 | Senior Member with 132 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Experience: Beginner | | laptop hi we have a laptop which is xp, i know we have to have anti virus software, so which ones would you reccommend at the moment we have none. I know that some crash, so i dont want to put just any on so what adware and spyware, and anymore do I need, Thanks for your help | | Senior Member with 132 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Experience: Beginner | | | | | Junior Member with 15 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bangalore,India Experience: Beginner | | try out Avira, it's the best free antivirus software, also u can install avast home edition, use any ONE of these, and if are using Avira, then u need an antispyware, Ad-Aware orbSpyBot S&D will do.. | | Senior Member with 132 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Experience: Beginner | | | | | Distinguished Member with 8,354 posts. | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London England | | | | | Senior Member with 132 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Experience: Beginner | | so i need spyware antivirus malware its all so confusing | | Distinguished Member with 8,354 posts. | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London England | | Hi you need one Anti-virus program always running in the background
But you can use more than one Spyware program as long as they are not what's called Realtime programs [usually paid for programs] that also run in the background protecting your system.
These two programs are free versions and hence are not Realtime programs.
You update them say once a week and then scan your system with them. http://www.superantispyware.com http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php | | Senior Member with 132 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Experience: Beginner | | so thats the spyware I can use, and the malware, any ideas what the best free antivirus to use that will go with them 2 | | Senior Member with 132 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Experience: Beginner | | have you give up on me now x | | Distinguished Member with 8,354 posts. | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London England |
06-Sep-2008, 12:07 PM
#10 | We all here no doubt use different Anti-virus programs.
Our decisions are based on what we feel works best for us on our individual systems.
Or over a period of time we may try many of them.
The above Spyware programs will work with most if not all Anti-virus programs. http://www.firewallguide.com/anti-virus.htm | | Senior Member with 132 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Experience: Beginner |
06-Sep-2008, 12:10 PM
#11 | yes but if you were me what would you use | | Distinguished Member with 3,182 posts. | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Experience: Intermediate |
06-Sep-2008, 01:49 PM
#12 | Hi cazpaul,
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06-Sep-2008, 01:50 PM
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