Keep Your PC Protected With These Free Tools

Posted on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 in Small Office Home Office by Megan

This short article directs home office readers to several Internet sites where they can download free programs that can help to protect their computer systems, including:

  • AVE (free.avg.com) – an easy-to-use program that kills viruses and spyware and prevents users from going to sites infected with malware or opening any virus-carrying files or programs already on their PC;
  • IOBIT’s Advanced System Care (iobit.com) – a program that cleans up hard drives, scans for spyware and erases PC activity and web-surfing history; and
  • Avast! Home Edition (avast.com) – protects PCs from viruses, spyware and rootkits (nasty programs that can hide on hard drives). Prevents malware from slipping into PCs from instant messaging programs.

Source: Staff, Inc.; Apr, 2009, v31 i3 p49

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