what is the best anti-virus/firewall programs for one's pc?
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THE VERY BEST ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE OUT THERE IS:\n\nKASPERSKY 6.0 ANTI-VIRUS\n\nBIT DEFENDER ANTI-VIRUS\n\nMACAFEE ANTI-VIRUS 2006\n\nNORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2006\n\nF-SECURE ANTI-VIRUS 2006\n\nPANDA ANTI-VIRUS 2006\n\nANTIVIR PERSONAL EDITION CLASSIC 6.32\n\nAVAST HOME EDITION 4.6\n\nTREND MICRO PC-CILLIN ANTI-VIRUS 2006\n\nGRISOFT AVG FREE EDITION 7.1\n\nPERSONAL I WOULD CHOOSE KASPERSKY, NORTON, OR BIT DEFENDER CUZ ALL THE REST SUCK NUTZ!!!!!!\n\n\nFOR A FIREWALL TRY:\n\nZONEALARM FIREWALL\n\nOUTPOST FIREWALL\n\nBLACK ICE FIREWALL\n\nTINY FIREWALL \n\nKEIRO FIREWALL\n\nVISNETIC FIREWALL\n\nZONEALARM IS THE BEST
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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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Go to hear and check out there reviews of the free anti virus programs. And they have free firewall reviews too.\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/
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There is no antivirus that can solve all problems ( In my opinion =)  )\nDepends on how vulnerable your PC is, you can run different programs periodically to detect malware.\nI personally used all of the free online scanner below.\nKapersky, Activescan Panda, Trend-Micro, Norton security response. AVG is pretty good as well.\nLast thing is, use firewall, anti-spyware program if necessary.
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AVAST is a good program but AVG antivirus is the best I have used.  It is free and uses hardly any resources.  I have had many friends say that it works better than Norton.  McAfee is crap and Norton is too expensive.  go to   http://free.grisoft.com to download AVG Free Edition.  It even automatically updates itself if you have a broadband connection.  I would also recommend a firewall to prevent the trojans allowing people to get into your computer.
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As two other people have pointed out, AVG is great and free.\n\nJust stay away from Symantec --it slows down your computer tremendously.
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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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Many people think Symantec Norton AntiVirus is best but I hate it (I have many problems with that software).\n\nI'm using BitDefender 9 and it's good.\n\nHave you ever heard : "True Prevent".
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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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Smart question. It is tricky business indeed.\nWell, I recomend:\n- Kaspersky AntiVirus Personal Pro (for antiviral purposes)\n- ZoneAlarm Pro (a truly powerfull firewall, trust me!)\n- Ad-Aware Pro (besides the excellent spyware detection rate is has an useful antispyware shield)\n- Mozilla Firefox (as main browser - it is the safest)\nIf all of this seems too complicated, you might want to try the Kaspersky Security Suite. Anyway I do NOT recommend neither Norton nor Trend Micro. McAfee maybe, or BitDefender Internet Security 2006. This is all. Have fun searching for these on Google.\nI mention that I have tested these all...
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pop up blocker-that is where a lot of virus's get in and windows firewall is junk. only protects one way. go to http://www.pcworld.com  and download zone alarm free firewall protects both ways.
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I tried alot of Security apps, maybe all of them.\n\nThis is my security System Now.\n\nAnti-Virus: NOD32\n\nAdaware: Lavasoft Adaware\n\nFirewall: Windows XP SP2 Firewall\n\nsomething Extra: Anti-Trojan Shield 2\n\nwith this collection you'll be protected 90%, there is no 100%.\n\nmy opinions on other Security Apps:\n\nNorton, Mcafee:\nThey are a rescourse hogs, (Makes the PC very slow), and they don't catch half the "bad" things.\n\nAVG Anti-Virus:\nVery Good, does the Job, But NOD32 proved to be better.\n\nKaspersky:\nits a very good anti, but it does make the PC slower, not like Norton and mcafee, but still.\n\nPanda Anti-Virus:\nThis is The Worse Anti made ever, Don't even think about getting it.\n\nTrend Micro:\nit is a very good one too, but still, its the ranked with me as the last of the good ones.\n\nNote: I know that my collection that I use are alot, but believe me, they are the best, and they don't effect the PC's speed in anyway.
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that is not an answerable question. Because firewalls and antivirus programs are not the same and they detect different things, but i must say some great free ones are ZoneAlarm Firewall & Avast! Antivirus\n\n~matt
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Go to grisoft.com and download AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition.  It's a respectable AV Program, especially for free.  \n\nFor spyware, go to safer-networking.org and download SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.4.  This is also a free program, and very powerful.\n\nIf you're not looking to install software, go to trendmicro.com, and use their website-based scanner.
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McAfee has the latest Internet Security that includes \nVirusScan \nPersonal Firewall Plus \nSpamKiller \nPrivacy Service \nIs the 2006 one and is only 49.99 dollars, its worth. I also wanted free software protection, but did never found a good one, the only free ones, they don't do a sh-it, because they are free. But please do install it, just you will pay on time in one year. Try it!
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in order to secure ur pc:\n\nuse:\n\nspybot search and destroy\n\nzone alarm firewall\n\nantivir presonal edition \n\nand \n\nchange ur browser to Opera or Firefox..........\n\nsearch in google for all the above softwares
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visit this page for some of the best antivirus programs  http://www.varunhacker.tk   Really good page..try there