Yes Ryan I know how hard it is to keep up, I don’t think Online Armor was available in a free version when you wrote this article. Plus the programs are ever shifting and being updated. But that’s where the comments can be quite useful for small updates and for sharing ideas.

Also, Spyware Terminator is excellent, and they allow you to integrate ClamWin into the interface to get better scanning results. It also includes HIPS protection as an added bonus. Of all the free anti-spyware products I would recommend it.

Also, one last note, don’t forget CyberHawk is now ThreatFire and it is now owned by PCTools. Anyway, thanks for the excellent list of free security software.

When enough people switch to Linux, so will the attackers.
I guess we’ll each have to write our own O/S. …OR, install decent protection and get on with our lives.

One of the main reasons viruses, malware, and spam thrive is the ignorance of the average PC user.

I couldn’t agree with you more. And I also wonder sometimes whether it is easier to get a virus to spread between Linux machines since many of them are running without protection. Same goes for Macs…those users will soon have to start worrying about the security of their computers as well since their marketshare is slowly creeping up to 10%.

When enough people switch to Linux, so will the attackers.
I guess we’ll each have to write our own O/S. …OR, install decent protection and get on with our lives.

One of the main reasons viruses, malware, and spam thrive is the ignorance of the average PC user. And for the bulk of the hardware sellers, education is not an attractive product to sell. If people can fire up a PC and use it, they figure they know enough. So the only thing that works is bundling a PC with a big-name AV product as a selling point. That’s why Norton & McAfee sell so well despite being overpriced and overrated.

Those of us who know enough and care enough to look for something better are not the target market of the big-name sellers. And, funnily enough, not the target market of the attackers either - they don’t expect to reach us, and they don’t need to. There’s plenty of sheep to keep them well fed.

Maybe some day our schools will teach things like how to use a computer without supporting attackers; how to manage a credit card; how to get along with other races and genders… riiiight.

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Why not save yourselves the headache and switch to linux, at least for surfing the net. No viruses there.[/subcomment]
There are virus, worms, and spyware for EVERY operating system. Yes, that includes Linux.

But it is much less likly to get a virus on Linux, not quite the same impact as with Windows.

Why not save yourselves the headache and switch to linux, at least for surfing the net. No viruses there.

There are virus, worms, and spyware for EVERY operating system. Yes, that includes Linux.

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