What is the best virus protection and malware/spyware protection to have?

I have recently been having a lot of trouble with malware on my computer. I did a full system restore and now i need the best protection possible for viruses and malware/spyware. what would you recommend me using ? are there any GOOD free programs as well?|||A good one to buy is Norton Anti-Virus 2009





A good one for free is AVAST Anti-virus and windows defender work pretty well together





For Avast





http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_鈥?/a>





For windows defender





http://www.filehippo.com/download_window鈥?/a>|||Mr. Know it all has good suggestions. I have AVG free, and spybot. The two of them together makes it so not much comes through.


On the rare occasion that I do get something that these can't get out, I've been downloading the free trial of stopsign, running the scan and removing all the entries of the malware myself. It's a nice one because it tells you exactly where the virus is hiding, including the registry. Many don't do that.


I don't recommend playing in the computers registry though if you're unsure what you are doing.





edit-Do not get Norton. It is a joke of a program that gives more problems than fixes. It is known for this. I had to crash my computer down and reformat because of that f'ing program.|||avast! and avira are both good free antivirus.take your pick the edge goes to avast! no antivirus program is 100%.i use malwarebytes and superantispyware for antimalware.they work very well together.i also use secunia personal software inspector to check my computer for out of date and end of life software.keeping your software and computer updated helps your computer stay healthy.|||Well it's not just you who have got this problem there might be thousands of others.





Download the free Avira Antivir. It's the best. Try it yourself. I had virus in my laptop I was using USB to copy some files to my Desktop. I was running AVG on my Laptop. It was not detecting the virus as fast as Avira Antivir. The link is below





http://www.free-av.com/








Good luck|||Of course there is!





I use two programs, and have never EVER had any virus, malware, or adware go undetected.





AVG Free:


http://free.avg.com/





The other:


www.superantispyware.com





There are also:


Ad-Aware


www.lavasoft.com





Spybot S%26amp;D


http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.h鈥?/a>





They all work, but I use AVG and SuperAntiSpyware|||To put it simply, yes. Every time you go online unprotected cookies and tracking devices are installed on your computer. Spyware devices can be used to track your Internet behavior or can be employed for more threatening activities like recording your keystrokes to obtain passwords or pulling information from your personal files.So what can you do to avoid spyware?





Install a powerful anti-spyware program that works well with your XP or Vista security.


Avoid downloading free software without investigating the site's privacy policy first.


Don't open emails from unknown sources.


There are top ten the best and newest anti-spywares.


--Top Ten Anti-Spyware Software Review-- link:





http://toptenantispyware.com/


All can be trusted and you can download one to protect ur system.|||These AV`s are all free and good. I prefer AVG, been using it for 3 years with no problem.


http://www.free-av.com/


http://free.avg.com/


http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-鈥?/a>





You also could use some good anti spyware;


http://www.superantispyware.com/


http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Ant鈥?/a>





You should also download 1 of these programs to warn you of risky websites.


http://www.mywot.com/


http://www.download.com/McAfee-SiteAdvis





For a good cleaner use this.


http://www.ccleaner.com





http://www.av-comparatives.org/index.htm鈥?/a>


Source(s):


Online scanner: very good..


http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/defau鈥?/a>|||To remove spyware,there are many solutions exist, all of them with their own strengths and weaknesses.


Top 5 anti-spywares reviews,comparisons and download links on


http://anti-spyware-center.net


You can download and scan your computer for free.|||Advise: (freeware)


1 Use Avast


http://www.avast.com/


2. Comodo firewall


http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/


3. SpywareBlaster


http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb鈥?/a>





Hope this helps...|||Try first AVZ. You can get it from here:


http://z-oleg.com/avz4.zip. Then you can try MBAM but do it in safe mode. This is what I use.





Marian Radu


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