Windows sucks, we all know that. But I play games and like windows when it works. Therefor I’m going to post what keeps my machine clean, secure, and virus free.

1. Secunia PSI – http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
This sweet baby checks and even auto updates some stuff when software becomes out of date. For example, the company I work for had thousands of customers become hacked and it was through FTP. We called it Gumblar. This was a vulnerability with Out of Date Flash Player and FTP programs. Secunia noticed FTP and Flash player were out of date and updated for me. Boom – Secure.

2. AVG – http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage
Everyone needs a good anti-virus. Preferably one which doesn’t HOG RESOURCES *cough* Mcafee *cough* Norton *cough*. AVG is free, lightweight, and just works. Never had a complaint with it.

3. MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (well gee, I never would have guessed by the name) – http://www.malwarebytes.org/
It works just fine with the free version. It will find trojans and even malware (ha).

4. Hitman Pro – http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro
This was the only thing which was able to un-rootkit a client’s computer. Thing was crazy dug in, but it did the job. Always good to keep on hand.

That’s really it. You don’t need anything crazy. Just make sure you’re up to date with windows update too and you’ll be golden.

Or you could just use Linux.