ZoneAlarm
ZoneAlarm gives you control over the door to your PC
With Stealth Mode enabled, ZoneAlarm's Firewall renders your computer invisible to the internet and potential intruders. If you can't be seen, you can't be attacked. Because you tell ZoneAlarm how you use your computer, the firewall only allows traffic that you understand and initiate. Provides the ultimate intrusion security for your PC. www.zonelabs.com
Kaspersky
Anti-Virus (AVP) Lite
Simple-to-use anti-virus package
Kaspersky provides all types of anti-virus protection: anti-virus scanners, monitors, behavior blockers and integrity checkers. It supports all of the most popular operating systems, e-mail gateways and firewalls. KAV controls all possible virus entry points. Kaspersky Lab's powerful and flexible local and network management tools for automation and centralized installation and control over anti-virus protection provide maximum convenience and minimum time wasted when building your own structure of an anti-virus defense.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Lite v.3.5 includes Kaspersky Anti-Virus Monitor with scanning features for Windows 95/98/ME as well as a light version of DOS 32 scanner. This set already has pre-installed options that require no additional time for software adjusting: just install it and instantly feel safe. Free daily and weekly updates. Does NOT include technical support and custom configuration features. AVP website
To download Kaspersky Anti-Virus (AVP) Gold and get your 30-day key, visit www.kaspersky.co.uk
The Cleaner
Wipe away Trojan Horses

MooSoft Development's The Cleaner is a program that searches out Trojan Horses and cleans them from your system. A Trojan horse is defined as: A destructive program that masquerades as a benign application. Unlike viruses, Trojan horses do not replicate themselves but they can be just as destructive. One of the most insidious types of Trojan horse is a program that claims to rid your computer of viruses but instead introduces viruses onto your computer. You can use The Cleaner to rid your system of these hostile files. The Cleaner uses an original process to uniquely identify files. They cannot hide by changing their name or reported file size. They cannot hide by attaching themselves to other programs. Moosoft website
Tiny Personal Firewall
Protection against hackers
Tiny Personal Firewall represents smart, easy-to-use personal security technology that protects personal computers against hackers. Built on ICSA-certified security technology, it is also an integral part of The Tiny Software Centrally Managed Desktop Security (CMDS) system selected by the US Air Force for its approximately 500,000 desktop computers. It's available FREE for home use.
FEATURES AT A GLANCE: Multi-layer security protection (NDIS & TDI) - Since the DSE resides on each computer in the network, it communicates directly with the operating system and negotiates what applications are even allowed to transmit and/or receive data • MD5 Signature Support - As the DSE mandates what applications can bind for communication, it can also check for an MD5 digital signature for permitted applications. This ensures that Trojan horse applications cannot gain access by using the name of a permitted application • Stateful filtering based on SRC/DST IP address, port & application
The DSE maintains a record of all sent packets and can therefore compare incoming packets to the record table to determine if they were requested. Additionally, the DSE can restrict applications to certain ports or destination IP addresses • Remote access to logs and statistics - The DSE contains a separate statistic view that displays all active sessions and includes the status, port, remote IP, application or service and the time associated with each session. Logs may be viewed from the statistics view or sent directly to a syslog server for analysis and reporting • Suspicious activity monitoring and Intrusion detection - The Tiny DSE contains a highly configurable reporting mechanism that can report specific intrusion attempts, or any other type of communication deemed suspicious, to a syslog server or to the CMDS server through an SSL connection. Tiny Software website
Sygate Personal Firewall
Protection against hackers
Sygate Personal Firewall is an advanced, user-friendly personal firewall software solution. It's free for personal use - business users get a 30-day trial. Sygate website

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