Great Northwest Community Improvement Association, Inc.

As most of the GNW residents already know, Director Besing is our webmaster, and his "day job" is performing computer consulting for businesses and personal needs. Lee says that he frequently sees computers that were under protected, or not protected at all, from viruses, spyware, etc., and that ends up costing anywhere from $80 to $200 or more, depending on how badly infected a computer might be.

One of the better software protection sytems he has found so far, come from the fine folks at Sunbelt Software. Below is a link to allow you to buy their stuff on-line direct, without having pay someone like Lee to come to your house / office to install it for you. They also offer a "site license program" for home computers, allowing you to install on every computer without buying separate annual license for each computer. I've found generally that if you have more than 2 PC computers to protect, this will save you $$. Vista compatible. Their Anti-Virus program called VIPRE was released around the end of July that has been really kicking the competition in terms of lower memory and system load on your computer.

So we've provided links below to let you visit that vendor's website and buy a subscription if you need protection and want one of the better packages available for the buck. You can try it for 15 days free trial, but Lee recommends going ahead and getting it if you don't currently have protection installed.

Spyware Problems

Other Software Worth Downloading

You can find lots of FREE / Cheap software at www.download.com, sponsored by C/Net, a very reputable source on the Internet.

AVG Anti-Virus Free version 8 or higher
FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

AVAST Anti-Virus Home Edition, version 4.8 or higher
FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

ZoneAlarm Firewall Personal Edition Free - version 7.0483 or higher - FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

Malwarebyte - 15 day free trial, $24.95 to buy license (one time fee) will remove spyware / adware / malware that the other programs (other than VIPRE) will often miss. If you don't buy it, you simply have to run it manually from time to time, but if you buy it, it will run automatically in the background to protect your PC.
FREE TRIAL DOWNLOAD HERE

FireFox Browser - version 3.01 or higher, has anti-phishing built into it, plus it uses less memory and has much more features than the older version 2 ever had. It's better than Internet Explorer in Lee's opinion, and less subject to attacks by viruses and bad websites. Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking; tab-browsing; integrated Google search; simplified privacy controls; a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser; and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.FREE DOWNLOAD HERE


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As most of the GNW residents already know, Director Besing is our webmaster, and his "day job" is performing computer consulting for businesses and personal needs. Lee says that he frequently sees computers that were under protected, or not protected at all, from viruses, spyware, etc., and that ends up costing anywhere from $80 to $200 or more, depending on how badly infected a computer might be. One of the better software protection sytems he has found so far, come from the fine folks at Sunbelt Software. Below is a link to allow you to buy their stuff on-line direct, without having pay someone like Lee to come to your house / office to install it for you. They also offer a "site license program" for home computers, allowing you to install on every computer without buying separate annual license for each computer. I've found generally that if you have more than 2 PC computers to protect, this will save you $$. Vista compatible. Their Anti-Virus program called VIPRE was released around the end of July that has been really kicking the competition in terms of lower memory and system load on your computer. So we've provided links below to let you visit that vendor's website and buy a subscription if you need protection and want one of the better packages available for the buck. You can try it for 15 days free trial, but Lee recommends going ahead and getting it if you don't currently have protection installed. Other Software Worth Downloading You can find lots of FREE / Cheap software at www.download.com, sponsored by C/Net, a very reputable source on the Internet. AVG Anti-Virus Free version 8 or higher FREE DOWNLOAD HERE AVAST Anti-Virus Home Edition, version 4.8 or higher FREE DOWNLOAD HERE ZoneAlarm Firewall Personal Edition Free - version 7.0483 or higher - FREE DOWNLOAD HERE Malwarebyte - 15 day free trial, $24.95 to buy license (one time fee) will remove spyware / adware / malware that the other programs (other than VIPRE) will often miss. If you don't buy it, you simply have to run it manually from time to time, but if you buy it, it will run automatically in the background to protect your PC. FREE TRIAL DOWNLOAD HERE FireFox Browser - version 3.01 or higher, has anti-phishing built into it, plus it uses less memory and has much more features than the older version 2 ever had. It's better than Internet Explorer in Lee's opinion, and less subject to attacks by viruses and bad websites. Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking; tab-browsing; integrated Google search; simplified privacy controls; a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser; and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.FREE DOWNLOAD HERE		We are planning to post links to various City/County/State /Federal web sites and other resources or usefull information on this page. It will take us a while in our "spare time" to compile all of this information and confirm the accuracy of each link, so please bear with us. - Webmaster

Great Northwest Community Improvement Association, Inc. 8809 Timberwilde San Antonio, TX 78250-4331 (210) 681-2983 Voice or (210) 681-2986 Fax info@greatnorthwest.org