Firewalls and Antivirus Free Of Cost

Firewalls and Antivirus Free Of Cost

 Pay for anti-virus software from the biggies Symantec/Norton or Mcafee and it'll cost roughly Rs 5000 per year. Yet you can also take advantage of a variety of decent free programmes.

 Anti-Viruses

Ø Microsoft Security Essentials. Launched earlier this year, Microsoft's security essentials package has gone from strength to strength since coming out of beta testing. The package is completely free to users of 'genuine Windows machines' - ie it'll verify your copy - and three versions are available, for XP, Vista, and Windows 7.

Ø Avira Antivir. The free anti-virus software of choice for techies, Antivir's won many tech publications' free antivirus round-ups by providing both the most thorough software protection and the fastest. Yet the reason it doesn't top our list is that it's slightly less user-friendly than the Microsoft offering, with some of the settings requiring some technical knowledge to get right. Yet if you've the knowhow, it'll do everything you want it to.

Ø Avast! 4.8 home edition. Alwil's Avast! home edition offers great detection of known malware, but it's usually beaten by Antivir in tests. The latest version's a good all-rounder, providing all the features you'd get with a paid-for program, but its interface still isn't the best on offer.

Ø AVG Free. AVG has a long history, and has been through loads of modifications to provide a better service on its way to the current version, AVG 9. It's protection is reasonably thorough, though it doesn't offer any real tech support.

Firewalls

 If you want better protection, are having problems with Microsoft's firewall, or just want more flexibility, consider these free firewalls too:

Ø Outpost Firewall Free edition. Agnitum's Outpost Free Edition offers the ideal combination of top protection and good user-friendliness. It's a totally free product so there are no nag screens to contend with, and it comes highly rated by numerous tech sites.

Ø Online Armour Personal Firewall.

Publisher Tall Emu's Online Armour firewall has been proved very efficient in tests, even outperforming some big-name commercial equivalents. It's light on resources, and heavy on security, so well worth checking out.

Ø Comodo Personal Firewall. It's totally free to use but you will need to register and activate the licence by e-mail within 30 days of installation. Whilst Comodo outperforms many similar offerings, it can be pretty intrusive, especially if you just want a firewall that does it's job no questions asked. Tech support is available via email, but not by phone.

Bishal obroy‟s Suggesion:- “I recommend you should go for AVG 9 for better securiy for your computer, it is free and can detect latest viruses.I use it try once it wont disappoint you.”