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Free Anti-Virus Software

WiseNet provides you with links to some of the excellent free anti-virus utilities that listed below. The programs we list here will either clean and/or scan your computer for viruses. Be sure that you check with the provider of the anti-virus program that you download for periodic updates, as new viruses are appearing all the time. Please send us E-mail if you're aware of any free anti-virus programs that we've not listed, or if you find dead links.

HouseCall online virus scanning - Here's a free service that I'm surprised that no one else has thought of before now: online virus scanning. There's nothing to install; just follow the simple instructions. Developed by Trend Micro, HouseCall scans for and cleans viruses via the Web through ActiveX and Java technology. An advantage to this service is that it's always up-to-date. This is a big plus, when you consider that hundreds of new viruses emerge every week, thus making regular anti-virus programs quickly obsolete.

Requires Internet Explorer (version 3 or newer) or Netscape Navigator (version 3.01 or newer).

Anyware Antivirus - An excellent free utility, Anyware will scan your computer for viruses (and let you delete any infected files). Anyware detects all the latest viruses, including Polymorph, Stealth, Trojan Horse, Multi-Partite, E-mail, Internet and macro viruses. Note: this free utility is a scanner only; for virus-cleaning capabilities, you must upgrade to the commercial product. Available for Windows and DOS.

Bootminder - (Direct download: 106 kilobytes). This free utility will warn you if a floppy is in your A: drive when closing down Windows. This way, you won't start up with the floppy still in it. Result: no boot-virus infection. Bootminder runs in the background until you forget to remove your floppy. For Windows.