Internet Privacy and Security Software
Internet Content Filters
Ask any expert, and they will tell you that most computer viruses and spyware are picked up by visiting disreputable web sites. "That's great", you say, " I never visit disreputable web sites, so I should be safe." Not true. You are never really sure where the next click of the mouse is going to take you. That's where Internet Content Filters come in. The products below are designed for the parents to prevent their kids from staying into dangerous and innapropriate territory on the Web. But they work just as well for business system, preventing anyone in your office from ending up someplace they never intended.
CYBERsitter
CYBERsitter provides over 30 categories of filtering making it the most complete Internet filter available. Filters are updated automatically, and there are no subscription charges. A sophisticated "content recognition" system recognizes and blocks new objectionable web sites even before we know about them.
CYBERsitter allows parents to override blocked sites, add their own sites to block, specify allowable times to access the Internet, and maintains a detailed log of all Internet activity and violations. It will even send a daily report to parents by e-mail.
NetNanny
Net Nanny, the world's leading parental control software, was featured prominently in a special feature on NBC's Today Show with Ann Curry. Joshua Finer, founder of Software4Parents.com and child safety advocate, tells parents how to protect children from online predators. Net Nanny 5 was singled out for its extensive privacy controls and open filtering features.
CyberPatrol
CyberPatrol is filtering software designed to work at the desktop or laptop level that lets you control access to the Internet and applications on your computer. CyberPatrol is trusted by Parents and Educators worldwide as the most effective tool to help manage Internet use in Homes, Schools, and Libraries.
A simple user interface combined with flexible configuration options, the most comprehensive filtering coverage, and features such as Time Management and ChatGard make CyberPatrol the best option for safeguarding online users.
Internet Software Firewalls
If your computer is connected to the Internet, then you need a personal firewall. Firewall protects you from the hacker attacks by making your computer invisible to the attackers.
Zone Alarm
A PC firewall that keeps your personal data and privacy safe from Internet hackers and data thieves. Shield your system with a proven, award-winning personal firewall. Keep hackers at bay with protection against worms, Trojans, spyware, and 46 types of malicious email attachments.
Tiny Personal Firewall
Tiny Personal Firewall 4.5 includes a standard bi-directional stateful packet inspection firewall. The firewall component works on both NDIS and TDI layers and allows to tie the explicit rules to the specific applications. Thus unauthorized applications such as spyware, trojans or worms are prevented from sending stolen data from your computer. The application authentication is done through its path or MD5 hash.
Agnitum Outpost Firewall
Outpost Firewall is a personal firewall for Windows. Outpost Firewall gives peace of mind about any threats from cookies, banner ads, e-mail viruses, spyware, crackers, adware, and virtually any other Internet danger.
Spam Filter Software
If you use e-mail, then you probably received more that your share of SPAM. SPAM (not to be confused with legitimate e-mail marketing) is a tremendous resource waster. It clogs mail server, eats up space on your computer, and wastes tremendous amounts time.
MailWasher
MailWasher is designed to remove spam, viruses and unwanted attachments from your e-mail before they get to your computer. MailWasher connects to your e-mail server(s) then retrieves and displays information about the e-mails waiting for you. Aided by MailWasher's inbuilt processing tools, you can then decide what to do with each individual e-mail - download, delete, or bounce it back to the sender. MailWasher deletes unwanted messages at the server, without downloading them - or it can bounce an e-mail back to the sender so that it looks as though your address is not valid, making the spammer think you don't exist.
iHateSpam Outlook Express Edition 3.0
The fast, easy way to dramatically reduce spam in your inbox. iHateSpam installs directly into your email program, running quietly in the background -- scanning and filtering that time wasting, irritating junk email.
Pop Up Window Blockers
We all hate pop-ups. Windows XP has pretty decent built-in pop-up blocker that will suffice for most people. However, if you want something a little better or more configurable, here are some other options.
Zero Popup
A small, effective and intelligent anti-popup, anti floating ads, web spies and anti activeX spyware product than can kill annoying popup windows, floating ads and activeX spywares and protect your privacy without human intervention by using artificial intelligent and intelligent agent technologies. It has the features to clear Cache, Cookies, Favorites, AutoComplete Forms and Passwords, AutoComplete Web Addresses and History. It also speedups the surfing and downloading speed of your Internet Explorer by up to 2 to 6 times.
Pop-Up Stopper
Surf with style with this free browser pop-up ad blocking utility for Internet Explorer and Netscape. This program is completely free, and does not require registration to use or download.
PopUpCop
PopUpCop is designed to return control of your browsing experience back to you. It does not block all advertisements: it blocks irritating Web site behavior, which is often used for advertisements. Like the ideal of a real police officer, it steps into a volatile situation and uses just enough force to restore calm.
POW!
POW! will automatically close pop up windows for you... It's that easy! And that's not all... You can configure POW! to close any new popups that you run across. This is an absolute must for anyone who spends any reasonable (or unreasonable) amount of time surfing the web.
Spyware and Adware Removal
Spyware is the scourge of the Internet. However, here are some simple programs to detect it and remove it from your system.
Ad-Aware
With its ability to comprehensively scan your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known datamining, aggressive advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware will provide the user with the confidence to surf the Internet knowing that their privacy will remain intact. Let Ad-aware protect your privacy.
SpyCop
SpyCop for Microsoft Windows® was the first in the industry to identify and block spy programs, and SpyCop remains the leader even today. Easy to use and totally effective, SpyCop can find programs that other software such as advertiser spy checkers or virus checkers don't even look for.
NetCop
NetCop is the newest and most powerful internet spyware detection system available. NetCop offers maximum strength security and protects you from keyloggers and spyware that track your computer and internet activity. Although there are similar products like NetCop System Shield, there are none that can match the 24 hour protection that NetCop offers it's clientele. With NetCop installed on your PC you can rest assured your privacy will not be invaded.
Virus Detection and Removal
We all heard about computer viruses and the damage that they can inflict on the unprotected computer systems. Here is something that will protect your system.
AVG Anti-Virus
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. It's easy to use and provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run. AVG’s Virus Vault is used for the safe handling of infected files.
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