Avast Reaches 40 Million Users

October 24th, 2007

Free Software

Over the past couple of years, I’ve spent a lot of time talking about free software, mostly because I am very passionate about open source.   There is a ton of great freeware out there, and I actually believe that many of the free anti-virus software available is better than their paid alternatives such as Norton. 
I’ve talked [...]

Should Anti-Virus Software Go Open Source?

September 2nd, 2007

Free Software

Currently many web surfers make the terrible mistake of using one of several paid anti-virus softwares on the market, such as the popular Norton and McAfee softwares. Not only are they not the best anti-virus software available, but if you were to ever take the time to look into it a little bit, you [...]