Computer Safety

Trying to make your computer safe is at times a seemingly impossible task. It is absolutely critical to protect your online self these days. It can be done for free. Here are a few useful and free tools that you can use.

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Trying to keep your kids safe:
ShrekBrowser
The Shrek Browser for Kids was built under license by Children’s Educational Network, Inc. and has built in “Parental Controls” that are designed to help prevent children accessing inappropriate web sites.

AGV Free Antivirus I know people that swear by this one.
AVG Free is the most popular free solution available at no cost to home users and provides the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers.

Spyware Blaster
Spyware, adware, browser hijackers, and dialers are some of the fastest-growing threats on the Internet today. By simply browsing to a web page, you could find your computer to be the brand-new host of one of these unwanted fiends!
The most important step you can take is to secure your system. And SpywareBlaster is the most powerful protection program available.

SpywareGuard
SpywareGuard provides a real-time protection solution against spyware that is a great addition to SpywareBlaster's protection method.
An anti-virus program scans files before you open them and prevents execution if a virus is detected - SpywareGuard does the same thing, but for spyware! And you can easily have an anti-virus program running alongside SpywareGuard.
SpywareGuard now also features Download Protection and Browser Hijacking Protection!

Zone Alarm Free Firewall
Since day one we have been giving away our award shattering firewall for free. Why we do this is simple - we fundamentally believe everyone has the right to experience the Internet in safety. Please enjoy, with our compliments.
• Essential firewall protection
• Be invisible to others online
• Easy to use and install

CCleaner
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!

MailWasher
Use this powerful spam blocker software, to effectively stop email spam. Discover the safe way to stop unwanted e-mails before they get to your computer.

Trillian
Trillian™ is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. It provides capabilities not possible with original network clients, while supporting standard features such as audio chat, file transfers, group chats, chat rooms, buddy icons, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network, server-side contact importing, typing notification, direct connection (AIM), proxy support, encrypted messaging (AIM/ICQ), SMS support, and privacy settings.