One such very common observations is the virus infections. Today we can see most of the computer users will have their computer / flash drives infected with one or the other viruses. Spywares are type of identity stealers which are left to spy you. The simply keep on running and steal different personal and critical data and provide the same to the creator. If such data includes your credit card transaction details or online account passwords, you are gone. We have antivirus software to combat such issues and keep your computer safe always.

Antivirus softwares are that kind of softwares which stand at the first line of MUST HAVE softwares for any computer user. The total number of infections have increased to a very huge number that you cannot even imagine in numbers. Antivirus softwares will have database of all these viruses and other infections and will not allow them to infect you PC. You will be alerted if some program / software shows such kind of suspicious behavior. If the infection is already listed in the database, these AV programs kill the infections themselves helping you save your PC.

It becomes a vital part of the user that he / she should update their antivirus software very regularly. Few antivirus programs provide updates hourly and if not, daily update is definite. You have to keep your virus database updated to ensure complete protection as threats origin everyday and everyday new viruses spread, if your antivirus database is not update, there is no meaning in using an antivirus.

GFI LANguard, the award winning network security scanner has now one more update. It is the most widely used network security scanner software used by over 20k users all over. It is one of the top network security scanners which is highly recommended for any network administrator.

The highlight of the software’s new version is the vulnerability and patch management and network auditing. The vulnerability management provides the highest level of assessment. The scan is performed using vulnerability check databases and scanning will provide over 15000 assessment results for a single scan of network and virtual environments. In this latest version, it is also possible to differentiate between the scan of the physical and virtual machines.

Apart from the vulnerability management, it has a wonderful patch management for Microsoft operating systems. It has support for 38 different languages. This provides a centralized way of updating patches for machines over the network with Microsoft security updates. Also, there is an option provided for scheduling which makes it better to maintain a wholly secure network.

There is an additional functionality with this software called network auditing. This is used to scan all the hardware devices attached to the network computers and also you can compare if the device was present during the last scan or if it has been added only during this scan so that you can get updated about the unauthorized plugging of additional hardware or even removal of the same.

This is the number 1 windows security scanner which is available as a free trial version of 30 days by which time you can observe its performance.

You probably have not heard of it before, but you are most definite of being heard of spam. You all have experienced that. To avoid such spammers hitting our mail ids, we use disposable mail ids. Disposable mail id is that id which destructs itself after use. Today’s topic deals with one such service – 10 minute mail.

10 minute mail – as the name says, it is a mail id for just 10 minutes. You may use it for 10 minutes and after that, it destructs by itself. You may use this for just 10 minutes and for those 10 minutes, you will get one temporary mail id which you may use for your registration to some website or some deals with spammers. The feature of this is that you will be provided with an inbox too. With this, you can also receive attachments

The service is very fast as the mail I tested arrived almost instantly. Even you can send a reply to the mail you have received also that you can forward the mail you have obtained already. But you will not be able to compose a new mail on your own and send it. Totally it is a most useful website. I will always use this when I need to deal with spammers of also when I need to register to download something. That would  be definitely useful.

Ad Muncher is a wonderful tool which does different tasks to secure your personal computer from almost all annoyances which you are expected to get from internet. You can block all advertisements, adwares, spywares and different malware and dialler instals from the internet.

Here are few features with that software:

1. Blocking ads from internet: Blocks ads from almost all ad networks. It works with all the browsers available in the market including the latest Google Chrome.
2. Kills pop-ups: Pop ups are the most unwanted type of advertisements which usually every internet user hates. They are not just irritant, but also they eat up the internet bandwidth. This software supports all browsers to block pop up ads.
3. Removes advertisements in different programs: Different free programs come up with advertising scripts embedded in them which connects themselves to internet and downloads the ads and display using our bandwidth in a hidden form. This software is used to block such ads on different softwares.
4. Protects your privacy: Of course, privacy is the primary concern these days. People using credit cards or other payment options over the internet need to be assured of privacy. This blocks all malicious content from internet securing the user’s privacy.

It is the most useful software for these days as more number of threats are being detected these days. You can download the software on the downloads page of their website.