What do I need to protect my computer from viruses or anything harmful?

Answer 1

www.free.grisoft.com
Download the free anti-virus software and the free anti-spyware software
You should also visit www.zonelabs.com and download the free Zone Alarm Firewall those three programs will give you all the protection you're likely to need .....
At least from the internet .... not too sure that they'll be enough protection from your BF ...lol

Answer 2

You will need several things...

First, you need a good Firewall. There are several good ones you can use like McAfee, Norton, etc.. I personally prefer ZoneAlarm Pro (I have a link to it on my personal website listed below)...

You might also want a good virus scanner to check the current condition of your computer.. there are many to choose from AVG is free and many people use it.. Norton, McAfee make one too and ZoneAlarm Pro has it built in too...

Finally, you will need a good Spyware scanner.. again, the same people produce this as do the other computer security products and you can find free ones available for download (some are just trial software)...,

I personally use ZoneAlarm Pro because it has all three together and you can set it up to automaticall scan for viruses or spyware on any day or time that you wish (the others probably offer this too but I'm not as familiar with them) and the firewall is able to be set up so that it protects you as much or as little as you want (with a special setting for games or other software that change a lot too)...

I have the link for ZoneAlarm on my webpage along with links for some free graphics programs that I like.. check it out.. good luck!

Answer 3

First you will need an anti-virus program, anti-spyware, anti-malware(Windows Defender) and make sure all of them are up-to-date. You can use Windows XP firewall to save on disk space and Windows Security Center to monitor these programs but I strongly recommend the purchase of a hardware firewall to ease your tension with computer viruses, trojans, etc. When I say hardware firewall, I mean a router, that's all, most routers have hardware components that prevent intrusion on your computer. And to top it all off, most computer viruses are from user error. Visiting questionable web sites and downloading without knowing the vendor or other user of the software can cause many problems.

Answer 4

avast! Home 4.7.892
Publisher's Description:
avast! is an antivirus set that is able to detect the presence of viruses in computers. It has a powerful antivirus kernal that has a boot-time scan, improved resident protection, heuristic analysis for email, and a script blocker. The program works great as a on-demand and/or resident virus scanner. The skinable interface is easy to use for any user.
Click on the Link
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html, and Download.

Answer 5

Because some people, who don't have a life, get their jollies by stealing your identity or messing up your computer to the point where commands will not work. Believe me, you don't want a computer virus. I brought one home from work years ago and ended up taking my PC in for a total, clean reinstall of everything.

Answer 6

for antivirus get norton,mcafee or bitdefender
avoid avast or avg
for spyware get adaware
www.lavasoft.com
se personal its free
get updates,reboot than do a full scan

for firewall get zonealarm
www.zonelabs.com
has a free version or a paid version
by the way of you want a good all in one get the pro version

Answer 7

A good antivirus software my suggestion what i have is Norton Antivirus 2007 it works like a charm.

Answer 8

You need a virus scanner like AVG or Kaspersky and a spyware scanner like Ewido or Ad-Aware.

Answer 9

U have to install antivirius programs like norton or macfee & antispyware like AVG antispyware 7.5. And also try to avoid porn sites.

Answer 10

Nortons Antivirus and windows firewall work well together.
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