McAfee products have been around for years and are still top quality. They are popular with big businesses and home users a like. There is a Hoax database on the Web site. McAfee VirusScan is available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish languages.
Here is another solid product with home and corporate editions. NOD32 Antivirus System is also available in German, Portuguese, Czech, Spanish, Italian, and Polish versions.
Produced by USA-based Central Command, Vexira is available for Windows and many other types of computers. The illustration on the cover of their boxed product has a man wearing a white lab coat who is holding up a test tube of real computer viruses (would I kid you?).
Headquartered in Bilbao, Spain, Panda has solid antivirus products, and one of the coolest online scanning programs anywhere. Their Internet Security product has many nice features. Note: They get my kudos for their social responsibility programs that you can read about online.
Norton AntiVirus was the very first antivirus program for PCs, and it’s one of the industry leaders in antivirus software for both home and business use. Their products are consistently solid and reliable. They have one of the most complete suites of computer protection products available.
Computer Associates is established as a solid antivirus company for businesses; it’s a relatively new antivirus software company for home users. On the Web site, you can ask Sammy a question about viruses or antivirus programs by just typing it in. You can find out about specific viruses and how to configure your antivirus program.
Nope. Well, not yet. Pictures are just data files that are read by special programs. But, someday, someone may come up with a picture file format that accommodates the inclusion of computer instructions — for whatever purpose someone dreams up. Are you thinking “macro virus” right now? So am I. Anytime someone comes up with … Read more
To date there are three primary types of viruses that exist today: file-infector viruses, which attach themselves to program files; boot-sector viruses, which install themselves in a hard drive’s or floppy disk’s boot sector; and macro viruses, which burrow into Microsoft Word and Excel documents. Details on each of these three follow. File infector As … Read more
Sometimes I think that it helps to understand a little bit more about the people who perpetrate crimes, in order to be able to avoid being a victim of those crimes. Others of you may just have a morbid curiosity about those who like to hurt other people. Either way, you’ll learn a little more … Read more