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Protect Laptops and Sensitive Data Against Theft With Any USB Flash Drives By LAlarm

Don’t throw your old USB flash drive away. Instead, you can use an old flash drive as a laptop alarm to prevent your laptop from being stolen. Here is how:

1. Install free software on your laptop. http://www.lalarm.com/LaptopAlarm. (free for personal use)

2. Fasten a neck strap to your old USB flash drive.

3. Fasten the other end of the strap to a table.

4. Plug in the USB flash drive into a USB port of a laptop.

5. Lock the laptop by pressing the Windows logo key and L key together.

When a thief removes the laptop from the table, the USB flash drive will be disconnected from the laptop and then a loud siren sound will be emitted. In addition to sounding an alarm, the software sends an alert to your mobile phone. This tip is also useful if you worry about identity theft. The free software destroys data in case of laptop theft.

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Protect Your Files Quickly and Easily By Sophos Free Encryption

Protect your confidential files

Securely sending or storing data can be tricky if you don’t have a robust security infrastructure. We make encryption easy for you with Sophos Free Encryption.

This free tool lets you secure your data easily and quickly without any central infrastructure in place. Individuals and businesses alike can easily protect selected files for email communication without building up a costly back-end PKI infrastructure.

Quick and easy encryption for all your data

• Sophos Free Encryption creates password-protected encrypted archives so you can share confidential data quickly and easily. Create or extract a secure archive simply by a right clicking on a file in Windows Explorer.
• The tool integrates with most email applications to automatically create a new message with the selected encrypted archive already attached.
• Sophos Free Encryption’s integrated compression efficiently packs the archive, saving time and money in data transfer costs.
• Features like the password vault, self-extracting archives and scripting for process automation simplify handling data.
• When used in combination with our flagship encryption product SafeGuard Enterprise, Sophos Free Encryption can use SafeGuard Enterprise’s keyring to handle passwords on archives.

Autorun no more

A little while ago, Microsoft released an update which partially disables some autorun functionality on Windows operating systems prior to Windows 7. The update, known as KB971029, is intended for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, and Server 2008. The autorun function is used to automatically start installation processes from CDs, DVDs, and USB drives, as well as other types of removable media.

 

Autorun works by using a file named autorun.inf found in the root of the file system for removable drives. While this is a helpful process when used with a trusted resource, such as a software installer from a CD, it has long been a successful malware infection vector on rewritable drives.

 

At Kaspersky, we’ve frequently urged Microsoft to disable this process, as anything that automatically installs software or code without properly informing the user can and will be used maliciously. In the past we’ve discovered infected consumer devices, and the autorun function has been used to spread incredibly successful threats as Conficker (Kido). This listing gives you a partial idea of just how often “autorun” gets used as an infection vector.

 

Early versions of Windows, including Windows XP Service Pack 1 and earlier, would automatically launch software on a rewritable drive with no notification. XP Service Pack 2 and later would automatically launch a window when the drive was inserted, and you could then choose to run an executable. In fact, you could check a box at the bottom to “Always do the selected action”. Malware creators often create an autorun.inf file on removable media when a malicious program launches, and this extends the attack vectors beyond network propagation. A shared USB drive becomes a threat to a network that may not even have Internet access.

 

With Windows XP Service Pack 2, and in Vista and Server 2008, a new feature called Autoplay was introduced. The Autoplay function pops up a window when an autorun.inf file is detected and requests action from the user. The options are to install a program, which launches the intended executable, or to open the folder to view files. While this approach is better than automatically running an executable without user knowledge, it’s not exactly safe. Most casual computer users are conditioned to keep clicking until the file opens, so this just adds a step on the road to infection. The update mentioned above disables the autoplay function on writable media like USB drives, while leaving the autoplay function intact for CDs and DVDs.

 

 

Windows 7 disables the function altogether on writable external drives by default. This is a much safer approach; although it makes it more difficult for the average person to find out what to do next when trying to install something new, there’s always a trade-off between security and usability. While we commend Microsoft for finally implementing this fix, it took far too long. Countless infections could have been avoided, and Conficker might have spread less widely if this simple fix had been pushed out earlier.

 

Source: viruslist.com

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LockHunter is a foolproof file unlocker (Free)

It is a free tool to delete files blocked by something you do not know. LockHunter is useful for fighting against malware, and other programs that are blocking files without a reason. Unlike other similar tools it deletes files into the recycle bin so you may restore them if deleted by mistake.

 

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Get Free One Year License of New Norman Antivirus & Antispyware (By softgeeek.blogspot.com)

We never talked about Norman because now a days it is not hot like BitDefender, Norton, Kaspersky, etc but do not forget that once it was very famous.

 

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Get Free F-Secure Internet Security 2010 for One Year (By softgeeek.blogspot.com)

F-Secure Internet Security is the most popular security software along with BitDefender and Kaspersky in Nordic region but the majority of people like F-Secure. There is no doubt it is really a good

security software but on the other hand it is most expensive security for your computer. F-Secure IS 2009 was really a big change in its history. It became more popular because of low consumption of system resources and better rate of detection and stopping of Malware compared to its previous releases.

 

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Try Returnil Virtual System 2010 For Free

Returnil Virtual System 2009 Beta uses a combination of antivirus and virtualization technologies to protect your system against both malicious software and unwanted changes. Returnil virtualization technology clones your computer’s System Partition and boots the PC into a controlled virtual world rather than native Windows; allowing you to run your applications in a completely isolated and secure environment.

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Get Free AVG AntiVirus Small Business Edition

Taking care of your computer security – so you can take care of business

AVG Anti-Virus Free: Small Business is the latest addition to AVG’s award-winning security software line-up. For the first time, small businesses can now get the same great free AVG security as home computer users.

 

If you have a small business with five or fewer PCs and don’t yet have a local area network or server installed, this is the perfect solution for you.

 

Going beyond the standard anti-virus and anti-spyware protection found in other free security products, AVG Anti-Virus Free: Small Business Edition includes the unique built-in LinkScanner™ technology. LinkScanner™ keeps your business safe from hidden web threats that employees might unwittingly download – by giving web sites a clean bill of health – or otherwise – before your employees visit them.

Why is this important? Anti-virus programs don’t start working until they see a virus land on your computer. But LinkScanner™ is ahead of the game. It looks beyond the page you’re looking at right now to the pages you might click on – the ones behind the links. And it tells you whether they’re safe before you actually go to any of those pages, keeping your important business data safe.

LinkScanner™ is a vital additional layer of protection for your business. With LinkScanner™ installed, cybercriminals are completely blocked from stealing valuable information while your employees are online.

• Is easy to download and use – and won’t slow your business down
• Stops employees from accidentally visiting web pages that harbor hidden data-stealing threats
• Displays clear safety ratings for Google, MSN and Yahoo search results
• Blocks only infected pages, not sites, so a whole site isn’t blocked if just one page is bad
• Checks pages at the only time that matters – when you’re about to click that link
• Prevents viruses, spyware, Trojans, and other malware from damaging your business
• The security of knowing that 80 million people already trust AVG

At AVG, we believe everyone should have access to free, basic protection against security threats. In these tough economic times, it only makes sense for this right to be extended to small businesses as well as individuals.

You can download from : http://free.avg.com/small-business-free-details#tba2

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