I need virus protection ( free)?

Answer 1

There are free anti-virus scanners availble. They work well. I like AVG the best of all the free anti-virus programs.
If you are not willing to spend money it is good to have some kind of anti-virus software

avg
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

avast
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Avira AntiVir
http://www.free-av.com/

PCTools
http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/

PCTools Threatfire - Malware Protection
This free tool makes your current anti-virus better. Definite Download
http://www.threatfire.com


For a Cost
This is my recommendation for anti-virus. Free are good, but they are not as accurate as the top paid anti-virus software

Top-Tier
Kaspersky
http://www.kasepersky.com

Nod32
http://www.eset.com/



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You may also want to scan for any possible spyware

Here is a list of some free ANTI-SPYWARE programs.
Adaware is probably the most popular. I suggest using the spyware doctor in the Google Pack and one other. Its good to run two anti-spywares even if some extra resources are taken,



Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware

Microsoft Defender
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

AVG
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-spyware-free/lng/us/tpl/v5

Spyware Terminator 2
http://www.spywareterminator.com/

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/

SuperAntispyware
http://superantispyware.com/


The Google Pack includes a free starter edition of Spyware Doctor.
http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer_new.html?hl=en&gl=us&ai=BZy9nzYgZR_j2KofKmwTgjq3mAezuhSGAyqSDAsWNtwEAEAEgw9-LBTgBUIfas8sEYMnG5YbIo-gZoAGWl5z9A7IBDmZvcmRicmFrZXMuY29tyAEC2gEWaHR0cDovL2ZvcmRicmFrZXMuY29tL4ACAagDAw&gclid=CJu2m5HWnI8CFSUYagodtkXDew&ciNum=11



Anti-Spyware for a cost.
Personally I bought Webroot's Spysweeper, their product is great and well worth the money. Watch Best Buy ads because sometimes it goes on sale for $10 to $15.

Webroot Spysweeper
http://www.webroot.com/consumer/compare/freeware.html?rc=4929
PCTools Spyware Doctor
http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/

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You can do an online scan for viruses and spyware for free from the major vendors. Some of these require Internet Explorer to run because of Active-X

Trend-Micro
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Computer Associates
http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/pestscan/
Panda Software
http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/
Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/?langid=ie&venid=sym
Mcafee Free Scan
http://us.mcafee.com/root/catalog.asp?catid=free
Kaspersky Scanner
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
Microsoft Protection Scanner
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/howsafe.htm?s_cid=mscom_msrt
F-Secure
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/olsbeta.shtml
BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
NOD32
http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/index.php



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McAfee has a free site-advisor tool that helps you prevent going to websites that may be dangerous.
http://www.siteadvisor.com/

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Also make sure you have some kind of firewall software running.

Free Personal Firewall Software
Most free firewalls are stripped down so you purchase their licensed product.

Windows Firewall which is part of Windows XP and Vista

PCTools
http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

ZoneAlarm
http://www.zonealarm.com

Sunbelt Personal firewall
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Home-Home-Office/Sunbelt-Personal-Firewall/

AShampoo Personal Firewall
http://www.ashampoo.com/frontend/products/php/product.php?session_langid=2&idstring=0050

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Google search AVG Anti-Virus Personal Edition. That edition should be free. If not, then try AVG Free Edition. They have an edition thats 100% free.

Answer 4

virus protection free

Answer 5

Here's a site with a whole list of free ware virus protection.
http://freebies.about.com/od/securityfreebies/Computer_Security_Freebies.htm
Hope I could help. :)

Answer 6

The best free ones in order are:

Avira Pe
Avast
AVG

Answer 7

Avast

Answer 8

All of these are free for home use and will work with XP and Vista.

AVG Free is the most popular free solution available at no cost to home users and provides the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers.

Easy to use, low system resources
Automatic update functionality
Real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/us/frt/0

Avast-
avast! 4 Home Edition works for 60 days after the installation in demo mode. You will obtain your FREE license key by E-mail after the registration. The license key is valid for 1 year. After one year you will need to just re-register.
http://avast.com/eng/home-registration.p...

Avira-(recomended)
free-av.com – Protection and security against viruses, worms, Trojans, dialers & more.
http://www.free-av.com/

PC tools-(recomended)
PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition feature highlights
Protects your PC as you are working, surfing and playing
Detects, quarantines, disinfects and destroys Viruses, Trojans and Worms
OnGuard™ protects your computer against threats in real-time.
http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/


Free spyware remover.
SUPERAntiSpyware(recomended)
SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!
Easily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!
http://www.superantispyware.com

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free.
http://www.spybot.info/



Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_a...

ewido. You dont have to download anything for this one!
Go to the left of the page where it says,"Scan your computer now online
and clean it for free!"
http://www.ewido.net/en/

AVG anti-spyware-
AVG Anti-Spyware Free Edition is a popular free antispyware solution available at no cost to home users and provides a high level of detection capability.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/us/frt/0

*Never install more than one anti virus, as they may conflict with each other.On the other hand, is always good to use more than one anti spyware.
*You will probably recieve several answers to your question. Whoever helped you the most,please come back and give that person Best Answer.

Answer 9

Avast is excellent high efficiency, lots of updates and has a resident scanner with many modules

www.avast.com

Answer 10

My express copy and control lol. Ignore the first spyware section.
Malware deletion http://www.runscanner.net/listprocess.aspx?l=l
Scroll Below to see protection
Search and Destroy - Below 5000 threats detected
Spyware Blaster - Outdated
Spyware Terminator - Additional Protection but File-crazy asking, and Below 7000 threats
Maxion Spy Killer - Unknown
McAfee Anti-spyware - Horrible
Ad-Aware Personal/Pro - Pretty Good but 47% of spyware go undetected
Commodo Anti-Malware - LOL my game is an anti-malware?
PestPetrol -Ok
XoftSpy - LOL! , really funny but sorry not it
Spyware Doctor - Professional, and good immunizer, but not free,
AVG - Eh..pretty limited in features but good
Trend Micro - Unknown
Webroot Spy Sweeper- Some people like, some hate, but scans the most.
Yahoo's Anti-Spy - Slow scanner and below 1000 sectors.
Windows Defender - Slow scanner, obselete, recommanded by professionals because..uh .. they never tried it or just don't know
SuperAntiSpyware - Sorry, might look like it has alot of features but it's just basic, and commonlike like other free anti spywares.
AntiSpyware - Bogus
RegCure - Bogus
Windows Cleaner - Bogus
Efn4 - Bogus
Other Anti-Spyware : Ineffective AND REMOVE IT.

Bitdefender - Don't know but proven effective
Kaspersky - Lots of bad experiences but good scan and sectors found, and is popular
ESET Nod32 - Excellent
Trend Micro - Costly
F-Secure - Unknown
McAfee Enterprise 8.5i +, Great but scanning time takes too long and is for advanced users such as port functions
AVG Anti-Virus Pro - Ok, but limited scanning
Northon Anti-Virus - Maybe Major, but not good due to its weekly updates.
CA Anti-virus - Unknown
Norman Virus Control - Not Certified
Panda - Below Top 15

These two free AV program have a better detection rate than AVG & work on vista: (only use one)

http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinon...

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-...

These free anti spyware program are recommanded by many, but cannot be compared to others (below 10000 sectors scanned or threats known)

http://www.superantispyware.com/

http://www.safer-networking.org/

Free real time protection :

http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.ht... *Blocks things that aren't suppose to be also
or spyware Terminator 2

Keep PC clean

http://www.ccleaner.com/

http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscare...
http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-u...

Free firewall:

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fi...
And use McAfee Siteadvisor to prevent from entering bad sites

Analysis of top 10
http://anti-spyware-review.toptenreviews...

And don't subscribe, don't download without real-time scanning or know the site is safe. Surf with caution as you (assumption) are a novice user. And set your firewall to custom protection. Free protection is advisable to be inefficient at certain times due to the lack of people that use it and updates are slow, or lack of funding, or the company isn't commited to such free products like Commodo Firewall (It blocks over 97% firewall leaks).

Watch out for spam, hoaxes, bogus software, malware, rootkit, trojan, backdoors, worms, viruses, malicious codes, file sharing, remote unauthorized access, wierd error messages, hardware malfunctions, scams and scums, dialers in spyware, drones of hackers and other things to worry about.

Microsoft's stuff if pretty much obselete in many ways, even through they own Windows Vista and that..