I'm looking for a great "free" virus, worm, etc protection for my home computer. Is there any?

Answer 1

Have used AVG from grisoft.com for over 5 years now without a problem. or a virus

Answer 2

Udate your antivirus and scan your coputer in safe mode. After you remove virus, I recommend you use firefox browser. It is safer than IE. It can prevent viruses such as worm,trojan and etc. The newest official edition of firefox can be downloaded from http://www.mollzia.com

Answer 3

For residing house windows XP - press and carry the F8 key choose Startup Settings and hit Restart interior the stepped forward ideas exhibit screen For residing house windows XP interior the stepped forward Boot ideas exhibit screen, hire the arrow keys with a view to hold risk-free Mode with Networking into the limelight and then hit enter. For residing house windows 8, press 5 on the keyboard with a view to start risk-free Mode with Networking. to do away with each and all of the malicious threats stumbled on on your equipment, run a equipment test with AVStrike application

Answer 4

Essential Tools for Removing Spyware, Adware, and Malware
http://www.pchell.com/support/spywaretools.shtml

Answer 5

I recommend active virus shield. It is by far the best free antivirus program you will ever use.

Answer 6

Ok, you are going to want numerous anti-spyware programs, one anti-virus, and one firewall. All of the following programs are free.

You can find a good, free reliable anti-virus program from AVG:
AVG anti-virus:http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=aff

You can find good anti-spyware programs from:
AVG anti-spyware:http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0?prd=asf
Spybot S&D:http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Ad Aware:http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

You will want more than one anti-spyware program. You do NOT want more than one anti-virus program because they will conflict with each-other.

Now, lets get you a firewall.

Choose ONE of these programs to use.

Outpost firewall: http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpostfree/index.php
Jetico firewall: http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/jpfirewall.htm
Zone Alarm: http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

After you have installed one anti-virus program, numerous anti-spyware programs, and one firewall, you should be protected.

Did I mention that all of these programs I just listed are FREE?

If you suspect that you have spyware/viruses on your computer you should restart your computer and press f8, then boot up in safe mode with networking and run your anti-virus program and delete all of the viruses. Then run each one of your anti-spyware programs and delete all of the spyware. Then restart and boot up in your normal mode. Use a program called Ccleaner to clean out your registry: http://www.ccleaner.com/

After you get all of the bad stuff off your system your firewall should protect you, however you should still take precautions and not download anything from sites you don’t trust. Use this tool called site adviser to show you whether a site is trustworthy or not: http://www.siteadvisor.com/ .

That’s all!

Answer 7

check out
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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.

Answer 8

Try Free Web based antispyware GarbageClean from http://www.SecureMyWindows.com to scan & remove spyware, malware, trojan and viruses.

Answer 9

Yes. Sell your PC, and buy a Mac.

People who write viruses also write antivirus software. Believe what you want.

Nobody writes viruses for Macs. There's not enough of them to make it funny--or profitable.

Answer 10

Go to www.cnet.com and navigate through and find anti-virus programs.. You can read editor reviews and actuall user reviews on almost everyone and most are free.