Free Antivirus and Antispyware Software

[Widkidone]

i have been asked over and over what antivirus/antispyware programs to use. Below are some of the antivirus/antispyware that are most popular and highly recommended:

Free AntiVirus Software


Avast Antivirus:
Avast Antivirus

Avast could be used only by home users which do NOT use their computer for profit. If you do not meet this condition, you will need to buy a commercial license of avast!. Use it for up to 60 days before being required to register (for free) and you'll be sent a license key via email.
Resident Protection: Instant Messaging, P2P shield, Internet Mail, Outlook/Exchange

Anti-Vir:
Anti-Vir
This free Personal Edition is intended exclusively for private use on a single workstation. You may copy the complete program package and pass it on to others for private use only.

EZ Armour Security Suite: (free for one year)
EZ Armour Security Suite



Online Virus Scans
Housecall
Panda Active Scan
eTrust AV web scanner

Free Virus Removal Tools
Symantec
BitDefender
Panda

Free Firewalls
Comodo Personal Firewall


Spyware Removal
Hijack This
Spybot
AdAware


Spyware Prevention
Spyware Blaster
Spyware Guard

[Tefra]

Cool info you got there widki, this will come handy to new internet users and to the people who don't like to pay to be secured.