Getting your player ready...
Students on a budget or anyone looking to stretch a dollar can take advantage of free substitutes for pricey computer security programs.
Consumer Reports recently found free programs that “were on par with the best pay suites we tested.”
Most highly recommended for anti-virus was Avira AntiVir Antivirus Personal (). For badware, Microsoft Windows Defender (), which is built into the Vista operating system. And for an e-mail spam filter, try Spamfighter Standard, (). Another free anti-virus program, AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition () also gets good reviews.
Gregory Karp, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.)
