ClearCloud is a new initiative from Sunbelt Software that offers a safe internet surfing. It is a DNS service; if implemented on your PC, it will filters out malicious website. ClearCloud will check every web address your computer is trying to access – when you’re browsing the internet, clicking a link in an email, or a program trying to access the internet for update – and blocks if a malicious activity found.  Read More →

Unfortunately, many people still choose their name, phone number or something easy to remember for their passwords. They are not even aware of the need to use strong passwords when accessing banking or important websites. As passwords have an important role in our day to day online life, we must give top importance when choosing a password.  Read More →

Broadband connections are getting cheaper by the day. So the internet usage greatly increased. Kids find the internet more interesting because of the limitless content available online. But are these contents available freely on the internet safe enough for your kids? No, you need to keep your children away from adult websites and also safeguard the important data on your computer which can be vulnerable to a virus attack or hacking.  Read More →

You can’t always prevent your mobile from being lost or stolen, but you can make sure no one takes advantage of it with a free application called F-Secure Anti-Theft. With this app, you can remotely lock your phone and protect the data it contains with a single SMS message. The Theft Control feature of this app can lock your phone if a robber changes the SIM card and informs you of the new number.  Read More →

To celebrate the World Cup 2010, Kaspersky, the well-known security company has offers its Mobile Security 9 for free to protect your smartphone. You can use it free for the entire World cup period. With this program you can hide or unhide phonebook entries, SMSs and call logs, locate a lost or stolen smartphone using the inbuilt GPS Find function, filter out annoying calls and SMSs, restrict your children’s calls and SMSs.  Read More →

Avast antivirus free edition is my favorite security software for Windows 7. Because it offers good security features than other free antivirus programs. But, one thing annoying me is that the free version of Avast antivirus (v.5.0) displays advertisement (when connecting the system to internet) about their pro version on the main window (see screenshot below shows with ad).  Read More →