Some tips for your security.

To have protection against the security gaps that you may encounter on the internet and to protect your computer against possible threats, you need to have various supplementary programs installed on your computer.

If you are using the Microsoft Windows operation system, you must download and install the latest security patches from microsoft.com/downloads.

To protect your computer, you need 3 different types of programs; an anti-virus software, an anti-spyware software and a firewall. Some software packages may contain all of these protections. You can find the programs that we have selected from among these programs in the list below.

WARNING:

• The links provided below are only for recommendation purposes and T. Garanti Bank has no affiliation whatsoever with any of these websites.
• T. Garanti Bank cannot be held responsible for any damages that these websites accessed through the links below, other websites reached through these websites and programs downloaded from these websites may cause to your computer, the security level that these programs offer or the insufficiency of security.
• T. Garanti Bank does not provide support for the programs listed below or their derivatives.

Anti-virus Programs

Websites that perform free virus scans via the internet (Fast internet connection is recommended):

• Trendmicro House Call
• Kaspersky Virus Scanner
• Panda Software Active Scan

Anti-virus programs that you can install on your computer:

• Panda Software
• McAfee VirusScan
• Norton AntiVirus
• Grisoft AVG Anti Virus

Anti-Spyware, Anti-Malware Programs

Programs that you can use against programs that want to retain your internet usage information.

• Spybot S&D (Free)
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition (Free)
• McAfee AntiSpyware 

Firewall Programs

These programs prevent other programs on your computer from accessing internet

• Zone Alarm (Free)
• Norton Internet Securıty
• McAfee Firewall Plus 

Computer Security Websites

• McAfee Product Recommender (EN)