Free PC Security

Online Armor Free Firewall V3.5

editor — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:27:45 +0000

Online Armor Free Firewall Version 3.5 has had a few tweaks made as it caused problems with installing on Vista. Before installing any new firewall it is important to uninstall any existing firewall and reboot. I have this installed on one XP machine with no problems, however, when installing on another XP machine, after the reboot to [...]

Advanced System Care from IOBit

editor — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:28:02 +0000

Advanced System Care from IOBit is a one-stop solution to remove junk files and improve your computers performance with one-click maintenance. Previously, it was known as Advanced Windows Care which I covered in March 2008 with Version 2.7, now it is Version 3.3.4 which has quite a few additions to its interface. This is a free [...]

Microsoft Security Essentials – Beta

cotojo — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:26:52 +0000

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Security Essentials beta program which is designed to replace Windows Live OneCare at no cost and was previously codenamed ‘Morro’. Initial release was limited to 75,000 downloads to customers in the United States, Israel (English only), People’s Republic of China (Simplified Chinese only) and Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese only). MS Security Essentials is [...]

Comodo Free Firewall

cotojo — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:32:38 +0000

Comodo free firewall also includes an antivirus which can be installed as both a standalone firewall or a standalone antivirus or as an Internet Security Suite. I would recommend installing the firewall only as the antivirus does not perform as well as some others. This is a matter of personal choice though, as many users are [...]

Orbasoft – Dangerous Application

cotojo — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:43:23 +0000

Orbasoft has been spamming several forums in a bid to lure users into downloading and purchasing their program. Previously known as Webmedia, they have changed their name to Orbasoft. Described as a program to remove Spyware, Trojans, Dialers and Keyloggers this application found no badware whatsoever but went through the Registry instead. One thing to remember is [...]