Oooopppsss...

Sorry that I forgot about the promise that I would continue to write last night. But never mind, I don't think you care anyway :P

Just now I went to a local electircal store to get a light tube to replace the old one. And naturally I had a look at what softwares they are selling. And I just notice that almost half of the shelves is filled with antivirus softwares. Now I think these company should thank microsoft for its popularity :P

What I thought was that, there are in fact many free alternatives out there. Here is a list of some of them which I have tried:

Antivirus:

1. AVG Antivirus
   http://free.grisoft.com/
   I'm using this :D


2. Avast! Antivirus
   http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
   You need to register every year... although it is free


3. ClamAV
   Official site: http://www.clamav.net/
   Windows port: http://www.clamwin.net/
   An open source software. Under development now but I think it will be highly usable in the near future. So be sure to check it out frequently.

Firewalls:

1. ZoneAlarm
   http://www.zonelabs.com/
   This is certainly my choice! Since it doesn't nag on me :P For power users, the following two maybe better :)


2. Kerio Personal Firewall
   http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html
   An alternative


3. Sygate Personal Firewall
   http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
   Another alternative.

If you can't find the one you like, just search for "Free antivirus firewall" on google :D

Enjoy the free world!!!