet Security Review

In this article we would review the performance of Norton Internet Security. The product is developed by Symantec Corporation which is the largest developer of computer security software. Norton Internet Security is developed by Symantec Corporation, which is the largest maker of security software for computers. Norton Internet Security includes a firewall, email spam filter, phishing protection and malware prevention and removal services. It uses signatures and heuristics to identify and remove malware. Norton Internet Security comes in three different editions, A windows edition that has 12 different versions, A MAC edition with 2 versions and a netbook version. It is subscription based software. In this article we would be discussing only the windows related versions. Norton Internet Security 2000 was the first version released by Symantec on 10, January 2010. It had a powerful firewall that was capable of blocking packets at the packet level. This powerful firewall also enabled No...

Computer Security

In this article we would demystify the myth of computer security. We would discuss the threats that the computer user of present ear faces and how these threats have evolved with time. We would discuss the precautionary measures that could be taken to ensure the protection and safety of your computer whether it is your home desktop, personal laptop computer or your office pc. We would also discuss the efficiency of traditional antivirus protection and other advance protection methods. In the end we would suggest some measures that could be taken to solve this problem. Computer security is a division of computer technology that is concerned with the protection and safety of computer, its digital components including its operating system, software and data. This term is also referred to as branch of computer that deals with security of digital information. During the years following the inception of computers, computer security was not a major problem. The computer of that era, the firs...