virus programs?!?

Question

can anybody reccomend to me a really good software to eliminate viruses. mine reccenlty expired, idk.
basically, my computer is also really slow, im thinking maybe cos i have a virus. anything i can do about this?
thans! :]

Answer 1

Here you have some good and free antivirus programs:
http://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/download/

Answer 2

Working with a slow computer can be time consuming as programs/ applications take a long time to start. This problem is more pronounced in computers which have been used for 6 or more months. More information at http://fixit.in/slowcomputer.html
I can also give a few links that offer free virus and spyware removers...! AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at
http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html

Answer 3

First of all paid or free?

For paid I would go with Kaspersky, very expensive but worth while... In the 70$ range.. Or you can go with something else..

Kaspersky - http://www.kaspersky.com
Nod32- http://www.eset.com/


Just not MacAfee or Norton, I don't know why people like it but it will make your computer even slower... Its like a virus itself, hard to remove, and slow as **** on a hot summer road... Installing it will take hours because of the virus, and scanning is a *****.. I had it and scans were soo ******* slow..

For free: Go with AVG, it found 50 viruses that Norton "missed"... Or you can go with Avast..

Avast finds more, but more complicated
http://www.avast.com
AVG finds less, but faster and less complicated...
http://www.grisoft.com

Free version is in there some where, dig deep.

Take a look at this..
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/09/04/and-the-best-antivirus-is/
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82

Answer 4

paid, Norton well worth the money, free, Avast. Also download adaware fee and spybot free they will find all the spyware and viruses your computer should run like new. And remember keep all updated and run once a week. Good luck.

Answer 5

Try AVG
www.grisoft.com

If you need a better detecting software and better virus knowledge based software
Buy PC-CILLIN, the file is small for installing anti-virus software only.
www.pc-cillin.com

Answer 6

Spyware is a common cause for slow computers. Have you tried scanning for spyware? There are many free ones out there. I found this guide pretty helpful, hope this helps. http://www.basicspywaretips.com/getridofspyware.html

Answer 7

Try some of these:

Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Keyloggers, Popups:
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3003-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=tab_rev
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
http://www.download.com/Bazooka-Adware-and-Spyware-Scanner/3000-8022-10247782.html
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10379544.html
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/
http://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?productid=SUPERANTISPYWAREFREE
Online Scanners:
http://www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweeper/freescan.html?
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.htm
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php
http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/
Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Keyloggers, Popups Lists:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/104
http://www.download.com/Adware-Spyware-Removal/3150-8022_4-0.html?tag=dir
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
http://www.filehippo.com/software/antispyware/setarea
http://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/AntiSpyware/3-9-0-0.html
Antivirus:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5
http://www.avast.com/
http://www.free-av.com/
http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html
Antivirus Lists:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/1
http://www.download.com/Antivirus/3150-2239_4-0.html?tag=dir
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads29.html
http://www.filehippo.com/software/antivirus/
http://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/Antivirus/3-1-0-0.html
Firewall:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=staticcomp_za
Firewall Lists:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/97
http://www.download.com/Firewalls/3150-10435_4-0.html?tag=dir
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads34.html
http://www.filehippo.com/software/firewalls/
http://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/Firewalls/3-5-0-0.html
IP Blocker:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/peerguardian/pg2-050918-nt.exe?download
Browser:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
Email, News, RSS:
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
System Cleaner:
http://www.ccleaner.com/
System Cleaning List:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/98
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads12.html
http://www.filehippo.com/software/cleaning/
System Info:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/92
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads9.html
http://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/System_Utilities/System_Tools/3-50-0-0.html

Answer 8

norton wuz pretty good but kaspersky is what i use and so far its the most efficient and quickest... but go to download.com and do a serach for virus and they'll show u the most popular and the best virus programs...

Answer 9

www.avast.com

its a free anti-virus software and it will auto download updates daily.its a good software.hope you will give it a try.

Answer 10

try this
http://www.download.com/Security-Spyware/2001-2023_4-0.html?tag=dir
antispyware and antivirus programs are listed in the above link and available for download.
many are free
try ad aware se personal
and spybot search and destroy and etc.