What is the are antispyware & antivirus products on the market. I don't mind paying if they are really good.

Answer 1

There are several

Norton
McAfee

are the few names that come to my mind without thinking much

Answer 2

Hi there,

Simply put, I would avoid Norton and possibly even McAfee. They have amassed a huge reputation, yet their products are falling by the wayside over the last 2 years or so. Many malicious files are now getting through their defences.

Everyone also seems to rate AVG highly - although I have a feeling this purely based on the fact it is free, AND NOT because of it's protection skills (if you perform some quick research on security vendors and blocking of malware you will find AVG scores pretty much the lowest of all).

One Security suite I have been increasingly impressed with of late and would strongly recommend at least trialing, is a relatively new program called Prevx1. This is continuing to prove that they detect, protect and remove more malware (virii, spyware, adware, trojans, etc) than all other leading security vendors.

It also works in a completely new way to all other security programs. Instead of catching a virus, creating a fix (or signature) and then making that available for their userbase to download as an update - Prevx1 works in real-time. This means that if a new piece of malware is detected - a fix is created automatically and the entire userbase of Prevx1 users are then protected instantly - no need for downloads. Pretty cool in my opinion.

Lastly, Prevx1 is an All-in-one solution, meaning you no longer need 3 or 4 separate programs installed on your machine (which can also conflict and slow your PC down) to deal with each type of threat.

You can read more information about Prevx1 and/or download a Free Trial here:
http://www.prevx.com

Answer 3

spy ware doctor is a spy ware program that works in the background on the computer in real time and it is claimed by the Internet to be the only one that works in real time I do not know if that is true but for me it is a life saver it saves me almost every time I go on the net with dumb pop-ups that will not go away and a lot of nastiest

this program can be downloaded at Netscape.com and to buy it, it is 19.95 Full version is not limited like trial versions

for anti-virus I went with Norton's 2006 anti-virus without firewall since I run windows xp (if you do not then you buy the one with a firewall) and between the two programs nothing is going to slip past them and both programs update off of the internet and is good for 1 year before you need to renew them.

this package is around $69 and walmart should have it. Meijer's maybe? I am very happy with my choises

Answer 4

Mcaffe Internet Security Suite
Norton Internet Security Suite

Answer 5

Antiviral.

AVG free. Excellent protection available from: http://www.Grisoft.com

Don't use two antiviral products together as they may be incompatible. If your Antiviral trial has run out, then remove product from your computer and get the AVG installed.

Anti-spyware

Essential products are: Adaware SE from: http://www.lavasoft.com

Spybot SD http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html

Spywareblaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Windows Defender - from Microsoft downloads.

Answer 6

Norton for virus and webroot spy sweeper for spyware are great

Answer 7

Checkout AVG (Grisoft) they have a free or paid version also check comodo.com (free anti virus and firewall) recommend both

Answer 8

I know that Stopzilla is a good popup and spyware protector

Answer 9

mcafee anti virus, anti spyware, firewall utils are usually packaged together and I have heard great things about it.

Answer 10

i work for a computer co and we use webroot spysweeper it is a great program