I have 3 computers and I am looking for a great virus protection that I can use on all of them, what do you all recommend
btw, i am looking for one that I can purchase, not download from a website as I am suspicious of those types.
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AVG is the absolute best you can possibly get.
Anti-Virus:
AVG
Spyware/Adware removal:
SUPERAntispyware
Ad-Aware 2007 Free
General cleanup remove cookies and more:
CCleaner
Firewall:
Pc Tools Firewall Plus
Deframenter:
Auslogics Disk Defrag
All free.
Available @ http://internetsecurityandmaintenance.blogspot.com/
While your there look @ the clean your computer in 8 steps.
Hi,
AVG is a great anti-virus company. They have a free version of their
software, and the more feature rich version for a reasonable fee. I
used their free version for a year, and then switched to their fee
version. I found it much less resource intensive than Mcafee, and less
problematic when installing new programs or general operations.
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/HomeAndSoho/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
There is a multi-computer option on the page for that link.
The free version can be found on this page. It updates itself daily
and runs in the back ground.
http://free.grisoft.com/
"Second question: What is the best/easiest way
to ‘clean’ a pc of all visited web sites, downloaded files, etc? Is
deleting cookies and temps good enough?"
Most of the time, yes. If you are worried about spyware and unwanted
installations then I would suggest looking into Microsoft’s
Anti-spyware. I personally don’t have great affection for Microsoft,
but the Anti-spyware they have been developing runs very well, and is
a great program/layer of protection while surfing the Internet.
Currently the anti-spyware from Microsoft is free.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
You can also look into CLAM WIN, a very robust, open-source virus scanner.
You can find more information and downloads at: http://www.clamwin.net/
thanks
I recommend Kaspervsky. It is the BEST antivirus protection around. You do have to buy it though.
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Roll_your_own_Free_Security_Suite
I recommend Avast! Anti virus. It is the best anti virus out there. I’ve tried Norton, McAfee, and AVG Free Edition but none of them could find the 18 virus’s i had on my computer like Avast! could.
It’s free too. All you have to do is register with a name and an Email and they just send you a home/professional registration key (depending on which kind you want).
I put a link down below to download Avast!