2007-12-12 08:25:58 · 9 answers · asked by Kofi A 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I have used AVG Anti Virus, Zone Alarm Firewall, Spy-bot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware both spyware killers for years. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans etc. AVG does not slow the system down as much as some other products and Zone Alarm allows a lot of personal configuration unlike the Windows Firewall. They can all be downloaded from the following link. http://www.computeractive.co.uk/... On the home page select downloads and then the appropriate category.I also use Windows Defender from the Microsoft site. It is safe to use two anti-spy products but never use more than one A/V as it can cause conflicts. You should run A/V and anti spy weekly. Hope this helps
2007-12-13 04:27:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-25 22:27:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Avast Home Edition is a complete ICSA certified. Avast includes the following components: On demand scanner with skinnable simple interface, just select what do you want to scan in which way and press the Play button; On access scanner, special providers to protect the most of available e-mail clients; Instant messaging- ICQ, Miranda; Network traffic - intrusion detection, lightweight firewall; P2P protection for Kazaa, BitTorrent; Web shield - monitors and filter all HTTP traffic; NNTP scanner -scans all Usenet Newsgroup traffic and all operations with files on PC; Boot time scanner - scans disks in the same way and in the same time as Windows CHKDSK does.
Version 4.7.1043 improves Boot time scanner, adds support for few new packers, and fixes few small issues.
Avast! Antivirus - http://www.avast.com
Pros: Just because it's free doesn't mean you have to compromise on quality. Avast does all the anti-virus work by itself, using it's comprehensive yet powerful resident scanning and on-the-go shields to provide you with full real-time protection. It has all the features of an expensive program, such as an accurate/outstanding detection abilities, plus a nice pack of neat features working together to protect you any harm from e-mails, surfing to file-sharing and such. In my opinion avast is definitely the best choice for free anti-virus if not rivals those of the commercial ones.
Pros: Avast is far more better than avg,having better interface,faster database update,less bugs than AVG,with powerful boot time scan,
2007-12-12 08:28:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an AVG fan. Avast has had its issues also but it is better than AVG.
I believe you get what you pay or not pay for but for free ones, I chose Comodo.
It has done better in independent test results that are not biased by money or contributions for being tested.
2007-12-12 08:40:56 · answer #4 · answered by mountainlvr65 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Avast Home Edition - www.avast.com
2007-12-12 08:42:01 · answer #5 · answered by John P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try the free virus scanners at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-sAFtLsc8erIoh.ENhksr2KyG and see which one help you.
2007-12-12 10:53:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you want it free, just go to www.danlod.com
then pick the "english" link
search for ANYTHING you want
and download it for free ;)
people mostly think that eset nod32 is the best security application, I prefer McAfee and never use AVG :)
2007-12-12 08:33:54 · answer #7 · answered by Mohammad B 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A lot of people recommend AVG.
2007-12-12 08:29:57 · answer #8 · answered by Nemo the geek 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
AVG works good
2007-12-12 08:32:52 · answer #9 · answered by Connie A 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋