at present i do not have any proction on my computer for theft or viruses
2006-11-08 00:54:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Get a good antivirus program. Here you have some free options:
http://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/download/
2006-11-09 06:07:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best program I know of for getting rid of and protecting you from viruses is Eset Nod32. You can get a 30 day trial of the software at eset.com. Also, you can go to 9down.com to find a free code. If you are going to go the free route, I recommend Avast and AVG. They are the best free programs for riding and protecting from viruses and trojans. You will also want to have anti-spyware software. 3 of the best are Ad-Aware, SpyBot Search and Destroy, and Windows Defender. Also make sure to have firewall software on your computer. The #1 firewall available is ZoneAlarm which is free. Download it at Zonelabs.com. I hope this helps. Best of Luck and Stay Protected...
2006-11-08 10:16:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are a complete list of free programs I have tested 100% and they perform as claimed. Only the one from Beijing, China used by the Government of China, is purchased. All the rest are free an I use them for many years.
In my spare time I test on my backup computer all antispyware/antivirus programs to see if the perform as claimed And especially to see which one have embedded trojans/adware either in their program or in the wizard installer used to guide you through the installation.
What is rate as 1-2-3-4-5 is not always the best. Especially when you can find free programs that are light years ahead in technology over the purchased.
In my computer I use the following free programs.
For antivirus you can only use one or you will have serious conflict with your system. You can use three or four antispyware without any conflict.
Avast in my opinion is the very best. Have you Avast for nine plus years and never had one virus. They are out of Prague.
http://www.avast.com This program is free and has one of the very best background scanner that will catch any virus in real time and destroyed the virus before it can enter you system.
Updates auto., two or three times per day. They will ask you for your email address so they can send you a free key that is good for one year. After one year you only have to request a new key.
Antispyware
http://www.ewido.net This company was out of Germany and has since been purchased by AVG. Now the name is AVG antispyware. Still the same program with excellent technolgoy. When you download the program it will come with all functions an if you don't purchase in thirty days they will just remove the background scanner and the auto updates. You will update on a manual basis. Scans all 195,000 objects in my system.
http://www.emsisoft.com This company is out of Austria. Almost the same as the new AVG. A2Squared free version download. They will ask you for you email address so they can send you a key that is good for life. You will get any new free version with the same key. Plus has rootkit protection and rogue dialer protection. (I have ADSL, but use for the added protection).
Firewall
http://www.zonealarm.com Excellent firewall free, if you download their free for home use version. You will get daily updates if any are due, plus if they come out with a new free version they will notify you via automatic and you just say yes, download the new version. The new version will remove the old version. Always best to do is clean install, instead of allowing the new version to copy the files of what you allowed or deny. You will just have to allow, or deny incoming/outgoing traffice again. If you check off remember on Zone Alarm, they will not ask you again if you want to allow or deny the same program.
For "zero day attacks", Attacks that hit before any security company has knowledge of the attack. I use a free software that is is excellent state of the art technology to identify any program that the behaivor is strange, like trying to download hidden files, etc. etc. Will get a pop up with indepth details, so you can decide for yourself if you want to allow or deny. Plus will block all malware. http://www.cyberhawk.com
If you want to spend money you can use what I use in my backup pc. http://www.filseclab.com Twister Trojan Antivirus. This program is used by the Government of China and you only pay a one time fee of $29.99 for live. Will include all new versions, auto, updates, an excellent support. Has a real great background scanner that really works, plus many other features that operate from the icon in the tray. Well worth the one time fee. Most other companies charge you an annual fee. China does not believe in the annual fee.
Clinical Psychiatrist, France
Excuse my english
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2006-11-08 10:47:31 · answer #3 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here you go:
Free Anti-virus:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht...
http://www.free-av.com/
http://www.trendmicro.com/hc_intro/defau...
http://www.superantispyware.com/...
Other Anti-virus help:
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/...
http://www.cert.org/other_sources/viruse...
Free Online Virus Checks:
http://onlinescan.avast.com/
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cle...
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/...
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols...
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner...
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.as...
Single file Scanner:
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.ht...
Free Anti-Spyware:
http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.p...
http://www.safer-networking.org/...
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/ewido-anti-s...
http://www.download.com/ad-aware-se-pers...
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan
Good Luck !
2006-11-08 09:02:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I run several networks and I prefer to run Mcafee Viruscan. I also run Spybot and Adaware for my spyware, both are available for free.
2006-11-08 09:00:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may apply for Norton Antivirus.
2006-11-08 08:58:55 · answer #6 · answered by hanyforever 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Roll_your_own_Free_Security_Suite
check this out...this lets u choose from the best free internet security out there...u will really like this page....there is good reading to tell u what each item does
2006-11-08 09:42:28 · answer #7 · answered by big_chris_fool 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This site has a good list of free protection tools. good luck.
http://www.basicspywaretips.com/getridofspyware.html
2006-11-08 09:01:22 · answer #8 · answered by Tyler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVG Free antivirus
Adaware free adware and spyware remover.
get both at http://www.download.com
2006-11-08 08:56:55 · answer #9 · answered by ○Freeman○ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋