Posts Tagged ‘anti-virus’

Hackers Stalk Small Businesses that Bank Online

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Hackers targeting small-businesses and governments are on the rise.  Those businesses who utilize online banking are currently being targeted.  The thieves are using malicious programs on the victim’s computer systems to access their online banking accounts.  While we always strress the importance of computer and network security, this is an excellent reason to make sure you have a tight security policy in place. 

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Anti-Virus For Home PC Users

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

One of the most important security safeguards that you should have on your PC is an anti-virus software.  Home users have no excuse to not have an anti-virus software on their computer.  Many companies offer basic virus protection software free of charge.  Our favorite is AVG Free Antivirus.  You can download this from http://free.grisoft.com/.  This free version includes regular updates to protect you from the latest threats, allows you to continuously scan your computer, manually scan your computer, and more!  Best of all, it’s FREE. 

If you are interested in anti-virus with additional features, we have listed some of the most popular AntiVirus software manufacturers below.:

Mcafee: http://www.mcafee.com/
Symantec, Norton AntiVirus: http://www.symantec.com/
Kaspersky: http://www.kaspersky.com/
Trend Micro: http://www.antivirus.com/
BitDefender: http://www.bitdefender.com/
ESET: http://www.eset.com/
Avira: http://www.avira.com/
AVG: http://www.grisoft.com/
AVAST: http://www.avast.com/
Windows Live OneCare: http://onecare.live.com/

As always, feel free to contact us if we can ever be of any assistance with your computing needs.  http://www.monmouthcomputer.com/.