Virus Protection Guide - Free Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware and Firewall List : Anti-Spyware

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Anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall are three software crucial in protecting your PC and you cannot go online without them. Did you know that you can get infected within 8 seconds after you go online?

Yes, 8 seconds is the time needed for Sasser, the fastest worm in the internet, to infect your PC and after that, the rest is history. Malicious software can get into your system if you didn’t provide sufficient protection for your PC.

In this article, I will tell you how you can get free anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall.

There is one software that provides both spyware and virus removal software. It’s called Spyware Terminator. This software has a built-in anti-virus, the ClamAV. The ClamAV is an open source software and it’s free.

Other than the ClamAV, you can also try the Avast! Antivirus, AVG and Avira Antivir Personal. These are not built-in into the Spyware Terminator. However, you need to remember that one computer can only install one these or it will conflict with each other.

For anti-spyware software, you can try to use the SUPERAntiSpyware, Ad-Aware Pro, and Spybot Search and Destroy. Different with anti-virus, you can have more than one of these installed in your system.

Firewall is another software that you need in your system. It’s a software that monitors the ingoing and outgoing traffic from your PC. I recommend you to install either the Comodo Firewall Pro or ZoneAlarm Firewall.

All of these protection software are crucial in protecting yourself but, knowledge is the most important thing in fighting online threats. I saw people who have protection software but remove spyware from their PC every week due to the lack of knowledge on how to prevent their computer from getting infected by malicious software.

This shows that this people don’t have the knowledge on how they can get infected and therefore, they will get infected every week. So, learn what you can and try to avoid getting infected by online threats.

Azwan Asmat is the author of Chuang Computer Tips – Want to know the secret of securing your PC from dangerous spyware, adware, and malware programs that can ruin your PC, your finances, and your sanity?! Join my 5-days PC Security E-Course for info on virus protection

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