Web Browsers
BlueScreen believes in helping our customers make choices. Here, we will give you our opinion of the top web browsers out there and why we think you should download them.
Mozilla Firefox—*BlueScreen Top Pick
Firefox is without a doubt our top pick for best web browser. Over the past few years, Mozilla's Firefox has become the world's fastest growing web browser. While still no where near Microsoft's Internet Explorer in terms of market share, Firefox is quickly gaining ground on the juggernaut from Redmond, WA. Firefox is 100% open source and has a vast community providing support. From the numerous extensions and add-ons, to the main program itself Firefox is supported by some of the best and brightest out there. Firefox is the browser we use for everything. All of our sites are designed primarily in Firefox and then checked to ensure compatibility with the other major browsers. Firefox is most certainly the most secure browser out there, and the add-ons and extensions make this one our pick for best browser on the market. You'll thank us when you download this browser.
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Google Chrome—*BlueScreen Second Pick
Google is new to the browser game with Chrome being quite new released in December of 2008. While still largely untested, many reviews point to Chrome as the next big thing in browsing technology. Google has introduced many features in Chrome that the other browsers are beginning to incorporate. Things like multiple processes for each individual tab open ensure that one website will not crash your entire browsing experience. When it comes to speed, Chrome is widely recognized as the fastest to render most webpages. BlueScreen believes this to be the case as well, which is why this makes the list as our second choice. Not much is truly known about the security of Chrome, however it is believed to rival Firefox. The only thing we believe that sets Firefox apart is its add-ons and extensions. If Firefox could equal the speed of Chrome when it comes to rendering a webpage for viewing, there would be no need for any other browser. We recommend keeping Chrome installed as a backup to Firefox if you think you might use multiple browsers.
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Virus/Spyware Scanners
Next to a web browser, a virus and spyware scanner is THE most important software you can install on a PC. Sure, if you have a Mac you don't really need to worry about this, but that doesn't mean a Mac is impenetrable, it just is not really targeted because of the low market share compared to windows.
AVG Internet Security—*BlueScreen Top Pick
AVG Internet Security is our favorite Antivirus & Antispyware program available. Not only do we feel this is the most complete pick in this category, you can also get a free version of the Antivirus. A good choice if money is an issue. We install AVG free on all our new computers standard. AVG has top tech support and free updates. Not only does AVG Internet Security scan your browsers and e-mail programs like every other antivirus/antispyware program available, it takes things one step further by scanning your chat and IM programs as well. AVG scans search results for malware and so much more. If you want a complete protection system installed, this is what we recommend.
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