Did I live under FALSE pretention that the ANTIVIRUS/Antispy programs are free?

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Thank you. Bernard

Did I live under FALSE pretention that the ANTIVIRUS/Antispy programs are free?mcaffee

These programs are all free (there not the best but free).

1. AVG Free

a. A simple interface (easier to use than Avast! and Avira)

b. Can detect about 82.82% of viruses

Cons: low virus detection

2. Avast!

a. Real-time protection

b. It has an option to delete a virus once found

c. Can detect about 87.46% of viruses.

Cons: Too many icons and confusing user interface

3. Avira AntiVir

a. It can detect malware better than Avast and AVG

b. It's cute umbrella icon

c. Can detect about 94.26% of viruses

Cons: A very sluggish update

Kaspersky or NOD32 are the best (recent tests at av-comparatives.org).

Free anti-spyware programs: Spybot, Adaware, AVG Anti-spyware (formally Ewido) and Super Anti-spyware.

Did I live under FALSE pretention that the ANTIVIRUS/Antispy programs are free?norton antivirus 2007

Big difference between ''Free'' and ''Free to try; 29.95 to buy''

People who are rushing to download kinda miss this important info
Some are free .Try the free virus scanners at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-sAFtLsc8e... and see which one will help you .
Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware programs are both 2 seperate and different things yet sometimes they come bundled together. There are different developers and different programs. Some you buy in stores and install, others you download... but for the most part NO they are NOT free. There a some ''free'' ones available online but generally they are trial versions or they do not really do much for your computer in terms of protecting. Your best bet is to buy one.
No..Antivirus free - AVG. Adware free - Adaware, Spybot: Search and destroy. Google ''free antivirus'' (no quotes) for more
Anti Virus:

Avg Free http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/

Firewall:

Pc Tools Firewall Plus http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

Zonealarm http://www.download.com/3000-2092-100398...

Spyware Adware Removal:

Spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index...

Adware 2007 Free http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_a...

Superantispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/

All Free

Hope this helps.