Don't get the flu, get Inoculated! (Computer Associates InoculateIT Personal Edition)

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Product:	Computer Associates InoculateIT Personal Edition
Date:	11/12/00 (21 review reads)
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Advantages: Free updates, keeps a low profile, doesn't affect other programs, backed by a large professional company

Disadvantages: Absolutely none.

Computer Associates (the makers of Inoculate) produce mainly business applications, one of which is the business orientated version of InoculateIT. This is a very expensive piece of software, but the good news is that there a version for the home-user and it's FREE. This is InoculateIT Personal Edition.

Unlike some so-called free virus scanners, the updates are also free and the program is incredibly easy to use. When you first start your computer it scans a random set of files, then sits in your Systray scanning any files you download. You can also tell it to do a full scan of your hard drive, and automate it to do it every month or so.

It uses very little system resources and it does it's job well. It has stopped my computer from being infected with five virii in the past twelve months that I've used it, including the infamous CIH Chernobyl virus.

Anti-virus software is a must have product for every PC user, and most new PC's come with software pre-installed. When I bought my new motherboard I got a version of Norton Ant-Virus free, but I am so pleased with, and confident of, InoculateIT Personal Edition that I didn't bother installing it.

Of all the virus scanners around, I believe this to be one of the best and it has so far not affected any other program that I use.

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