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Protecting your Windows computer free securitty programs

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Free antivirus (just install one. Installing two AV programs might cause incompatibility issues)

Microsoft Security Essentials

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind ... essentials

Panda Cloud Antivirus

http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/#!/fre ... s-download

Antivir

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

AVG

http://free.grisoft.com/

Avast

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Immunet

http://www.immunet.com/

Free Firewall programs

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

Online virus scanners

trend micro
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Bitdefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

Spyware

Spywareblaster

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Spybot-Search and destroy

http://www.safer-networking.org/

AVG-Antispyware

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-fr ... e/us/frt/0

Sandboxie

http://www.sandboxie.com/
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Post by Corza »

nice but yoiur forgot an major one Spybot search and destroy
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I did add spybot search & destroy I jusst labeled it spybot, but the link for spybot is the seme at http://www.safer-networking.org/ . I relabel it now to not confuze people.
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in your opinion, which is the best antivirus and spyware program to use?
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The best paid antivirus is Kaspersky. My favourite free anti-virus is Avast.

For Spyware I just use Spybot.
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I use Spybot and AVG. They have both always worked well for me. I have never needed anything else. They are my two favourite antivirus' :)
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I recommend adding microsoft security essentials to the list as a great free anti virus program.
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