- AVG Anti-virus – free; anti-virus
- Microsoft Security Essentials – Free anti-virus and anti-spyware from Microsoft. Supercedes Windows Defender (see below). Also, Security Essentials definitions
- Microsoft Windows Defender – Free anti-spyware from Microsoft. Best designated for Windows XP sp3 machines. Included in Windows Vista and Windows 7, and not compatible with Windows 2000. Also, Windows Defender definitions
- Norton Internet Security – non-free; anti-virus, firewall, spam/phishing protection, parental control
- Sophos Anti-Virus – shareware; anti-virus. Full version free to UCLA students, staff, and faculty for all Windows versions & Mac OS versions via BOL’s software area.
- ZoneAlarm – free for non-commercial use; firewall
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UCLA has negotiated an agreement with Sophos to license Sophos Antivirus products for UCLA staff, students, and faculty. Sophos Antivirus protects your computers from the latest viruses from email, CD, floppy disk, network shares, instant messaging, web download etc. Sophos Antivirus protection is offered for free to all UCLA employees and students, whether you use Mac or Windows. Sophos offers more then signature-based prevention of known virus and malware–it looks for suspicious activity from URLs, code execution, unexpected system changes to your computer, and command and control traffic and activities.
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For general info on securing your PC/Mac you might want to check out: