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Avast! is one of the antivirus titles that has definitely grown in popularity in the past few years due to the continuous improvements the software has gone through with each release. The newest version of Avast has also undergone a lot of upgrades and updates offering great virus and spyware protection, a neat user interface and much more.

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AVG Free overview

The antivirus software industry is enlarging rapidly as an answer to the growing need for dependable protection caused by the increasing number of malicious programs which are threatening the safety of our computers. Despite all the competition, AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition manages to remain one of the most popular and appreciated antivirus products for more than just the fact that it’s free. The constant improvements and newly added features converged into what AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition stands for today: a reliable antivirus program which provides successfully basic protection against digital threats using the latest AVG technologies.

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microsoftMicrosoft finally realised that Live One Care was a fiasco and decided to throw another free security application on the table, Microsoft Security Essentials. Basically what you get is, and let’s quote Microsoft on this “…you get high-quality protection against viruses and spyware, including Trojans, worms and other malicious software. And best of all, there are no costs or annoying subscriptions to keep track of.”

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The internet is flooded every minute with malware applications and we need to stay protected at all times. Unfortunately, some anti-virus or anti-malware applications aren’t 100% accurate and this is where the online scanners come in. There are many solutions out there and today, we decided to present to you Jotti’s online scanner.

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The free e-book consist in a series of lectures given by David G. Boak in 1966. This lecture, while fascinating in many aspects, presents NSA’s approach to different communication security issues, cryptography and even economics.

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firefox-logoIt seems it was Mozilla’s turn to update its browser, shortly after the Opera 9.63 update. The current Firefox updates also addresses several security issues including several critical vulnerabilities.  Mozilla Firefox patches no more than 8 security fixes and and 3 critical vulnerabilities. We advise all our Firefox users to update their browsers to the latest release.

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operalogoIt seems that the Opera Dev Team was pretty busy over the last month, after the latest release of Opera Mini and Opera 10 Alpha, comes a stable update, Opera 9.63. This update comes as a response to some security issues that Opera had lately and all users are advised to update it. The update can be made directly from the browser,  from the Help menu, the “Chek for Updates” option, or by manually downloading Opera 9.63 from FileCluster or its official ftp.

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Online security and privacy are the 2 most important aspects for a ‘healthy’ online life. If you also share a computer with 1 or more people, then those issues become critical and must be managed with care. It’s very important to keep your browsing history, activity and personal data private and your browser keeps most of this data in its files.

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