Anti-virus?

Question

Fed up with norton, any good free stuff out there that will protect my pc?

Answer 1

I use Panda. If you want to try some of their tools for free go to http://www.infectedornot.com That web site is part of their new campaign "Infected Or Not?".

There you can try their new products (Panda NanoScan and Panda TotalScan) for free and, in exchange, they collect statistics that are presented in the campaign's website to raise awareness on the malware infection problem.

You should try them, they have more virus definitions than anybody else and they detect all kinds of malware (viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, hacking tools, etc.)

Answer 2

I have used AVG Anti Virus, Zone Alarm Firewall, Spy-bot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware both spyware killers for years. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans etc. AVG does not slow the system down as much as some other products and Zone Alarm allows a lot of personal configuration unlike the Windows Firewall. They can all be downloaded from the following link. http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ On the home page select downloads and then the appropriate category.I also use Windows Defender from the Microsoft site. It is safe to use two anti-spy products but never use more than one A/V as it can cause conflicts. You should run A/V and anti spy weekly. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I like Active Virus Shield. A lot. Active Virus Shield 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, Active Virus Shield was able to detect better than 99% in the same test.
Full test chart is here:
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82

Active Virus Shield has excellent virus detection rates and is extremely light on using your computer resources. (6mb ram)

Active Virus Shield detects and removes spyware, also.

And it updates up to 15 times a DAY with new virus definitions, 7 days a week!

Good stuff, free for everyone from:
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?

Answer 4

I agree with jibbaraja, as I am a Kaspersky FAN, and it's quite a result to get a Kaspersky program for free

however you can always take a look at www.download.com

who have a comprehensive list of programs, with a Top Ten List of Best Free Security Software. and customer reviews

http://www.download.com/Best-free-security-and-spyware-software/1200-2023_4-5163183.html?tag=dir

With How To Use Guides

http://www.download.com/How-tos/1200-2023_4-5157516.html?tag=dir

Answer 5

my comp was swamped with viruses
i down loaded bug doctor
and now my computer is as good as new
the url for the program is below
http://linkachi.com/?rg4

Answer 6

like jibbarjabar said I use AOL active virus shield its really good!!


http://www.activevirusshield.com/

Answer 7

Avast Home is a good one, www.avast.com

Answer 8

avg or avast