Security
Firewalls, antivirus, spyware. Here are a few applications to cover those areas.
Spybot – Search & Destroy
Our approved Spybot – Search & Destroy protects your computer against malware. Spybot Anti-Beacon helps to stop your data being sent out to third parties. The new Spybot Identity Monitor helps you to realize and take action when your personal information held by third parties was compromised. If you are not looking for a single system, you might find your individual the solution among the Family Packs or the Small Business Pack which bundle all the security and privacy applications you need.
Free version available.
https://www.safer-networking.org/
IPCop
Adaware
Adaware Antivirus 12 is our best antivirus ever. It protects you against viruses, malware, spyware, phishing, online scams and hackers. Start by downloading our free antivirus to stay protected.
Free and Paid versions available.
Avast
Belarc Advisor
The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, network inventory, missing security updates, anti-virus status, security benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser.
All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server.
The Belarc Advisor is only licensed for personal use. Any commercial, government or educational use is not permitted. We offer some charitable organizations a license to use the Belarc Advisor at no cost, under certain conditions. Please send us information about your charity, a URL and the number of computers.
Free version available:
https://www.belarc.com/products_belarc_advisor
Avira
Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG is a German multinational computer security software company mainly known for their antivirus software Avira Free Security. Avira was founded in 2006, but the antivirus application has been under active development since 1986 through its predecessor company H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH. Wikipedia
Free version available:
AVG
AVG AntiVirus is a line of antivirus software developed by AVG Technologies, a subsidiary of Avast. It is available for Windows, macOS and Android. Wikipedia
Free version available:
https://www.avg.com/en-us/homepage#pc
ClamWin
ClamWin Free Antivirus is used by more than 600,000 users worldwide on a daily basis. It comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge. It features:
- High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
- Scanning Scheduler;
- Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
- Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
- Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.
Free version available:
ClamAV
The Standard
ClamAV® is the open-source standard for mail gateway-scanning software.
High Performance
ClamAV includes a multi-threaded scanner daemon, command-line utilities for on-demand file scanning and automatic signature updates.
Versatile
ClamAV supports multiple file formats and signature languages, as well as file and archive unpacking.
Free version available:
https://www.clamav.net/