Many of you are asking for recommendations on free anti-virus and or spyware programs and companies that provide online back-ups for your computers... we hope the following helps
A great website to help you evaluate "freeware" is:
A great website to help you evaluate "freeware" is:
ANTI-SPYWARE FREEWARE - The most popular seem to be:
www.superantispyware.com
www.malwarebytes.org (if you choose to upgrade, it is a one time fee of $24.95)
www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php Most of the free versions are “on-demand” meaning you will have to manually run them when you need them – but many of us have download them all and weekly have them all scan our computers…
ANTI-VIRUS FREEWARE - For those of use who use free Anti-Virus software, these seem to be the favorites.. Remember you can only have one anti-virus program on your computer at a time – so always remove one before you replace it with another program..
www.avg.com – The one I’ve used for years and have great faith in
www.moonsecure.com – This free antivirus program installs easily, updates frequently and continually monitors your system; it was noted also in the fall 2009 issue smart computing magazine…
There are others out there, such as: TrendMicro Systems, WinFixer and others but I’ve not heard great things about them – so ask around & do your homework before you use them
ON LINE BACK OF YOUR COMPUTER (Documents, pictures, music etc..) Two companies come to mind:
www.carbonite.com and www.mozy.com
Personally, I use Carbonite and find it the least expensive, because I have so much to back up (over 200GB); their annual flat rate now is $54.95 – which is insignificant if everything was ever lost or corrupted……it backs up continually (behind the scenes) so no matter how & when I add work, etc to my PC it’s backed up without thinking about it… never have to worry about my computer crashing. So check them out, do the math and decide which is best for you..
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