csrnet@ If you felt so inclined, you could run your computer on free software. For
many users, you don’t really need to invest heavily in commercial software in
order to open Word documents, send emails, browse the web or even edit your
digital photos. There are many free equivalents and some of the best tools have
been released without charge. Alternatively, there are many older commercial
full software titles, made available through our coverdiscs or even as downloads
through vnunet.com/downloads.
However, when it comes to security, can you really choose to protect your
system using free security software? Can you be assured that low-key developers
have the resources to compete against the big brands such as Symantec, McAfee
and others? Will they be able to release definition updates more quickly to
combat the latest threats.
Until recently, you be right in doubting the integrity of some free security
software. Indeed, it has been known that some free security software is actually
malicious software spoofing as legitimate software, purely to infect your PC.
The reason why we state ‘until recently’ is that some of the commercial
brands have started to release free versions of their anti-virus and
anti-spyware tools. Microsoft set a trend with their free Windows Defender
anti-spyware tool. PC Tools released an Anti-Virus tool for free and now
BitDefender have updated their free Anti-Virus tool.
Note that these free versions are not always as pro-actively updated as their
commercial counterparts. Although they ship with definition updates, these are
‘on demand’ definition updates, so you need to request them rather than them
downloading as part of an automated process.
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