Friday, March 5, 2010

Spyware and Malware

Honestly, I have never heard of a web filter before. So I am hoping by the end of this assignment I will have an idea of what a web filter is.

List of five different Spyware/Malware detection and removal tool

1. Windows Defender
Free
Windows server 2003 service pack 1 and 2, windows XP service pack 2

2. Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Free Download
Windows 7, Vista, XP, and 2000 Pro

3. Trend Micro Anti Virus and Anti Spyware 2009
$39.95
Windows and Vista

4. Webroot
Anti Virus Spysweeper
$59.95
Windows 7, XP, Vista

5. Lavasoft Adware Spyware Pro
$39.95
Windows 7, Vista, XP and Pro

I think I would pick the Windows Defender. It's free and I like free. Honestly I can't tell you why I picked Windows Defender. I pretty sure all these brands are good. It's something about "Windows" that I like. As long as it does what it's suppose to then I am ok with using this software. If someone else told me that and software was better then I would probably use a different one.

1 comment:

  1. Take a look at Malware Bytes and AdAware. Both are free and both have been recommended to me by IT folks.

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