What is a good free full protection virus protection ?

[Corey]

I just had my computer reprogrammed due to a bad virus I had and i cant afford to keep buying virus protection i was wondering if there are any good ones out there that are free and will protect me against everything like a paid anitvirus will. I use this computer for gaming, browsing, facebook, and sometimes music downloading does any know of a good one that will protect me while im doing those things.

[Sebastian]

Microsoft Security Essentials.

[Enamul Khair]

Use original windows you will get free antivirus from Microsoft. My point of view that antivirus is the best antivirus in world.

[Sanguas]

For free antivirus, Microsoft Security Essentials is actually pretty darn good. For paid antivirus, I've used ESET NOD32 Antivirus with many of my clients and it seems to work great. None of them have gotten viruses, ever. It takes up very little resources and doesn't have huge annoying popups that tell you every little unimportant thing that happens on your computer. It just simply updates and watches out for viruses. They also have a suite that includes a firewall, spam blocker, etc. It's their Smart Security line. If you go to http://www.facebook.com/corebiztech they are giving away a copy of the Smart Security 4 (upgradeable to version 5) for free in a contest. Just like them and enter for free. Wouldn't hurt.

You can always check http://www.virusbtn.com. They are a company that routinely tests all antivirus software and rate them. ESET always makes the "VB100" list. There are also many other good virus scanners out there with high detection rates, but high detection rates aren't everything. Look at reviews and make sure the scanners aren't resource hogs or have very few options. You want a well balanced scanner that's quick, configurable, out of sight, and hard for viruses to shut down and deploy their nasty code.

[numthread! 白哉]

download microsoft essential from microsoft of course. this program won't run if ur computer is not genuine. it is a good free anti virus and if u update ur computer using microsoft updates this will totally work with microsft essential as well. other than that avast is free along with comodo firewall. those two are free. i use those two for a year till now and i don't have any problems since then.

download link:

microsoft essentials:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windo...essentials

avast:
http://www.avast.com/en-ca/index

comodo firewall:
http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/

hope that helps

[parslev]

For the moment, I'm loving Anvi Smart Defender(http://www.anvisoft.com/product/smartdefender.html) not interfering with my activity at the least extent.

[Garry]

AVAST. its free and is good. Get it here at this link:

http://www.avast.com/en-au/index

Or AVG 2012 Free Edition. It's good too but I prefer Avast.

http://free.avg.com/us-en/download

Also, get MalwareBytes, its free too. Install and run it to do a scan. Its great at digging out undesirables that get past your AV Programs. Suggest to run it at least once a week. I use it daily. It doesn't take too long to do its scan. Shows what its found and recommends actions for you to take to quarantine or leave in place what its found.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwar...i_malware/

And get a decent Firewall. As suggested above, Comodo is free and it is good.

http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-secu...rewall.php

[poggle]

Comodo free firewall
http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Avast free antivirus
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

Spybot Search and Destroy free anti spyware
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

Spyware Terminator free anti spyware
http://download.cnet.com/Spyware-Termina...68541.html

Spywareblaster free browser security
http://download.cnet.com/SpywareBlaster/...96637.html

[Ooops]

If you want free then I recommend Avast , superantispyware and Malwarebytes. coupled with Comodo firewall They are all free for personal use . It is safe to use two anti-spy products but never use more than one A/V as it can cause conflicts. You should run A/V and anti spy weekly.

[Barnez]

Install Avast or AVG anti Virus.
Make sure that Windows Firewall is enabled.
Scan your computer every once in a while using Eset's Online Scanner