Posts Tagged ‘pc security’

Mac vs. PC – Which is More Secure? Expert Opinion.

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Ever wonder which is more secure.  Friends tell you that a Mac never gets a virus?  Read cnet’s article: “In their words: Experts weigh in on Mac vs. PC security”  [Read More]

“If you look at the number of published vulnerabilities in software and the number of users and compare Windows versus Mac OS you will discover that Mac OS has far more published vulnerabilities per user than Windows does so I think the data pretty much speaks for itself.”

– Eric Johanson, security researcher

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/.