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Antivirus/firewall?

Is there a free antivirus and firewall software program that will actually protect my computer

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1. Best free antivirus: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-virus-free-edition/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 Best free firewall: http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
2. Personally, I use the AOL AntiVirusShield. Don't let the name AOL scare you. AntiVirusShield is made by Kaspersky which is one of top-rated anti-virus vendors in the world. In recent tests, the most popular free anti-virus, AVG, was only able to detect about 82% of a very large sample of viruses. On the other hand, AntiVirusShield was able to detect better than 99% in the same test. http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82 AOL AntiVirusShield has excellent virus detection rates and is extremely light on using your computer resources. Free to anyone, AOL member or not from: http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp? And for a great free firewall, I recommend Commodo: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
3. All of these are ones that I personally use and all are free. AVG Removes I-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5 Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer. http://www.safer-networking.org/ http://superantispyware.com/ SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones! Easily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more! Make sure after you download any of these, that you update them. zonealarm has a free firewall. *Be sure to come back to Yahoo Q&A and vote for one of the answers as best answer!
4. You can download several Antivirus \ firewall\ anti-spyware programs from download.com. Zonelarm firewall is good as is AVG antivirus ; and both are free
5. You can go to cnet .com and read the reviews for yourself, but remember that the programs are only as good as the upkeep of the user in other words run the scans and do the updates. Peace!
6. Firewall - see this: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aq4T5_SHq92u_YckS0H0fr3sy6IX?qid=20061022181832AAhZjn8 AV - according to people smarter than me:NOD32, (AVG and Kaspersky are OK too)
7. You can get AVG, ZoneAlarm and many reputed antivirus and antiSpyware firewall software....can purchase or for free... visit..... http://computerhelp-downloads.blogspot.com "Computer Help" For your questions about hardware, software, internet, general or for downloads http://computerhelp-downloads.blogspot.com
8. The best antivirus is active virus shield. The best firewall is zonealarm. Both free.

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