PC Tools is a brand well known for it's spyware product called Spyware Doctor, which has won may awards from various magazine and websites. And previous to the release of this free firewall software, they have also released a free anti virus,which i have also covered in an earlier article. Although their anti-virus software was free but it was quite competent and offers quite a number of features. Gladly, they had also repeat the same thing when they release their free firewall software. As soon as i got to know about this free firewall, i immediately went to the website, download it, installed the firewall, restarted my PC and start testing the firewall capability. As a starters, you can bet that PC Tools Firewall is far much better than the default Windows firewall, in respect of protecting your PC.

I found this site which explains (aided by images) how ATM scammers can get hold of your PIN number and ATM card information. I really didn't know that such things can be done. Honestly, i have to give some credit to these fellas, they are really creative when it comes to achieve their objective. If you have never heard about ATM scams techniques before, then i really suggest that you visit this page: ATM Scams. It explains the three techniques which are known to be used by ATM scammers to steal your hard earned money. I am really glad that there are such kind of website is available on the net. Yes, it does makes you feel insecure reading all about the ATM scam techniques, but it also undoubtedly makes you more prepared to face such threats, since now you are more informed about it. Hopefully, none of us need to encounter such scams ever.

In a previous article , i have recommended a couple of free anti viruses. But after a few months and reviews later, i have decided to revamp my recommendation. So, in today's article, i will recommend three anti viruses which, in my point of view, are the most competent, hi tech and reliable. Two of them are already known for quite sometime for being among the best free anti virus available, and one is a new comer in the free anti virus arena :) (the more the better)

I found this cool free security software for your instant messenger while wasting my precious time surfing the net :) . Anyway, this application is called IM Secure from Zonelabs, the same company that created the famous Zone Alarm Firewall. Zonelabs offers home users the light version of the IM Secure, good enough for me, as long as it is free :)

Did you know that there exists softwares that you could use to spy on people who are using Instant Messengers (IM)? Spy in this context means that you could read all of their conversation. OK, now that you know, don't start to be excited yet because this article ain't gonna disclose to you on how to do just that, but instead, how to avoid from your private messages to be misused. One way of doing that is to encrypt all out going messages, so that even if they are intercepted, it would be totally useless :)