Free Software to Fight Malware
There has been a recent uptick in the amount of people getting infected with so called “antivirus” software, that are actually viruses in disguise.
As stated in a recent article from Maximum PC,
If it’s too good to be true, if it looks strange, or if it’s completely unknown to you, don’t run it. Don’t install it. Don’t accept it, don’t hit “yes” to it, and don’t let it get anywhere near your system. Google, or Bing, or Yahoo is your friend: Find more information about a given situation or software before you agree to let it do anything on your system. Don’t surf the Internet blindly and assume that everything on a Web site is safe for your system to digest.
First, make sure you follow the steps I’ve outlined here. Remember to keep your internet browser updated, as well as running Microsoft Update, assuming you’re running a Windows operating system.
As the title of this article states, here is also a list of free utilities I use to prevent and fight malware from my own systems, as well as the systems of clients.
Again, these utilities are for computers running some version of Windows. I won’t go into a how-to for each of these utilities, as the utilities’ authors have provided this information on each of their sites. Some of these utilities offer a paid “premium” version, and they may ask if you want to try the premium version for a limited time during the install process and periodically during use of the free version. I always stick with the free version and decline any trials for their premium software, but that choice is up to you.