Tech Geek

Is your anti-virus/anti-spyware/anti-malware software up to date? Now's probably a good time to check. If you're running Windows and don't have anything installed, or if it's time to upgrade your subscription and you don't want to pay, Microsoft has now made their Security Essentials free. Well, free with validation that you are running a genuine version of windows.

Visit http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ to download the program for your system and be protected from all sorts of nasty stuff. I've been running AVG for a few years, but recently it has been getting more aggressive about wanting me to buy it and Windows has been telling me I don't have virus protection, even though I do. So I switched over to Microsoft Security Essentials and have been happy with the fact that it doesn't slow my system down and that it runs a scan at scheduled intervals and updates itself before each scan.