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Hide & Lock Sensitive File or Folder

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FolderDefence is another freeware program that enables you to hide and lock any of your sensitive folder or file. You can choose which kind of protection methods to be applied to a file, which includes hide or lock, hide and lock, or change it to a read-only file so no one else will be able to edit the file.

The type of the protection methods applied to a folder can be changed anytime you want. The process of adding file and changing or removing the protection are done through the main window of the program. To access the application, you must enter the correct password, which can be customized to your own. More »

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Free 90 Days Trial - Norton Antivirus 2010 & Norton 360 All-in-One Security

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Norton security products is still used by lots of users nowadays despite the increasing number of the competitors in the market. There are even users that will temporarily replace their current antivirus programs with Norton once the company releases free trials of their products. If you happen to be one of these users, then you should read this. More »

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Prevent Autorun Virus from USB Flash Drive

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usb_drive Pen drive or usb flash drive is a portable storage device that is used a lot to transfer data from a computer to another one. Its popular usage makes it a sweet target for viruses. Once your usb drive is infected, it will become an effective tool to spread the viruses. How to prevent autorun virus from usb drive infecting our computer?

Panda USB Vaccine doesn’t only allow you to prevent an infected autorun to run on your system, but it also lets you protect your USB drive from being infected by viruses. Once you click the vacinnate computer button, the program will completely disable autorun on your computer so no autorun file will be launched automatically anymore when you connect a USB drive to your PC. On the other hand, the vaccinate USB is a feature that will disable the autorun file on your USB. In other words, Panda USB Vaccine protects your computer from autorun virus and your USB from being infected by malicious codes. More »

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Download Free Avast Antivirus 5 Beta

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If you’re a loyal user of Avast antivirus software, this should be a good news you definitely want to hear. The latest version of Avast, which is Avast antivirus version 5.0 Beta has been just released and can be downloaded from the developer’s website. Beside the changes on the user interface, Avast 5.0 has also officially supported Windows 7.

You will get all of the features of Avast 4.8 and some more additional features in Avast 5. Beside that, all of the three offered flavors have the same virus detection rate since they use the same antivirus engine. The three flavors include the home edition (free), paid antivirus and Internet Security Suite. Keep in mind that this is still a beta version.

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Scan Files Online for Free with 37 Antivirus Programs

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Most users will only install one antivirus software for their computers. While some believe that only to commercial antivirus vendors they can trust their data safety, some are convinced that free antivirus application has already provided sufficient protection for their data from malware attacks.

The main problem may come when some of you receive a suspicious file and for some reason you cannot rely on the scanning result of the file reported by your installed antivirus alone. You need to check the file with other antivirus programs to ensure that it doesn’t contain any harmful stuff like trojan, worm, virus and the likes. More »

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