What Is The Best Free Software To Download To Protect My Computer From Unwanted Viruses?
Posted by benny in FreeWare on January 6th, 2010 | 8 responses
I want to get frostwire but i really dont want to get any viruses,what dhould i download??
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I have used Zone Alarm Firewall, I have recently added superantispyware and Malwarebytes. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans Hackers etc. I have just changed to Avast antivirus and all seems good so far. Zone Alarm allows a lot of personal configuration unlike the Windows Firewall. They can 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
I believe a mix of the leading products (Avira, Avast, Nod32, Kaspersky, McAfee, Norton, Malwarebytes, AdAware, SpuBot) are good solutions whether you buy them or get the FREE versions. The core engines of these products take care of viruses, adware or spyware or malware exceptionally well. You just have to pick which ones do what…
FIRST, for ANTI-VIRUS, I would recommend Avira which is FREE: Avira Antivir Personal: http://download.cnet.com/Avira-AntiVir-P…
A good BUY anti-virus/anti-malware product is Kaspersky: http://download.cnet.com/Kaspersky-Inter…
You can also try, for FREE, Avast as an alternative anti-virus solution:
Avast 4 Home: http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Home-Edit…
Avira’s Antivir has a detection rate of over 99%, includes “root-kit” protection, and uses less system resources. Avast detection rate is around 97.8% and includes “root-kit” protection. Avast Anti-Virus is good if people suggest that, Avira is just slightly better.
Kaspersky, Nod32, McAfee and Norton are high up on the same list with Avira, Avast, etc…) You could try AVG, but AVG’s detection rate is less than 85% for Script Malware and General Malware, and does NOT include “root-kit” protection in the FREE version…
Here’s a good report (Feb 2009) on many of the top AV (anti-virus) products.http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/st…
Avira came out as one of the top AV products in the testing. AVG was not nearly as high mainly due to AVG NOT detecting a lot of Script Malware and General Malware problems in the tests, plus, slower scan speeds and a higher number of “false positives”.
SECOND, also make sure you have the right mix of product(s) so you have BOTH
ANTI-VIRUS AND ANTI-SPYWARE/MALWARE software running on your computer.
A good FREE mix could be Avira and Malwarebytes, with McAfee Site Advisor (FREE) installed as well. Avira Antivir Personal: http://download.cnet.com/Avira-AntiVir-P… – Malwarebytes – http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-An…
Or, a good BUY/FREE mix could be Kaspersky and AdAware (or Malwarebytes), with McAfee Site Advisor.
Kaspersky: http://download.cnet.com/Kaspersky-Inter…
Ad-Aware – http://download.cnet.com/Ad-Aware-Annive…
Hopefully, you get my main points of core features AND the mix of solutions. You just have to get those 2 things right and you’re covered!
Actually there are lots of good anti-virus software out there:
Kaspersky
McAfee
Avast!
MalwareBytes
Dr Web
Spyware doctor
etc etc….
But watch out for some called “pest trap” or “spysheriff”! They are bad (instead of removing threats, they’re an threat!).
If you want to get things from Limewire then I suggest that you get avast! Home Edition 4.8 . after you download the file,scan it and then it might be safe to open it.
avast! is available free for personal use at CNET http://www.downloads.com
Avast
(http://www.free-download-place.net/avast…
Best free Anti virus: Avast: http://www.avast.com, AVG: http://www.free-avg.com,
Avira: http://www.free-av.com. Check out http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-sAFtLsc8e… for more details.
Get Avira Anti-Virus
SuperAntiSpyware
Malwarebytes
Threatfire
Ad-Aware
Avast.http://www.avast.com/