2010 is said to be the “Year of Tablets” & it has been proved right with the success of Apple iPad. The phenomenal success of iPad has led to a huge splurge of Tablets which includes many soon to be released & a few available tablets (like Samsung Galaxy tab). This year & the next year will be for the tablets hands down.

Most of these Tablets will be based on Android, Blackberry & HP’s WebOS. As majority of tablets that are lined up for release are based on Android, it should be the clear choice for users. Tablets of all shapes, sizes & configuration will be available within an year but not all will be a able to make it big. So, it makes very important to consider various factors for deciding your new Android Tablets.

Some of the things which I will consider before making any purchase are-

Proper Screen Size

iPad has been criticized by many for its square-ish screen size. They say its no joy to watch widescreen movies on it. iPad & other tablets are made to be your companion in every aspect be it entertainment or productivity.

Widescreen tablet becomes just another cell phone when used in portrait mode, cramped up for screen estate. Tablets should be made to ease the use no matter how its held. iPad is a great example, it makes things much easier when switched to landscape, like in email app it offers a single pane view whereas it adds an extra pane with list of emails in one pane & email view in second when in landscape mode.

The two most important form factors are devices that go in a bag with other things and pocket-able devices to carry along. The 5-7″ screen therefore makes the worst form factor devices. A 5-7″ screen makes devices way too big to fit comfortably in most pockets and too large to use as a phone holding it up to the face. A screen that size though is too small to convey the advantages that a tablet form factor brings to market in terms of content consumption and creation. Once a device is no longer pocket-able, vendors should focus on larger screen sizes and batteries. Once it’s going to go in a bag or case, there’s no reason to skimp on either.

Latest Android Version

Gingerbread (Android 3.0) is all set to release within a month or two but it looks like many tablets will ship with older versions of Android & will be upgradeable sometime in the future. That’s a red flag for me. One should never buy a device with an outdated platform on the promise of upgradeability. Android 1.5 is not optimized at all for the large form factor and despite vendor best intentions, planned upgrades sometimes never appear or appear so late in time as to be useless. Hopefully, we’ll see more devices ship with at least Android 2.1.

Support for Android Marketplace

Sure there are Alternative Markets to download Android Apps but without full Android marketplace support, devices built on Android will die. A fragmented apps market is bad for Google and Android so expect no support from Google for devices that can’t pass compatibility tests and therefore can’t gain access to Google’s applications and the Android marketplace. Vendors need to beware of creating devices with poor app support where some apps work and some don’t. Vendor-specific Android marketplaces will likely never get the traction they need to support a proper ecosystem and will quickly be abandoned by the market.

iTunes Equivalent

iPad worked in no small part because it tied into both Apple’s app store and the iTunes store. Competing platforms need a place where consumers can obtain legal content – audio, video and print – for their devices. Without that part of the story, consumers’ real world usage will be severely limited.

I think it’s good that we are seeing some heated competition in the tablet space. Apple’s iPad has set the bar and that functionality is now the table stakes for the industry. Vendors must build devices that at least equal the iPad experience, offer clear differentiation and features or exceed what Apple has delivered. Let’s see who will step up to the game and raise the bar.

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We have consistently stressed the importance of backing up your PC data either online or offline. Even if you are not serious enough to backup all your data, it is very important to backup your Windows drivers at-least. If a Driver is mistakenly deleted or if it gets corrupted, you can easily restore it from the backup.

Windows Driver backup software enable you to copy, backup and extract the computer hardware device drivers whenever you want. Hardware drivers are important to any computer as the drivers provide detailed instructions to the OS on how the hardware should work.

Note: Before trying any Windows driver backup tool, you must use Windows Device Manager to check if all your drivers are working as expected or not. There is no point in backing up an outdated or non-working driver.

Below is the list of top 5 Windows driver backup utilities.

Top 5 Windows Driver Backup Software

1. Double Driver

Double Driver scans your Windows system and creates a listing of every since device driver that’s installed on the system. It also allows you to print out a driver list. Unlike other driver backup tools, Double Driver is not bloated with lots of features. It is very simple to use and it simply backs up and restores easily. Double Driver is a freeware and works on Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Download Double Driver

2. Driver Backup! 2

With DriverBackup 2, there are 3 types of devices driver backup modes to choose from, such as backup all drivers or just the OEM or Third party drivers. It is a lightweight open source utility and the best part is, it is portable! Driver Backup! 2 works fine with Windows XP and Windows Vista and is a nice addition to your USB flash drive.

Download DriverBackup 2

3. Driver Magician Lite

Driver Magician Lite is another free software that will automatically search your drives for all the device drivers installed in your PC and back them up in a directory you chose. Installable is small, Installation is fast and backing up of all the drivers only takes a couple of minutes. The best part about Driver Magician is that it will mimic your computer’s folder tree and save each driver to an appropriate folder.

Download Driver Magician Lite

4. DriverGuide Toolkit

DriverGuide Toolkit identifies and lists drivers installed on your computer and, when connected to the Internet, allows you to search different sources for driver updates and manufacturer sites. In addition, it allows you to backup your currently installed drivers for safe keeping. Unlike the paid versions, the free version of DriverGuide Toolkit will not look for updates on the Internet and will not backup your drivers to a user defined location, take you to the manufacturer’s website or permit you to google it up.

Download DriverGuide Toolkit

5. DriverMax

DriverMax is a tool that allows you to export all your current drivers to a folder or a compressed file. You can also download the latest driver updates for your computer. There are additional features, but that would require you to register for a free online account. Driver Max is designed to work with Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Sever. Both 32-bit and 64-bit of OS are supported. Off late it is getting a lot of bad rep since the developers have made it restricted freeware.

Download DriverMax

So, which is your favorite amongst these? Is there any other freeware you would like to suggest?

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When you try to copy or move large number of files on Windows 7 (or Vista), it can get on your nerves specially if the destination directory is on a different partition or a different folder under the same partition. This is when you would need a File copying tool which can act as an alternative for Windows Copy command. There are several such file copying tools available, some of which are paid and others free. Since most of the free ones are good enough, we have reviewed and listed down five of the best file copying tools to speed up your Windows experience.

Top 5 Free File Copying Tools

1. TeraCopy

TeraCopy tops the list for a reason. It lets seamlessly replace Windows’ Explorer copy and move functions. It lets you copy files faster by dynamically adjusting buffers to reduce seek times. The program also lets you pause and resume file transfers, so you can free up system resources and pause the copy process at any time. What more? TeraCopy also offers asynchronous copy to speed up file transfer between two physical hard drives.

And you know the best part? When an error is encountered, it won’t just abandon the process like Windows, but it will try several times and if it can’t get past the error, will skip the dodgy file and not terminate the entire transfer. There is hardly anything going against this simple to use freeware. A must have recommendation from us!

Download TeraCopy

2. ExtremeCopy

ExtremeCopy is an easy to use freeware with a simple interface. It can increase copying speed from 20% to 120% and comes with standard (yet useful) features like Error Recovery. A good thing about ExtremeCopy is that most of the time it calculates the ‘time remaining’ value accurately. Once installed, ExtremeCopy sets itself as the default handler for copying and moving files and integrates with Windows Explorer.

Download ExtremeCopy

3. SuperCopier

Another useful freeware copy tool is SuperCopier which adds several useful features to your Windows OS like pausing file copy progress, saving the file copy list and then loading it back and resuming copy operations, a real-time copy speed computation, ability to limit copy speed, an error log etc. One negative aspect of SuperCopier is that it doesn’t add the context menu item unlike TeraCopy & ExtremeCopy. Though it works on Windows 7 & Vista, it was originally developed for Windows XP only.

Download SuperCopier

4. Copy Handler

Copy Handler is highly customizable and fully integrates with Windows OS. In addition, Copy Handler offers many advanced options such as task queuing, filtering files according to specific criteria, pausing and resuming copying files operations, changing the copying parameters on the fly and in many cases also offers a significant acceleration of the entire copying files process. You can paste Copy Handler from its context menu entries. It can speed up transfers upto 6-7 times.

Download Copy Handler

5. Talent Copy V

Talent Copy V is a small tool that speeds up the transfer upto 3 times and at the same time limits the empty HDD head moves, HDD waste, and noise. The copy process will start instantly and the app will make full use of your processor by using multiple threads combined with advanced algorithm. You will be able to follow the overall progress along with various other information. It was originally build for Windows Vista but now supports Windows 7 as well.

Download Talent Copy V

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I would like to thank the wonderful folks at Blog Design Studio who took care of my stringent requirements and delivered the goods as promised.

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VPNTraffic is a new entrant to the overly populated Premium VPN market. Like many others, it is also PPTP based and hence supports multiple platforms like Windows and Mac OS. I have been testing Vpntraffic for the past few days and I must say the service has been fairly good. Except once when their servers went offline, the vpn service has managed to perform as advertised.

With Vpntraffic I could easily stream multiple online episodes on Hulu, watch a couple of NFL games and even voice chat on Skype without buffering issues. The connection was reliable most of the times. The best part of Vpntraffic is that the pricing. They have a single “multi-vpn” plan which comes in 3 packages – 1 month, 3 months and 12 months costing $5, $10 and $35 respectively.

If you are looking for a professional and cheap VPN service, you can definitely go for VPNTraffic. But I would suggest you to take a monthly plan to test it out yourself before committing for a bigger package. Some Premium VPN services these days are ‘fly-by-night’ kinds, so it is always better to go for trusted ones. VPNtraffic is affiliated with another reliable vpn host – VPNHere. You have the option to pay via Paypal, Credit Cards or Wire Transfer.

Unlike some VPN services, there are no restrictions on Torrent & P2P with VPNTraffic. For a partly fee of $5 per month, it is definitely worth a shot. For $5, you get both US & Japan based IPs.

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In today’s entertainment centric world, everybody is involved in taking pictures, making videos and lots of other graphics related stuff in their profession as well as daily life. Making family videos and/or professional videos and editing them to carter for one’s need is essential today. There are several tools available for video editing in Microsoft Windows operating system platform, and everyone thinks Linux lacks video editors. Today we’ll clear this misconception and present to you ten of the best video editors available for Ubuntu and other flavors of Linux. Of course all of them are free!

Top 10 Video Editors for Ubuntu Linux

1. Avidemux

Avidemux is a free Linux based video editor designed to perform basic video editing tasks such as cutting, filtering and encoding. It supports multiple video formats such as the popular AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. The great thing about Avidemux is that it is available not only Linux but for Windows and Mac OS X as well.

2. Cinerrla

A neat tool for Linux, Cinerrla allows users creation and editing of videos, presentations and other moving graphics content with the utmost ease using its friendly UI. The program is extremely light on system resources so can be used to perform big editing tasks.

3. CinePaint

For those who aren’t easy with big proprietary software like Photoshop, Corel and other graphics tools, CinePaint is a one shop stop for their editing needs. It provides scores of features which help user not only create content but to edit it at your will.

4. Jahshaka

Re-invented to the web as the Cinefx project, jahshaka is aimed for professionals who want to get high end visuals and premium video editing at no cost for their organization or work needs. This doesn’t means home users can’t take advantage. They always can.

5. Kino

Kino provides users with easy and reliable digital video editing on videos of various export and import format using a user friendly interface. The software’s latest stable release is 1.3.4.

6. LiVES

LiVES is a video editing tool for Linux with an additional functionality to perform as a Video Jockey software as well for Linux operating system. It not only supports making and editing videos but also has feature-set suitable for use by Video Jockeys (VJs) around the world.

7. recordMyDesktop

Have you ever used popular desktop recording software on Microsoft Windows like the famous ‘Demo Builder’? If yes, then recordMyDesktop will provide you the same functionality on Linux flavors i.e. recording GUI sessions and then enabling users to edit them with ease.

8. Slideshow Creator

Not truly a video editing software, but Slideshow Creator helps you transform your static content i.e. Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into high quality DVD slide show which can bbe run on any media player across Linux and Windows. It provides set of features for enhancing and breaking the images and other graphics editing tools

9. Vivia

One of the friendliest tools for video editing and DVD making is Vivia and is available for both Linux and Microsoft Windows. It has a unique Multi-cam editing mode which allows editing of multiple scenes recorded using different cameras simultaneously and can add multiple movies in a single project.

10. Kdenlive

An open source video editor for Linux, Kdenlive serves it purpose well. It has numerous video editing features such as cutting, copy-paste, split pasting and graining which help users edit their videos completely under control. Also it supports a variety of formats and has a nice UI.

This is a guest post by Hammad Saleem who blogs at iTechMax, a blog about software, technology, Blogging tips and tricks. You can also share your tips by writing a guest article at TechPP.

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If there’s one word that best describes the 21st century, it’s definitely the word mobile.

Today, people on the go don’t have to stop moving if they want to get things done at home or in the office. Wherever they may be, busy yuppies and seasoned globetrotters alike can go shopping, pay their bills, and buy food with handheld devices—all without ever leaving their seat.

Mobile stuff abound everywhere: portable gaming devices, laptops, music and video players, smartphones, e-book readers, ultra-mobile personal computers and tablets are just some of the more popular and visible devices that people use on a daily basis.

These small, incredibly smart mobile devices pack a punch, allowing people who are constantly on the move to bring multi-tasking to a whole new level. In the past, these technological wonders were only applied to doing tasks for professional work, such as checking email, creating presentations, and reviewing documents on the go.

Mobile phones have practically become a permanent accessory of the 21st century professional, what with people bringing and using their phones wherever they may be. It doesn’t matter whether you’re at home or abroad, because you can always rely on your mobile phone to keep you busy with its many features such as GPS tracking, games, applications, video camera and a lot more. That is, if you’re already done with most of the things you have to do for the office and you still want to play around with your mobile device.

Now, however, mobile technology has enabled people to do so much more than simply attend to their office chores and recreational activities. The astounding growth of the mobile sector has paved the way for our cellular phones, Palm Pilots and iPhones to be the new best friend of the retail industry.

Mobile Retailing

Mobile retailing involves more than just the everyday devices mentioned above—there are also other technologies at work that make the busy life so much easier to handle, such as Bluetooth connectivity and radio frequency identification or RFID chips.

The earliest beginnings of mobile retailing can be traced to the emergence of first-generation applications or special software that support retail function, giving consumers a whole new shopping experience. With Internet connection available almost everywhere via wireless broadband or WiFi, shoppers can look up merchandise online and compare prices, capabilities and features.

On the marketing side of things, manufacturers can offer their products and services in a way that is more tailored to the needs and requirements of their buyers. They can cater to customer complaints in real-time and send online product brochures straight to the individual email inboxes of their customers. The advent of e-commerce has also helped retailers to know their shopping public more intimately, studying everything from brand choices to shopping schedules to store preferences.

Bringing all these technology into the store while the customer is actually doing his shopping, was the next logical step in the development of mobile technology. Customers can now be specifically identified through their mobile network operators and provided with the most up-to-minute and detailed comparisons, customer reviews and information on just about any product within the store. All these are downloadable and viewable on their mobile phones, providing shoppers with maximum convenience and gratification.

And mobile technology follows the customer even after he’s already chosen which merchandise to buy. He can also take the products home without having to pay in cash and with no receipt printout to tuck into his wallet. E-commerce applications are being developed further to enable digital payments and paperless receipt systems to be available in the retail store of the future. In fact, the possibilities of mobile retailing are looking to be rather robust as more and more people are let in on the mobile revolution.

Neil is head of Marketing for eMobileScan, Who are on their way to becoming Europe’s Largest Provider of handheld computers and Symbol Barcode Scanners. If you wish to talk further about the prospects of mobile retail, just leave a comment and Neil will try his best to get back to you. You can also share your tips by writing a guest article on TechPP

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Even though we extensively cover the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad jailbreaking & unlocking scene, many newbies who are late to join the party find it really tough to find the right firmware version and the related guides to help them jailbreak their iDevice. Hence, we decided to make it easier for everyone to have a one stop shop to find, download and jailbreak their iPhones, iPod Touch and iPads.

We suggest you to first read the accompanying jailbreaking guide before downloading the firmware versions. Below are some important information you need to know before you jailbreak your iDevice.

1. Always backup the data on your iPhone or iPod touch or iPad using iTunes before upgrading/restoring the firmware version.

2. Save your ECID SHSH blobs before upgrading so that you can downgrade back to the original firmware in case something goes wrong [Guide to save SHSH blobs]

3. There are different types of jailbreaking tools – tethered or untethered. A tethered jailbreak means that once your iPhone is successfully jailbroken with tools like blackra1n, whenever your device shuts down, you are required to connect it to your computer and re-run the jailbreaking tool for the device to start.

4. You might be needed to know your bootrom version. Check this guide to know your bootrom version.

5. Know the meaning and difference between DFU mode and Recovery mode [Help guide]

iPhone Firmware Files

iPhone 4

• Download iOS 4.1 (beta) – Available for developer members only.
• Download iOS 4.0.1 (iPhone3,1_4.0.1_8A306_Restore.ipsw) – JailbreakMe & Ultrasn0w
• Download iOS 4.0 (iPhone3,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw) – JailbreakMe & Ultrasn0w

iPhone 3GS

• Download iOS 4.1 (beta) – Available for developer members only.
• Download iOS 4.0.2 (iPhone2,1_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw) – Coming soon
• Download iOS 4.0.2 (iPhone3,1_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw) – Coming soon
• Download iOS 4.0.1 (iPhone2,1_4.0.1_8A306_Restore.ipsw) – JailbreakMe / PwnageTool & UltraSn0w
• Download iOS 4.0 (iPhone2,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw) – JailbreakMe / PwnageTool / Sn0wbreeze & Ultrasn0w
• Download iOS 3.1.3 (iPhone2,1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw) – JailbreakMe / Spirit / Sn0wbreeze & Ultrasn0w
• Download iOS 3.1.2 (iPhone2,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw) – JailbreakMe / BlackRa1n / Redsn0w & UltraSn0w / BlackSn0w
• Download iOS 3.1.0 (iPhone2,1_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 3.0.1 (iPhone2,1_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 3.0.0 (iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw)

iPhone 3G

• Download iOS 4.1 (beta) – Available for developer members only.
• Download iOS 4.0.2 (iPhone1,2_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw) – Coming soon
• Download iOS 4.0.1 (iPhone1,2_4.0.1_8A306_Restore.ipsw) -JailbreakMe / Redsn0w / PwnageTool & Ultrasn0w
• Download iOS 4.0 (iPhone1,2_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw) – JailbreakMe / Redsn0w / PwnageTool / Sn0wbreeze & Ultrasn0w
• Download iOS 3.1.3 (iPhone1,2_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw) – JailbreakMe / Spirit / Sn0wbreeze & Ultrasn0w
• Download iOS 3.1.2 (iPhone1,2_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw) – JailbreakMe / BlackRa1n / Redsn0w & UltraSn0w / BlackSn0w
• Download iOS 3.1 (iPhone1,2_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 3.0.1 (iPhone1,2_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 3.0 (iPhone1,2_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.2.1 (iPhone1,2_2.2.1_5H11_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.2 (iPhone1,2_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.1 (iPhone1,2_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.0.2 (iPhone1,2_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.0.1 (iPhone1,2_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.0 (iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw)

iPhone 2G

• Download iOS 3.1.3 (iPhone1,1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw) Spirit / Sn0wbreeze
• Download iOS 3.1.2 (iPhone1,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw) Blackra1n / RedSn0w
• Download iOS 3.1 (iPhone1,1_3.1_7C144_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 3.0.1 (iPhone1,1_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 3.0 (iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.2.1 (iPhone1,1_2.2.1_5H11_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.2 (iPhone1,1_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.1 (iPhone1,1_2.1_5F136_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.0.2 (iPhone1,1_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.0.1 (iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.0 (iPhone1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 1.1.4 (iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 1.1.3 (iPhone1,1_1.1.3_4A93_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 1.1.2 (iPhone1,1_1.1.2_3B48b_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 1.1.1 (iPhone1,1_1.1.1_3A109a_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 1.0.2 (iPhone1,1_1.0.2_1C28_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 1.0.1 (iPhone1,1_1.0.1_1C25_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 1.0 (iPhone1,1_1.0_1A543a_Restore.ipsw)

iPodTouch Firmware Files

iPod Touch 3G

• Download iOS 4.0.2 (iPod3,1_4.0.2_8A400_Restore.ipsw) Coming soon
• Download iOS 4.0 (iPod3,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw) JailbreakMe / PwnageTool / Sn0wbreeze
• Download iOS 3.1.3 (iPod3,1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw) JailbreakMe / Spirit / Sn0wbreeze
• Download iOS 3.1.2 (iPod3,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw) JailbreakMe / Blackra1n / RedSn0w
• Download iOS 3.1.1 (iPod3,1_3.1.1_7C145_Restore.ipsw)

iPod Touch 2G

• Download iOS 4.0 (iPod2,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw) JailbreakMe / RedSn0w / PwnageTool / Sn0wbreeze
• Download iOS 3.1.3 (iPod2,1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw) JailbreakMe / Spirit / Sn0wbreeze
• Download iOS 3.1.2 (iPod2,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw) JailbreakMe / Blackra1n / RedSn0w
• Download iOS 3.0 (iPod2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.2.1 (iPod2,1_2.2.1_5H11a_Restore.ipsw)
• Download iOS 2.2 (iPod2,1_2.2_5G77a_Restore.ipsw)

iPad Firmware Files

iPad wi-fi & iPad wi-fi+3G

• Download iOS 3.2.1 (iPad1,1_3.2.1_7B405_Restore.ipsw) – JailbreakMe
• Download iOS 3.2 (iPad1,1_3.2_7B367_Restore.ipsw) -JailbreakMe

This post will be updated as and when new firmware get released and the jailbreaking tools get updated. Enough care has been taken to ensure that the download links are proper. In case of any issue, do feel free to leave a comment below. Thanks to Felixburns for the download links.

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When asked about Anti-virus, I often recommend everyone Kaspersky because of its performance and detection level. But for a less hostile and home environment, going for a free anti-virus alternative is a better choice. Thinking of which, I began my search for the best free antivirus to my already paid license of Kaspersky. I visited most of the AV-companies sites and saw what they had to offer and then compared all those those alternatives to the results of the test conducted by AV-Comparatives in the month of May. According to my observation and my past experience, here are top 5 free anti-viruses.

Top 5 Free Antivirus Software

1. Avira Personal Edition

Avira scored the best among all the free available alternatives overall, also beating most of them in Proactive Defence, and other signature based detection. It also has a previous record of performing well in tests conducted by AV-Gmbh.The overall score of the result also points out that apart from Microsoft, Avira is the only alternative that can give the big-guns a challenge, though the disinfection rate history is not in its favour.

2. Microsoft Security Essentials

In spite of terrible failure of One Care, Microsoft has really bounced back with Microsoft Security Essentials. The anti-virus is extremely light weight and has one of the heighest Proactive Defence levels and least false positives. Avira beats MSSE in only the detection rate. MSSE is gradually being acclaimed for it being a strong competitor to Kaspersky or Norton, but its still not an anti-virus to be used for enterprise of business purposes, but and excellent choice for home.

Only problem is that it requires a 40mb download of virus definitions before it can start functioning fully, also a genuine Windows is a must.

3. Avast Free 5

Formerly known as Avast Home Edition, is a perfect blend of all kinds of qualities required in an anti-virus. It neither tops anywhere, nor can be discarded of it being free.It performs better than Panda, McAfee, K7 etc in terms of False Positives, and has a decent detection rates, but lacks in heuristic scanning. AV-Comparitives gave it 2 star and it scored better overall as compared to Trend Micro, PC Tools, McAfee etc.

4. AVG Free Edition

AVG is a blend of anti-virus and anti-malware. It lack basic firewall but it is sufficient for a home/new users. It also has a link-scanner which keeps a check in any third party exploits to be used onto the system.Its interface is easy to use and virus definitions can easily be updated.

Though not a top-notch, but if you looking for something light, which can do almost all the jobs of protecting your system and which has clean interface with lots of feature, you should go for AVG Free Edition.

5. PC Tools

It’s an anti-virus with decent heuristics and good detection rate. Overall scores might not be mind-boggling and it scores a fifth spot primarily because of lack of alternatives. It still is new as a brand name in anti-viruses and has a lot of potential. If you are using a personal computer and not hooked up to Internet much, you can certainly go for this one.

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