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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Spyware/Malware

For my personal computer i have selected Norton 360 as my virus protection and spyware/Malware protection. This software offers extensive support in these areas. They regulary update their software and send the updates to you. The cost is around $50 a year to keep updated. The software only works if you keep the account open with them and pay. Thats one downfall, but you never have to worry about not being protected. I don't really like to choose the free spyware/malware protection becasue I don't belive they are as trustworthy as the ones that you pay and they don't regularly update themselves to protect against new attacks. This software also comes with a web filter. (hints the name 360, it covers all degrees of possible infiringment on your computer) I decided to steer clear of using mcafee I don't like the fact that you have to install severall different forms of the softare to cover all your bases on the system. This in turn drives up the cost of the software overall; ranging from $50 to $75 a year. If you install all the different kinds of software though you can cover all the bases in protecting your system, but you have to access these through different windows which i don't like. Thats why i choose Norton 360.

1 comment:

  1. What makes you less confident in free software? If it's free it's not as reliable?

    Take a look at Malware Bytes, Spybot, and AdAware.

    -cmd

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