Free Downloadable Virus and Spyware protector??

[Pushead2]

Looking for a good one. Help

[Shag]

Free A/V - www.avast.com

[Lzen]

I recommend avast antivirus. For spyware, I would use Lavasoft Ad Aware and/or Spybot Search and Destroy.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Spybot runs on 3 year old code, and Ad Aware can give people a lot of false positives, IMO.

It's better than nothing, but they have their limitations.

Last week you could have purchased 3 licenses of Zone Alarm for 15 bucks from Best Buy.

Kaspersky IS is the best, IMO.

[Lzen]

Spybot runs on 3 year old code, and Ad Aware can give people a lot of false positives, IMO.

It's better than nothing, but they have their limitations.

Last week you could have purchased 3 licenses of Zone Alarm for 15 bucks from Best Buy.

Kaspersky IS is the best, IMO.

3 year old code? What, exactly, does this mean? It does update the definitions. Obviously, I am no expert on this. I'll take any and all info that I can get.

[Guru]

3 year old code? What, exactly, does this mean? It does update the definitions. Obviously, I am no expert on this. I'll take any and all info that I can get.
I have had absolutely no problems using Adaware and Spybot S&D.

I have even gone to trendmicro.com to run their free virus and spyware removal tool to make sure adaware and spybot were getting everything. TM came up with zero.

I would say they do their job just fine.

And yes, Avast is an excellent FREE AV program.

[foxman]

Anyone know if any of the freebies do Mac? I checked and Spybot and Adaware whom I have also used fabulously for years on PC do not support Mac.

[DaFace]

Anyone know if any of the freebies do Mac? I checked and Spybot and Adaware whom I have also used fabulously for years on PC do not support Mac.

Macs are so secure, you don't need it. [/Mac fanboys]