What’s the best (free) anti-virus, anti-spam, and spyware remover?

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from Carrie


I used the one from my internet provider for awhile but now I’m having problems with it. I just want a new one. The anti-virus didn’t work anyways. Anyone have one that they swear by?

14 Responses to “What’s the best (free) anti-virus, anti-spam, and spyware remover?”

  1. AVG antivirus is the best and trusted by millions.

    free.grisoft.com

  2. impact_insider13 on December 30th, 2008 at 9:49 am

    [Taken from user, Classic].

    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…

    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.

    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!

    Yahoo toolbar offers FREE anti-spyware:
    Scan your computer for potentially destructive programs.
    Review suspicious-looking programs.
    Remove the programs you don’t want. Keep the ones you do.

    PC Tools Firewall Plus…

    Here is another free anti-virus-
    PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition feature highlights
    Protects your PC as you are working, surfing and playing
    Detects, quarantines, disinfects and destroys Viruses, Trojans and Worms
    OnGuard™ protects your computer against threats in real-time

    Automatically checks for frequent updates against the latest threats….
    *Never install more than one anti-virus on your PC, as they may conflict with each other. On the other hand, its always good to install more than one anti-spyware.
    * You will probably recieve several answers to your question. Whoever helped you the most,please come back and give that person Best Answer.

  3. I bet you can’t get a very good one for free. My computer has Norton AntiVirus Internet Security. It wasn’t too expensive, and works like a charm!

  4. AVG is an excellent free service. Grisoft only charges their commercial customers so they choose to offer their home edition for free to anyone who wants it.

    As for spyware… I also use Xoftspy with the AVG to make double sure I don’t miss something. Both can be set up to do daily scans. And AVG updates daily if you tell it to. Between the two… I’ve never missed a problem and I’ve found maybe 12 combined in the last three years.

    Very good products.

  5. I suggest AVG antivirus, Spybot and AdAware..

  6. nightwarrior1999 on January 3rd, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    For Anti Virus you could use the free ones as
    ALWIL avast!® antivirus
    AVG Antivirus Pro
    Avira AntiVir® PersonalEdition
    BitDefender®
    Computer Associates™ Anti-Virus
    ESET®
    F-Prot™
    F-Secure®
    Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal
    Panda Antivirus
    Trend Micro™ PC-cillin™

    For Anti Spyware
    Spybot.

    For Anti Adaware
    Adaware 2007

    You can get most of the free ones from..

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  8. Try this
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