BleepingComputer.com: Free Anti Malware

I am recently unemployed and homeless. My Webroot AS and Trend Micro AV subscriptions are about to expire and I don't have the money to renew. Would like to hear from ya'll about your opinions on the best free AS/AV programs. I read on another thread that Grisoft is good, does everyone agree on this? Also, I have heard that uninstalling old programs can be a trick. Any info on this? Thanks

AVG Free is a good anti-virus, the only down-side is that the free version only updates once a day where as AVG's paid versions update upto hourly intervals.

http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-viru...=fr_bn_free_670

Spybot - Search & Destroy = Free http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html

Ad-Aware = Free http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php


Yes, anti-virus programs can be a pain to fully un-install, however some anti-virus companies provide removal tools to fully remove their programs.

Revo Uninstaller will uninstall anything completely.




http://www.revouninstaller.com/



Malware Bytes is the best free malware checker right now. Ad Aware and Spybot aren't recommended much anymore.



http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware are excellent free programs and many people like the free Avira Antivirus program and the free Comodo Firewall.

I still use Spybot to immunize my system as well as SywareBlaster

This post has been edited by Stang777: 06 July 2009 - 03:30 PM

I suggest you get AntiVir free, it has very high detection rates (higher than AVG) and is light on resources.

You can also prevent a lot of malware simply by using Firefox with the WOT and Adblock Plus addons.

As others have mentioned you should use Malwarebytes Antimalware free and Superantispyware free as on-demand scanners.