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Thursday, July 26, 2007
10 free computer security programs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s no secret - I like free software. Part of the reason is obvious, when there are several computers in a home the price of commercial software can often be more than what you paid for the hardware. And since many programs that provide computer security require yearly subscription fees, the purchase price of the program is often just the start of expenses.
But I also like these free programs because they remind me of how things were when home computing got its start. Most programs were free then. And it was possible to create your own programs. If you couldn’t, in the very earliest days of home computing, you could simply copy what others did. Computer magazines printed the computer code and users would fire up Basic and create a program by copying that code. (That wasn’t much fun to tell you the truth - even a small typo rendered the program useless so there was a lot of time spent searching for typos).
And - for whatever reason - some of the free programs available are still often better than commercial stuff. Today, linked here, you’ll find some security programs touted as 10 of the best by ZDNet. I have used - and like - some of them. Others are brand new to me. It’ll be fun to see how they stack up.
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