In the arena of high-yield online investing everyone has to make sure his or her e-currency accounts are safe. Many websites maliciously send spyware to the computers of their visitors without them being aware of it. In this article we would like to highlight some of the best anti-virus software products, currently available for your perusal.

AVG Anti-Virus is available for private use on a free basis. It provides its users with a free 24/7 e-mail access to technical support, with an insightful and rapid response being provided. The software supports multiple languages (such as English, German, Czech, Slovak, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish and Serbian), with an additional set of languages being currently under development (Latin-American Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and Hungarian). Options for configuring multiple program and test settings are offered, altogether with the ability to create user-defined tests and schedules. Users are also provided with an opportunity to define directories that will be excluded from the resident shield protection. Nevertheless, AVG Free Edition cannot be installed on server operating systems (such as Windows Server 2003). Its scheduling options are fairly limited and it does not offer advanced testing options, such as automatic healing, password-protected archives reporting, adjustment of scan process priority and many others.

Symantec Norton Anti-Virus offers enhanced protection from spyware and adware, including r-time protection to reduce the risk of spyware reaching the system, automatic removal for easy disposal of security risks, side-effect repair to clean up registry entries, files, and browser settings after hard-to-find spyware infection, and control over spyware settings via existing Symantec™ AntiVirus Corporate Edition management interface. The program’s Generic Exploit Blocking enhances intrusion prevention capabilities, resulting in reduced time-to-protection after vulnerability announcements. Its optimized out-of-the-box firewall configurations minimize configuration efforts while stopping the majority of threats. The product involves enhanced tamper protection guards against unauthorized access and attacks, protecting users from viruses that attempt to disable security measures. Finally, this software is backed by Symantec Security Response, the world’s leading Internet security research and support organization.

Zone Alarm Firewall is intended for free individual and not-for-profit charitable entity use (excluding governmental entities and educational institutions). It is an easy-to-use firewall which blocks hackers and other unknown threats. The product offers Intrusion Blocking which systematically identifies hackers and blocks access attempts and Stealth Mode, automatically making your computer invisible to anyone on the Internet.

Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer, with its free version being available for download on the company’s website. In order to see a list of threats that Spybot-S&D can remove, click on Support in the navigation bar at the left, and there on Threats. If you want an introduction how Spybot-S&D works, feel free to read the product’s tutorial. If you fear incompatibility with other software you are using, we can assure you that will not be the case. Still, we have created a compatibility listing some software that compatibility has been asked for before.

Spybot-S&D can also clean usage tracks, an interesting function if you share your computer with other users and don't want them to see what you worked on. And for professional users, it allows to fix some registry inconsistencies and extended reports. A list of features is available if you click on Features.

CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware PC optimization tool. That removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. As well as cleaning up old files and settings left by standard Windows components, CCleaner also cleans temporary files and recent file lists for many applications. It uses an advanced Registry to check for problems and inconsistencies in your registry. The product was designed from the ground to be safe and secure to use. It has multiple levels of checks in place to ensure that it cannot delete any useful information or documents you may still need. We also certify that it contains no Spyware or Adware. Currently, CCleaner is now available in the following languages:
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Polish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese and Korean.

As a final remark, we would like to point out the necessity of performing regular manual clean-ups of your Internet cache and cookies, accompanied by running check-up sessions with your anti-virus software. Also, keep in mind that more and more new viruses appear every day – hence, do not forget to check for the most recent updates of your software on the producers’ websites.