The security softwares
To protect your computer fril the attacks whose victim it could be, notably if your
OS is
Windows
(the shown softwares in this class are for
Windows),
you have to set up softwares against the
malwares.
Of course, the best way is to have a good
antivirus software
we update regularly and whose main titles sont listed on this page.
But you should know that there also are some
softwares
more or less specialized in a particular field.
Categories of the security softwares
Those softwares are
sorted in various categories :
- The antivirus softwares, known by everybody.
They are the pillars of your computer's
security. An
Internet user who download on the Internet without any antivirus software
can say goodbye to his PC. They are versatile : they analyse the files, find the malwares, and
more again. It's imperative to use only one antivirus softwares, to avoid the
conflicts.
- The firewalls block the possible
malwares
attacks and other takedowns which could turn out to be dangerous. To my knowledge, each computer has
already a default firewall straight its marketing (I've got Windows Defender which hold well its own
until now), but we can change it if we will. However, just set up one
(de-install the previous if you change it), in order to avoid the
conflicts
again.
- The anti-spywares find the potantial
spywares
on your computer and destroy them with your authorization.
- The scanners analyse your hard disk so as to verify it is safe and not
infected
by malwares.
You can use it either punctually (manually), or with automatic
scan
planning.
- The real-time-security softwares act a little like firewalls, with the small
difference that we fully can set up several. They mainly enable the highly recommended
Windows registry
protection, and sometimes act against the other threats, like the
spywares.
Often light, unobtrusive and efficient, their installation is advised in addition to the main
softwares.
- The cleaners are very useful and to use regularly.
They delight the computer of the useless files which hang around, then it can just be good for it.
- The disinfection softwares are very powerful, so to use lastly, if your PC is
infected
by specific malwares,
so as to destroy them. However, an Internet retrieval for your problem is very important to do
before setting it to work !
The antivirus softwares
Here are the most famous antivirus softwares, with their tutorials :
- Avast! :
a free, efficient and good name antivirus software. It's personally the one I use. Its
official website.
- Kaspersky :
an antivirus software which I read many goods, but which is unfortunately not free
(even so, there is a free trial during 30 days). Its
official website.
- Antivir :
A light and efficient antivirus software. Its
official website.
- VirusScan :
an other quite famous but not free antivirus softwares and definitely not the best. Well, its
official website.
- Norton Antivirus 2008 :
one of the most famous, but not free, and far from being the best. I refer you to the download of the
trialware which last 15 days but it's rather to inform you ... Its
official website.
The firewalls
For the firewalls, I had a hard time trying to make a selection of good freefirewalls gratuits,
because I can't test them, and the comments are very mixed, so I refer you to
All-Internet-Security's top firewalls, so as to let you make up your mind yourself.

For Vista users, some affirm that Vista's firewall is enough,
so you don't need to bother yourself if you don't want to !
The scanners
Here's a liste of the main scanners :
- A-Squared Free :
a free anti-malwares, well complete, efficient, which anable a choice of various scans, and
regularly updated ! In brief, a scanner which is worth being downloaded, and which make me think about
an antivirus software (but it isn't, no confrontation risk with the other softwares). Its
official website
-
HijackThis : probably the most famous scanner.
It's very complex and efficient and makes longs reports which I can't be bothered to learn how to
to analyse it (then you will have to make your request
here or learn patiently the
tutorial
to understand the results). Its
official website.
-
Spybot - Search and Destroy :
a good detector/cleaner of spywares very fast and efficient. Its
official website.
- Ad-Aware 2008 Free :
the free verion of the anti-spyware Ad-Aware 2008 only enable to make scans. Its
official website.
The anti-spywares
Here's a liste a list of the main anti-spywares :
Les logiciels de protection en temps réel
Voilà une liste des principaux logiciels de protection en temps réel :
-
Spybot - Search and Destroy : already suggested as an anti-spywares and a scan software, it
can be installed with the real time protection (actually a little postponed), named
TeaTimer, which enables an efficient protection of
Windows' registry.
Its official website.
-
SpywareBlaster : an unobstructive and handy real-time-security software
(actually a bit postponed, like Spybot) which enables an anti-spyware and Internet protection. Its
official website.
- Avorax Shield :
a very good supplement for the previous softwares, because the protection it gives isn't simply
a little postponed like Spybot S&D and SpywareBlaster actually are, but really real-time.
It mainly enables an Internet and
Windows' registry.
Worth downloading ! Its
official website.
The cleaners
A liste of the main cleaners :
The desinfection softwares
The main desinfection softwares :
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