I’ve used AVG Anti Virus, Zone Alarm Firewall, Spy-bot Search and Destroy a spyware killer for years. I’ve recently added superantispyware. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans Hackers etc. I have just upgraded to AVG free 8.0 and all seems good so far. Zone Alarm allows a lot of personal configuration unlike the Windows Firewall. They have the ability to all be downloaded from http://www.download.com/ 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
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Base on detection rates -> Avira
http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02
Download free antivirus protection - Avira AntiVir Personal official website.
http://www.free-av.com/
Base on personal view -> Avast
Avast is a very effective and free anti-virus program because it can do
a boot time scan in safe mode and it will remove all viruses on your Computer.
Even those stubborn trojan viruses that hide inside the system restore folder.
Avast Anti-virus installation
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht…
How to configure Avast ?
http://www.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/soe/an…
Base on Personal computer magazine -> Threat Fire
Computer Tools Threat Fire is Computer Magazine Editor's choice anti-virus that is most effective.
ThreatFire's patent-pending ActiveDefense
technology offers protection against all types of internet threats
- both known and unknown - spyware, adware, keyloggers, viruses, worms,
Trojans, rootkits, buffer overflows, and other malware.
http://www.threatfire.com/
Symantec purchased over Personal computer Tools so this anti-virus must be better than Symantec.
Base on Irony Marketing -> Norton
Norton is market as the “THE BEST PROCTECTION FOR PC”
However, their live update cause millions of Computers in China to crash and get BSOD ( Blue Screen OF Death ). See the irony ?
see story
http://www.computerworld.com/action/arti…
Base on experiences -> McAfee
I have used McAfee for more than 10 years since Windows 95.
The DOS mode scanner is useful to remove virus. I used until version 6.
Base on popularity -> AVG
AVG is the most downloaded anti-virus in www.download.com
Base on software piracy report -> Kaspersky
Software piracy watch group in China stated that the most pirated softwares
in China isn’t Windows but Kaspersky Anti-virus because the chinese
found that it is superior than other brands.
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Kaspersky Antivirus is ideal
It has many features like
File Antivirus
Mail Antivirus
Web Antivirus
Proactive Defence
Registry Guard and loads others
It is the best virus detector
it updates frequently for protection against new viruses
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For a free anti virus program I would go with either AVG or Avast. Both are excellent for a free AV program
http://free.avg.com/
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-…
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Norton 360 costs
Windows Defender…free
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comodo .com offers a free security suite they’re the oldest personal security company
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AVG Pro is the ideal