Autodesk Maya Features

Developer:	Autodesk Inc
License:	Shareware
User Rating:	(52 votes)
Offical Website:	www.autodesk.com
Platform:	Microsoft Windows Vista Business (SP1 or higher), Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition (SP2 or higher), Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora operating system, Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 or higher

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Autodesk Maya Review

Autodesk Maya is a completed 3D Design software packages which provide 3D artist and 3D professional to do 3D modeling, shading, lighting, animating, 3D paint, adding paint effects and rendering. Maya is very popular package as 3D graphic design software and widely use in film as well as video game industry worldwide. The software developed by Autodesk Inc. Read the rest of this entry »

Autodesk 3ds Max Features

Developer:	Autodesk Inc
License:	Shareware
User Rating:	(100 votes)
Offical Website:	www.autodesk.com
Platform:	Microsoft Windows Vista (Business, Premium and Ultimate) 32bit and 64 bit, Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition (SP2 or higher)

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Autodesk 3ds Max is one of most powerful 3D design software developed by Autodesk Inc. 3ds Max is so powerful especially in modeling for low polygon for video game industry. The software has many features for 3D graphic design such as modeling, rendering, animation, dynamic, shading, cloth, particles, and texturing. Read the rest of this entry »

The Facts around Free Antivirus Software

When people are talking about free antivirus software, one question will be asked what is best free antivirus software? I guarantee that you get the answer to this question after reading this article. Before go to see it, I just want you to know some facts about free antivirus software.

1. Is It Really Free Of Charge?

Yes, it is really free for personal and non commercial use. You pay nothing.

2. Is Free Antivirus Software Can Protect My Computer?

Many people wonder and not clear whether free anti-virus program can protect their computer from viruses. Since most of companies which provide free antivirus software, they also offer professional antivirus software as paid version.

I believe that you also want to know the answer to this question. In order to answer it, we need to answer the next question first.

3. Why Antivirus Companies Offer It For Free?

There are always reasons for something. As economic concept, there is no free lunch. So why free? Let find out:

a. Marketing Perspective

As you can check out here, there are more than 30 Security Software Companies are competing each other for selling antivirus program to customers. Providing free antivirus software is an effective marketing strategy. As nature of people, we want free rather than pay. In return of providing free, many people using it, the product get more popularity and the company is getting well-known.

b. Charity Perspective

Not everyone can support anti-virus software program. New viruses, worms, trojans and other malicious programs appear each day. In order to help this group of people to protect their computer, some respective companies create free antivirus software edition and provide it for free of charge.

Now let come back to answer the previous question: Is free antivirus software can protect my computer?

Even free is not equal to paid version, but the best one can protect your computer from viruses. Let see support reasons to what I said:

• There are more than several companies offer free antivirus software, as we previously talking about marketing perspective. In order to promote their product as well as get more popularity one over another, those companies are competing each to provide best free antivirus program to users. The concept is simple: the more quality the companies offer, the more people using thier product and the more popularity they get.

• If we look at charity perspective, what about users who cannot support paid antivirus software. Do their computers get protected by free antivirus software? In order to protect them and reduce virus spreading, the free antivirus software edition needs to have enough capability to protect against viruses.

• The companies also keep free antivirus software up to date. If you experience using free antivirus like Avast! Home Edition. The program will automatically update virus database signature daily. So that it can protect against new thread.

With these reasons, now you are getting more clear about whether free anti-virus program can protect your computer or not.

Top Free Antivirus Software Programs

The following is top 5 free antivirus programs available to download and use at no cost for personal and non commercial use.

1. Avast! Home Edition

Avast! Home Edition is free antivirus software package which is available for multiple languages including such as English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German and more. The program developed by ALWIL Software Company.

2. Avira AntiVir Personal – Free Antivirus

Avira AntiVir Personal is offered for free of charge to computer users to download and use, it available for multiple platforms include Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris. This package is developed and offered by Avira GmbH.

3. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is also good solution for home user as virus protection to keep computer more security. This anti-virus package is provided for free of change by Grisoft Inc. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition available for Windows and Linux platforms.

4. COMODO Internet Security

COMODO Internet Security is freeware internet security software package by Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. It is available to download and use for free of charge. The program is integrated anti-virus with personal firewall together.

5. ThreatFire AntiVirus Free

ThreatFire AntiVirus is another free anti-virus software package from PC Tools Company. It is available for you to download and use for free of charge. The program provides protection for your PC against attacks by detecting malicious behavior, such as capturing your keystrokes or stealing your data.

The Best Free Antivirus Software I Recommend

Now, come to the target point. If you ask me what is best free anti-virus software? Based on my experiences and testing regarding to free editions, I would recommend you Avast! Home Edition. Why it is the best? The important thing is effectiveness to protect and remove virus from computer. It also has little effect to computer performance. Another thing is that it provides daily automatics update to virus signature database which keep it up to date against new threats. Easy to use is also included.

The Best Free Antivirus Program by People Voting

I have created a voting system by asking the same as above question to other people around the world. Therefore, you can also find the best antivirus software by voting result. By now the result is the same I recommend, but it may be difference because the result will change from time to time as number of voting increase.

Now you got the answer I promised, keep in mind that this is just a guide and recommendation, it is not a rule or must do thing.

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Is There any Free Antivirus Firewall Software Available?

Many people asked me, is there any free antivirus firewall software solution? The answer is absolutely yes. There are two main solutions which provide you both antivirus and personal firewall for free of charge. (1) Antivirus and Firewall Integrate in One Software Package and (2) Antivirus and Firewall in Two Different Packages. Let see more detail about the difference between these two solutions as well as the answer to question: Which one should I use?

Key Terms:

• Anti-virus Feature: is used for protection against viruses, worms, Trojans, rootkits and malicious programs as well removing these kinds of threads out of the computer.

• Firewall Feature: is used to protect your computer from hacker that attempt to hack and steal your value information as well as take control on your computer. With firewall feature, you can also restrict the access to application and control any program in the computer.

1. Free Antivirus and Firewall Integrate in One Software Package

What we are talking here refers to one software package which has these two features anti-virus and firewall. Some people call it as antivirus plus firewall software or antivirus and firewall program. You can call it which one as your preference. When people are looking for free software package which has these two features, they hardly found one. And some people not even know there is any available. Yes it is true.

By now, I found only one package available for free of charge to download and use. What is it? It is Comodo Firewall and AntiVirus. Now, this company names it as Comodo Internet Security. This free edition provides you basic protection from viruses and internet attack including hacker.

2. Free Antivirus and Firewall in Two Different Packages

You can find free antivirus and firewall by getting them as two separated packages (free antivirus software standalone + free personal firewall software standalone). Even it is not so comfortable by using separated packages but there are many of them available out there.

What the Difference between These Two Solutions?

One question you may be asked, for free anti-virus and firewall solution. Should I choose the software that has both two features (anti-virus and firewall) or choose two separated packages?

When we do comparison, the software package which has both features antivirus and firewall is better solution as it is designed for users who need both features. And separated package is designed for users who need only one of them (example user need only antivirus or firewall). But there are some constraints. As we already see that there is only one software program (Comodo Internet Security) which available for free. And the other antivirus firewall programs which have both features are paid version.

Therefore, there are only few choices for user who want free antivirus and firewall. They can choose whether using Comodo Internet Security or using antivirus and firewall as two separated packages.

What is Antivirus plus Firewall Software?

Antivirus plus Firewall Software refers to a software package that comes from integration between anti-virus software with firewall software. Anti-virus feature is used for protection against viruses, worms, Trojans, rootkits. For firewall feature is used to protect your computer from hacker that attempt to hack and steal your value information as well as take control on your computer. With firewall feature, you can also restrict the access to application and control any program in the computer.

What we are talking here is focus one software package which has these two features anti-virus and firewall. Besides that, there is alternative package that divided into two separate packages as anti-virus software standalone and personal firewall standalone.

Anti-virus plus Firewall Vs Antivirus and Personal Firewall Standalone

One question may be asked, for anti-virus and firewall solution. Should I choose the software that has both two features anti-virus and firewall or choose two separate packages, anti-virus software alone and firewall alone.

This is a very important question; it can save your time, money, effort. The answer is you should choose the package that contains both feature rather than the separate one if you need both features. You may ask why? The reason is the anti-virus software companies design the package that contain both feature (anti-virus and firewall) for user who need both, and design separately for user who need only one of them (example user need only firewall). Besides that, the software that contains two features is normally cheaper than the separate one and it is easier to use.

Anti-Virus plus Firewall Software Reviews

The following is the list of the software that contains both features anti-virus and firewall which available on the market today:

AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall

AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall is the security package for viruses and hacker protection from Grisoft Inc. The package is available only for Windows operating system.

eScan AntiVirus Edition

eScan AntiVirus Edition is antivirus software which has Inbuilt Firewall to saves system from all network-based attacks and monitors incoming as well as outgoing network activities in the system.

MacAfee VirusScan Plus

MacAfee VirusScan Plus is the solution for anti-virus protection that integrates with anti-spyware and firewall feature to protect user computer from viruses, spyware, adware and hacker. MacAfee VirusScan is developed by MacAfee.

The Shield Pro

The Shield Pro is an anti-virus plus firewall solution from PCSecurityShield Company. The Shield also contains additional Popup Blocker feature that use for block Popup.

The Alternative Solution for Anti-virus and Firewall Software

Anti-virus and firewall we are talking here is the separate package from internet security. Internet security is a completed security software package which provides you wide range of security features not only antivirus and firewall but also anti-spyware, anti-spam, parental control (some internet security suite have several more features such as backup, game mode, tune up).

One important note: there are many companies offer internet security package but not all of them offer the package that includes all the features we talked last moment. Some internet security packages include only four features: anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, firewall, but not parental control and backup, some packages include five features and some includes the entire features. You can find more information on Internet Security Software Comparison.