Answers to Everyday Questions : What are some free anti virus and spyware protection software for my windows vista computer?

What are some free anti virus and spyware protection software for my windows vista computer?

8 Responses to “What are some free anti virus and spyware protection software for my windows vista computer?”

1. sss08 said :
   October 17th, 2010 at 8:08 am

   AVG anti virus
   http://free.grisoft.com
   Spybot S&D
   http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10743107.html?tag=lst-0-1
   You can also use avast anti virus
   NOTE:
   You can only use one anti virus at a time
   but you can use several anti spyware for your pc
2. oscwamu said :
   October 17th, 2010 at 8:50 am

   AVG

   http://free.grisoft.com/
3. Hamed said :
   October 17th, 2010 at 9:11 am

   I’m working with Vista too,
   For Antivirus,AVG.
   For Spyware,both Ad-aware 2007 and Spybot SD 1.51 are fine and working great.
   to download these programs go to www,download.com
4. Everett S. said :
   October 17th, 2010 at 9:47 am

   Try out some of these products to remove the viruses they are some of the best products norton takes up 80% of your computer so dont get that.
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   Comodo Firewall is very good if you know how to use it. I recommend Zone alarm its free for ever and its very easy to use and it does ask if you want to aprove to open everything, But thats normal.

   Comdo Firewall
   Download
   Link
   http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/d…
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   Zone alarm
   Free Forever
   Download Link
   http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/c…
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   A good anti-spyware would have to be one of the following : Ad-Aware 2007, AVG Anti-Spyware, CWShredder, Spybot Search And Destroy, Windows Defeneder, Spyware Blaster. I am pretty sure all these programs are free forever too.
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   Ad-Aware 2007
   Download Link
   This is also free forever
   http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_a…
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   AVG Anti-Spyware
   Download Link
   http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-spy…
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   CWShredder
   Download Link
   This is not free forever
   http://us.trendmicro.com/us/downloads/ho…
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   Spybot Search & Destroy
   Download Link
   http://filehippo.com/download_spybot_sea…
   On the right hand side should be the green box then click download latest verison
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   Windows Defender
   Download link
   http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security…
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   Spyware Blaster
   Download Link
   http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb…
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   Those are pretty good suggestions. I highly recommend getting ad-aware 2007, you can also get as many anti-spyware downloads as you want only one firewall though.
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   All downloads can be found at
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   Filehippo.com
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   Everett S.
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5. britbloke50 said :
   October 17th, 2010 at 10:32 am

   For antivirus try avg and a great one for spyware is spybot.
6. Damasta said :
   October 17th, 2010 at 11:02 am

   Tools to Destroy Spyware
   -Spy Sweeper
   -SUPER-Anti Spyware
   -CCleaner

   Tools to Prevent Spyware
   -Mozilla Firefox(Internet Browser)
   [-AdBlock Plus(Cuts down on 99%of Adware)
   -NoScript(I suggest that you use this if and only if you don’t look ]-Mozilla Upgrades
   at videos or games)
   -Spy Sweeper (It saved my computer from a potential Spyware attacl a few months ago.)
   -Turn off System Restore(From Control Panel)

   I would bet every thing that this would get rid of ALL the crap on your computer. I had
   -4,800 tracking cookies
   -200+ spyware/adware
   -40+ viruses
7. Evang3lion said :
   October 17th, 2010 at 11:08 am

   Here Is A List Of Some Free Anti-Viruses.
   I’ve Listed The Name, Download Link And Detection Rate To Make
   Your Life Easier.

   Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic:
   http://free-av.com/
   94.26% Detection rate

   avast! Home Edition:
   http://avast.com/eng/download-avast-home…
   87.46% Detection Rate
   AVG Free Edition:
   http://free.grisoft.com/doc/downloads-pr…
   82.82%% Detection Rate

   Good Luck ! 🙂

   All Are Vista Compatible And Dont Take Alot Of RAM.

   For Anti-Spyware Protection, You Already have Windows Defender. But Thats Not Enough Consider Installing Another Anti-Spyware i Recommend AVG Anti-Spyware.

   AVG Anti-Spyware
   Its Heaps More Effective Than Spybot And Adaware Combined !
   With A More Powerful Scanner than Spybot And
   8 Times More Signatures Than Ad-Aware, This Anti-Spyware Really Packs A Punch.
   Don’t Be Fooled By The Trial Period.
   For The First 30 Days It’ll Offer Full Protection Such As A Resident Shield.
   After The Trial Period This Will Be Disabled But The Scanner Is Yours For Life.
   So To Be Fully Protected, Scan And Update Atleast Once A Week.

   Download AVG Anti-Spyware Free.
   http://free.grisoft.com/doc/downloads-pr…
8. ISH said :
   October 17th, 2010 at 11:19 am

   Good Call. Prevention is better then cure :). AVG is the best free antivirus. However for Spywares, I dont know yet. I have tried a couple, but not a lot of them have worked great for me. Checkout some reviews before you actually try the softwares. Trying / Installing sofwares and then removing them because they are not good, does more bad to your system files then anything else IMHO.