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As Internet access becomes vital to all business organizations, network security and privacy affects everyone. Comodo, a leading global provider of trust and assurance services for the Internet, provides the highest level of protection for networks and home users alike.

Comodo Firewall is one of the smartest firewalls you can ever see. While providing answers to firewall questions, users usually do not understand the complex questions which involve complicated connection details like IP addresses, Ports, Application paths etc.

Comodo Firewall helps you to understand what is going on by analyzing each alert and providing you an intuitive, easily understandable Security Considerations section with each question it asks.

With its built-in application database, Comodo Firewall classifies more than 10.000 applications according to their risk level such as SAFE, SPYWARE, ADWARE etc. It is the only firewall which has such a big application database and which uses such a database to analyze the security risks.

Comodo Firewall is a complete, easy to manage and effective barrier that keeps hackers out and personal information in.

| OS: 2000/XP | Size: 8113KB | Licence: Freeware |

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Comodo Firewall

Agnitum Outpost Firewall is a powerful personal firewall that provides peace of mind from any threats by cookies, banner ads, e-mail viruses, backdoors, spyware, crackers, adware, and virtually any other Internet danger. Outpost starts protecting against all kinds of internal and external attacks as soon as it is installed. It offers an open architecture and support for plug-ins, so the capabilities can easily be extended by other developers. You can filter e-mails based upon their content, and Outpost will prevent dangerous attachments from executing. In addition, Outpost performs web filtering, detects port scanning and offers a privacy guard feature, as well as a plug-in that will block banner advertisements from your web pages. Inexperienced users will appreciate the ease of installation and ability to simply set Outposts protection features.

| OS: 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP | Size: 2.17MB | Price: FREE |

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Outpost Firewall FREE

Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) is a software agent that builds a barrier between your personal computer and the Internet. KPF is designed to protect your PC against attacks from both the Internet, and other computers in the local network. The firewall controls all data flow in both directions – from the Internet to your computer and vice versa, and it can also block all attempted connections, allowing only what you choose to permit. MD5 application signatures protect the computer from Trojan horses imitating trusted programs. Kerio features three security levels for easy configuration, as well as options for advanced users to create their own rules. The program initially starts in a learning mode, prompting you for each detected connection and creates customized rules automatically.

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Kerio Personal Firewall

Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition

avast! Home Edition is a complete anti-virus package, that is is free for registered home non-commercial users. It contains an on-demand scanner with two interfaces (simple for novices and advanced for experienced users), an on-access scanner with Standard Shield (which protects against execution and opening malware programs) and an embedded e-mail scanner which scans incoming and outgoing email messages. avast! Home integrates with the Windows Explorer right click menu and also includes a special screen saver which is able to scan your system while your computer is not in use. Updates are incremental and frequently made available for manual or scheduled download. You will download a 60 days demo, if you would like to continue free usage beyond that time, you`ll need to register from the home page to obtain a free activation key by email.

Resident protection.
P2P and IM Shields
Network & Web Shield.
Integrated avast! Virus Cleaner

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avast! Home Edition

Powerful FREE protection against malicious virus infections, download now!

With PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition you are protected against the most nefarious cyber-threats attempting to gain access to your PC and personal information. Going online without protection against the latest fast-spreading virus and worms, such as Netsky, Mytob and MyDoom, can result in infections within minutes. Once infected, the virus will usually attempt to spread itself to your friends, family and associates by accessing your email contacts and networked PCs. The infection may also allow hackers to access files on your PC, use it to launch attacks against other computers and websites or to send mass SPAM email. That's why PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition provides world-leading protection, with rapid database updates, OnGuard real-time protection and comprehensive system scanning to ensure your system remains safe and virus free. PC Tools products are trusted and used by millions of people everyday to protect their home and business computers against online threats.

Protects your PC as you are working, surfing and playing
Detects, quarantines, disinfects and destroys Viruses, Trojans and Worms
OnGuard protects your computer against threats in real-time
Automatically checks for frequent updates against the latest threats

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PC Tools AntiVirus

Eliminates Viruses, Worms and Trojans from desktops and networks

Detects and eliminates viruses from desktops and networks.
Constantly protects with real-time On Access scanning.
Proactive Heuristic analysis intercepts unknown threats.
Host Intrusion Detection blocks malware before it can run.
Daily, automatic updates of virus definitions.
Simple to use: install and forget.

FREE SOFTWARE – NO LICENSE FEES EVER

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Comodo AntiVirus
2.0 beta

The virus scanner can be used on most computer operating systems used today, and can detect and disinfect all known boot sector viruses, file or program viruses as well as macro viruses, Trojans and other irritating and destructive programs.

F-Prot Antivirus^TM for DOS is the perfect tool for all users, both professional and private. It is easy to use, with a simple yet practical interface that offers great flexibility for the user, but can be run in command-line mode as well. The user can scan floppy disks, local hard drives or network drives as well as individual folders and files. The software can be used on private home computers, on the individual workstation or on a whole network.

Among features included in F-Prot Antivirus^TM for DOS is an effective heuristic scanner to scan for new viruses and suspicious files. F-Prot Antivirus^TM will scan inside compressed files, as well as in Word documents and Excel workbooks.

Online support is provided for all users of F-Prot Antivirus^TM.

If this sounds interesting, why not download a copy and try it out? The current version is 3.12d. - Source

OS: DOS | Size: Various | Price: Free | Licence: Freeware |

System requirements:
IBM PC compatible computer. Version 3.x requires DOS 3.3 or better, and at least an 80386 computer with 4MB of memory. F-Prot Antivirus™ for DOS will run under Windows 3.x, Windows 95, 98 and NT, OS2, or UNIX, LINUX or Macintosh workstation running a DOS or Windows emulator.
(see also F-Prot™ Antivirus for Linux.)
F-Prot™ Antivirus for DOS will work on most network systems.

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F-Prot anti-virus

TrueCrypt is an open-source encryption software that enables you to create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a virtual disk, that can be accessed via a drive letter. Any file that is stored on this virtual drive is automatically encrypted on-the-fly, and can only be accessed while the drive is mounted with the correct password or key. TrueCrypt supports a variety of encryption algorithms, including AES-256, Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST5, Serpent, Triple DES, and Twofish. Other features include support for FAT32 or NTFS formatting, hidden volumes, hotkeys for mounting/dismounting and more.

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Windows Privacy Tools (WinPT) is a collection of multilingual applications for easy digital encryption and signing of content.
It's GnuPG-based, compatible with OpenPGP compliant software (like PGP) and free for commercial and personal use under the GPL. For more information, please see the manual's section on What's WinPT. Further Info: WinPT Handbook WinPT FAQ WinPT is small, quick and very handy. Has full support for clipboard and current window encrypt, decrypt, sign, verify...etc via the system tray icon and or keyboard shortcuts. Complete with key manager and file manager.The difference with PGP, GnuPG do not uses algorithms with restrictive patents. PGP is free for personal uses but not comercial jobs and its development is closed. GnuPG is free to be used in any job and it is open source.

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WinPT

The standard in encryption. PGP or Pretty Good Privacy is a powerful cryptographic software suite that enables people to securely exchange messages, and to secure files, disk volumes and network connections with both privacy and strong authentication. Privacy means that only the intended recipient of a message can read it. By providing the ability to encrypt messages, PGP provides protection against anyone eavesdropping on the network. Even if the information is intercepted, it is completely unreadable to the snooper. Authentication identifies the origin of the information, certainty that it is authentic, and that it has not been altered. Authentication also provides an extremely valuable tool in network security: verification of the identity of an individual. In addition to secure messaging, PGP also provides secure data storage, enabling you to encrypt files stored on your computer. Also comes with PGPnet - a powerful VPN client which enables secure peer-to-peer IP-based network connections - and Self-Decrypting Archives (SDAs) which allow you to exchange information securely even with those who do not have PGP.

OS: Amiga/Atari/BeOS/EPOC (Psion etc.)/MacOS/Newton/OS/2PalmOS/Unix,
Windows 2000/3.x/95/98/NT/ME/XP/
|Size: Various | Price: Free | Licence: Freeware |

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PGP Freeware

JPHIDE and JPSEEK are programs which allow you to hide a file in a jpeg visual image. There are lots of versions of similar programs available on the internet but JPHIDE and JPSEEK are rather special. The design objective was not simply to hide a file but rather to do this in such a way that it is impossible to prove that the host file contains a hidden file. Given a typical visual image, a low insertion rate (under 5%) and the absence of the original file, it is not possible to conclude with any worthwhile certainty that the host file contains inserted data. As the insertion percentage increases the statistical nature of the jpeg coefficients differs from "normal" to the extent that it raises suspicion. Above 15% the effects begin to become visible to the naked eye. Of course some images are much better than others when used a host file - plenty of fine detail is good. A cloudless blue sky over a snow covered ski paradise is bad. A waterfall in a forest is probably ideal.

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JPHIDE and JPSEEK

Eraser is a secure file deletion tool that allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with sophisticated patterns (Gutman, USDoD and others). You can simply drag and drop files and/or folders onto the on-demand eraser, use the convenient Windows Explorer right-click extension or use the built-in scheduler for automated wiping of unused disk space, browser cache files etc. Easy to use and secure!

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Eraser

A "wiping" term is used here to call a process of shreding a contents of a file or a free disk space. It will be impossible to restore the data stored before on the disk or in the file if you run a wiping utility.
BCWipe utility provides 3 ways to shred files' contents from
the disk when you delete your sensitive files:
A: Delete with wiping. Using 'Delete with wiping' command you can delete and wipe your files and folders from Windows Shell (Explorer program);
B: Wipe free disk space. If you have deleted sensitive files using standard operating system command, you may wipe free space on the disk where these files were stored - all previously deleted files' contents become erased;
C: Swap file wiping. BCWipe utility automatically wipes Windows Swap file contents when you run 'Wipe free disk space' command.
D: Files slacks wiping. File slack is the disk space from the end of a file till the end of the last cluster used by that file. You can turn on/off file slack wiping before 'Wipe disk free space' process.

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BCwipe

ScripTrap traps scripts when they attempt to run on your computer and provides the option of blocking them or letting them continue to run. You can also check the intercepted script with your anti-virus program before you decide to run it or not. This provides you with a chance of catching possibly malicious code before it causes damage. ScripTrap is particularly useful for trapping scripts that arrive in email attachments, such as the ILOVEYOU virus.

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ScripTrap