I need to get a totally 100% protection sort of deal on my PC. I tried downloading Norton 360 off demonoid, but that just made me more confused. I am computer literate and all, but PC's confuse me. (I'm a new Windows use, coming from Mac).
Any ideas on how to stay safe for free?
And PLEASE, spare me the "Macs suck" flame. You're igonorant and unorigonal.
2007-07-30 08:24:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
AOL Active Virus Shield powered by Kaspersky is currently the best free anti-virus (99.62% detection rate). The most popular free anti-virus programs (AVG and Avast) are complete junk with poor detection rates (82.82%, 87.46% respectively). Norton is notoriously bloated and takes forever to perform full systems scans. You can download AOL Active Virus Shield from the link below. There is absolutely no spyware and it is completely free.
BTW - AVG does not achieve even a standard rating ("the proactive detection is low, while the number of false alarms is high"): http://www.av-comparatives.org/
2007-07-30 08:26:50 · answer #1 · answered by Samuel Adams 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-08-24 18:34:42 · answer #2 · answered by Delphine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the following are free.
Virus Removal
AVG
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free
Avast
http://www.avast.com/eng/free_virus_protectio.html
Sypware/Malware Removal
Adaware
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5
Spybot S&D
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022-10122137.html?part=dl-spybot&subj=dl&tag=but
Fire Wall
Zone Alarm
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/trial_zaFamily/trial_zaFamily.jsp?lid=home_freedownloads
2007-07-30 08:32:47 · answer #3 · answered by Ron M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look up (through your fave search engine) AVG Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware; Spyware Terminator, Comodo Firewall, Ad-Aware, and Spybot - Search & Destroy. All are free ware, with free updates. They do ask for donations, which is up to you.
2007-07-30 08:30:06 · answer #4 · answered by oweaponx 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I personally have avast internet security. Excellent firewall and I have had no problems with it for a year. The best thing is it is totally free.
http://www.avast.com/
2007-07-30 08:28:17 · answer #5 · answered by John A 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
AVG AntiVirus:
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10703202.html?tag=lst-0-1
AdAware:
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2007/3000-8022_4-10708241.html?tag=lst-0-2
SpyBot:
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10401314.html?tag=lst-0-1
These are all free (and not trials). AVG will offer live watch over files to prevent viruses/trojans/etc... AdAware isn't a live watch, but it will help clean things up (especially if you're getting a lot of popups) and spybot does the same thing except for malware and spyware.
I also suggest Eusings Free Registry Cleaner:
http://www.download.com/Eusing-Free-Registry-Cleaner/3000-2094_4-10658410.html?tag=lst-0-1
It will look over your registry and find a lot of errors and fix them.
2007-07-30 08:29:59 · answer #6 · answered by coreyog 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
for free
comodo firewall www.comodo.com
active virus shield or avg
cyber defender anti spyware
and macs are the best u wouldnt even need any of this with a
mac.
super anti spyware removes malware.
2007-07-30 08:43:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try some of these,
Free Security Analyizer:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/default.mspx
Phishing Defense:
http://www.onguardonline.gov/phishing.html
Free Anti-virus:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
http://www.free-av.com/
http://www.trendmicro.com/hc_intro/default.asp
http://www.superantispyware.com/
Other Anti-virus help:
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/
http://www.cert.org/other_sources/viruses.html
Free Online Virus Checks:
http://onlinescan.avast.com/
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
Single file Scanner:
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html
Free Anti-Adware/Malware/Spyware protection:
http://free.grisoft.com/
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
http://www.superantispyware.com/
Free Online Spyware Scan:
http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php Very good for newbies!
2007-07-30 08:27:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The link below will provide you with lots of programs and help in securing your computer. It is worth taking a look.
http://www.tom-cat.com/security.html
2007-07-30 08:42:35 · answer #9 · answered by rlh242424 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ok, go to this site, it will answer all of your questions. In the next article there will be info on some more protection tools.
www.etech.co.nr
2007-07-30 08:29:25 · answer #10 · answered by Eclipse 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋