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Now a day you just can’t operate a PC without an Anti-Virus (AV) software installed.  You are asking for trouble and sooner or later yours computer will be infected.  The problem is a good AV is not free.  You have to pay hefty anual membership to keep them running.  So is there a free AV out there that can actually protect yours PC?

In my previous post back on January I recommend a  free Anti Virus (AV) software from AVG.  This one works but it probably not the best one.   I found a better one and have used this for couple months now.  It’s the free personal version from Avira.  In my opinion Avira has better detection and than AVG.

The download is about 32Mb and installation is easy.  I just use all default settings.     Click on the AntiVir logo below to go directly to its download page.  Don’t worry it’s safe to click.

You know the first place to check for free anti-virus software is from your Internet provider. A lot of people doesn’t know this but Internet provider like mine DSL from ATT comes with free anti-virus from McAfee. It’s just that the information is not forthcoming. In my case I have to actually search around for it. If you are using DSL from ATT the free Anti-Virus software download can be found here . Click on Download and enter your account log-in info to get the software.

My wife called me one day and tell me that the store couldn’t process the credit card. Strange I though to my self, how could that be. So I call the customer service and found out someone got a hold of my card and order some stuffs on a hunting sport related website. How can some one get a hold of my credit card information? At that moment, I realize I could be a victim of some spy ware virus. Someone could tracking my computer activities for private information.
So I search high and low for a free virus scan to detect these spy ware virus, a.k.a malware. The problem I realized then, how can you trust anything download from the Web these day. A malicious website can disguise itself with legitimate looking pages and you just can’t tell.
Anyway I just got luck out when my Web host service who actually get attacked by malware and they sent me a link to this free scan. I downloaded the utility, installed it, ran it, and sure enough it found a whole bunch of malicious Trojans and other spy ware virus. So if you ever click on some suspicious link and have a gut feeling that yours computer is infected with malicious malware, please take my adivce and down load this malware scanner to make sure. If the link is broken, please do a Google search for “malwarebytes anti-malware”. The software is for free to use for scanninng. You can purchase it to get more advanced features.

Connect 5 is a popular tic-tac-toe version we play in Vietnam. The game is the same as tic-tac-toe but you have to connect 5 spots in order to win. I used to play this game with my schoolmates while waiting for class to start or sometime even during class. Back then there were no video games and computers so we kids just use our notebook and pencils to play this game and other games like find the next number, shooting the dots, or build the triangles.
I wrote this Connect5 game for Cafe75.com site. The algorithm I came up is pretty rudimentary. Give it a try and see if you can beat it.


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