what is the best anti spy-ware & anti virus program recommended??

Question

i need to find out whats the best spy-ware & best anti trojan / virus software for my pc> I have used norton & mcafee but they are really no good anyone with any ideas which is best to use???

Answer 1

AVG

Answer 2

I have searched for long time and then I found that Norton is the best one but know this :Norton is strong against viruses but spy I don't think so you will need a spyware remover there is a free and strong one from google or you can use Mcafee it has a great definition and you can also use windows pop-up to help your protection so in the final result you can try Mcafee but make sure to stay up tp date
good luck ...

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

hey chris,

I am using Trend-micro pc-cillin internet security yar. In this anti-virus and site blocking is good, firewall is not good. Then Spyware doctor is my best for spyware. Because, it detects all the spywares, not done by ad-aware and spybot search and destroy.

Both MC-Caffee and Norton getting more resources of your pc and slow down your pc.

Above two are shareware. If you need freeware for anti-virus get Avg and avast. If you need freeware for spyware download spybot search and destroy and ad-aware.

Answer 5

Norton and McAfee are good anti virus programs
you probably need a good spyware remover.. I find %%SPYSWEEPER the best go to webroot.com

Answer 6

for the best security which i have used for a long time get the folowing products, they are all free and very low on system resources:

FOR ANTIVIRUS:
get avira anti-vir personal edition it is the best free antivirus and has the best detection rates out of the 3 free av's with AVG at 82% avast at 88% and avira personal editon at 94%
http://www.free-av.com/
Avira offers: 1.Extensive Malware Recognition of viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, worms, etc. 2.Automatic incremental updates of antivirus signatures, engine and entire software 3.Permanent virus protection, with Virus Guard real time monitoring 4.Install and configuration in just a couple of steps, setup to protect your PC in minutes 5.Virus protection against known and unknown threats, using an advanced heuristic system 6.Scheduler where you can set the scanner to make automatic virus scans or updates on your system 7.Forum and phone support

FOR ANTISPYWARE:
get spyware terminator it has real time monitoring and automatic updates, it is also very low on system resources and best of all it's free and not on the rogue spyware list. you can get it from http://www.spywareterminator.com/... i have used it for a long time it has HIPS, Real time shield, and if you want an integrated real time monitor from clam win antivirus. also a right click scan for windows explorer

Answer 7

There's a good list of free spyware removal tools and antivirus here, also has some good info on how to avoid stuff like this.http://www.basicspywaretips.com/getridofspyware.html

Answer 8

Best antivirus: AVG Antivirus

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

Best anti spyware: Ad-Aware SE

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5

Answer 9

Avast!I recommand(Anti virus/anti-spyware)

mcafee is not that bad that you saying!

Spybot(anti-spyware)

[not recommanded:no need to install both software anti-...... cause it will slow down your computer's speed]

Answer 10

Zonealarm with firewall or norton 2007they r the best

Answer 11

here is a list of free ones