Computer Security and Maintenance at No Cost by Thea Westra
The following items are security tools that I have loaded on my computer, naturally don't take my word for it. You download all at your own risk of course. I can't guarantee how these will operate on your computer nor your level of computer knowledge to use the tools well. ... Windows Defender http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&DisplayLang=en Spyware Doctor http://www.download.com/3000-8022_4-10293212.html AVG anti-virus software http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 Adaware spyware software http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/...

Do You Have Something To Hide? Here's How by David Bolton
In these post 9/11 days, intrusion and lack of privacy are often justified by the glib phrase "If you have nothing to hide why worry?" Yet all of us at some time or other have something to hide without being a criminal. What if you’re planning a surprise party, buying presents or arranging a... Truecrypt is a remarkable piece of free software that can be downloaded from http://Truecrypt.org It uses the best security methods- algorithms like ES-256, Blowfish, CAST5, Serpent, Triple DES, Twofish, AES-Serpent, and AES-Twofish-Serpent.

Explore the Internet in a Whole New Way by Daniel Punch
For a long time now Microsoft's Internet Explorer has ruled as 'King of Internet browsers'. Like many of Microsoft's products an initially brutal marketing campaign pushed Internet Explorer into the mainstream's consciousness and from then on it was the logical, default choice. ... He went on at great lengths about the security aspects, the in-built popup blockers, download managers and so on, but I'd spent a fairly large amount of time and money on anti-virus programs, firewalls, spyware removers, and my browser was secure enough.

Laptop Security: Don't Leave Home Without It by Linda Marklund
Hundreds of thousands of laptops are lost or stolen each year. What if it happened to you? Think about all the valuable information stored in your laptop and the chaos that would enter your life should it become lost or stolen. Hours and hours of hard work on that special project—gone. ... · Install Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus software, and keep it up to date. ... One company in particular, Absolute Software, a Canadian-based company, has developed software that can trace a lost or stolen laptop and even delete the data with a remote device.

Malicious Advertising by Daniel Punch
Advertising is a necessary irritant in the world today. You can't drive down the street without coming across an ad, either a billboard suspended over a road or a large poster plastered down the side of a bus. If you walk into a shopping centre it doesn't matter where you look, you see an... This has lead to the necessity of loading a system with anti-spyware utilities to run alongside the pop-up killers, anti-virus programs, firewalls, registry guards and whatever other protective measures a paranoid PC user has to implement.

How FOSS Might Benefit Your Small Business by Charles Trumpess
Starting a small business or working from home takes time and costs money. After you have done all the groundwork, such as a business plan, marketing strategy and finances, you will probably start thinking about the cost of PCs and software licenses. ... Your computer might have come bundled with any number of applications including free firewalls and anti-virus software, which is great. ... However, if you happen to be one of those paranoid types or prefer to use another email client then you can always try MailWasher Free 5.1 anti-spam software.

Search Technologies to Solve the Problem of Information Security by Alena Semeshko
Lately the problem of securing the information contained in the enterprise’s data space becomes more and more critical. It’s the information hidden from common access that is most valuable. Specialists in the field of information security distinguish two types of potential threats: external and... The danger lies in the fact that most employees have access to the organization’s repositories of information and are exempt from such network defenses as anti-virus programs, firewalls, even e-mail filters.