You might have anti-spyware and antivirus software on your Windows PC, but it turns out that that isn’t even enough. The traditional problem with most anti-virus software is that they can only identify and stop malware once the software has been updated and is aware of the malware via new signatures. ThreatFire is a step ahead of traditional anti-virus software in that it is “constantly monitoring the activity on your PC, ThreatFire’s ActiveDefense technology is able to hunt down and paralyze threats that are too new or too clever to be recognized by traditional security software.” So even if you haven’t updated your anti-virus’s signatures, ThreatFire has a good chance of detecting it, much more so than other security software. Hesitant about paying for more security software? No worries. ThreatFire is free, and it also claims to be light on resources, which makes it easier to stomach as well.

Update: Threatfire is a “free download” but it costs $14.95 for an annual subscription.

Thank you Ray!