Are there any good,safe free online virus and firewall programs online?

Question

My Mcafee virus and firewall has expired and it keeps telling me I am no longer protected.Is there any good free protectin online for both?And do I first have to remove Mcafee before installing a new firewall and virus protecter?

Answer 1

Yes you have to remove McAfee before you install any other antivirus software. Don't just go to contol panel and add/remove programs. Click start, then search, then do a word search for McAfee. This will delete all files. Then install your new software. Otherwise you will either have a conflict or the new software will read the other antivirus as a virus. I personally have tried quite a few of the free antivirus softwares and I have never yet found one that did its job. I had to end up paying for antivirus and the first scan turned up over 30 viruses that the free software had not unearthed. I use Verizon Internet Security Suite and I am finally happy with my antivirus.

Answer 2

Avg is one of the best available antivirus, it can heal most of the infected files, more than what Mcafee can quaratine, or clean. It is availble as a free trial downloader, which does not has trial expiry period.
For spyware, and firewall zone alarm is good solution.
A lot of people search free serials and cracks on google to use McAfee even after expiration, however that is not advisable.

Answer 3

Well, for anti-virus, a good free one that is updated just about daily (for free), is AVG from Grisoft.

For firewalls, a good choice is Kerio Personal Firewall. Apparently it was free at one point, and I'm not very sure if it still is. It was free when I downloaded it about a year or so ago.

Another free firewall is ZoneAlarm.

All of these are free for personal home use of course, and all can be upgraded for a price. But the free versions of them work very well, and I personally would recommend the 3 I mentioned.

Answer 4

If you have Windows XP you can enable their firewall or use Zone Alarm. For anti virus software, use Avast! Home Edition. It works really well. And yes you do have to remove Mcafee.

Answer 5

There is "Zone Alarm" firewall and there is "AVG" and "AVAST" antivirus. Yes you have to remove Mcafee first before INSTALLING the new programs.

Answer 6

You would not need to remove McAfee, but it is HIGHLY recommended by both me and Windows. If you are looking for a good anti-virus/web protector; I would recommend avast! You have to get a yearly subscribtion for it, and the subscribtions are free.

For the program download go here:http://files.avast.com/iavs4pro/setupeng.exe

For the registration for a subscribtion, go here:http://www.avast.com/i_kat_207.php?lang=ENG

Don't forget, it is COMPLETELY free.

Hope it helps!

Answer 7

Virus: AVG Free Edition form download.com

Spyware: Ad-Aware from lavasoft.com (or download.com)

Firewall: ZoneAlarm from download.com

Answer 8

★★ SECURITY SOFTWARE & TIPS ★★

◙ The very best virus scanners are free. Mcafee & Norton Antivirus are mostly hype and won't do as good as the free ones. -- About.com & Smart Computing Magazine

◙ Download and install AVG. Use it first and see if it finds any viruses or trojans.

☞ http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

◙ After running AVG go here and run this virus scanner online. There is no need to install it on your computer.

☞ http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

◙ Microsoft's New Live Safety Center. Download this scanner to check and remove spyware, viruses, get rid of obsolete files and junk off your computer, and improve your PCs performance.

☞ http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm?s_cid=msep

◙ The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove any infection found. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed. You can run this tool online FREE.

☞ http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx

◙ Best spyware remover is Ad Aware. Download and install the free version.

◙ http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

◙ Here is a wealth of information about fighting spyware and spyware producers. Join their free forum for answers to your questions. -- Smart Computing Magazine

☞ http://www.spywareinfo.com/
☞ http://www.spywarewarrior.com/
☞ http://www.google.com/search?q=adware+info

◙ Before downloading email attachments in Gmail and Yahoo Mail click on the link that says, "Scan With Norton Antivirus".

◙ Before downloading any software from the internet type it into http://groups.google.com/ to see if that title is known for spyware or viruses. Google Groups has over 1 billion posts spanning 25 years to help you. Even after checking it there ALWAYS scan it before opening it. You just can't be too careful. -- Smart Computing Magazine

◙ A lot of the download sites like http://www.download.com/ and http://www.tucows.com/ scan software before releasing it to the public. But just for safety sake you should still scan it yourself.

◙ If you have a broadband modem or network router the firewall in these is not as effective as a software firewall. The firewall that comes with Windows XP isn't very good either. Download ZoneAlarm and your system will be a lot safer. -- Smart Computing Magazine

☞ http://www.zonealarm.com/

◙ Here is a really great article on browser hijacking. This will show you how to get rid of it. There is a tutorial and software to get rid of part of it. You'll need to make some changes to your computer's registry to get rid of the rest of it. Click on the chatroom link on their main page if you need help.

☞ http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/

◙ Here is Yahoo!'s Internet Security section.

☞ http://security.yahoo.com/

◙ Get more information at these PC Magazine Web sites.

☞ http://www.pcmag.com/
☞ http://www.smartcomputing.com/

◙ Top 100 Computer & Software Magazines.

☞ http://netvalley.com/top100mag.html


★★ ONLINE VIRUS SCANNERS ★★

◙ Here are some free web-based virus scanners that you don't have to download.

☞ http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
☞ http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html
☞ http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
☞ http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
☞ http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
☞ http://security.symantec.com/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym

Answer 9

i use avast it`s better than norton go to avast the top one down load then you will have to fill out a form to get the to one it but it`s all free it auto loads updates every time there is a new update every time you go on line

Answer 10

Damnit, the first guy said EXACTLY what I was going to say. 'Cept one thing. Ad-Aware is mostly adware. Spybot Search and Destroy can get rid of a lot of stuff Ad-Aware cannot.