15 Free Security Programs

When one turns on the PC, there is a potential to become vulnerable to malicious attacks. But one can use free applications to minimize the dangers and protect. From the moment one switches on the PC, the system faces countless Internet-borne dangers, including spyware attacks, viruses, Trojan horses, home-page hijackers, and hackers trying to weasel their way into your system. And the Internet isn't the only source of trouble. Anyone with access to your PC can invade the privacy by prying into which Web sites one visits--and learning a great deal more as well. But fighting back is easy. The PC World magazine website at
www.pcworld.ca//news/column/d134e5a30a01040801f4a74172226a6a/pg2.htm
provides a list of 15 software--firewalls, spyware busters, antivirus software, rootkit killers, and general Internet security tools--designed to protect you against any dangers that come your way. They're free, powerful and easy to use.