A few years back I made a pact with myself not to use any pirated software, mainly because I am a software developer and we all enjoy getting paid. My laptop came with Norton Protection Center pre-installed and recently it started warning me to update my subscription. So I decided to take the plunge and uninstall it and find an open source alternative.
I did a bit of looking around and decided on ClamWin which has been satisfactory so far, the interface is not as flashy as Norton but it gets the job done and it does it well and without being intrusive or tough on memmory.
I have already been using AlZip for 4 months for all my compression and decompression needs and it is awesome, it is made by AlTools, and they have other very useful utilities.
My other most recent find is Foxit, which is a PDF reader, yes I know Adobe Reader is free but it is slooooow and bulky. Foxit on the other hand opens up extremely fast and is very lightweight.
Hi Jessy,
Your posts are really informative, thanks.
With respect to ClamWin, the main problem is that it doesn’t support Real-Time scanning. I.E. ClamWin does not automatically scan files as they are read and written. So if you download an infected file it will not be scanned till you manually decide to scan you hard-disk. However there is another program called Winpooch that can be used with ClamWin to let it be able to do real-time scanning, but to be frank I didn’t use it before and don’t know how to use it.
Hi Tarek,
I guess you are right, I am not particularly picky about real time scanning because I dont usually copy files from other places, but you have a valid point, I will try Winpooch and try to do an update on that and if I find other programs that can do both then I will post on them later.
Thanx for the pointer
You’re welcome
Keep it up, you have a great blog here.
Work from the comfort of your own home!
Its extremely easy and anyone can do it!
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