Here is a list of 100% free software to protect yourself online. Click on the names to open a new window direct to the download pages.

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1024x768 or higher resolution
32bit Color Display Depth (24bit also fine)
Suggested Browsers: Firefox or Opera

Windows XP / Vista

Network Protection & Privacy
OpenDNS (highly recommended)

AntiVirus
AVG Anti-Virus

Firewall
ZoneAlarm

Spyware
Ad-Aware
HijackThis
SpywareBlaster
Spybot

Online Privacy
CCleaner
Privacy Mantra

Parental Filters
K9 Web Protection

Chad's Suggested Internet Browser: Firefox (secure, W3 compliant)

Recommended Firefox Extensions

• AdBlock Plus
• Distrust
• Fox Filter
• Key Scrambler Personal
• NoScript
• Track Me Not
• WOT

Security How-To's:

• How to secure your wireless network

Windows Utilities:

• Auslogics Disk Defragmenter
• Belarc Advisor
• FlashGet
• TweakNow Registry Cleaner

Windowx XP Network Optimizations:

• SG TCP Optimizer (Broadband Optimization)
• TCP/IP Repair (Internet Speed Performance)

Note: if you use Vista, no optimization is necessary as Vista has its own built in network optimization function.

Mac Software

Security / Performance

• CiphSafe
• ClamXav Antivirus
• OnyX System Optimizer
• Vidalia

Browsers

• Firefox
• Opera

Bundle of Free Open Source Software

Windows
Open Source Windows

MAC
Open Source Mac

Bumping up the thread. A lot of people are not so technical so I'm hoping that this will help you out and protect your family while online.

B-Safe Online is good filter for the family too, Chad. We use it for our home computer. Filters out anything even the slightest bit questionable. I love it! It is inexpensive and reliable.

Thanks for posting this Chad, its hard to find good free stuff these days...im using the AVG Free Antivirus program, and it looks for updates every 24 hours, and works great. lol i was almost three years online before getting a bad virus or hacked, or even had the slightest fear of one, plus i only reformated once a year. But those days are gone im afraid.. even in the backwoods of Canada. I use to shake my head at folks with all that protection...not now. I learned the hard way to get a good firewall, the windows one is ****...im useing Zone now.

God bless

I added a few things to the list. I suggest people highly use the software mentioned and secure your computer. Its very important.

Also, its best to use no less than 1024x768 monitor resolution when viewing Talk Jesus forums.

I offically am opening up this thread to anyone who has security questions and in need of advice. Reply here and ask away

Thankyou brother Chad for this info, and the web sites.

thank you so much chad . i have just done an online course on syware etc. they gave us some of these sites. it is good to find them here as i often wonder if i should add others to what i already use. recently added windows defender. i was wondering about adding trend micro to the list of protection to use. i have just added spybot search and destroy and to my surprise it found some things to remove. i do use ad aware easy cleaner reg cleaner and have spyware blaster. plus i have avg and zone alarm.

I was told on c.net while I was doing PC Protection 101 course about mailwasher but I have not found it yet and I just came to see if it was in your list Chad but alas no.

I have used trend micro and that picked up some infections on my pc and my daughters but there was something on hers that could not be removed. It was something to do with msn too.

God bless you for the wonderful information contained in this site. rainbow:

I want to thank you Chad for these online protections as my daughter had a pop up which she could not get rid of and today I used her pc to get this site up and we added the popup blocker and it stopped it from popping up. We also downloaded hijack this.

God bless.