Download free antivirus from Microsoft

Microsoft provides free antivirus and antimalware for Windows users, with the Microsoft Security Essentials pack.

It claims to be light weight and will not consume much of the system resources for scanning and updates. I have installed Microsoft's Antivirus along with my Kaspersky Internet Security, and both are working happily without hogging the system resources.

Download Microsoft Antivirus and Antimalware for your Windows based PC/ Notebook.

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Download new Kaspersky 2012

Kaspersky antivirus and internet security solutions are getting wider popularity among home, small office and business users.

The latest security suite from Kaspersky Lab is Kaspersky 2012. Key features available with Kaspersky 2012 version of antivirus and internet security solutions are listed below.

• It Helps you enjoy safe and secure online transactions by warning you about phishing attacks, fraud websites and by securing sensitive personal information.
• Protects you from new malware threats, by making use of cloud powered malware behavior pattern recognition and detection intelligence
• Protect you from malware attacks and spam links in Facebook, twitter and other social networking sites.
• Get immediate protection from emerging threats through Kaspersky Networks.
• Helps you to safely undo changes made by the malware to your PC without harming the health of your PC.
• Provisions for enabling parental control to keep track what children is sharing and accessing through internet

You can experience these features by downloading the trial version  of Kaspersky 2012.

How to disable AVG Antivirus

Some times you would have experienced the whole system is hogged by avg antivirus processes!. And all other word editing, emailing applications and photo editing tools are unable response properly.

The AVG may be consuming a big chunk of CPU share, as it requires to scan many files for infections and to detect malwares. So its not advised to disable antivirus software.

Still if you wish to disable AVG antivirus resident shield, follow the below steps;

• Open AVG interface, clicking the tray icon or from programs
• Double click the resident shield
• Un check the option Resident shield active
• And save the changes

Done, AVG will be disabled temporarily.

Download Kaspersky Internet Security 2011

Kaspersky is a leading internet and computer security software provider, for enterprise as well as personal systems. It is always better to have a genuine antivirus or internet security software in your computer to avoid most of the viruses, Trojans and malware attacks.

The all new Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 comes with following features

• Protects your files, documents and photos from hackers
• Safeguards your identity and your money
• Provides protection from online banking fraud
• Prevents cybercriminals from hijacking your PC
• Protects your family from online predators
• Keeps your PC running smoothly and efficiently

Download the trial version of KIS 2011 now

Tips before you download a software using torrent facility

Torrent facility is most widely used to download music albums, movies and softwares from internet. Torrent clients take care of getting chunks of data from its peer computers and put them together to realize the complete data. But there are some hidden vulnerabilities if you use to download data using torrent facility.

Major threat will come in to picture when you download softwares with cracks and keygens using torrent facility. Most of the time the pirated softwares with cracks and keygens will have trojens, adwares, malwares bundled along with. So you are compromising your own computer security for saving few bucks needed to buy original softwares. So never download any keygen or cracks using torrent facility. And never ever download any antivirus software using torrent, as the software itself might be infected with viruses.

Another threat is from sites which provide torrent info files, which are required by the torrent clients to download compete data. Some sites may tend to download some adware or trojans to your computer automatically. So its always better to browse with SiteAdvisor extension installed.

Also install antivirus software for protecting your computer against latest threats. See the best antivirus reviews and comparisons for choosing your antivirus software.

Best anti virus software comparisons and reviews

AV-comparatives.org conducts reviews on the antivirus softwares available and will conduct different type of tests to bring out the effectiveness of the anti virus softwares.

There also we can find out the details of latest anti virus products from respective vendors. These comparisons definitely would help the people to choose the anti virus software for their desktop systems or even for their enterprise. Checkout the anti virus comparatives at av-comparitives.org.

Suggested readings:
Basic computer safety tips.
Laptop security tips.
Download free security software for your personal computer.
Download free Windows Malicious Software removal tool.
Enable windows firewall for enhanced security.
Tips for keeping yourself safe in the internet.