I am currently using AVG FREE edition and am not quiet satisfied with it. I need a new antivirus that is free and is good too. Also i am using Zone Alarm firewall (FREE). If there is a better combination on firewall and Antivirus you have on your mind then please do suggesest it for me. Please give only those Antiviruses and Firewalls that are available for free !
2006-11-11 04:26:33 · 11 answers · asked by Salik K 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
AVG is JUNK. I recommend active virus shield. It is the best one and it is FREE.
2006-11-11 05:05:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Avast and Zone Alarm are currently the best free security programs presently. You were correct to notice that AVG is not that good. Too many think is great but it's ranking for protection is fairly poor.
Each year there is a new top antivirus and firewall based upon critical performance, but my recommendation is to make sure that the products are ICSA certified. This means they were tested for stopping, quarantining, or deleting viruses, and stopping intrusions on your CPU and passed.
Regarding malware removal the free programs are rated fair or about 65% effective, and would include spybotS&D, AdwareSE, and spywareblaster. The best on the market per ranking are Spywsweeper by webroot, and spyware docotor by PCTools, and neither one is free about $29 apiece.
2006-11-11 07:38:34 · answer #2 · answered by John E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have used zone alarm firewall for the past nine years. An I use Avast antivirus out of Prague. This is state of the art software that has one of the very best background scanners that will catch a virus in real time and destroy before it can enter your system. You will also get two or three times per day automatic updates. Scan all 195,000 objects in my system.
The program is free and they will ask you for your email so they can send you a free key good for one year. After one year just request a new key. The corporate version is the same, they just make corporate pay.
http://www.avast.com
The combinionation of ZoneAlarm, an Avast work very well together. I have not had one virus in nine plus years.
Clinical Psychiatrist, France
2006-11-11 04:36:47 · answer #3 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I use AVG and I also use these.
All of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.
AVG Removes I-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5
Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://superantispyware.com/
SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!
Easily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!
Make sure after you download any of these, that you update them.
2006-11-11 04:31:28 · answer #4 · answered by G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
AVAST + windows defender + win xp built in firewall
(you have to have a licenced version of xp)
AVAST +
(AVG free antispyware + ad aware se + spybot s&d) +
any free firewall.
2006-11-11 04:33:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
in my opinion if u have good RAm upto 256 or more than u shud install norton coz it is simply the best.
sometimes it takes up ur memory but protects all better.
mcafee is also good.
u can try it
2006-11-11 04:35:11 · answer #6 · answered by aditya 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
go to download.com from cnet you'll find alot good free antivirus and firewall software there.....hope i help u
2006-11-11 04:31:54 · answer #7 · answered by nik3z_11 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm using eTrust's AV alongside Zone Alarm and they work well together. Unfortunately eTrust is only free for one year, but well worth using for twelve months.
Here's a link http://home3.ca.com/SubscriptCenter/MSTrialRegistration.aspx?
Plus more information here http://store.digitalriver.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayHomePage&SiteID=caconsum&Locale=en_US
2006-11-11 04:31:04 · answer #8 · answered by Carella 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Can't get one for free! SORRY : (
You have to pay for all of the good ones!
2006-11-11 04:34:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOD 32 is the best anti virus i ever seen
2006-11-11 04:30:43 · answer #10 · answered by mamali z 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋