whats the best free anti-virus anti-spyware firewall?

If you want a free anti-virus program, Avast has a higher detection rate than AVG and is easier to use/less intrusive. I've used both (not at the same time--do not run two anti-virus programs at once!), and can say that Avast has caught more than AVG and updates without bugging me. The only thing with Avast is that you have to plug in a registration key, but it's free and easy. Free download here:

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Here's a forum where people discuss their experiences with the above as well as Avira, Bitdefender, PCTools, Norton, etc.:

http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic319...

Firewalls are a bit trickier, because there are so many, and ratings change every year. From personal experience, ZoneAlarm has messed up my computer twice. The Sunbelt Personal Firewall wouldn't install properly in my computer, and while it was the top-rated one for 2006, it is now considered not too good. Comodo gets a five-star rating from the CNET download site, but if you read the user experiences, it looks like a nightmare:

http://www.download.com/Comodo-Firewall-...

I used it for two weeks and may go back to it, but there are A LOT of popups, and half the time you don't know what they are. I got one for TransferAgent, so I clicked on it to see what it was. After that, Comodo blocked automatic updates even though it was on my safe list. You will get a million popups if you've got Comodo running while you try to install something. I think if you are willing to put in some time to learn Comodo, it might be a good pick for you. It is a strong firewall, maybe too strong!

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Avg is the best anti-virus software but not the best firewall now if u are using xp DONT DOWNLOAD A FIREWALL AS xp already has one and download another will mess your system u can know this by clicking control panel and selection windows firewall and it should tell now if your not try this link http://www.iopus.com/guides/free-firewall.htm i hope this information helped bye...

Yes, AVG was a big disappointment to me also. While using AVG, a really mean trojan, SHeur.CCXR, invaded my computer. Within 24 hours, I had 3 more trojans. Eventually, I got back down to one trojan, Adload_r.AQ, but AVG could not get rid

of it.

I downloaded a bunch of highly recommended AV programs, but they did not help. Finally, I installed Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Within 30 minutes, the trojan horse was killed !!

So let me put in my strong vote for MBAM. However, you can also check out other answers, especially the link from Steve F.

AVG is fantastic, Been using it for years now.

Also i have recently started using a state of the art spyware blocker called 'SuperAntiSpyWare'

It can delete thousands of Trojans,Spyware,Worms,keyloggers etc from your computer that others cant find. I really reccomend it.

Go on google and search 'SuperAntiSpyware' And its top 1.

Hope this helps you out!, And i hope it has worked for me too as my account on an online game got stolen , i imagine it was a keylogger :(.

Checkout this link for all the best:

http://ultcomprepair.blogspot.com/2008/07/best-fre...