Mac and Linux are known for secure operating systems, because there aren’t too many threats that affect a Mac or Linux machine. But now the situation has changed. The growing popularity of Mac and Linux, viruses appearing on these systems has also increased.
Cybercriminals are continuously refining the technique they use to spread viruses through the web and hide them on computers. Their ability to develop, mutate and launch a myriad of attacks (phishing, malware, exploits, etc) appears significant these days. It has never been more clear that a PC cannot be allowed to exist without adequate antivirus and anti-malware measures.
The recent increase in smartphones usage and the associated increase in data and application usage on these devices have increased the security risk.
As these devices contain personal information, using for financial transactions, accessing internet, users need to protect their phones from malware, viruses, data loss and more.
Bitdefender, the market leader in security products offers several free utilities for your security needs that you can use absolutely free.
1. BitDefender Antivirus free edition: An on-demand virus scanner that uses its award winning malware scanning engine to ensure high detection and removal of all viruses from your PC.
With effective combination of signature detection and heuristic analyzer, the free Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool can detect and remove all types of infections from your computer.
It implies the same effective detecting algorithms used by Kaspersky Anti-Virus and flawlessly works with your existing security programs. So this utility can ensure superior computer security.
Avast antivirus is one of the most popular free security software for Windows and Linux that gives a bunch of system protection ranging from antivirus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, rootkit, email and messenger scanning, etc.
The Mail Shield in the latest release of Avast 5.x may not scan some incoming and or outgoing e-mails. This is because Avast scans emails only if the encryption is turned off in the mail client like Outlook or Thunderbird.