2007-06-05 12:20:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Nothing beats AVG Free Edition...they update your AVG almost every day with new anti-virus defintions. Run it at least once a week if you're on-the-net a lot. It's soooooo much better than McAfee and Norton...why pay money? Oh, you can donate to them if you wanna, plus they have other excellent items at their site, Grisoft. I got mine copy through Download.com and they gave it 5 outta 5.
2007-06-05 12:35:12 · answer #1 · answered by Cthulhu Mythos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AOL - Active Virus Shield is a good anti-virus program. And it is free.
2007-06-05 19:48:46 · answer #2 · answered by prad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always liked Norton. It's always worked for me(i.e. I've never gotten a Virus). However, a lot of people will point you out to more "independant" manufacturers because the moment a company gets in the spotlight, hackers focus on them to try and crack their codes.
Regardless, I still trust Norton.
2007-06-05 19:22:50 · answer #3 · answered by Avvi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever you do, DON"T use any Symantec products. They lag down your computer.
1st - McAfee
2nd Grisoft (AVG)
3rd Kaspersky
4th Panda
5th Avast
ZoneAlarm isn't really a anti-virus.
it's more firewall and virus blocker, not remover.
2007-06-05 19:52:04 · answer #4 · answered by Michael C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spy sweeper and zon labs this are best anti-virus programs.
2007-06-05 19:27:02 · answer #5 · answered by tarang p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything but Norton
Nortin will slow your computer to a crawl
The most important point is updates to the antivirus program
There are no shortage of antivirus programs
The most important thing is now viruses - it is spyware
Programs ( sort of viruses but not) that will give you ads and slow your computer internet to a crawl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware
AVG antivirus free is highly recommended and will automatically update
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10669237.html?tag=lst-0-1
Kaspersky is highly rated
http://www.download.com/Kaspersky-Anti-Virus/3000-2239_4-10642658.html?tag=lst-0-2
So is Nod32
http://www.download.com/NOD32-Standard-Version-Windows-NT-2000-XP-/3000-2239_4-10475647.html?tag=lst-0-1
it will update itself as well
http://www.download.com/Trend-Micro-PC-cillin-Internet-Security/3000-2239_4-10585250.html?tag=lst-0-2
antivir also free and will update
http://www.download.com/Avira-AntiVir-PersonalEdition-Classic/3000-2239_4-10690040.html?tag=lst-0-1
You can have only 1 antivirus but many or a number of antispyware programs
all find different parasites
remove all they find
adaware ( free) http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10672044.html?tag=lst-0-1
Spybot - also free
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10401314.html?tag=lst-0-1
do day full trial of the trend antispyware
http://www.download.com/Trend-Micro-Anti-Spyware/3003-8022_4-10440658.html?tag=qf_edstars
Lastly you can do a free online virus scan at
http://uk.trendmicro-europe.com/consumer/housecall/housecall_launch.php
or the Pando Antivirus Online Scan Product
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan
2007-06-05 19:35:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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http://sumiram2006.googlepages.com/combatproblems
It not only gives complete solutions but also offers
free downloads of effective softwares which can detect
and eliminate all spy ware /virus /ad ware /Trojans completely.
2007-06-06 09:18:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free AVG
Its free and has rated higher than norton for years now.
2007-06-05 19:24:50 · answer #8 · answered by Shemp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like mcafee it doesn't slow your computer down as much as norton does,there are some free ones on download .com,one of them is avg
2007-06-05 19:26:10 · answer #9 · answered by thomasl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u should have two. mcafee is great, but u should definitely get panda, norton, or spybot to go with it.
2007-06-05 19:35:41 · answer #10 · answered by Iced Tee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋