New Favorite Antivirus Software, Unlimited Home License
I’ve been liking BitDefender at home for virus protection. BitDefender doesn’t use as many computer resources as some of the other major packages, and provides good protection. It’s been a solid performer for me.
But there’s a new kid on the block, and it’s great. If you’re open to purchasing software for protecting your computer, consider Sunbelt Software‘s VIPRE™. Combining antivirus and antispyware in one package, VIPRE provides real-time protection and uses relatively little of your computer’s precious CPU and memory.
Pastor, secure thy router!
Recently, I found myself in the parking lot of a church with time on my hands. Booting up a laptop, I was surprised to find an unencrypted WiFi signal available.
Wireless access points (wireless routers) pose a wide range of potential security risks.
Filter web content to protect your family
OpenDNS is free
With more than 50 filtering categories available, using OpenDNS for your home network is an easy way to protect your family from bad web content and phishing attempts.
You can use OpenDNS without creating an account: just point your DNS to their name servers. Fast DNS and automatic phishing protection is now yours.
Simplified security appliance for a home network
What kind of computer threats will you face in 2009? I started this article hoping to craft a table to display various credible sources and their predictions for computer security in 2009. What I found, however, was chaos, with widely varying predictions from pundits and posers.
How is one to judge whether each source is credible? News is no longer believable like it was back in the Walter Cronkite era. The only safe course is to believe everyone and to believe no one, because the truth is simple: nobody knows what will come next in terms of attacks against personal computers.
