Which is the best reliable and affordable internet security suite?

Question

Better if it is free.

Answer 1

Why not "roll ya own" internet security suite for free?

1. For your Anti-Virus.........................

I like the AOL AntiVirusShield. Don't let the name AOL scare you. AntiVirusShield is made by Kaspersky which is one of top-rated anti-virus vendors in the world.

In recent tests, the most popular free anti-virus, AVG, was only able to detect about 82% of a very large sample of viruses. On the other hand, AntiVirusShield was able to detect better than 99% in the same test.
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82

AntiVirusShield has excellent virus detection rates and is extremely light on using your computer resources.

Updates many times per day to detect new malware.

Free to anyone, AOL member or not from:
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?


2. For your Firewall......................

An excellent free firewall is Comodo Personal Firewall. It can pass firewall "leak tests" that even most of the "paid-for" firewalls cannot pass.

And Comodo has a great support forum. Where the CEO / President of the company might even himself answer your question! Check it out at:
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/


3. For your Anti-Adware and Anti-Spyware needs...............

Pick and choose at least 2 anti-spywares from the list below and alternate scanning with them on a regular basis. New spywares are created literally hourly, so no single anti-spyware can really detect all malware. Have at least 2 on hand and alternate scanning with each every few days or so. All are free. All can remove as well as detect.

Spybot Search and Destroy:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html

Ewido:
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

Adaware SE:
http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

A-Squared:
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

SUPERAntiSpyware:
http://www.superantispyware.com/

Windows Defender:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Unfortunately, many "paid for" anti-spyware products are in fact either of limited usefulness or downright scams. When in doubt, look at the list of rogue anti-spyware solutions listed here:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm


4. And to protect your computer from ever getting infected with spyware in the first place...................

SpywareBlaster:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

SiteAdvisor:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/


Everything here is 100% free!!!!!!

Great luck!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Hi there,

Some of the most recommended programs on here always seem to be AVG or Avast - although this is likely to be because they are free? Looking at current protection ratings, AVG scores a lowly 90% protection against all known viruses, whilst Avast comes in at 92%. This means they are letting through one in every ten viruses - pretty shocking.

The same goes for Spybot and Adaware. In fact if you had AVG, Spybot and Adaware installed, you would surprisingly only be protected from circa 60% of all known malware (viruses, adware, spyware, trojans, etc).

Norton and McAfee are the "best known" security products, which are currently protecting against something like 98.3% and 97% of all known viruses - a much better score. However, both of these are known for being very heavy programs which can tend to slow down certain machines. If you are thinking of installing either of these I would definitely recommend you download their free trial to check it does not affect your machine in this way prior to opening your wallet.

If you would be interested in other Security products that are better than all of these, you should try either Prevx1, Kaspersky or F-Secure who all score over a 99% protection rating. Out of these three my recommendation would be Prevx1, as this is the quickest at protecting against new outbreaks of malware.

Answer 4

Computer Associates Anti Virus is the best and free trial period is one year. Adaware PE is the best Anti-spyware and is free for personal use. Zone Alarm is a very good firewall and is also free for personal use. Another very good security product is Spybot Search and Destroy and still another is spywareblaster. These too are free. I have been using them for a loong time and never had a problem.

Answer 5

I would suggest eScan Internet Security Suite. Have used it for 3 years and its really good. Try a 30 days free version from http://www.mwti.net

Answer 6

AVG is very popular, it's free, updates regularly and does a good job. I never got any virus since then. Spy-bot and Lavasoft Ad-ware SE Personal is recommended for anti-spyware and Zonealarm is for firewall. Do a regular update and scan your PC weekly will keep you safe and sound!
All of the above can be downloaded at www.download.com

Answer 7

I ditched McAfee for the recent 2009 version of Norton internet secure practices. super super changes because of the fact I felt they have been falling at the back of badly- runs a lot faster, much less hardship setting up & has lock for credit enjoying cards & log ons. secure practices might desire to be easy to apply.

Answer 8

the very best is zonealarm security suite. if u want the serial then i shall e-mail it to u

Answer 9

go here and check for yourself the best free security suite
http://freewww.uv.ro/security/security.html

Answer 10

assemble your own security suite