what is the best computer antivirus and spyware software?
I have a laptop computer and I want to be protected from viruses and spyware. Let me know which software’s I should buy.
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December 15th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
NOD 32 (NOD kernel) is a very good. DON’T buy norton it is SH*T ok. Hope this helps.
~Lord Wafflemire~
December 15th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
There is no “best” when it comes to antivirus and spyware software. Personally, I like Avast!, because it works and is free. You can find it at
http://www.avast.com/
For anti-spyware, I recommend a combination of programs. I use two: Lavasoft Ad-Aware, Spybot Search and Destroy. Find them here, respectively:
http://lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
This is a completely free solution, and should work just fine.
December 15th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Hi
There’s no one “best” product, you have to try some and decide on one that works for you.
Norton Antivirus and AntiVir Premium are both excellent choices. Norton is very light and has constant updates (every 5-10 minutes, compared to usually daily updates by other vendors). AntiVir Premium’s heuristics is very strong, so the detection is excellent.
I suggest you buy either Superantispyware or Malwarebytes Antimalware to run as real-time protection, and run the program which you did not buy as an on-demand scanner. You could also use Spybot Search and Destroy, and remember to turn on the Immunization feature.
You can also use ThreatFire, to provide better protection of zero day threats.
For a firewall, a free product is enough. I recommend Sunbelt Firewall, or PC Tools Firewall. Comodo and Online Armor will conflict with ThreatFire, so I recommend you not use those 2.
Sandboxes provide VERY strong security if used properly, however, you’ll have to read a bit about it to understand it as it is a new concept. DefenseWall is the best on default settings. If you want to tweak a product a lot, you could use Sandboxie. They both provide great protection.
You need an image backup program so you can revert your computer to an earlier state if there’s a problem. Acronis True Image is the most popular. A free alternative is Paragon Drive Backup Express.
For browsing, you should use Mozilla Firefox or Opera instead of Internet Explorer (or Avant, Maxthon, etc or Safari) because Firefox and Opera are much safer and you will be less likely to be infected.
December 16th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I would recommend AVG 8 plus Firewall or AVG Internet Suite. I have used their products for several years and have had no attacks or infections. They don’t cost much and AVG will update itself everyday unlike some other packages which might only update every few days.
They also do a free AntiVirus only package if you don’t want to pay but you get less features with this.
If you want a seperate Firewall you can’t go far wrong with ZoneAlarm, another free package. This is easy to use and set up and works very well.
I would also recommend installing an AntiSpyware package as well. Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware is particularly good and again comes with a free version.
Using all this you should stay safe and sound while online but remember to keep Windows and all your protection software up to date.
December 16th, 2009 at 12:41 am
I recommend Kaspersky Internet Security 2009.
I’m currently using it and it protects from all viruses,trojans or spyware.
Best of the best!
December 16th, 2009 at 1:39 am
http://us.mcafee.com/en-us/landingpages/15651.asp?cid=45659
Kapersky or Zone Alarm security suite.
December 16th, 2009 at 1:56 am
Yeah! no one software can say it is the best!
if you want to know my suggestion, i can talk about one software i used. “User Privilege Manager”
It is an administration software, it can protect your computer’s safe by specify files or programs. Hide some private software or folders which not wants other people to use.
In addition it can log his behaviors into screenshots. Therefore you can view snapshots recorded on your computer.i feel this software is easy to use, hope it will help you.
if you want to learn more about this soft, please visit :http://www.userpm.com
December 16th, 2009 at 2:31 am
There’s a lot of good antispyware options around. You can go to this blog http://windows-spyware-remove.blogspot.com, to check out the best programs there are out there.
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