2007-01-16 03:38:38 · 3 answers · asked by Minesh P 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
To prevent viruses & worms its best to have an Antivirus program installed on your computer. Firewalls are good too but the anitvirus programs is what will detect and quarantine infected files. A good and free antivirus program is AVG which you can download from the net. Zonelarm is a free and good Firewall as well, which you can also download.
2007-01-16 03:47:28 · answer #1 · answered by Shiloh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, home routers don't usually provide virus protection. At best, they have a hardware firewall.
You best bet for virus and spyware protection is to get a good free antivirus like avg, and some good anti-spyware stuff like Windows Defender, Ad-Aware SE, and Spybot Search & Destroy.
2007-01-16 11:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a router does not prevent a virus
antivirus programs do the job
2007-01-16 11:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by Elvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋