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tweakismyname
07-13-2007, 07:01 AM
hey recently my computer has been acting strange, i get windows closing for no reason and the strat menu opening up spontaniously (usualy when im about to beat some1 in arcade) and i was wondering if anyone knew where i could get a good free anti-virus/malware/spyware program.
GuiMontag
07-13-2007, 07:13 AM
'advanced spyware remover' is alright, there arnt many good free ones
ImaGiNe.
07-13-2007, 08:31 AM
Quite the contrary GuiMontag, There are numerous good free anti-virus software solutions out there. Tweak here is a list of what I think are the top contenders:

- Avast! Home Edition
- AVG Anti-virus Free Edition
- Avira AntiVir Personal Edition
- ClamWin Anti-virus
PowerkickasS
07-13-2007, 04:10 PM
is ad-aware legitimate? i deleted it cuz it kept freezing my comp afta new update o.O it seems a bit dodgy
Nikzad
07-13-2007, 05:21 PM
yeah adware is legit, but it does suck up a lot of resources, like %^@#$(*&_ Norton
Skylark
07-13-2007, 09:17 PM
Don't forget Spybot S & D for spyware removal. Best I've seen.
tweakismyname
07-13-2007, 11:11 PM
thx ill try some of those out.

EDIT: ok i dled avast and Spybot S & D and did a thouroh search and found 3 things, fixed those and now it runs fine, thx for ur guys help
Darktemplar_L
07-16-2007, 07:22 PM
Mcafee?
FlyingTiger
07-17-2007, 02:28 PM
yea I recommend AVG.. its free and its a good anti-virus program and it automatically updates daily
UchihaItachi0129
07-17-2007, 03:30 PM
i dont know about any free ones. they pretty much all suck. but if you want a good one that CAN update 24/7 (i said can because i'm pretty sure you dont want to be updating it every single hour) use Kaspersky.

KASPERSKY FTW.
FlyingTiger
07-17-2007, 07:09 PM
no AVG is very good... I never had a virus since I had it

well I never actually got a virus but AVG makes me feel safer and its better on my wallet.
UchihaItachi0129
07-17-2007, 11:45 PM
and its better on my wallet.

lol. my mom bought me the antivirus so same effect :P
ImaGiNe.
07-18-2007, 02:29 AM
i dont know about any free ones. they pretty much all suck.

Now you have no basis to say that freeware alternatives suck, because you do not know about any of them. You would be amazed to see how effective they are and though some of them do take longer than a commercial version to update and generally offer little to no technical support,You can visit third party forums to ask around and most people will be glad to help. In some cases, freeware alternatives catch things that commercial products miss.

I use Norton as my primary defense and Avast as my second opinion.