What is the best Virus/Spam/Firewall FREE program i can download for my computer?

Question

This is my family computer, and we have two user accounts, and me and my brother are constantly downloading music on internet sites, and i know my computer deserves a better protection. right now i have "AVG Free edition" i really don't know much about it, but it scans my computer for viruses and always says i have none, but honestly i feel thats a lie i MUST have a virus somewhere maybe a little one atleast.

Answer 1

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/



PCtoolsalso has a free firewall.





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.

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 2

Quote:

"...i MUST have a virus somewhere..."



You should buy an antivirus software that always find at least a virus LOL

Answer 3

PCTools products do get good reviews. The good thing is they have free versions of their products. They work great. Spyware Doctor from the Google pack is a must. I highly recommend it. I bought Webroots Spysweeper and spyware doctor finds stuff spysweeper does not. Having both is a perfect combo and I recommend running two anti-spyware products.



PCTools Anti-Virus

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



PCTools Firewall Plus

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



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



Reviews

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136191/article.html







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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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Its good to run two anti-spywares even if some extra resources are taken.



SuperAntiSpyware does an excellent job. AVG's full version gets great reviews.







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/





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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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There are free anti-virus scanners availble. They work well. I like AVG and PCTools anti-viruses the best of 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/



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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/