Free antivirus software recommendations?

Answer 1

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All of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.After you install any of them,make sure you update them to get the full affect.

Download Grisoft AVG 7.5 Anti-Virus,Anti-Malware.(free)

AVG is a collection of anti-virus protection tools that gives you full protection against viruses, worms, Trojans and malware. AVG provides you with all that you need to be completely protected: including a tool for scanning your hard drive and e-mail, as well as a real-time shield to prevent infections.
Top Features

» Provides automatic update functionality
» Its a reliable anti-virus scanning engine
» Provides free Virus Updates for life
» Options to define file name extensions
» Real time protection with resident shield, email scanning
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/…






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/

http://superantispyware.com/
SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! 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!

Answer 2

Nothing in life is free. The "free" virus programs have spyware attached and will slow your computer down. Buy Norton or some other reputable software. Download the free stuff and be bombarded with spam and pop-ups. Even anti-spyware has spyware attached from the free downloads.

Answer 3

no, i think not. because i got the same problem too. Now i try to get rid my antivirus and i fail to do so. trying to get help of my friend overtake to help me. Still waiting...(well, just my opinion)

Answer 4

I use http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivir…

GesWall freeware
http://www.gentlesecurity.com/index.html also (this is not an antivirus).

GeSWall is intrusion prevention system that is non-intrusive and easy to use. With GeSWall, you can safely surf the web, use e-mail, chat, exchange files etc, regardless of the security threats posed by the Internet. GeSWall is a required supplementary to your anti-virus, anti-spyware and personal firewall as it blocks unknown threats missed by those solutions.

Anti-virus, anti-spyware and personal firewall are particularly good to find and remove known viruses, trojuns and spy-ware. However they fail in front of unknown mal-ware, targeted intrusions and zero-day attacks. GeSWall prevents unknown or missed threats while anti-virus would detect and remove particular mal-ware traces when it is aware of them.

Answer 5

Try avast!. It is better than AVG Free.

Answer 6

I have used the free AVG programs and It allways told me NO VIRUSES found. I paid for the mcafee and it found 200 viruses, that I knew I had but couldnt get rid of. I know use the free AOL service, which comes with tons of perks, such as free Virus protection, spyware, and a fire wall from mcaffee all free (cost $49.95 a year just to purchase the mcafee, but free with AOL) if you have a high speed internet