One Post To Bind Them All: Security, Antivirus And Firewalls

Thought I would create a single post for keeping a log of all security 'best-of' links, (hopefully) updating and bringing it to the top when necessary...

First, lists:

• Security: http://lifehacker.com/tag/security/ http://gizmodo.com/tag/security/
• Anti-virus: http://lifehacker.com/tag/antivirus/ http://gizmodo.com/tag/antivirus/
• Firewall: http://lifehacker.com/tag/firewall/ http://gizmodo.com/tag/firewall/
• Malware: http://lifehacker.com/tag/malware/ http://gizmodo.com/tag/malware/

Next, articles:

• Top 5 anti-virus: http://lifehacker.com/395046/five-best-antivirus-applications
• Top 5 anti-malware: http://lifehacker.com/5227896/five-best-malware-removal-tools
• Panda-virus always updated: http://lifehacker.com/5234347/panda-cloud-antivirus-is-a-lightweight-always+updated-virus-killer
• How to remove troublesome security software: http://lifehacker.com/5233268/appremover-removes-stubborn-security-applications

Blog entries and expert advice articles:

• Simon Edwards security expert and journalist: http://simonedwards.blogspot.com/

Finally, direct downloads:

• PeerGuardian dodgy IP blocker: http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/
• Spybot Search & Destory anti-spyware: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
• McAfee virus stinger for directed, hot-spot viruses: http://vil.nai.com/VIL/stinger/

Commercial anti-virus applications, most with free, online utilities:

• Sophos: http://www.sophos.com/
• Kaskersky: http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/ Online scanner: http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/virusscanner

If you have other links/advice, please leave comments...