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hi everyone good anti virus with firewall?

I need a good anti virus program with spyware and some thing that doesn't take 3 to 4 hours to Scan your computer,.I want something fast but, good.

Also my computer goes into a sleep mode every 5 minutes. Is or where do I find the settings to keep it on longer

Thanks in advance, appreciated!!

Update:

I also now have Norton which is too slow!!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Avira premium security suite is a very good one , it has a built in firewall and has a lot of great features such as Rookit Detection, anti spyware etc

    It also scans a lot quicker than most other anti virus programs, and won't slow your computer down .

    More information on it here http://www.avira.com/en/products/avira_premium_sec...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Just personal opinion of course. I use Avast , I have also got superantispyware and Malwarebytes. I recently changed to Comodo firewall which seems fine and I seem to boot up quicker. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans Hackers etc. I also use Windows Defender from the Microsoft site. It is safe to use two anti-spy products but never use more than one A/V as it can cause conflicts. You should run A/V and anti spy weekly.

    You will have to find the appropriate links as i am now getting violations each time I post a link. Seems like I have a troll.

  • 1 decade ago

    If you want to spend money on a commercial version of anti-virus software, do a search for "best anti-virus software". VIPRE has consistently gotten good reviews for speed and small memory footprint.

    If you want a good free solution, check out AVast! AVG.

    Be sure to check out Hoagie's site for other safe pc-usage pointers.

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    As for your machine going to sleep every ten minutes. The easy way to fix that is to tight-click anywhere on your screen - not in an application window - the background or blank screen. You should get a "Properties" link. Click that, and go to "Screen Saver". From there, you can find the energy use configuration and "Sleep".

    Just set the time for "battery" or "plugged-in" to the number of minutes before "sleep". I usually have "always on" when plugged in, and the screen go blank after 15 min.

  • 1 decade ago

    You can try

    AVG http://www.avg.com/us-en/free-antivirus

    Panda Active Scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan

    Panda NanoScan http://www.nanoscan.com/ (One minute scans but still in beta)

    For the sleep mode if you click start and type in "sleep mode" or "change when the computer sleeps" it should come up and you can the chnage the time before it goes into sleep mode.

    Hope that helps

    -Phil

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    AVG Internet Security 9.0.801 is what you are looking for.

    Takes 1 hour to scan with effective results.

    Includes protection from spyware, malware, adware, identity theft, trojans everything.

  • 1 decade ago

    u can find AVG antiviruses as one of ur need, I have premium internet security and u can choose urs according to ur need. u can get according to ur choice here:

    http://www.avg.com/in-en/home-small-office-securit...

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