What is the best free antivirus/spyware/phishing/hac鈥?firewall scan/remover program(s)?

and anything else for internet safety and keeps you safe when downloading from lime wire and other places like that and bad websiteWhat is the best free antivirus/spyware/phishing/hac鈥?firewall scan/remover program(s)?
I think that you should use AVG 8.5 Free Edition. It removes everything that you listed up there. Also it is free and very easy to use.
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Avast! Home Edition

And Mcafee SiteadvisorWhat is the best free antivirus/spyware/phishing/hac鈥?firewall scan/remover program(s)?
Well the "best" is always disputed.



Heres a good free setup though.



AvG Anti Virus Free Edition

Lavasoft AdAware Free Edition

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware-this guy is awesome

HiJack This (great if a browser hijack or other baddy gets through)

StevenGoulds CleanUp-For keeping things tidy.



The first 3 above programs can be found on http://DOWNLOAD.COM

StevenGoulds CleanUp can be found on http://cleanup.stevengould.org/
i like MALWAREBYTES ANTI MALWARE

and Spybot Search and Destroy





















but you should also get an anti-virus/firewallWhat is the best free antivirus/spyware/phishing/hac鈥?firewall scan/remover program(s)?
aviras my favourite real time protection, i also have malwarebytes, superantispyware for viruses each find diiferent things scan different areas so gd to have both, for history cleaner i use ccleaner formerly known as crap cleaner, removes temp files history and faulty reg keys. :O)
Use what you want. But don't let anyone talk you into downloading AVG free. It's about as sorry a AV there ever was. No root kit protection and Trojan Mal ware walks right by it. Why do you think all these people who download AVG and other free AV's have to download half a dozen other programs to supplement AVG, Avast, Trend Micro etc' etc? Because they lack protection in places that count the most. Like drive by downloads, Trojan Mal ware' Spy ware' Ad ware and on and on.



You can download half a dozen space hogging programs or you can download one. People on here will tell you that you have to have layered protection. Not so. What you have to have is the right program to start with.



The right one right now is Kaspersky all in one. It works and it works well. All the programs you need all in one. AV' AS Anti phishing filter' Malware protection Fire wall all in one. It uses less memory. Takes up less room on your hard drive. Doesn't slow your computer down. You do need at least one gig of memory to run Kaspersky.



Then after that all you need is Ccleaner to keep old cookies and temp files cleaned out..



Try it. You will like it. There is a learning curve with Kaspersky. It's not a kiddie AV like AVG. But once you learn it you will laugh at those free AV's. You will never go back to free.
I have used Zone Alarm Firewall, I have also got superantispyware and Malwarebytes. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans Hackers etc. I have just changed to Avast antivirus and all seems good so far. Zone Alarm allows a lot of personal configuration unlike the Windows Firewall. They can all be downloaded from http://www.download.com/ I also use Windows Defender from the Microsoft site. It is safe to use two anti-spy products but never use more than one A/V as it can cause conflicts. You should run A/V and anti spy weekly. Hope this helps
I had a horrible experience with McAfee..dumped it. Here is what I have been using with great success:



Avast 4.home edition..free

Zone alarm firewall...free

Windows 3 Advanced System Care...free..for maintaining and clean up.



Not one problem in over a year with the above FREE programs. If you wnat to upgrade the Windows 3 System, you can.