Free Malware Removal

By gf, on February 26th, 2012

Malware is any malicious software that is designed to harm both and user and computer.  Since the Internet is the biggest source of malicious software and every time you browse a website it’s like opening your front door to the world and inviting strangers in.  The venerability is real and you need to protect your computer and the personal information that it contains.  There are many good software companies that provide free protection software.  Just search for free malware removal software and you will find some of the best companies, such as Malwarebytes, Avast, Avira, AVG, and several others, offering free versions of their best software.  These free programs all use their best commercial malware scanners to find and remove offending software.  They also offer website and email scanning and most offer daily updates and scheduled scanning.  I personally have been using AVG for several years now and believe it is still the best out there.  Malwarebytes is also becoming a favorite and has one of the best scanners available.

You really can’t be too careful.  The loss of valuable personal information could be disastrous.  Also backing up important data to external devices is a must.  Flash drives have become very reliable and their increased size have helped them to become a great alternative to tape and external hard drives.  The only problem with external devices is they all have life expectancy so nothing is permanent.  Cloud or Internet backup services have become a great alternative with their reasonable monthly costs.  I still keep my important data on a second partition, which I backup to an external device or devices depending on the value of the data.  For client and business data I usually keep 5 full backups, after finding some of my backups unusable.  Tapes and external hard drives are cheap so there should be no reason for last data.

Be sure to check out the free malware removal software that has some very high reviews.  Just a little research from user reviews should help convience you that some of these products might be worth checking out.

You might also look at the Fdisk MBR website for some additional information that you might find helpful.

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Free Malware Protection

By gf, on December 28th, 2011

The Internet is getting more and more like the wild west.  You just never know when you are going to get bushwhacked.  Having some good reliable protection against new malware is now a must to survive.  You might be surprised to know that free malware protection can also be some of the best malware protection.  AVG, Avast, and Avira are considered some of the best malware protection software and even out rank some of the better know programs.  These three also offer free software programs for personal use that employ the same scan engine used in their commercial offerings.  They are also optimized for speed and provide daily updating.

Malware can be very destructive to Windows and slow computers to a crawl.  Often times  malware scanners and malware removal programs are unable to completely remove the infections and require either a restore to original configuration or bare metal re-installation.  This can be very time consuming and frustrating.  Therefore you must prepare for the worst case scenario because eventually you will be there.

Imaging can be a good solution because of the high speed restoring which only takes minutes.  You can also maintain your images to keep them up-to-date with all the latest patches, program mods, and security updates.  Malware usually attacks only the active operating system so you can keep your images and other important data on a second partition for handy restoring and imaging.

Important data should be backed up to an external resource for safe keeping.  All hard drives will fail in time and recovering data from a failed drive can be very time consuming and expensive.   When running a business with customer files I keep 5 full backup copies because I have had backups go bad.  External resources, such as, tapes and drives will fail in time.

If you take the time to research AVG, Avast, and Avira you will find they all have a big followings.  Malwarebytes and BitDefender are also very popular and have big followings, but I have been using AVG free for personal use for years now.  I have tried many others but have always come back to AVG because it is one of the best free malware protection programs I have found.

You might also visit the Fdisk MBR website which has some additional information that you might find useful.

 

 

 

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