best antivirus advise?

Question

ok whats a good comparison to Norton 360 my subscriptions gonna wear out in 15 days and im not if i wanna buy it whats another all in one package thats really good.

Answer 1

AVG Free is the most popular anti-virus out there right now. Norton is total junk, uses up a lot of system resources and you have to pay for it. Avast is another free anti-virus, which is still good, but personally I like AVG. You can download AVG from the link below. There is absolutely no spyware.

Answer 2

Here's some ideas to "roll ya own" Internet Security Suite for free. Free is always the best.

1. For your Anti-Virus......(Always use only 1 A-V)

I like the AOL ActiveVirusShield. Don't let the name AOL scare you. ActiveVirusShield 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, ActiveVirusShield was able to detect better than 99% in the same test.
Full test results are here:
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82

ActiveVirusShield 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..........(Always use only 1 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...............(use 2)

Pick and choose, 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............ (use them both)

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

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



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

Great luck!

Answer 3

PCCillin is a good one. Had great reviews. I would recommend Norton for over all performance and price.

If you are considering a FREE anti-virus protection - Don't! Now think about it. Is there any thing really for free? The way most free software works is like this - they give you a free software, embedded in it are spyware, data mining tools and even some will ask for a donation. They collect your surfing habit information and who knows what else and sell those information in its aggregate form to marketing companies to analyze their advertising strategies. Some will implant malicious code which will ultimately threaten your security and crash your computer.

So when it comes to protecting your computer and your security, play it safe! For that matter, I would never install a free any thing in my computer.

Answer 4

This is the best anti virus and spy ware and everything you will need in 1 package and the free trial doesn,t expire for 90 days "Windows Live One Care" go straight to the web site. I found its the best.

Answer 5

AVG FREE is one of the bests choices. But you can download trial versions of popular Anti-Virus software and install them. The most times it's asked for the serial number. Visit the sites below. TRY IT !!

Answer 6

AVG is alright i used to use it until i got a virus and it wouldn't do anything about it but tell me that it was there , so now i use avri it is way better and free , i have been using it for a couple yrs. now and never had a problem , i put the link below.

p.s. the free one is the classic edition.

Answer 7

I recommend AVG Internet Security
http://www.cybertopcops.com/avg-internet-security.php
http://www.cybertopcops.com/review-avg-internet-security.php

Answer 8

Avast AVG..

www.avast.com
Free, runs on 32-bit AND 64-bit windows XP..

Answer 9

the free version of ADVAST is pretty good I think it's better than NORTON that you pay for

Answer 10

avg