Download And Create Portable USB Antivirus With Free ClamWin
ClamWin Free Antivirus is an open source project, meaning to say, it is free. What makes it unique is its portability, by copying certain files to its directory, you now have a portable USB antivirus. When plugged into the computer USB drive with internet access, it will update the database.
Unlike Norton, MacAfee, Kaspersky or all the other big company. ClamWin doesn’t have a real time scanner, this can be overcome by scanning the file prior to execution. It doesn’t have fancy graphics like Norton, Kaspersky, Biddefender and more, however, ClamWin free antivirus comes with an easy installer and simple user interface, it features:
- High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
- Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
- Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer
- Addon to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.
How to create your own portable ClamWin on a USB or removable drive? Follow the step by step tutorial.
- Install ClamWin AntiVirus onto your computer
- Copy all the files from “c:\program files\clamwin” to a “clamwin” folder on you USB thumbdrive. Remember, unins000.exe and unins000.dat files are not needed
- Copy “c:\program files\clamwin\bin\Microsoft.VC80.CRT”
- Copy “c:\program files\clamwin\bin\msvcm80.dll”
- Copy “c:\program files\clamwin\bin\msvcr80.dll”
- To the “clamwin\bin” folder on your usb flash drive.
- Copy this ClamWin.conf (right-click to Save) file to “clamwin\bin” folder on the removable drive (note Standalone=1 setting)
- Create the following folders on the removable drive as shown in the image below:
- Copy the CalmWin antivirus database files (main.cvd and daily.cvd) from your database directory from your computer (“C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\.clamwin\db”) to the “clamwin\db” folder on your USB thumbdrive.
- You’re done! Double click clamwin.exe to run the antivirus
- - “clamwin\log”
- “clamwin\db”
- “clamwin\quarantine”
Free Secure Email Archiving Solutions And Products
Which is the best email archiving product? Have you heard of KLS Mail Backup 2008? It is an easy to use free email backup program that allows you to back up and restore your Windows Mail, Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, and many more.
KLS Mail Backup comes with an easy to use wizards that help you to manage the most common tasks, restore your files and more. It also comes with advance feature such as Zip compression and schedule manager.
The best practices for email archiving is to download them manually every month. If you have time management problem, try their schedule manager, it automatically download all of your email content and messages into your computer at the time specified by you.
- Windows Mail profile and Windows Contacts
- Windows Live Mail profile, Windows Live Contacts and Windows Live Messenger Files
- Outlook Express profiles and Windows Address Book
- Internet Explorer Favorites and Internet Accounts
- Mozilla, Seamonkey, Thunderbird and Firefox profiles
- Postbox profiles
- Opera profiles
- The Bat! profiles
- IncrediMail profiles
KLS Mail Backup 2008 has lots of advance feature found in paid version, such as:
- Folder synchronization.
- Schedule backup task to run daily, weekly, monthly, or at certain times.
- Use predefined backup items (plugins) to backup your operating system, application and user settings.
- Backup/Restore to/from LAN folders.
- Backup/Restore to/from remote FTP server.
- Industry standard ZIP, Zip64, 7-Zip and SQX compression with strong AES encryption.
One of the many features I find useful is the compression, encryption and ftp functions.
