i do not have any protection on my computer what so ever\nand i was hoping someone would might know a site maybe to go to where i can download something for FREE to protect my computer? If so LET ME KNOW. \n                                                THANKS
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While you are on www.download.com, go for Antivir personal edition. Free and effective. Bitdefender is another good stuff. I paid for it, I am using it for a year, but there is also a free verion available.\n\nAs people answered, adaware and spybot are very nice tools. \nCCleaner is a cleaner to protect your privacy. Very good and trouble free. Can help to get your PC faster.
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u can use pc security software \nwhich can be download from the \nwww.download.com\nand key word is pc security.
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dear ,\n        installa the avg antivirus you can get it free
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below is a few links of places that i go to when looking for games, software, music... etc... if you are downloading freeware, or anything from p2p sites be sure you have virus protection and adaware on your computer. below are also the links for adaware and avg grisoft anti-virus protection. both are free... and the avg has alerted mt to virus' that Norton missed. you can also get some software on the p2p sites like bear-share, limewire, wares... etc... also if you type into any search engine freeware you will get loads of sites where you can download from. i get very good results with ixquick. check out the links below... good luck to you \nSource(s):\nhttp://www.lavasoftusa.com/default.shtml.en\n\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/avg71free_385a721.exe\n\nhttp://www.bearshare.com/\n\nhttp://www.download.com/\n\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/\n\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,8062,RSS,RSS,00.asp\n\nhttp://www.freeserials.com/\n\nhttp://us.ixquick.com/eng/advanced_search.html\n\nhttp://wiki.morpheus.com/~p2punited/?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=17\n\nthis is a good browser to use and it’s free… \n\nhttp://www.advancedbrowser.com/
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Go to this site: http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm\n\nIt's totally free and the utilities are as well. I think there are a couple free downloadable Spyware software programs to choose from. NOT freeware. Totally free. I don't run the site, but I found it on a google search and everything I've used from the site is totally free. Try it.
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plz, download a good anti virus s/w & also u can put some good spyware.....\n\nit's better to format & reinstall ur system. if there is a virus problem... it must be done.....\n\ncheck some of the good antivirus & spyware & also u can use the windows firewalls....\n\nthe window firewall is not that much better.... but, it can be used....
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Download AVG Antivirus from Grisoft, Ad-Aware from Lavasoft, Spy-bot Search and Destroy from downloads.com, and Microsoft's Windows Defender Beta 2 Ver. from Microsoft.  All of these are free programs and do an excellent job. Do update Windows often. Do update all of these utility programs I've mentioned here, and do run them often. Don't open e-mails  from unknown people or companies. Don't visit  Sex web sites. Do read the manual that came  with your computer. Do take a course at a community college or adult education about basic computer knowledge. Do go to the library and find all the books you can on "How to use PCs-for Dummies" series.
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You want help? Norton is total crap, quit using it. You can use ZoneAlarm as your firewall, and AVG antivirus. They both have free versions. I would use these any day over Norton. \n\nThink about it this way, if Norton can't even figure out how to make their own program update the virus definitions properly, is this really what you want to use as your shield against the internet?
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Be very careful of downloading any software from a P2P website as most carry some kind of virus. Is it really worth saving 30 dollars to take that kind of a chance? Been there done that learned my lesson!
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Listen, downloading "freeware" is dangerous. I know you do not want to hear this, but downloading freeware is risky at best if you are not really familiar with the company or person who is offering out "free" stuff. Nothing is really free, often these "free" things have, at the least, spyware attached which will report back your computer usage habits, and will give you viruses, keyloggers, worms, trojans, and could even have a hostile take over remotely of your computer.\n\nAnytime you download anything from the net use a good Security Suite to do a quick scan of the file before you open and install it. This is very easily done by right clickint the folder and chosing "scan with X" replace X with the name of your antivirus solution. \n\nDownloading and installing unkown software is very dangerous and can kill your computer. In fact right now a horrid virus is being delivered via Yahooo Instand Messenger by sending itself to others Instant Messenger with a so called "Safety Browser" which is not safe at all and will take over your entire system and drive you crazy. Check out this site for information of what it does and what to watchout for: http://www.blog.spywareguide.com\n\nHere you will see how easy it is to get something horrid in your computer with little effort on your part at all. \n\nGood luck and just beware free stuff out on the web. It really is dangerous unless you are completely sure of who it is and what it will do. There are also those who would happily give you sites to go to which will really harm your computer. They think it is funny to do stuff like that, why I haven't a clue, but it is just true anyway.
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Why do you desire to be some scumbag thief? There are lots of Free programs that are as good and even better than Nortons.\n\nHere is a package that protects me and my neighbor. I haven't been infected in 5 months, and since I put it on his computer, he hasn't been infected in 3 months. He likes to download porn and it still protects him. Best of all everything is Free and work as good and better than pay packages.\n\nDownload the latest Java Update 7. Then remove any older versions from your computer.\n\nhttp://www.java.com/en/download/windows_...\n\nGo here and download the following programs: All will be in the first 3 red boxes.\n\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/\n\nFirewall. - If you have XP with SP2 then use the existing Windows firewall. It is excellent. If not then download Zone Alarm free version.\n\nAnti-Virus program - If you have one then use it or replace it with one of these: AVG 7.1 or AVAST\n\nAnti-Spy programs: Use more than one. None can catch all the garbage out there: Windows Defender Beta 2, Spybot Search and Destroy, AdAware SE Personal.\n\nThis program will work with the AV and AS programs and add an additional layer of protection and it really works great. \n\nhttp://www.novatix.com/home.aspx...\n\nThis program will alert you to bad sites:\n\nhttp://www.siteadvisor.com/\n\nThese are my recommendation based on what protects me and my neighbor
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These 3 will protect. I use all 3. They are all free. And use no system resources.\n\nSpywareBlaster\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html\n\nIE-Spyad\nhttp://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=53\n\nMVP Hosts File\nhttp://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
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The Tech Support Guy forums can help you. Register as a user, start a thread in the Security forum, and wait for the experts there to help you. They will clean your computer up, free of charge.\n\nhttp://forums.techguy.org/?
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iTunes is very reputable.  No site is 100% secure, but I haven't heard of any problems related to that one.  Are you running an anti-virus program?  Do you run regular scans (and/or realtime scans) with it?  Do you run anti-spyware programs on a regular basis?  (Pick at least 2... AdAware, SpyBot, etc, both are free).
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Better to use AVG or Avast. Both are free and don't hog resources like McAfee and Norton.
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Hard to tell - these things can be so tricky. Do you think someone installed it on your computer?? I would take it to Circuit City or something - apparently they can do things to clean it and they would know this answer I am sure. Otherwise, try to go to a site where there is a form about computer viruses and see if you can ask someone.
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get decent spyware, anti-virus software and a firewall, the following are all excellent and free:\n\nAd-aware\nhttp://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html\n\nSpybot\nhttp://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10289035.html\n\nAVG - antivirus\nhttp://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html \n\nZone Alarm - firewall\nhttp://www.download.com/3000-2092-10039884.html\n\nAlso, try using Firefox as your browser. It might be a good idea to back up everything you have and re-format your hard drive.