Anti Virus

AVG  Anti Virus Plus Firewall

AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti virus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements). Highlights include automatic update functionality, the AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, and AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files.

Avast Anti virus

Avast Home Edition is a free, complete ICSA certified anti virus software for home noncommercial use. Avast Home Edition includes the following components: On Demand Scanner--with skinnable simple interface--just select what do you want to scan in which way and press the ?Play? button; On Access Scanner--special providers to protect the most of available e-mail clients; Instant Messaging--ICQ, Miranda; Network traffic--intrusion detection--lightweight firewall; P2P protection for Kazza, BitTorrent; Web shield--monitors and filter all HTTP traffic; NNTP Scanner--scans all Usenet Newsgroup traffic and all operations with files on PC; Boot Time Scanner--scans disks in the same way and in the same time as Windows CHKDSK does. True incremental updates are small and fast.

Version 4.6 adds Web shield, NNTP (newsgroup) scanner, lower memory footprint, and three new languages

 

Anti-Spyware/Adware

Spy Sweeper

Four-time winner of PC Magazine's Editors' Choice, Webroot Spy Sweeper 4.5 takes another leap ahead of the competition. As the leading anti-spyware product available, it detects and completely removes the nastiest spyware out there such as Elite Keylogger, LOP, Trojan Backdoor-Haxdoor, and iSearchDesktop. Using new FlexDef technology, Spy Sweeper impressively identifies and eliminates never-before-seen spyware on the fly--without the need for a specific spyware definition. Spy Sweeper is armed with 16 advanced Smart Shields, including ActiveX, Toolbar, and Spy Communications shields to block new spyware installations. Spy Sweeper's advanced removal engine deletes the toughest spyware programs in just one sweep--even removing mutated or "root kit" spies. New user interface enhancements make Spy Sweeper even easier to use and it's backed by free expert customer support. So, to protect your PC from spyware, keyloggers, Trojans, and other programs, we recommend this effective software. FREE DOWNLOAD.

Adaware

With the ability to scan your RAM, Registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-Aware SE easily can clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.

Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition boasts a number of improvements. Extended memory scanning now scans all modules loaded by a process. Scanning uses the all- new CSI (Code Sequence Identification) technology to identify new and unknown variants of known targets. Extended Registry scanning now scans Registry branches of multiple-user accounts and performs additional smart checks to detect dynamically created references. Scanning speed is noticeably faster, and this version offers an Extended Scanning mode for known and unknown/possible browser hijackers.

New in version 1.06: Disk-scan is approximately 30 percent faster. CSI scan is now more efficient. Added "Scan for low-risk threats" option, to scan for targets with low TAC index. Ad-Watch CSI engine performance highly improved; using less CPU and Memory as well as having a smaller footprint. GUI adapted to use the new TAC.