6. Cain and Abel If you are a Windows Loyalist, then you will love this tool that does cool things like recording conversations, decoding passwords and recovering passwords among other phenomenal things.
7. Wireshark The renowned and brilliant open source platform, enables you to understand data from a network or on a dish. Supporting numerous media and protocols, Wire shark has been at the top of the table for a long time.
8. Virus Total This free service uses more than one antivirus engine to read and report on compromised files. Since it is very quick, you can fight off worms, viruses and Trojans a lot more effectively.
9. W3af A relative newbie after the old timer at number 7 on this list, this is still a powerful and malleable tool meant to check chinks in the web application armor. You can use it to assess web sites and also to check plug ins and their efficiency.
10. Snort This free tool has a formidable reputation when it comes to network security. It detects and prevents attacks using a detection engine and specific language to do so.
Most online security tools are free so they don’t burn a hole in your pocket while they keep your system safe. Even if they do cost money, you will agree that it is a small price to pay if the end result is a safe and secure working environment...
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