One of the most useful thing you can do today is to search Google on "Internet Defender" and click on its Microsoft site. Here you download the final version of a Microsoft program that blocks spyware and other unwanted applications from your system. It made the jump from beta test to finished release on New Year's Day.
Everyone on the Internet needs Defender. Period.
At last, we have a program that is totally free with no irritating pop-ups to upgrade or trial limits. It offers state-of-the-art security and works flawlessly. It’s almost invisible but works hard to keep your system clean.
NO MORE SCANNING
Microsoft did some user sampling on security programs and found we want to ignore them but still be protected. The days of remembering to run scanners and download updates, as with Ad-Aware and a number of others, are gone with Internet Defender.
If a program can be neat, this one is. Its opening screen, launched from Start, All Programs, is simple. Every action and option are described clearly, although there isn’t a whole lot to do. The default will satisfy 95 percent of users.
Then it just works, scanning your computer daily for snippets of code sent from marketers and hackers trying to take control of your system.
Spyware started with a salesperson who infected our systems online with rogue software. He then tried to sell us the program to remove it. He thought it was brilliant marketing. The FBI thought it was extortion.
Over the years, we’ve seen these guys hijack our home pages to build traffic on sites, permanently change our default searcher to their own, spy on our surfing and report it to ad agencies, steal our identities, credit-card numbers and passwords and on and on. In worst cases, they use our computers to launch virus and e-mail spam attacks.
TARGET: WINDOWS
They do this by changing code in our Windows operating system. You must reprogram Windows to get rid of it. Few have that skill.
Defender is like a gate that slams shut when it senses trouble coming. However, hackers continually are inventing new ways to attack. Here Defender shines with its Spynet users’ community.
When new spyware is released, the first people to find it are the users, not the anti-spyware companies. Spynet allows users to report trouble instantly. You can even vote on programs that fall into the gray area of spyware. The signatures of the losers then will be added to the next Defender update.
The updating is flawless. You specify a time and never see anything more, not even an icon in your system tray.
This is really good stuff, the best protection available. Get it and forget it. Can’t beat that.
