You don't always need to stick with the brand names in order to use the latest security applications on your PC. Indeed, some of the free anti-spyware and anti-virus applications are often the most regularly updated. If you look around, there are loads of free personal firewalls, anti-spyware, anti-virus and anti-malware applications. Two of those have been updated recently.

AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 is a popular free anti-virus tool that uses the minimum of system resources to protect your computer from virus attack. It's one of the most downloaded applications through vnunet.com. SUPER AntiSpyware 3.9.1 is a standalone free anti-spyware application that will reside alongside your anti-virus application. Note that some of the free technology can be limited. You might have to manually download the latest anti-virus definitions or run a schedule manually.

26 Jun 2007