Security & Back Up

Security suite

The Security Suite section provides the best free and open source suites designed to improve your computers security.

Private firewall

http://www.privacyware.com/personal_firewall.html

The web may be free, but we all know that to safely bank online, buy music, software, or books, or even simply surf the web, there is a price to pay. To combat online threats, firewall, anti-virus and anti-spyware software have become essential investments for any home or business computer.

Zone Alarm

http://www.zonealarm.com/

The only all-in-one free security that seamlessly integrates award-winning Antivirus and ZoneAlarm Firewall together for maximum protection and performance.

Anti Virus

The Anti-Virus section provides the best free and open source alternatives for anti-virus software.

Avira

http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

Discover our award-winning free antivirus software, which removes malware and protects you against the latest strains of viruses, worms, Trojans and more.

Clam Sentinel

http://clamsentinel.sourceforge.net/

Clam Sentinel is a system tray application that detects file system changes and scans the files modified using ClamWin (require the installation of this antivirus). Also detects new drives added (like usb pen) and monitors these units until the program is closed or until the device is disconnected.

Spybot

http://www.safer-networking.org/private/

Spybot – Search & Destroy is a set of tools for finding and removing malicious software. The ‘immunization’ feature preemptively protects the browser against threats. System scans and file scans detect spyware and other malicious software and eradicates it.

Returnil

http://www.returnilvirtualsystem.com/

Returnil’s products combine virus protection with powerful system restore feature which lets you sleep at night knowing your computer is protected.

Clam AV

http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/

ClamAV is an open source (GPL) antivirus engine designed for detecting Trojans, viruses, malware

PC Tools

http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/index/d/2

With PC Tools AntiVirus Free, you are protected against basic cyber threats attempting to gain access to your PC. Don’t risk going online without protection. Dangers include virus infections or getting your identity stolen – download PC Tools software today for enhanced protection!

Private Firewall

http://www.privacyware.com/personal_firewall.html

The web may be free, but we all know that to safely bank online, buy music, software, or books, or even simply surf the web, there is a price to pay. To combat online threats, firewall, anti-virus and anti-spyware software have become essential investments for any home or business computer.

Safety.net

http://www.netveda.com/downloads/index.htm

Safety.Net Professional 3.8 offers Internet security, content security and advanced Internet firewall protection for all your LAN computers, and trust controls to block unwanted or harmful applications from accessing the network.

Zone alarm

http://www.zonealarm.com/

The only all-in-one free security that seamlessly integrates award-winning Antivirus and ZoneAlarm Firewall together for maximum protection and performance.

Firewall

The Firewall section provides the best free and open source software for firewall protection.

Filseclab

http://www.filseclab.com/eng/products/firewall.htm

Filseclab Personal Firewall Professional Edition is one of the most important software of Filseclab, it is very easy to use and also very powerful. It can provide more secure protection for your PC, and it is FREE.

Back up Software

The Backup Software section provides the best free and open source software for backing up files on your computer. This includes several open source alternatives to Symantec Norton Ghost.

FOG

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeghost/

FOG is a free open-source cloning/imaging solution/rescue suite. A alt. solution used to image Windows XP, Vista PCs using PXE, PartImage, and a Web GUI to tie it together. Includes features like memory and disk test, disk wipe, av scan & task scheduling.

EaseUStodo

http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm

It is professional free backup & system disaster recovery software for home users. It can full protect your system from system crash and other system disasters, comprehensively backup & restore your home data easily.

FBackup

http://www.fbackup.com/

FBackup is a free backup software for both personal and commercial use. It protects your important data by backing it up automatically to any USB/Firewire device, local or network location. The backed up data can be either compressed (using standard zip compression) or an exact copy of the original files.

G4u

http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/

g4u (“ghosting for unix”) is a NetBSD-based bootfloppy/CD-ROM that allows easy cloning of PC harddisks to deploy a common setup on a number of PCs using FTP. The floppy/CD offers two functions. The first is to upload the compressed image of a local harddisk to a FTP server, the other is to restore that image via FTP, uncompress it and write it back to disk.

 

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