Free Software Reviews and News - Security and Productivity

The one thing we know for sure about today’s malware is, it’s very smart. It’s so smart that it often recreates its own component parts even if it has been deleted. How smart is that? Today’s malware can write itself into multiple parts of the operating system and in many cases it can hide it’s files, registry entries, running process and services, making the infection virtually invisible. Highly experienced computer users’ have come to realize that the Internet is alive with predators... Read Full Story

So there you are surfing the net when you get this popup on your screen: “Your system is infected with dangerous virus! Note: Strongly recommend to install antispyware program to clean your system and avoid total crash of your computer! Click OK to download the antispyware”. This type of popup announcement is a very powerful motivator. Would you click? Unfortunately, if you had clicked on this particular popup you would have begun the process of infecting your computer with IEAntiVirus... Read Full Story

Come on now, do you really believe Barack Obama has had Transsexual Affairs? Since you ended up on this site, it’s likely you got here by way of a Google search on Barack Obama, and you couldn’t resist the temptation to check this out. While doing the background work on this article, it came to my attention that other key words (other than sex), used in Google searches to define Obama, are “Muslim”, which he surely is not; and “Religious”, which it appears he is. Don’t stop... Read Full Story

According to the American Foundation for the Blind, visually impaired people work in virtually every sector of our economy, and are just as likely as the general population to use computers and the Internet. Colorblindness, a particular type of visual impairment, affects approximately two percent of women and eight percent of men. People who are visually impaired in this way then, have great difficulty with color-based distinctions. Web of Trust (WOT) a popular Internet Browser application... Read Full Story

WOT is a free Internet security addon for your browser. It will keep you safe from online scams, identity theft, spyware, spam, viruses and unreliable shopping sites. WOT provides you an extra layer of security by warning you before you interact with a risky website. If you are about to enter a risky website, WOT will warn you and save your computer before you interact with a harmful site. With safety ratings of 20 million websites, WOT combines evidence collected from multiple trusted... Read Full Story