The release of a free security software for home users - Combining Antivirus, Antispyware and HIPS technologies to provide zero day, real time identity and PC security has been announced today by DriveSentry, security specialists.

About the security implications of posting too much personal information on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, we are all aware, but the more sensitive personal information held on our local drives is just as vulnerable. At a time where incidents of identity theft and data encrypted blackmail are drastically increasing and becoming a normal risk associated with surfing the Internet, DriveSentry Free is released. A prime example of the threats posed by malicious programs is the latest variant of GPcode.AK that is currently spreading across the Internet. GPcode.AK is a ransom-ware virus which, if successful, will encrypt your data, making personal data useless until a "ransom" payment is made to decrypt files. To prevent becoming a victim of such cases of fraud and id theft, especially at a time when we are all facing some tough economic choices, it is important that we put adequate protections in place.

We face difficult decisions regarding how to secure ourselves from increasing threats to our identity and PC security, as traditional antivirus products struggle to cope with issues raised by their aging technologies. Many of us feel that if the criminal trojans and viruses do not get hold of our hard earned cash, then this is due to antivirus software companies, who in theory receive the money instead through annual renewal fees.

Adopting a simple approach to securing your system and data, the latest version of antivirus software DriveSentry provides free, up-to-the second protection. DriveSentry is dedicated to protecting your identity and PC security from viruses, spyware, Trojans, adware and many other variants of malicious code including tracking threats; many of which threaten to compromise your personal information. By automatically allowing access to whitelisted applications, blocking over one million known threats and querying the unknown, DriveSentry safeguards against all these zero-day threats.

DriveSentry's database of black and whitelisted program identities are downloaded and stored on your PC to enable automated offline protection. Using the free version of DriveSentry you will be alerted when a signature update is available.