Security tools
Anti-virus
Why
Every computer should have one nowadays. Although Windows based computers are more often targeted, Linux and Mac OS can also be victims of different kind of virus, with disastrous consequences: banking login information stolen, data erased, ransomware, cryptocurrencies compromised, etc.
Anti-virus ranking changes regularly depending of the website reviews, new tools and the year of the review. Here are strong anti-virus solutions:
Romania based, Global coverage
US based, Global coverage
Slovakia based, Global coverage
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Malwarebytes is usually seen as the solution in case of malicious programs and files, such as virus droppers, worms, trojans, rootkits, dialers, spyware, and rogue applications that many antivirus programs do not detect or cannot fully remove.
US based, Global coverage
Password Managers
Why
One of the most important tool you need
Strong online security
- Simply generate random, long and complex passwords, difficult to guess
- Securely save all your passwords in 1 encrypted place
Electronic safe to store all you online accounts
- You will have to remember only 1 password: your Password Manager master key
- Never use any more the same password for several accounts
- Never forget a password any more
- Don’t touch your keyboard any more: your Password Manager will automatically enter your account details
Those online password managers are the:
- easiest to use
- most popular online solution
- most recommend
US based
Canada based
US based
Payments
Regularly, new data breach exposing customer data and credit card information are revealed. That is why we recommend wherever you can to use a few different services which hide your actual credit card number behind a virtual one, so merchants do not have your data, which can be a lifesaver if that retailer has a major data breach.
