2007-02-17 18:54:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
All of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.After you install any of them,make sure you update them to get the full affect.
AVG anti virus/anti spyware remover.
AVG Removes I-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/...
Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free.
http://www.spybot.info/
http://superantispyware.com/
SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!
Easily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!
2007-02-17 18:59:27 · answer #1 · answered by G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have two - Adaware for the tracking cookies and Avensis for the antivirus - both are free for home computers.
I had real problems with Norton - an incident with two women and a donkey spring to mind - and changed to these on advice from a friend two years ago
I haven't had a problem since - they are easy to download, easy to use and, apparently, the hackers have a competition to see who can bring Norton down.
Hope this helps
2007-02-17 19:01:50 · answer #2 · answered by Charlotte B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVG free edition, people had been telling me about it for ages so I set up a test rig and bombarded it with all kinds of crap, it performed better than Norton and used about 40% less resource on the pc.
Norton got the boot and now all my machines use AVG.
2007-02-17 19:10:22 · answer #3 · answered by thecoldvoiceofreason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVG free edition
Spybot
Both cost nothing and used properly will protect your PC.
If you are running Windows XP, creat one Admin account and limit other user accounts. This will help stop anything being installed on your PC without your knowledge.
2007-02-17 19:35:18 · answer #4 · answered by freebird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Mc Afee, its not free but works really well.
Usally on offer in PC world or if not buy from www.novatech.com
It works really well and does not slow up the computer like Norton does, it also updates it self.
2007-02-17 19:07:40 · answer #5 · answered by mikeodonagh 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A quick visit to Trend Micro's Housecall site will sort your problems.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
2007-02-17 19:55:09 · answer #6 · answered by BushRaider69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.zonelabs.com/ (firewall)
http://www.lavasoft.com/ (ad-aware)
http://www.safer-networking.org/ (spybot s&d)
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/ (avg Anti-Virus)
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ (Crap Cleaner)
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/files/EClea2_0.exe (Easy Cleaner)
http://www.download.com/ (A useful site for just about anything & everything else)
2007-02-17 20:57:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to downloads.com and type in avg its free and really good I'm using it right now
2007-02-17 19:05:42 · answer #8 · answered by blueeyedbigmama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres freeone called avg virus scaner.. google it it
2007-02-21 08:29:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVG and its free.
2007-02-17 19:13:56 · answer #10 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋