sponsor – Wow, it’s a small internet. Just earlier today, my girlfriend was reformatting her laptop, doing a complete reboot and Windows re-install to purge her system of an annoyingly persistent worm program. It had thoroughly infested her system, and was resisting every attempt to get rid of it. Read more »

http://www.microsoft.com – Microsoft just released a new program, called Microsoft Security Essentials, and it is available to download for free. Your PC must be running a genuine copy of Windows. It works with XP 32-bit, and 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista and Win7. Read more »

http://housecall.trendmicro.com – Trend Micro HouseCall is a free online scanner that detects and removes viruses, trojans, worms, spyware and other malware. It supports multiple comuter platforms including Windows, Linux, Macintosh and Solaris, and is super easy to use with Internet Explorer or Firefox. Read more »