Save money with free security software for PC and Mac.

Why pay for things when the same quality of software can be downloaded and installed for free…

•  Antivirus (PC)
  Protects your PC from any unwanted viruses and trojan horses which may try to infect your computer and cause a speed slowdown or loss of files. The best free antivirus package available right now is AVG Anti-Virus.

  The Apple Mac does not need any anti-virus software (don’t be fulled by Norton telling you that you do) as OS X provides all the protection you need.

  Cost: £0.

•  Firewall
  This stops unwanted instructions or access to your computer or network by nasty hackers. Imagine your internet traffic as a stream of cars in the road, and a firewall filters good and bad traffic depending on a set of rules to protect the public! The best free antivirus software for the PC right now is ZoneAlarm

  The Apple Mac has a free firewall built in, which you can switch on through System Preferences -> Sharing -> Firewall.

  Cost: £0.

•  Spyware Filter
  Spyware can be anything from a hidden cookie on your machine that tracks a site you have been to, right down to something nasty like a key-logger that tracks everything you type and sends the information to a hacker somewhere in the world. Either way, you want to make sure you have a clean computer at all times! The free and most popular anti-spyware software for the PC right is Lavasoft Ad-Aware

  Again, with the Apple Mac there is no need to install any anti-spyware software. Do you see a trend forming?

  Cost: £0.

•   Spam Blocker
  Spam is really infuriating and has only got worse over the last few years! A free spam filter uses special algorithms to automatically block unwanted spam and either instantly delete it or move it into a special Spam folder for you to review. It’s really a necessity to have one installed these days. A great little piece of email spam filter software for the PC, compatible with Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express is Spamfighter Standard

  With the Apple Mac, there is a built in spam filter in Mail.App, although Rich Genie has found that SpamSieve is a much more powerful solution.

  Cost: £0.

•  Pop-Up Blocker
  Finally, this can save you a lot of annoyance and time by automatically stopping those little annoying pop-up windows appearing with adverts in them as you browse the web. Google has offered a built in free pop-up blocker for many years now, along with some other nice features, through it’s Google Toolbar (Internet Explorer), and Google Toolbar (firefox)

  With the Apple Mac, the firefox version is the way to go.

  Cost: £0.

So, in summary how does Rich Genie save money with free security software for PC and Mac?

Easy, Rich Genie installs avg antivirus, zonealarm, adaware, spamfighter (on his PC) and spamsieve (mac), and google pop-up blocker. Takes 1 hour of work and costs £0.

Poor Genie on the other hand buys Norton Internet Security package for £49.99 and takes him 2 hours+ to install.

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