Free Security Software?
Oct 19, 2009What is the most recomended free security software for vista
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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 9.0 (Not Recommend): AVG Antivirus And Security Software - Download Free Antivirus
Apr 26, 20101. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 9.0 (Not Recommend): AVG Antivirus and Security Software - Download Free Antivirus
2. avast! Free Anti-Virus Edition: avast! Free Antivirus - Download Software for Virus Protection
3. Avira AntiVir Personal: Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE Antivirus
Please post if there are anymore free anti-virus editions. For #5 (Comodo Internet Security Suite), there is a bug. If you click the link, it will go to Comodo Anti-Virus, you can use Anti-Virus. If you want Internet Security, click it on the left side panel.
Free Security Suite: Antivirus Application Can Do Wonders In Removing Viruses And Protecting Your Computer
Jun 26, 20091. Avira AntiVir Personal - This antivirus application can do wonders in removing viruses and protecting your computer. It has heuristic detection which stands out amongst free antivirus packages and from my personal experience it works well with Windows Vista. Oh and did I mention it doesn't eat up much resources? (Scan once a day)
2. Malware Bytes AntiMalware - This baby is free, reliable and updated every 10 minutes, well maybe not 10 minutes but it is updated at least more than twice a day from my experience. This supplements Avira by removing items that are not detected by Avira. Now, no trojan, virus worm or whatever malicious software will ever cause great damage to your system (Scan once every three days)
3. Last but not least, Windows' default firewall will do the trick. Let's face it, we don't want anything complicated controlling our internet traffic. I mean most of us these days are behind a router which has a built in firewall already. I honestly even didn't run my firewall with xp and was fine with it
4% Free On Drive C : How Free Up Space Make Computer Perform Best
Apr 8, 2009I have a HP Pavillion dv6000 laptop computer. HP Total Care Advisor tells me only 4% is free on drive C. I ran disk defragmentation, disk cleanup, and uninstalled a good amount of programs I no longer use. It did not do anything. Once and awhile I get a prompt in the bottom right corner saying that I have low disk space. When I click on it it wants to run disk cleanup which does absolutely nothing. How do I free up space and make my computer perform the best it can?
View 8 Replies View RelatedConcistency Check: "replace Invalid Security Id With Default Security Id For File
Jun 29, 2009My computer is running the concistency check. It's at stage 3 and when it's almost complete it's starts to "replace invalid security Id with default security id for file ******" it's been doing this for a while now and I was wondering what I can do to speed it up. It's currently at 170000, and if I try to restart the computer the login screen will not load if I skip the disk check.
View 9 Replies View RelatedUsing Kaspersky As My Internet Security And In Past I Have Used Norton Security Suite
Dec 2, 2008I got Vista 32 bit installed on my laptop. I work from Internet And need a good firewall and security suite which can protect my computer from trojen and malewars and hackers. Currently i am using kaspersky as my internet security and in past i have used Norton Security suite, In Both I have noticed getting too much of hacking attempts 3/hr.
View 9 Replies View Related"incorrect Security Information, WEP Security Required"
Mar 23, 2008I have purchased a netgear wireless adapter to connect to my work supplier router. the router is set up with WPA-PSK and TKIP security, and is set not to broadcast. I have set up a network account with the correct details. My system does connect to the network, however, in the network screen the network is shown as "incorrect security information, WEP security required"
View 8 Replies View RelatedTrying To Release Free RAM
Feb 23, 2009I am surprised at how Vista refuses to release memory. I have disabled Supercaching entirely, and still I find that free RAM drifts from 0 to 50MB quite regularly. Way back in the day, I used to use an app called CacheMan - it would prompt the system to release physical RAM back to the system. It worked very well. The folks who develop CacheMan are working on a Vista64 version, but it's not quite cooked yet.
I'm looking for recommendations on mechanisms to prompt the release of this RAM. The reason for this is that I am trying to troubleshoot occasional mouse lockups, which feel like the system's swapping. Unfortunately, my HDD LED isn't working and my hard drives are pretty much silent. So if the system is actually swapping, I have no way to know aside from keeping a PerfMon session running all the time. I see various shareware apps out there to release RAM on demand or on schedule - I'm looking for recommendations. Once CacheMan is ready for Vista I'll give that a go.
Free AntiVirus
Mar 23, 2008I need a free antivirus program that I can leave disabled and one that I don't have to disable everytime I start up the ol laptop. I'm using Vista and I have tried AVG, AntiVir, and Avast!, none of which will let me permanently disable on startup.I need an antivirus program (who doesn't?), but I do not need one running all the time.
View 9 Replies View RelatedFree Up Space On C
Jul 29, 2009C drive is almost full. D has lots of free space. What sorts files/folders can I safely move from C to D without having any future access difficulties?
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Mar 25, 2010Anyone know of some good Free MMORPG games?
View 9 Replies View RelatedFree Rar Utility?
Sep 7, 2009Is there a free utility I can use with Vista 64 to rar and unrar files?
View 5 Replies View RelatedFree Pdf Creator?
May 27, 2008Does anyone know of a free pdf creator that will work with Vista? I'm not looking for a program that just functions as a printer. I want to be able to create a pdf, continually add to it, and create bookmarks in it.
View 5 Replies View RelatedFree Fax Program?
May 15, 2009Is there a free fax program that will work with Vista? If so, do have a link?
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhere Did All My Free Space Go?
Nov 24, 2009It happens to everyone eventually. Your hard drive is suddenly full and you are left wondering where did all my free space go? Now you must begin the task of deleting old files and folders to reclaim space but where do you start? In the past I would suggest manually checking the sizes of all of your folders so you know where to begin the hunt but now there is a great utility called WinDirStat that does the work for you. After inspecting a drive you are shown exactly how much data is in each folder, what file types are taking up the most space and even a visual representation of the files on your disk....
View 0 Replies View RelatedFree Antivirus Program?
May 24, 2009As soon as i got my custom HP laptop, i unstalled Norton anti-virus, it is a total piece of crap that eats up my ram etc, etc... But, i do need an anti-virus program
To stop the little bubble thing to stop coming out from the taskbar at start up, i selected the option thati would monitor my own systesm secruity.. All i really have as a sure way of defense is Windows Defender. it is worling great so-far, worst thing i've gotten was a Trojan Downloader, quickley removed, and i only got it from a fake website that looked like Adobe Flash-Player Updater's site But, i need something that is free, and wont demolish my computer speed, But can get the job done!
Free Encryption Software For X64
Apr 8, 2009I'm looking for a free and simple encryption program to use on my new machine. I was using Kruptos 2 on my XP machine, but it doesn't work in Vista X64. Is there ANTYHING good our there? I've looked for about an hour and a half without success. I don't want a trial offer.
View 9 Replies View RelatedIs There Free Unzip Program?
Sep 29, 2009If there is an unzip program in Vista, how do I find it.
View 6 Replies View RelatedFree Anti Virus
Dec 14, 2008I'm nearing the end of my subscription with Norton and I don't want to re-new it as i am not a fan of the software no more.
I am planning on using Windows Defender to scan my PC etc and using Windows Firewall.
Can anyone recommend free anti virus/spyware software for my laptop which is running Windows Vista Premium.
Recommend A Free DVD Ripper
Mar 18, 2008Need a recommend a Free DVD Ripper that will work on Vista Home Premium
View 9 Replies View RelatedAVG Free 8, Home Premium SP1 And IE7
May 8, 2008Installed Free AVG 8 here today on two systems - Vista Home Premium SP1 and XP SP3 with IE7.
On the Vista machine, the installation of AVG 8 broke IE7 in opening a second window - it just hung until the "not responding" message appeared.I tried installing AVG without the surfsearch function, and without the Linkscanner module - still couldn't open a second window in IE. Uninstalling of AVG 8 cured the problem.
The installation on XP SP3 with IE7 had no effect at all. IE7 behaved perfectly normally.
Anyone seen this, and is there a fix?
(The reason I went for AVG is that it picked up a virus on my XP machine
Free Available Anti Virus
Mar 15, 2009I want to download the Free anti virus for my Vista, but im wondering which is the best?
View 6 Replies View RelatedFree Uprgrade Version
Apr 23, 2007Im getting a free Vista upgrade from Acer and I do not want it any longer so my friend says that he will have it. So if I dont open the pack and give it to him will be able to install it on a non acer computer?
View 9 Replies View RelatedC: Drive Showing 0mb Free
Oct 25, 2009I have a few problems at the moment but think most will stem from this. My C: drive is partitioned at 10gb (Disk Managament shows 10gb). Windows Explorer & the driver Properties windows however are only showing 1.00gb capacity & 0mb free.
This may be the cause for me not being able to run downloaded files from the internet & files from an external source (CD Drive). I have tried the usual methods of defreg, disk clean up, resize shadow storge & running Windows Defender (Which is now giving error messages too) & none of these seem to have fixed the problem. There are a few other things I've tried too, but wondered if anyone has come across this before.
AVG 8 FREE Udating Do Not Work
Aug 28, 2008Recently my AVG 8 will fail updating and i'm not sure why, I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium x64. While updating...Eventually
View 8 Replies View RelatedLooking For Free DVD Shrink/Burn For HP
Aug 5, 2009I have tried to Google for a free DVD Shrink Program. They all seem to say they are free, but once you download them they suddenly want $40 to $60. Does anyone have an actual link to a truly free program that you can use to shrink and burn decrypted DVD's so I can back up my collection?
View 5 Replies View RelatedGeekbench - Free 32 Bit Benchmark
Mar 2, 2008Geekbench is a free 32 bit benchmark utility (64 bit is a paid version, sry). It gives your PC a numerical score based on a number of factors. It's available for PC's, Mac's and Linux. You can download the geekbench utility here: Primate Labs Geekbench Download, run, create a profile and post your benchmarks in this thread. Here's my geekbench result (total score 4041): Here's the link to the results online: Geekbench Result Browser: Dell Inc. Dell XPS420 How does your system rate according to geekbench? Some of the fastest systems rate over 10k!
View 6 Replies View RelatedFree Upgrade To Windows 7.
Jun 28, 2009If you own a Dell computer purchased on or after 26th June 09, you get a chance to free upgrade to Windows 7. You can find more details here.
View 7 Replies View RelatedAVG 7.5 Free Edition Not Supported Any More
Jul 3, 2008I've been using AVG on one of my computers (with OS 2000 prof) and have loved it (coupled with Zone Alarm). My parents just got a new HP desktop computer with Vista Home Premium installed. I installed the free edition AVG 7.5 and free edition Zone Alarm and everything worked fine. Then AVG sent out notices that AVG 7.5 free edition would not be supported any more (definition updates). I left 7.5 on and downloaded 8.0 thinking it would update over it. But that failed. So, I uninstalled 7.5 (admittedly, I did not turn it off first. Then I downloaded and installed 8.0 free edition. At this point, it seemed to work just fine. I had to uninstall it a week or so later (we won't go into those details) for reasons other than it not working properly.
I then proceeded to download 8.0 free edition once again. So, here is where it all went bad: It downloaded fine, it did its first update fine, it restarted itself fine. However, when I shut down the computer and then put it back on, Vista got caught in a loop - getting as far as the Windows Password/Login menu and then looping back to the initial start up process. The only way to get out of it was to use the F8 function and choosing Use Last Good Configuration. I then turned off AVG and Vista still got caught in the loop. I had to completely uninstall AVG for the computer to shut down and then start up normally. I really hate my parents' computer being vulnerable with no anti-virus on it currently. Not sure what to do. AVG will not help me because its a free edition (even though I use other licensed products of theirs) and I've found no help in their user forum.
Best Free Drive Imager?
Nov 9, 2009I have a full copy of Windows 7 Ultimate. Since I'm old school I am going to wipe the drive and upgrade it from scratch. Before I do that I would like to back up the entire drive in case something goes wrong and I have to go back to Vista. What is the best free Drive imager out there? My plan is to back up the entire drive onto a network drive or external USB2/Firewire/esata drive. I would rather not have to install the OS to restore but if I have to I'll do it.
View 5 Replies View RelatedTurn Into Windows 7 For Free
Sep 12, 2009Quote: September 11, 2009 10:05 AM PDT Turn Vista into Windows 7 for free Every time Microsoft delivers a new OS it's possible to get many of the features of a Windows upgrade in the previous version of Windows. Windows 7 is no exception. Here's a roundup of a few things you can do to make Windows Vista as Windows 7-like as possible, without shelling out for the new OS.
We'll start out with a couple tweaks, then tell you about four free apps you can download. And a tip of the hat to the amazing Gina Trapani at Lifehacker, from whom I picked up several of these tricks.................. See Source: Turn Vista into Windows 7 for free | CNET TV -