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eWeek has a great article about CyberDefender that has a completely free internet security suite!

From their website:

CyberDefenderFREE 2.0 - The All-Free Internet Security Suite.
Effective against Spyware, Viruses, Malware, Trojan virus, Adware, Phishing scams, Spam, and Backdoors.

The eWeek article adds:

The new free Internet Security suite will include the following features:

• The ability to analyze running executable files and assign threat levels
• The evaluation of e-mail attachment files from Outlook
• The ability to block high-threat files and infected emails
• Provides users with an online advisory to inform them of infected files

I have just installed this on my system and it looks like it could be a great add-on to your present security solution.

Update

There is now some question as to whether or not this actually a security suite or a piece of rogue software! Please read the comments below!

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6 Responses to “Free Internet Security Suite”

1. Andreas Says:
   November 21st, 2006 at 10:19 am

   Everytime I see a new free security product, I first look at the Rogue Spyware List. There is a note about CyberDefender on the list

   http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm#cybdef_note

   Decide for yourself, I would not use it.

2. Tim Fehlman Says:
   November 21st, 2006 at 10:27 am

   Andreas,
   I am unfamiliar with http://www.spywarewarrior.com but it sounds like it could be a really good resource. Here is what they say about CyberDefender:

   We originally listed CyberDefender on this page out of concerns that the vendor behind the product was the same company that previously released Spyblocs/eBlocs, an application with a bad history of aggressive, deceptive advertising and illegal force-installs. Although we found no major problems in our initial testing with CyberDefender beyond false positives that were quickly cleaned up, and while the vendor itself halted the sales of Spyblocs and vowed not to repeat the same mistakes with CyberDefender, we decided out of caution to impose a three month probation period before we would consider re-testing and, if warranted, de-listing the the product from the Rogue/Suspect list. During that three month probation period we monitored the behavior of the company. When we encountered a spurt of advertising for the product through adware, we refused to de-list the product and imposed a second three month probation period. At the end of the second three month probation period we re-tested CyberDefender, again finding no problems serious enough to justify listing the program on this page. As we have observed no advertising of the product through adware for many months, and as the program itself exhibits no problems serious enough to warrant listing on this page, we have decided to de-list CyberDefender from the Rogue/Suspect list and can no longer regard the program to be “rogue/suspect.”

   This was originally written December 27, 2005 and then last updated July 8, 2006.

   I have to admit that after reading this, I am starting to suspect something funky may be happening. I will be investigating this more and I will report back.

   Excellent catch, Andreas!

3. Rob Dunn Says:
   November 21st, 2006 at 12:49 pm

   Interesting - I will keep an eye out for info on this as well. Thanks for the post!

4. Alan Wallace Says:
   November 21st, 2006 at 1:30 pm

   This is Alan Wallace - formerly of Panda Software. I’m the SVP of Corporate Communications for CyberDefender. I’m a part of the new team. We have submitted our product to a strong list of media for full evaluation. eWeek does not promote spyware.

   If you have any questions or concerns - please send to me at this address (created to avoid Spam bots) awall.cyberdct@spamslicer.com

   Please also let me know if you would like to be on our beta list. We can only build a product that helps you with you help and I am always ready to hear what else we can do to help your security.

   Best,
   Alan Wallace

5. tecnicalia.com Says:
   November 21st, 2006 at 11:53 pm

   capaz de responder a las amenazas una hora después de su aparición. De momento, me han sorprendido los escasos 12MB de espacio que ocupa el instalador. La suite está disponible para descargar desde su página, o desde este enlace directo. (Vía Daily Cup of Tech) [IMG]

6. Hendrik Says:
   November 22nd, 2006 at 7:42 am

   Hi, i read this a second ago:
   http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/81399

   If u cant read German, it says that the program really has no more spy ware, but they also write that it not really find many spy ware or ad ware, and it find surely no root kits.

   So it seems to be a bit useless to me…
   Sorry

7. Tim Fehlman Says:
   November 22nd, 2006 at 7:56 am

   Here is the BabelFish translated version.

   Tim

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