No Autorun is a small free application that protects from USB flash drive (dongle) viruses. It locks any executing file, stopping Malware from working and can also disable the USB autorun function.

Need to check if an URL is infected or not? These Web based URL scanners will let you know if it's safe to visit a web page or not.

This guide shows how to remove Flash Cookies with Freeware. Flash Cookies or LSO's are a privacy risk and should be deleted. Using the free software here it is possible to remove them.

Trojan Demo by Bufferzone can simulate the simple but scary effects of a Trojan. It allows you to test your computers security software as it attempts to access a list of files from your documents and display them in your browser. If you run this program and your security software leaps in and prevents it from [...]

Malaware is a new cloud based scanner from Emisoft the vendors of A-squared and Mamutu, both highly rated anti malware scanners. Malawares’ download is extremely small for a scanner at 1mb but this is due to the fact it is a cloud based scanner and will look at any processes it is unsure of “in the [...]

Mozilla have recently released an addition to their site that can check Firefox Plugins to see if they are up to date. By visiting the Plugin Check website using Firefox you are presented with a list of Plugins such as Java and Silverlight and their versions. Update links are also provided should it find any [...]

There are many ways you surfing activities can be spied upon whilst surfing the net. Some are worrying and some not so worrying. Most can be avoided with a little help. Firstly I’ll outline who can spy on you, whether you should be worried and finally what you can do to prevent spying. Privacy from others [...]

This is the second part of JonnysBlog’s  How To Test Your Computer’s Security Guide. The first part can be found here – Security Guide Part One. Keylogger Test Zemana have made a keylogger simulation application that will capture keystrokes from another window. It is only a simulation as it is not hidden from view and doesn’t [...]

Okay, I’ve written about firewalls a few times before. I have trialled a few paid firewalls and I believe most of the free 64 bit Firewalls. The trouble is, none of them seem to work trouble free. It may be my system, it may be the other software I run causing conflicts, but I’m not so [...]

Gizmo’s TechsupportAlert has teamed up with Emisoft to offer a free 1 year licence for Mamutu. Mamutu is an IDS (Intrusion Detection System) and an extra real time layer of protection to add to your current security setup. This is a similar type application to the excellent and free PCTools Threatfire. This is due to it’s malware [...]

A study that can be found on the Social Science Research Network has revealed that many large websites are tracking users with Flash Cookies.

There have not been many Firewalls available for x64 bit operating systems. Luckily another Firewall has just become freeware. Privatefirewall is not just any firewall neither, it gets extremely good results from Matousec who are the best authority (in my opinion) on firewalls at the moment.

Spybot may be losing it’s way a little maybe in comparison to the likes of the in favour Superantispyware and Malwarebytes, which pick up more threats, but it still holds a little trick that many people forget to do. Immunization. As the screenshot shows, the immunize feature will help “Protect yourself before threats find their way into your system.”