Friday, August 11, 2006
Active Virus Shield
AOL is widely regarded as an evil empire, second only to Microsoft, but this week they redeemed themselves somewhat by releasing a free Windows antivirus program, Active Virus Shield, based on Kapersky Labs' Personal Antivirus.
I've given it a whirl here and so far I'm impressed. Kapersky's Virus scanning engine is one of the best, and they are renowned for the speed of their responses to new malware. So far I'm seeing several pattern updates a day, which is what I'd expect from any proper antivirus vendor.
It's staying on my PC for a while. It may yet replace Alwil's Avast! here, but I have a certain irrational fondness for products whose support forums give the users direct contact with the developers.
Postscript, September 5th
Independent research confirms Active Virus Shield as being one of the best antivirus products. There's commentary and discussion over at cybernetnews.com.
Edited on: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:56 AM
Categories: Computer Security, Software
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Thursday, June 08, 2006
Saturday, April 30, 2005
50,000,000
Congratulations to the Mozilla Firefox team on their 50 millionth download.
I was a bit slow with the screenshot there :-)
Monday, September 20, 2004
I'm a Firefoxer
My humblest apologies to Prodigy...
If you're bored you might want to check out my other blog at SpreadFirefox.
Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Favourite Software
Just because you asked (or didn't), here's my favourite software, in no particular order:
Mozilla, the most standards-compliant web browser out there.
Audacity, for sound file editing.
Gnucleus, a peer-to-peer filesharing client completely free of spyware.
The GIMP, the graphics program which doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Installing it on windows is a bit involved, however.
OpenOffice, who needs Microsoft's bloatware when this will do nicely for most people?
All the above are open source and free to use wherever you like.
ConText, a lean and mean text editor. Free, no source included.
IrfanView, a great image viewer. Free for personal use, no source included.
Spybot Search and Destroy, the best SpyWare/AdWare cleaner.
So tell me, who needs to pay for software?
