Category: Security

You can search the Internet for freely available antivirus products but its very time consuming and you have to go through many of the links before you can find a free antivirus. Thanks to SSDownloader, now you do not have to you spend your time searching for a security products. SSDownloader is a free open source Windows application that helps you quickly download and install antivirus, anti-malware, internet security and firewall products.

FBI MoneyPak or Reveton is a ransomware that locks your computer screen and asks you to deposit US$100 to unlock the screen. The locked screen shows a fake FBI warning screen displaying the message that your PC has been found to download illegal or copyrighted material like pirated software, movies or mp3. The style of message and words are used in such a way as to cause a panic in the user. It also shows your IP address and your ISP name which not very difficult to do.

ESET SysInspector is a system analysis tool for malware infected systems, that can help experts and advanced users detect, diagnose and remove any malware threats or remnants of malware in your computer. It is not an antivirus or malware removal tool. But it can help you identify what kind of malware is infesting your system and seek further help from malware removal experts.

The Sendinc service allows you to send an encrypted email for free. The email message is sent over an encrypted 256-bit SSL connection and further encrypted using military grade encryption. The recipients have to use the instructions sent to them to decode and retrieve the message and attachments.

How many times have we encountered infected USB keys. These USB keys start to infect your computer as soon as you insert them in your computer. Phrozen Soft has come up with a safety plan against such infected USB keys – Phrozen Safe USB which is a simple application that helps you to toggle on or off the USB storage devices on your computer.

RouterPassView is a small Windows application created by Nir Sofer. It can be used to recover your forgotten router passwords. It support a number of different router models and can save the recovered passwords into plain text, CSV or HTML files.

Panda Cloud Antivirus is free cloud based antivirus. This means that it scans your files on the cloud, thus reducing the processing power used from your local computer. Because the scanning is done on the cloud, therefore it is considerably faster. The cloud technology also makes sure that scanning is always performed using the latest virus definitions.

There are several reasons for you to be wanting anonymity on the internet. The Tor Project presents with an easy, secure and safe solution to acquire anonymity. Tor is short for The Onion Router. When you connect through the Tor network, your data is encrypted several times through different nodes and it becomes impossible for anyone to decipher it. The Tor network also assigns you a different IP address and thus hides your real IP address effectively.

An average internet user has to remember dozens of different passwords for various websites. On top of that, all these passwords should be secure. SmartUtils Easy Password has come to your rescue. It is a free tool to generate secure passwords for any site instantly, based on your master password so that you only have to remember one master password.

The makers of the popular free AVG antivirus have come up with another free product – AVG Secure Search. It is a browser plugin for Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox that filters malicious or harmful websites and links from your search results. It can show you ratings for all the links that appear when you search for something using AVG Secure Search.