they gotta be free and i want the thing to be able to find and get rid of all the bad software on my pc spyware backdoors all that kinda stuff
spyspotter makes you pay to get rid of the bad files found i dont want anything like that
2006-06-19 21:41:20 · 11 answers · asked by danilhastings 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Norton internet security is free for a trial and we havnt had anuthing at all since
u hav to pay after the trial but mate its well worth it.
2006-06-19 21:44:42 · answer #1 · answered by lovehatesugar 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Hi there,
The best advice would be to download a free trial of a product called Prevx1. This currently offers the strongest protection and removal capabilities of any security product available, and also won't cost you a thing!
Prevx is an all-in-one solutions that will protect you from ALL forms of malware (virii, adware, spyware, trojans, rootkits, etc). You can read more about Prevx1 and/or download their Free Trial here:
http://www.prevx.com
Also - Please Avoid AVG at all costs This really is an awful program, now offering one of the lowest protection scores of all security programs, with newer viruses waltzing straight through their defences. It's free for a reason, and that's because it's protection is lacking. I recently installed Prevx1 on a friends computer who already had AVG - and Prevx1 went on to remove over 30 viruses AVG had completely missed. Quite shocking really and I wish people would stop recommending it...
Good Luck
2006-06-20 10:46:33 · answer #2 · answered by Secure Expert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some weeks ago I had a problem with my computer, it was slowing down and i couldn't explain why some websites where redirecting! Since I had a good (norton) antivirus system I did not think that I had spyware! , however a friend of mine came to my house and immediately told me that I had a spyware program, he entered into a site downloaded one of the free programs featured there and installed it on my computer, after running this program my computer is fast and downloading normally, whilst my homepage was also restored.
the webpage where you can find free reliable anti spyware is:
http://charticles.atspace.com/spyware.htm
2006-06-22 04:03:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I 2nd that! AVG Free is an excellent Anti Virus Software.
Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware will help pick up any other nasties but if your using AVG Free you shouldn't have any problems. Also get a firewall from Zone Alarm
2006-06-20 04:54:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't get that crap of my system using normal virus scanner (MacAfee at that time) but I did find a widget which at the time was called HijackThis! which did a successfull one time scrub of all the hijackers and so on. It was free. Maybe cnet.com?
2006-06-20 04:57:52 · answer #5 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
McAfee has a free 30day trial of their Anti-spyware.
2006-06-20 08:02:52 · answer #6 · answered by Bill 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend having adaware (http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/) or
Spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/) or
MS Defender (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/default.mspx)
and for a virus scanner Avast (http://www.avast.com/). They are all free.
2006-06-20 04:57:37 · answer #7 · answered by nosh! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use Adaware 6 which is a free peice of software, you can get it from download.com. It works pretty well
2006-06-20 04:45:59 · answer #8 · answered by break 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spybot
2006-06-20 04:46:41 · answer #9 · answered by dave w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The following are all free. I use them all and they've done me quite proud:
Spybot Search and Destroy
Ad-Aware
AVG Anti-Virus
2006-06-20 04:49:04 · answer #10 · answered by Bapboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋