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AVG free edition for AV. It is free and I believe it is better than the Nortons I used to pay for.
PC security-related links. All software listed is freeware or open source. Last Update: 08/16/2007 List maintained by holymoly. |
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Anti-Virus: avast! Home Edition ![]() Windows 95/98/ME, 2000/XP AVG Anti-Virus Windows 98/ME, 2000/XP BitDefender Free Edition Windows 98/ME, 2000/XP On-demand anti-virus program. ClamWin Windows 98/ME, 2000/XP On-demand virus scanner. Detects, doesn't clean. Dr. Web CureIT! Windows 95 OSR2/98/ME, 2000/XP On-demand, anti-malware (anti-virus/spyware). Detects and cleans. No installation required. McAfee Stinger On-demand anti-virus/trojan. No installation required. Fits on a 3.5" floppy. |
Alternatives to MSIE, Outlook & Outlook Express: Mozilla.org ![]() Firefox browser, Thunderbird E-mail client, Mozilla Suite. Opera ![]() Supports tabbed browsing, etc. Easier on resources than Firefox, Mozilla/Seamonkey. Off By One The world's smallest and fastest web browser. No installation required. Popcorn E-Mail Small, no-frills e-mail client. Seamonkey The successor to the Mozilla Suite. Web-browser, e-mail/usenet client, IRC client, HTML editing, all in one application. Xnews Usenet client. |
Anti-Adware/Spyware/Trojan: a-squared Free Windows 98/ME, 2000/XP, 2003 Server & Vista On-demand anti-trojan/rootkit, etc. Comodo BOClean Windows for Workgroups 3.11 , 95/98/ME, NT4 SP2+, 2000/XP & Vista. Full/real-time protection against trojans, rootkits, etc. SpywareBlaster ![]() Windows 95/98/ME, 2000/XP Prevent the installation of spyware and other potentially unwanted software! SpywareGuard Windows 98/ME, 2000/XP Full/real-time protection against spyware/malware. Spybot - Search and Destroy ![]() Windows 98/ME, 2000/XP Offers both on-demand scanning and full/real-time protection. SUPERAntiSpyware ![]() Windows 98/ME, 2000/XP Remove spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, home page hijackers and other malware threats. |
Firewall: How to Install a Firewall Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5 Windows 98/ME, 2000/XP (Last freeware version) Tiny Personal Firewall 2.0.15A Windows 95/98/ME, 2000/XP Tiny Personal Firewall 2.0.9 ![]() Windows 98/ME, 2000/XP (Last freeware version) ZoneAlarm Free Download Zonealarm at Oldversion.com For those who need a version compatible with Windows 9x/ME |
Miscellaneous: CCleaner Windows 95/98/ME, NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista A freeware system optimization and privacy tool. Over 65 million downloads! Dr. Web anti-virus link checker ![]() OS Independent This plugin/extension allows you to check any file you are about to download, or any web page, with Dr. Web anti-virus. Firefox users may download the extension at Addons.Mozilla.Org MVPS HOSTS File ![]() Windows: All Block known malicious websites & servers. Ping Plotter Windows: All Internet diagnostic tool. Proxomitron ![]() Windows 95/98/ME, 2000/XP A free, highly flexible, user-configurable, small, but very powerful, local HTTP web-filtering proxy. WinPatrol A security monitor. WinPatrol will alert you to hijackings, malware attacks and critical changes made to your computer without your permission. |
New and/or Untested: Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007 Free Windows 2000/XP/Vista (On-demand?) Anti-adware/spyware. Microsoft Windows Defender Windows XP SP2 or later. Anti-spyware. Spyware Terminator Scanner (On-demand): Windows 98/ME, 2000/XP/Vista Real-Time Protection: Windows 2000/XP/Vista TC-Spy Windows 98/ME, NT/2000/XP/Vista On-demand anti-adware/spyware. |
Zeroday Emergency Response Team (ZERT) "The nonprofit Zeroday Emergency Response Team is offering VML security patches for out-of-support Windows OS versions. The volunteer group, which is made up of well-respected security professionals, has released updates for Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 SP3." Above quote from: ZERT Patches Out-of-Support Windows OS |
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Just have him set the settings as high as safety requires and the system will do the rest.
Then test the system at GRC.COM and he can find out how safe his PC is to breaking and entering while he’s connnected to the Internet.
I have tested my machine and I have been found to be stealthed to the Max. I don’t even appear to be on line.Thats what you want.
Get him to connect to the web via a router ( a LAN, or Local Area Network, AKA home network )- virtually all modern routers have a hardware firewall, and that will stop a lot of the junk from coming through.
It won't fix "foolish," however- Nigerian emails, phishing, and so forth...
Since he will need to actually do things with the computer at some point, set him up with Open Office.
What operating system will be on the machine?