Gaming experience has for too long a time been corrupted by the various security solutions installed on your computer that in some cases totally disregarded your need for a change. In the last couple of years security product developers understood the urge of the user to keep the system protected even during gameplay and appended a new section to their applications, specially designed for gamers. In some cases real-time protection would be suspended along with all scheduled tasks that may affect your game experience, and alert messages suppressed.Less than a month since the release of the latest Ad-Aware, Lavasoft prepares the launch of a g... [read more >>] After a period of hard work from both hardcore beta-testers and the Panda Security division shaping out the new generation of antivirus of the company, the third beta of Panda Cloud Antivirus is out and ready to protect your system. The application targets home users and strives to offer the best protection with a minimum effort from the user and little impact on system resources. The main feature of this intermediary build is that it integrates perfectly in Windows 7 (both 32-bit and 64-bit), but it also brings a new set of fixes and improvements. Performance-wise, the antivirus no longer pops the Internet connectivity message and reduced... [read more >>] Just as Lavasoft has already accustomed its users by taking eight months to bake a new version of its flagship product, Ad-Aware, it could not disappoint this year either, especially with the fierce competition and every security product struggling to adapt to the new trend in malware attacks. In the past years viruses have lost their touch and spyware and spam took the number one spot as the most vicious cyber disease. So this should be Ad-Aware’s lucky ticket as spyware is its specialty and this is the fight it has prepared all this time for.Regarding the editions up for grabs, nothing has changed. You will benefit from the same thr... [read more >>] New comparative tests for different antivirus solutions have been released on the Internet, and judging from the results, we should benefit from tight security against malware. The current solutions will not create an impenetrable shield around the system, making it invulnerable to any sort of attack, but at least it is prepared to deflect a high amount of malicious code.Yet, besides the traditional solutions available for the traditional user, there are some unconventional methods to keep your system out of harm's way. Virtualization has gained more and more turf when it comes to protecting the computer from any unwanted changes. From... [read more >>] Since migrating to Windows 7 from a Service Pack 3 XP was not too much of a hassle, and with Microsoft Security Essentials freshly launched, it seems only natural to test the latest release in computer protection from Microsoft. Codenamed Morro, Microsoft Security Essentials is desired to be an additional layer of protection for Windows users. It is free of charge and destined for those who have genuine operating systems running on their machines. Before starting the installation procedure for the application your OS has to pass the genuine validation test, otherwise Microsoft Security Essentials will not find its way in Program Files dire... [read more >>] One of the improvements included in the much debated Windows Vista is the simple task-switching function, which has gained far more functionality through the simple display of a thumbnail of all top-level windows available in the taskbar. Unfortunately, this only works if you have an Aero-enabled edition, otherwise it'll be closer to XP task switching, which shows only the application's icon and its name. Luckily, third-party developers provide us with plenty of replacements, one better and slicker than the other, ready to take on the task-switching mission responsibly and in a more efficient way. VistaSwitcher is a neat way to a... [read more >>] The utility of a multiple account system is undeniable when more users need to employ a single computer without sharing the settings between them. And, with Vista, one can also restrict access to entire partitions, so data is available only to a specific account. However, some users prefer multiple accounts, even if they are the sole masters of the machine. The reasons vary from enabling a limited account for remote access, to simply using an additional desktop just for testing purposes. If you want to protect the access to your account with a password to prevent unauthorized online access, typing the countersign can be quite a nuisance. M... [read more >>] In the past few years, backup software has been growing in popularity mainly because users have realized the importance of having clones for their data they can grab in case disaster strikes. However, backup solutions nowadays allow them more than just a simple compression of the files in a proprietary format so they become immune to malware threats, and its restoration. There are plenty of applications ready to help with restoring the computer to a previous state by creating images of the system drive, thus eliminating the need to re-install the operating system and all the programs one needs. Imaging a partition is the latest buzz in the... [read more >>] The development of malicious software is very unlikely to end as new forms of malware spring out every day. Security developers have to keep up with all the novelties released by the cyber-crime perpetrators and antivirus vendors have diversified their activity and products in order to adapt protection to the current environment. Thus, what used to be a simple antivirus product has become nowadays a suite of instruments ready to keep your system out of harm's way.
a-squared Anti-Malware is not a new product on the security market, but it does not enjoy the popularity of the consecrated AV solutions, like Symantec, BitDefender, Panda... [read more >>] Many users are so afraid of firewalls that the simple idea of installing, going through all the configuration settings and having to deal with such a granular control that 80% of the terms have to be looked up discourages them even before the kit is downloaded. In some cases the first thing the application does is to immediately cut off any existent Internet connection forcing you to restart the system in order to apply its settings and regain connectivity.Restarting the computer has not been eliminated yet, but in terms of functionality, ease of use and performance great steps have been taken. Freebies have also popped up, generating in so... [read more >>] | 
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