[HeroofAvalon]

That would probably be helpful too. XD



Also, here are the links to the three main free antivirus vendors:

avast! Free Edition

AVG Free Edition

Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Classic

[efreak1]

Thanks Hero, those are very helpful links. I already use siteadvisor, and windows defender came with my pc. Site advisor is very, very helpful. Windows Defender doesn't seem to do much active protecting, So that's why I was looking for a better, more complete antivirus program. Also, is it bad to have to many antivirus/ antispyware programs running at the same time?

[coastie65]

Hi, You should only have one of each running actively ( Real Time ). You can have others for additional scans. I am running Avast! & Webroot spysweeper actively, but have SUPERantispyware & Malwarebytes installed for additional scans. coastie

[drmsucks]

@efreak1 - NEVER run more than one real-time anti-virus program; two or more will conflict with each other and really mess up your computing experience!



On the other hand, two or three real-time anti-spyware programs are, in fact, recommended. I don't recall what AV program you are using but it most likely has (or will have, if you switch) anti-spyware/adware protection. If it helps, here's what I use: Avast! (AV, anti-apyware/adware/rootkit - real-time; Windows Defender (antispyware/anti-rogue program) - real-time; SpywareTerminator (anti-spyware/adware) -real-time (http://www.spywareterminator.com/download/download.aspx), I don't use the Web Security Guard feature; SpywareBlaster, real-time anti-malicious website blocker and malacious cookie blocker. Further, i use Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware (SAS) (both free versions) on demand, weekly or so. If you don't mind paying, SAS real-time along with Avast! and SpywareBlaster would provide you with very good protection.



Best of luck!

[efreak1]

Thanks for the info. At the moment I am running AVG.

[bontiveroz79]

Efreak welcome.... most ISP offer a variety of securtiy software that is mostly user friendly and easy to download for instance my ISP offers Computer Associates security service and it is very friendly.. also panda or spy bot search and destroy work just fine also

[bloodboughtme]

Hey Bontiveroz. Just wanted to make sure and put out there that spybot search & destroy is a anit-spyware app, not an anti-virus.

[snorg]

The best free antivirus is avast.
This question has been asked and answered a gazillion times.
Why cant people do a search for this question??
Is the search function no darn good or what??

[HeroofAvalon]

Well, hey, if people were THAT self-reliant, I wouldn't have a future career as a data-security technician, now would I? :p

[snorg]

Well, people seem to be very self-reliant when it comes to throwing a monkey wrench into windoze.

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