Tuesday, June 30, 2015

A little more about Anti-virus Programs...

Maybe not "programs", just a program - specifically Bitdefender Free.....


Here's what it looks like with its Logs and Reports page open beside its smaller main page, which appears here in the lower right corner when you click its icon.
This year, this program has been rated Number Two behind one from Panda, and I've never liked Panda, because it has a history of being "up and down like a toilet seat" performance-wise. Bitdefender, by comparison, has a more consistent record. It's also very unobtrusive, works quietly in the background, and requires little or no attention from me/you/us. "It just works!" - And did I mention? It kicks the shit out of the competition!

With Bitdefender, and Malwarebytes Anti-malware, and SuperAntiSpyware, I'm fairly well covered. Bitdefender for the anti-virus functions, Malwarebytes for the stuff it might miss, including blocking incoming attempts at entering the system, during which MBAM shows me the IP Address of the offending invader, just in case I want to add it to a black list, and SuperAntiSpyware for all those adware cookies the whole world likes to plaster us with at every opportunity. The three together form a very adequate protection suite.

And speaking of protection generally, there's another very handy program that you should probably have......


This does a scan of your system, and then shows you a report of absolutely everything in it, and I do mean "everything".....Key Codes, Serial Numbers, Programs, Updates, and "You-name-it" - it's all in Belarc's Advisor Report. And I can't show you an example, because it contains things I'd rather not show the whole world, naturally. But do get this program. It's worth its weight in gold, yet it's absolutely free for home users. It isn't listed as being ready for Windows 10 yet, but Windows 10 being based upon Windows 8.1, it just may work anyway, so I'll try it in Windows 10, and get back to you later on this....

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