cflatt
Sous Chef
Give AVG free a try
http://free.grisoft.com/
or
avast free
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
http://free.grisoft.com/
or
avast free
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
which one
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I prefer Avast. I've been using it for about 3 years now with no problems. The occasional virus will slip by but it's always the ones that have to have a specific removal tool and no other anti-virus will work. We've only had the problem 2 times in 10 years so not a big concern. Just last week, I clicked a link from a friend and before it opened, my Avast siren went off because of a virus detection. I was able to abort the virus attempt at getting into my system and close the link immediately.
DATsBBQ
Head Chef
I'm running PC Tool's Spyware Doctor http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/ . I like it better than Norton or Macafee
007bond-jb
Master Chef
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I use AVG free & Zone Alarm free, ZA pro has a good anti virus.
Helen_Paradise
Head Chef
Get a Mac!! Then you won't need any of this stuff 
Diva Q
Executive Chef
we use avg and zonealarm and vlad runs a whole bunch of others i cant remember
surfinsapo
Master Chef
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www.avast.com is awesome and it is free!!!!!!
Unity
Executive Chef
AVG has slipped in the ratings. A lot. I used it for several years and have recently switched to ESET NOD32. After getting infected. Google 'antivirus review' and check out some of the independent evaluation sites. NOD32 and Kaspersky pretty generally beat everybody else.
You can get Spyware Doctor for free by going to the Google site, clicking on 'more' and 'even more' until you get to the end, and then click on 'Pack.' Select Spyware Doctor (or deselect everything else you don't want, I don't remember which).
Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D are both good (different ways of looking for malware produces different results) and both have free versions. Only catch is you have to remember to run them from time to time. Weekly is okay.
--John
(Oh, and I advise that you stay away from suites like McAfee and Norton. They're resource hogs -- that is, they'll bog down your computer speed bad -- and while they may be okay for one security task, they don't do everything well. Besides, their pricing is not user-friendly.)
You can get Spyware Doctor for free by going to the Google site, clicking on 'more' and 'even more' until you get to the end, and then click on 'Pack.' Select Spyware Doctor (or deselect everything else you don't want, I don't remember which).
Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D are both good (different ways of looking for malware produces different results) and both have free versions. Only catch is you have to remember to run them from time to time. Weekly is okay.
--John
(Oh, and I advise that you stay away from suites like McAfee and Norton. They're resource hogs -- that is, they'll bog down your computer speed bad -- and while they may be okay for one security task, they don't do everything well. Besides, their pricing is not user-friendly.)
Tannehill Kid
Head Chef
AVG free has worked fine for me.
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