What is the best complete setup for free pc protection(anti-virus, spy and firewall)?

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What is the best complete setup for free pc protection(anti-virus, spy and firewall)?

I have some laptops I am configuring for relatives who will do 99% business work. I need free anti-virus, spyware and firewall - and whatever else I am missing.

I heard AVG and Ad-aware are good, what would be the best configuration?

2007-11-24 04:22:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security

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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.
http://www.spybot.info/

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

ewido.
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.

2007-11-24 04:30:52 · answer #1 · answered by G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

2016-08-22 03:33:18 · answer #2 · answered by Tracie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

For configuration of a free Security system for computers I reccomend you use the free Microsoft options to start.

Use the Windows Firewal, and the Windows Defender software program which you can get from the Windows download site. Here is a link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&displaylang=en

Now, for this software each system you install it on must pass the Validation process. It is simple, but if one doesn't pass you will need to consider contacting Microsoft and fixing the issue.

Now, for a free Anti-Virus program, the best one I have read about is by AVG.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rls=SUNA,SUNA:2006-50,SUNA:en&q=AVG+free+download

The above link is to a search page filled with links to free AVG. Select one and use it to download and install on the systems which need it.

You don't need multiple Spyware programs, contrary to what some would like to tell us. Windows Defender is perfectly fine program and does more than just zap spyware off of systems, it also ensures that the connections are safe, and that your ports are not being invaded.

Now, Windows XP Firewall is a one way firewall. Which means it only ensures that stuff does not come INTO the system, but it doesn't stop programs from phoning home. Under normal use, this is just fine. I do prefer a two way firewall, but you can hook up a Router to each family members connection, (individual homes) and enable the hardware firewall which comes in most Routers these days. With the hardware and Windows firewalls enabled, the computers will be safe for normal usage.

Windows Vista has a two way firewall. Vista also comes with Windows Defender pre-installed as a Microsoft component. So, for a Vista machine you only need to add the anti-virus application.

Good luck and you are a very good relative to configure all these systems for safety. They are lucky to have you! Have a great holiday season.

2007-11-24 04:35:22 · answer #3 · answered by Serenity 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋

Anti-Virus = AVG Free Edition

Anti-Spyware = Ad-aware 2007 & Spybot S&D (use both)

2007-11-24 04:44:08 · answer #4 · answered by The_Figlet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Avast! anti-virus: http://www.avast.com

Windows Defender: http://www.microsoft.com

Ad-aware: http://www.lavasoft.com

Comodo firewall

2007-11-24 04:29:05 · answer #5 · answered by AMG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

avg antivirus
spybot search & destroy for spyware scan and detection
spyblaster for live spyware protection
comodo firewall

all are free and keep my windows machines clean. they are a bit of upkeep, but what windows machine isn't? i haven't had much luck with ad-aware

2007-11-24 04:27:04 · answer #6 · answered by crackpac 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I see the AVG fanboys and cheerleaders are out in full force again here on Yahoo Answers!

AVG Anti-Virus is crap!

Mostly noobs, the naive, the computer illiterate, and children use AVG Free. People of their ilk love AVG because they say it is easy to use and almost never bothers them with any pop-ups or warnings. Of course AVG Free never bothers them, it hardly ever finds any virus to warn them about!

In test,
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82
after test,
http://www.av-comparatives.org/
after test,
http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivirussoftwarereviews/gr/avgfree.htm
after test ,
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=891307&postcount=1,
after test,
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130869-page,1/article.html,
after test,
http://techsupportalert.com/issues/al_current.htm#Section_0,
after test,
http://winnow.oitc.com/AntiVirusPerformance.html
etc. etc. etc, ad nauseam, AVG fares poorly.

AVG has proven itself to be a miserable performer at best. Missing almost 20%, while trying to detect known malware, in some tests. Not to mention almost non-existent heuristic detection and infrequent "once-a day" updates.

There are much better free anti-virus alternatives such as Avria Anti-Vir:
http://www.free-av.com/
and Avast:
http://avast.com/eng/free_software.html

2007-11-24 05:29:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

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2016-09-05 13:03:59 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

2007-11-24 09:12:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋