After reading the cnet.com and other independent reviews, I have decided that this software is the best for me. I had Norton and MacAffee over the years, but they became so bloated that it would take days to complet a virus scan on a hard drive with 18G of memory. This has some privacy functions, include a true erase that would be helpful.
The Bugscope project provides free interactive access to a scanning electron microscope (SEM) so that students anywhere in the world can explore the microscopic world of insects. This educational outreach program from the Beckman Institute's Imaging Technology Group at the University of Illinois supports K-16 classrooms worldwide.
Virustotal is a service that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected by antivirus engines.
GistWeb will give the gist of any web page's actual content. It's goal is to provide a "summary" version of
any page, giving you the meat and discarding the fluff. This saves loads of time when doing research online.