2007-07-10 01:54:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Best FREE AV + FW: http://www.avast.com
Download it here
http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239_4-10680976.html?tag=lst-0-2
Anti Spy? http://www.hitmanpro.nl/hitmanpro
Download it here
http://hitmanpro1.dyndns.org/strider2/link.aspx?name=download
Hope that helps!
:-)
2007-07-10 01:57:36 · answer #1 · answered by trader 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Ok, if you are willing to pay, then Kaspersky is the best anti virus in the market. If you want something free I would recommend you choose one of these 3 products: Avast, Active Virus Shield and, and AntiVir. Do NOT get AVG!! So many people say that its so good and all that but, truth be told it is horrible. It has low detection rates (around 82%) and it can't remove alot of the viruses it does detect. Avast has about an 87% detection rate, and alot of shields. It comes with a webshield, a IM shield, a P2P shiled, a network shield, and a couple other ones. ActiveVirus Shield is powered by Kaspersky and has about a 99.6% detection rating, it updates up to 15 times a day. But it lacks some of the features that Kaspersky has. Last but not least is Anti Vir. It has about a 94% detection rating, and it is the lightest out of the 3, (meaning that it will slow down your computer the least.)
If you don't already have a firewall, other than Microsoft's, I would recommend getting Comodo Firewall Pro, it is easy to use, and its free.
If you don't have an anti spyware then you will need 2. 2 good ones are Spyware Doctor and Spysweeper, but they aren't free. Spyware Terminator, Ad Aware, and spybot are some good free ones. (if you are willing to pay for one, get a payed one and either Spybot, or Ad Aware, if you want to get it all for free then get Spyware terminator, and either Spybot or Ad Aware)
Also spyware blaster, trendprotect and Win Patrol are good, free tools to add to your defense. Spyware blaster prevents spyware from getting on your computer through active x controls. And Win Patrol, monitors your computer for changes made to your computer that are sometimes caused by spyware (such as a change to your homepage, or a new start up item) and it will allow you to either accept the change or deny it. TrendProtect, tells you which sites are safe and which aren't when you are in a safe site it will show a green check, if its a site that contains bad content or if its kind of safe it will show you a yellow !, if its not a safe site it will show a red X. It will also put a green check, Yellow !, or red X, next to each of your search results when you use a search engine.
You can get the products from here:
Kaspersky: http://www.kaspersky.com/
Avast: http://www.download.com/avast-home-editi...
AntiVir: http://www.download.com/avira-antivir-pe...
Active Virus Shield:http://www.download.com/avira-antivir-pe...
Comodo: http://www.download.com/comodo-firewall-...
Spyware Doctor: http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/.....
Spy Sweeper: http://www.webroot.com/consumer/products...
Ad Aware:http://www.download.com/ad-aware-2007/30...
Spy Bot: http://www.download.com/spybot-search-de...
Spyware Terminator: http://www.download.com/spyware-terminat...
WinPatrol: http://www.download.com/winpatrol-2007/3...
Spyware Blaster: http://www.download.com/spywareblaster/3...
Trend Protect: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-us/...
I hope this helps!
2007-07-10 20:14:57 · answer #2 · answered by Eclipse 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here's a list of the most popular free virus protection http://www.basicspywaretips.com/freevirusremovaltool.html
2007-07-10 09:36:25 · answer #3 · answered by Mark 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Avast is a great free program. The best thing about it is that it still supports Win98, which is a tough task since Microsoft officially stopped supporting it. Also load spybot.
Good Luck
2007-07-10 09:05:57 · answer #4 · answered by Joyce 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know of a few really good ones that I have been using with great success! One is located at www.grisoft.com. Another is AntiVir Guard. And one more good one is Avast!(ALWIL). These can be downloaded from their exact site or at PC WORLD and C/Net.Good Luck!. I know you will be pleasantly surprised.
2007-07-10 09:03:32 · answer #5 · answered by vanhagar55 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AVG Free, available at PC World. The free version is easier to find through PC World than it is at Grisoft (AVG Home).
2007-07-10 08:59:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I will advise you to have NOD32 as anti virus and Adaware as anti spyware & as firewall. It seems that they are free.
www.softarchive.net
Here you will get these software but you will have to apply some inteligence.
2007-07-10 09:02:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you want a high detection rate antivirus,try Kaspersky or Antivir
Or maybe you want a high detection rate on Unknown virus,please try Nod32.
2007-07-10 09:31:21 · answer #8 · answered by keatkean 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The best spywhere is norton protection center the worst is desktop wizard
2007-07-10 08:58:07 · answer #9 · answered by Ben 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
AVG free edition
2007-07-10 08:57:18 · answer #10 · answered by AJ 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋