Keeping Your PC Safe on the Internet

In the battle of keeping your PCs safe on the wild and wacky Internet, here are some things that may be of use. SnoopFree Privacy Shield monitors for installed keyloggers. HijackThis scans specific areas of the registry and file system looking for problems. Of course, there are personal firewalls as well. Here are tests and more tests of various personal firewalls. Outpost and Jetico seem particularly worth looking at. Virus Bulletin (free registration required) offers information about viruses, as well as performing comparative reviews of virus scanners. TopTenReviews has a current compative review of anti-virus/anti-malware products in which BitDefender came out on top. F-Secure has had good 'all-in-one's suites covering anti-virus, anti-syware and firewall functionality. Last, see previous posts here and here about safe browsing with Firefox and NoScript.