i am in need of some great anti-virus software that will protect my computer against virus malware trojans and spyware maybe adware any suggestions as to what security programs that are good at what they do? i have mcafree and it really doesnt protect my computer as much as i would like to the updates dont ever help much
SUGGEGSTIONS WELCOME!
dave

avg free

hey, for viruses stay away from mcaffee and nortons because viruses are pretty much made to target these programs...if you want the best around go with nod32 if you want to not spend a lot of money go with avg as pete said it is totally free and catches a fair amount of stuff. For a firewall go with zone alarm i would say if you feel you want one, for spyware go with ad-aware and spybot they are both free and if one misses something the other will get it

i will try the avg but just go to download.com to get it?

thats where in going to try now

take a look at link [www.filehippo.com] or www.grisoft.com

Good Free Stuff:

Avast Home: link [www.avast.com]
Antispyware: link [www.spybot.com]
ZoneAlarm Firewall: link [www.zonelabs.com]

I did not add AVG because it lacks many features present in Avast or a premium Antivirus. Why pay Grisoft by buying a full suite when you can get the 3 installed for free without any conflict (unless you mess with the config)?!

i have tried the zone alarm one for a trial period it works pretty good at blocking new threats but not getting rid of old ones thats the only flaw that i can find but i will try there other suggsestions(sp?) what is the best program (free or trial) for getting rid of trojans specifically?

bitdefender, windowsdefender, spybot, hijackthis, spystopper,...and a myriad of others

For general day-to-day protection, I use and recommend:

AVG Free, realtime protection off, scheduled daily scans
Spybot, scheduled weekly scans
Firefox as your default browser
Windows Firewall
A hardware router

With these five items, you will have very lightweight yet very effective protection.

By being careful about what you download and run from the internet, you can use these items and never see a virus or malware again.

Download and use more specialized scanning tools as required to clean particular infections.

thanks jonnythan

NOD32?

NOD32 rocks! I deployed it for a company last year. And the license is kinda cheap too.

Comodo is free too and works pretty well, the real time protection isnt bad, i was running both comodo and AVG ant the same time and comodo picked up more than AVG did