According to a new antivirus shootout, G-Data, Avira, and Kaspersky are the strongest performers with detection rates over 99%, while ESET, AVG, Trend Micro, and Microsoft among the weakest.

LiveKive is a new free and secure cloud storage service from AVG with 5 GB of fully synced storage space.

Avast 6 Beta introduces automatic sandboxing, webrep toolbar and more.

Spybot Search and Destroy was one of the first effective freeware apps for the removal of of adware and spyware that were infecting PCs. After 10 years of development, it’s still one of the best.

There have already been attacks. Computer security companies like Norton and Kaspersky started developing their anti-virus software long before the first attacks. What are your options?

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AVG’s free anti-virus program is still a great option for protecting home PCs. The addition of the free LinkScanner and a new Threat Lab website are the real values though.

According to a trusted source, three free online virus scanners to try are: McAfee’s Freescan, Trendmicro’s HouseCall, and Symantec’s Security Check. I was skeptical and decided to try them myself.

Here’s a way to add some free additional protection to your Windows PC. This program doesn’t even need to be running to do it’s job.

Download Microsoft Security Essentials Beta for Free. MSE Beta include Firewall integration, web-based protection, network inspection and more.

Avast has released the new version 5 of their free Antivirus program. The new version looks very different, but it is still a great choice for home users. Check out the video.

Having a good antivirus program installed on your PC is a must have. The additional ability to double check files using 40 different antivirus engines is not required, but it sure is nice to have.

There are two versions of McAfee Stinger now. Both are very good, there’s no reason not to use both of them when you need to clean up an infected PC.

This afternoon when I booted up my netbook, I noticed that Immunet Protect now has over 100,000 users. Is that a big deal? Find out …

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