Thread: Remove Viruses, Spyware, Malware, Spams from your system for free

How to remove Viruses, Spyware, Spams and protect system against hackers for free in Windows Vista?

If you are helpless against the virus attacks, spywares and hackers then try out the free software mentioned here that are available on Internet.

Free Antivirus software:



Avast 4 Home Edition: It has a striking feature of scanning the system without logging in which makes it a deadly weapon against viruses. It provides you full protection against viruses. It provides real time protection and on demand scanning of the computer.




AVG 7.5 antivirus: It is one the most comprehensible free antivirus. It provides an all round protection of your system.




Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Classic 7:: It protects your computer against viruses, trojans and rootkits. The free version does not include spyware, adware and e-mail protection. This is a highly rated antivirus software.




PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 3.6: It is not as popular as the ones described above but it provides real time protection against viruses, worms, Trojans and infected mails. It is a bit slow compared to the others but may prove a good one.


Some antivirus software with on-demand scanning facility:



BitDefender 10 Free Edition: It is one of the best antivirus with on-demand scan feature.




ClamWin 0.91
: It is an open source antivirus available for Windows Vista. Its good and does a comprehensive scan.




Norton Security Scan: It provides scheduled scanning along with on-demand scanning and is a part of Google Pack which contains other free services like Spyware Doctor Starter Edition, Google Earth and so on.


Free Firewalls to prevent hacking:



Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0: It stands no where less than a standard firewall and one of the most popular and comprehensive Firewall present on the Internet. You can configure and customize it for many features available in it. It is a must own Firewall to prevent your system from the Hackers.




PC Tools Firewall Plus 3.0: It provides all basic protection feature and has a easy to use interface. It is a boon for beginners as it is easy to learn and use. Though it is not comparable with Comodo but still is pretty good.

Some other useful security software in this categories are ZoneAlarm Firewall 7.1, AOL Internet Security Central, Agnitum Outpost Firewall PRO and ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite.


Free Anti spyware software



Comodo BOClean Anti-Malware v4.25: It works silently in the background and does not disturb you with plethora of warnings. It is a decent, easy to use and a comprehensive Anti spyware, malware software.




Spyware Terminator v2: It provides effective protection to your system. It has a good scanning speed and offers a good real time protection. It has a pretty complicated interface and may be a bit difficult for a beginner to handle




Ad-Aware 2007 Free v7: It has a similar look that of Windows Vista. It incorporates several new features like multiple browser support and so on. It has a real time protection and automatic update feature which makes it deadly against the spywares.

Some of the other pretty good anti spywares are Spybot Search & Destroy v1.5, AVG Anti-Spyware Free Edition v7.5. They offer good anti spyware protection.