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is available for non-commercial use. If you want more and better and no restrictions to use in non-commercial environment only, they have a very affordable paid version. F-Secure http://www.f-secure.com/ is another product used and trusted by those who know how to guard themselves. Very good, and highly recommended. Iolo http://www.iolo.com System Mechanic Professional has the Anti Virus component to it and although primarily designed to fix errors on your PC, does pretty good job in fortifying your PC against Spam, Viruses and Spyware.

Than there are usual names like McAfee - http://www.mcafee.com, Norton - http://www.norton.com, Trend Micro - http://us.trendmicro.com, etc. Choosing one over another is matter of preference but having anything is better than having nothing.

A word of caution. Some people will recommend using multiple Anti Virus engines. Although possible they may interfere with each other and in the end let the dangerous stuff pass through. So, for an average home PC user, stick with one good package. However, whatever you pick make sure your software is updated constantly as even best Anti Virus and Security program will not stop the virus if it does not know about it.

5) Security hardware, firewall, IDS (intrusion detection system). A cheap hardware based firewall such as Linksys or D-Link router with built in firewall may cost you under $50.00 USD but it may save you thousands of dollars by stopping the intrusion and infection of your PC. Combined with good Anti Virus program the platform will make your PC a relatively safe place however it is still not impenetrable.

Better designed commercial grade security devices will commonly include Anti Virus, Anti Spam, Web Filter, Intrusion Detection and more physically embedded onto the hardware itself, therefore decreasing the possibility of someone tampering with the software or the software itself becoming corrupted or not working properly. Companies such Secure Computing and FortiNet have some decent level UTM (Unified Threat Management devices) at decent prices.

And if you need more than just basic they have a more scalable hardware that can protect and guard anything from Small Office / Home Office to large enterprises and ISP (Internet service providers). I had came across the www.FirewallShop.com web site recently and found it out great and useful with multiple vendors and multiple products ranging from small office to enterprise level. Feel free to visit the site, from my dealing with the people

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