2007-06-12 20:03:20 · 5 answers · asked by sunshine 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
The best free AV programs are AVG and Avast.
The best commerical AV programs are Kapersky and NOD32. The more well-known Norton and McAfee are middle-of-the-road and real resource hogs (especially Norton)
You can download free utlities for antivirus and antispyware at http://www.download.com
2007-06-12 20:10:50 · answer #1 · answered by C-Man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are using the internet as a home user and just for general browsing, there are many good free products available to suit your needs.
For years the most well known and trusted free anti-virus product has been Grisoft's AVG, I personally use this anti-virus product and it has never failed me.
If you follow the path of getting AVG Free you will also need separate products for your firewall and anti-spy/malware.
Whereas most of the ones which you would pay for will include the full package.
However, there are other good free products for the other services, I will not go into detail about them since your question only asked about anti-virus.
AVG Free: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5
Comodo Firewall (Free): http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com
Hitmanpro (Free Anti-Spy):http://www.hitmanpro.nl/hitmanpro
Using the three products above your PC should be very secure, an example of a Commercial Security Suite is by Zone-Labs: http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/catalog/catalog_main.jsp?dc=56pus&ctry=GB&lang=en
2007-06-13 03:25:26 · answer #2 · answered by lee.jc89 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best (in my opinion) are Kaspersky and Nod 32.
But if you want free software, download these:
AVG antivirus
Zone Alarm firewall
Spybot Search & Destroy
AdAware SE anti-spyware
2007-06-13 03:17:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to use free avg. Then I switched to Rising antivirus 2007 because my brother recommended it. I bought it from this site http://www.softwareperfect.com/software/security/keep-pest-free-with-best-antivirus-software.html. So far so good. You try to check it out.
2007-06-14 04:55:09 · answer #4 · answered by Chloie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I first though norton antivirus was a bit expensive, till i tried it! it's soo worth the money. i bought it here:
2007-06-13 19:46:26 · answer #5 · answered by Richard B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋