whats the best anti virus or firewall out there which is for free?
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Grisoft AVG  Its so Good I paid for the upgrade
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Download AVG Free Antivirus and ZoneAlarm Firewall, both can be found on download.com\n\n\nNote:\nBefore using AVG Antivirus, uninstall your antivirus.
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http://free.grisoft.com\n\nGrisoft produces the BEST anti virus program on the market, and what makes it even better is the only people that have to pay for it, is the business world, for home users is 100% FREE
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AVG is your best bet for free Anti-Virus. Get it here:\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/1\n\nIt's free for personal use.
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Firewalls don't protect against viruses, though better ones such as ZoneAlarm, Kerio, and Sygate will alert you to suspcious behavior.  For virus protection, the best thing is an antivirus program.  Some good free ones are AVG, AVAST! Home edition, and AntiVir.
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For free antivirus, you can use AVG\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5\n\nFor free internet security, use ZONE ALARM\n\nhttp://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp;jsessionid=ESBmGDeYddFtwP1H5r2XYSMBD10Pey12bO1iuuvV1e8RTtyQ4qXJ!-634197662!-1062696903!7551!7552!NONE?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=nav_za\n\nor just use Yahoo or Google to find it.
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Have you tried AVG anti-virus, it's free, and does a decent job.
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Zone Alarm is the best free firewall.  The only hard part about it is finding the free link on Zonelab's website.  I believe it to be better than Microsoft's firewall.  The reason being is you have more control over it.  Now Microsoft's One Care is the best software for the price.  Generally it is on sell somewhere for $29.99 and you can get a low price guarantee just about anywhere.  One Care is only good for broadband users, people with legal copies of Windows XP, and best bang for the buck can be installed on 3 PC's.  PC-Cillin Security Suite would be my alternative for people without broadband.  I just focused on the firewall aspect of these products and price.  I believe in not spending outrageous amounts of money on PC protection.  All PC protection is only 80% effective no matter what the software people may say.  I would try AVG Free Ant-Virus for viruses and they make an anti-spyware.
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AVG, Avast and Anti-vir are all free and all very good\n\nThe page at the below link has links to all kinds of good free (and non-free) stuff, all excellent defenses against viruses, spyware, etc. . (including free firewalls, etc). . \n\nIt's worth everyone's time to check out this excellent page (on this excellent site)\n\ngood luck and God bless you.
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AVG is JUNK. I recommend active virus shield. It is the best one and it is FREE.
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AVG and its free!\n\nhttp://www.grisoft.com
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Bit Defendor isn't free; however, Avast is usually the highest rated free antivirus.  Check pcworld.com for a review.
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One year free antivirus from eTrust\nhttp://go.microsoft.com/?LinkID=909975\n\nSpyware blocker and scanner (free)\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html\n\nSpyware scanner and remover (free)\nhttp://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
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good firewall\npassword protect
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I use avg free 7.5 anti- virus and comodo free firewall these are much better to use.\n\n\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/\n\nhttp://www.comodo.com\n\nHope that this helps you!
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I heard AVG is free and its really good. Its the only free one I know if you dont want to use the trial version of mcafee or norton.\n\nDownload it here: http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html
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As far as I know ZoneAlarm firewall is freeware now so you can download it and install it. Another alternative is this one:\nhttp://www.ghostsecurity.com/ghostwall/