Castellan
has many customers who are looking for no-cost protection
for their Windows computers. If you use these free programs,
you need to remember to run regular updates and regular
scans.
Your
first and best protection is still Service Pack 2 for Windows,
and then layer on the following products to provide a reasonable
level of protection at no cost to individuals:
Anti-Trojan
Software - Ewido is the best of the free products, and
increased protection can be purchased for a small fee. If
you only use the free version, make sure to manually update
the program & run manual scans frequently.
Antivirus
- Antivir requires manual updates, but does provide
good protection against most current viruses. It works much
better on machines with XP SP2 installed.
AntiSpyware
- there are several excellent programs. The 2 best manual
scanners (you open & tell them to run regularly) are
AdAwareSE
and SpyBot.
The Microsoft
AntiSpyware program is VERY GOOD, and the Yahoo
Toolbar is a quality popup blocker AND has a great spyware
scanner (you gotta run it manually). Remember: no program
currently can clean up ALL spyware, so Castellan may have
to manually clean your machine for you.
Tip
- hit F8 as your computer is starting to boot, and choose
SAFE MODE from the menu. Antispyware scans run much better
in safe mode.
