10 Best Anti-Virus Companies

1. Kaspersky

With the initial release of their product in 2006, Kaspersky Anti-Virus offers real-time protection, detection and removal of viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, adware, keyloggers malicious tools and auto-dialers. Headquartered in Russia, the Kaspersky Labs develops anti-virus that runs on Microsoft Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems. In addition to it the anti-virus company develops products for Internet and Mobile security.

2 Avast!

With the name Avast standing as an acronym of "Anti-Virus – Advanced Set" the company develops Freemium anti-virus softwares. Headquarted in Prague, Czech Republic, Avast! provides its support on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms. With over 17.4 percent of the worldwide antivirus vendor market share as on 2012 the anti-virus still remains among the most trusted in the world.

 

3. AVG

With its headquarter in Czech, AVG entered into the market releasing its first product in 1996. The product supports operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Apart from the internet security AVG develops products for mobile and enterprise security. The software has the ability to repair virus-infected files and report them as quarantine for future use

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4. Symantec

Symantec is an American computer security, backup and availability solutions Software Corporation headquartered in Mountain View, California. Founded in 1982, the major products by the firm include Norton AntiVirus, Norton One, Norton 360, Norton Internet Security, Symantec Endpoint Protection and many others. It is one of the most preferred antivirus providers and one among the Fortune 500 companies.

5. Quick Heal

Headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, Quick Heal develops products for PC Security, Mobile Security, Network Security and Enterprise PC security. Founded by Kailash Katkar and Sanjay Katkar, the company started its function in 1993. The flagship product from Quick heal, named as Quick Heal Total Security, provides core protection, Data Theft Protection, web security, Parental Control, Safe Mode Protection and flash drive protection.

 

6 .ESET

ESET is headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia and was established in 1992. The company produces a plethora of products including anti-virus, anti spyware, firewall, antitheft, and social media scanner. In addition to Microsoft Windows, the products by ESET supports Linux, Mac OS X, Novell NetWare and Sun Solaris. The NOD32 antivirus is the flagship product from the manufacturer and is highly trustable.

7. Microsoft Security Essentials

Developed by Microsoft the antivirus software provides protection against different types of malware such as computer viruses, spyware, rootkits and Trojan horses. The antivirus is available for home users and small enterprises for free and was first released in 2009. Microsoft Security Essentials works with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 however does not support Windows 8.

8. McAfee

McAfee is an American global computer security software company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. With a vast range of products that assists in Data Protection, Database Security, Email and Web Security, Endpoint Protection, Mobile Security and Network Security, McAfee is the world's largest dedicated security technology company. Founded in 1987 the firm is named after its founder John McAfee the company was later acquired by Intel and stands one among the most trusted anti-virus companies in the world of security.

9. Avira

With an estimated 9.6 percent of market share with over 100 million customers, Avira develops products including Antivirus, internet security, firewall and Cloud protection. The company has its headquarters in Germany and was founded in 1986. The free Antivirus from the manufactures supports Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8 platforms.

 

10. Bitdefender

Headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, the company uplifts the security with products like antivirus, anti-spyware, firewall, e-mail spam filtering, backup, tune-up and parental control components. Founded in 2001 the latest products of Bitdefender are Antivirus Plus 2014, Internet Security 2014, Total Security 2014 and Free Antivirus 2014. The Antivirus home edition from the manufacturer runs on Microsoft Windows, Symbian OS, Windows Mobile, Mac OS X, Android and iOS platforms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 5 Free Ethernet Tools You Should Check Out

1)Free 30-day trial of Riverbed's Cascade Shark Virtual Edition packet analyzer. This software is designed to provide continuous packet capture and long-term storage for real-time and back-in-time forensic analysis and reporting of network and security events. It can run standalone or as a component of Riverbed's Cascade line of network performance management products. Cascade Shark VE records all inter-virtual machine traffic crossing a virtual switch on a VMware ESXi hypervisor.

2) LAN Speed Test is a free utility designed to measure file transfer, hard drive, USB Drive, andwired and wireless LAN speeds.  It builds a file in memory, then transfers it both ways while keeping track of the time, and calculates the result. Most tests are less than 1 minute, and the file size is 120KB for Windows and 370KB for Mac. It's compatible with all Windows versions 2000 and up, and will soon be available for Linux.

3)  EtherNet/IP Scanner Software is source code that enables developers of PC-based or embedded products to add scanner functionality to a product's feature set. The software is delivered as a developer's kit, or as dynamic link library for Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 -- 32 and 64 bit. It is offered as royalty-free company site license.

4) Free Intel Ethernet controller drivers can be found here, on SourceForge, an open source community resource owned by Slashdot Media. This e1000 open source project contains Linux kernel drivers for all Intel Ethernet adapters and LAN On Motherboard.

5) Finally, here's a free tool for estimating the amount of bandwidth you use on an Ethernet/IP network. Rockwell's Ethernet/IP Capacity Tool is designed to allow the user to select a platform, add different types of I/O and network devices, and then calculate how many Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) and TCP connections are processed in addition to packet- per-second performance requirements.

How to Use the iPad 2 Onscreen Keyboard

There's a slight learning curve with iPad because its keyboard is displayed onscreen; you use it by pressing the screen, rather than pressing actual keys. This is different from other computers you may have used (though if you own an iPhone or iPod touch, you've got a head start).

1. The built-in iPad keyboard appears whenever you're in a text-entry location, such as a search field or an e-mail message. Tap the Notes icon on the Home screen to open this easy-to-use notepad and try out the keyboard.
2. Tap the note page, or if you've already entered notes, tap one to display the page; then tap anywhere on the note. The onscreen keyboard appears.
3. Type a few words, using the keyboard. To make the keyboard display as wide as possible, rotate your iPad to landscape (horizontal) orientation, as shown in this figure.
   
4. If you make a mistake while using the keyboard — and you will when you first use it — press the Delete key (it's in the top-right corner, with the little x on it) to delete text to the left of the insertion point.
5. To create a new paragraph, press the Return key just as you would on a regular computer keyboard.
6. To type numbers and symbols, press the number key (labeled .?123) on either side of the spacebar (refer to the previous figure). The characters on the keyboard change.
   If you type a number and then tap the spacebar, the keyboard returns to the letter keyboard automatically. To return to the letter keyboard at any time, simply tap one of the letter keys (labeled ABC) on either side of the spacebar.
7. Use the Shift keys (thick upward-pointing arrows in the bottom-left and bottom-right corners of the keyboard) just as you would on a regular keyboard to type uppercase letters or alternative characters. Tapping a Shift key once causes just the next letter you type to be capitalized.
8. Double-tap the Shift key to turn on the Caps Lock feature so that all letters you type are capitalized until you turn the feature off. Tap the Shift key once to turn off Caps Lock. (You have to turn this feature on by opening iPad Settings and under General settings, tapping Keyboard.)
9. To type a variation on a symbol (such as to see alternative currency symbols when you press the dollar sign on the numeric keyboard), hold down the key; a set of alternative symbols appears (see the following figure). Note that this trick works only with certain symbols.
   
10. Tap the Dictation key (refer to the figure just above) to activate the Dictation feature (not available on the original iPad and the iPad 2) and then speak your input. Tap the Dictation key again (or tap in a note) to turn off the Dictation feature. (This feature works in several apps, such as Mail, Notes, and Maps.)
11. To hide the keyboard, press the Keyboard key in the bottom-right corner.
12. Press the Home button to return to the Home screen.

You can undock the keyboard to move it around the screen. To do this, press and hold the Keyboard key on the keyboard, and from the pop-up menu that appears, choose Undock. Now, by pressing the Keyboard key and swiping up or down, you can move the keyboard up and down on the screen. To dock the keyboard at the bottom of the screen again, press and hold the Keyboard key, and choose Dock from the pop-up menu.

To type a period and space, just double-tap the spacebar.

WHAT IS CLOUD COMPUTING

Cloud computing is a type of computing that relies on sharing computing resources rather than having local servers or personal devices to handle applications.

In cloud computing, the word cloud (also phrased as "the cloud") is used as a metaphor for "the Internet," so the phrase cloud computing means "a type of Internet-based computing," where different services — such as servers, storage and applications —are delivered to an organization's computers and devices through the Internet.

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