So I have two computers..one is vista and the other is windows 2000 i think…the older one is SOOOOO slow and always freezes and virus stuff pops up…is there anywhere i can go to download anti virus and adware and spyware stuff for free…like no money at all..ever?? im thinking the slowness may be related to something like a virus or something on the computer…please help!!
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11 responses so far ↓
1 lyllyan // Nov 22, 2008
AVG has a free edition. Just do a Google search for it. “AVG”
2 Kausik kumaar // Nov 22, 2008
Well there is
http://www.download.com and free antivirus, antispywares like
AVAST, Spybot S&D, and Spyware Terminator
3 John T // Nov 22, 2008
yes try avg its free or try this http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=mncol&cdlPid=10896905
4 Y!A User // Nov 22, 2008
AVG under the company Grisoft; I can’t use the thumbs feature, so I’m just backing up the first answer.
5 dodge // Nov 22, 2008
the one i use is called avg anti virus go to free.avg.com and download that and the best part is it updates itself you never have to do it. i have used it for a long time
6 princessmeltdown // Nov 22, 2008
Seems as though AVG is pretty popular. I’m not familiar with it but I can agree on http://www.download.com.
Just about all the stuff they list has a free trial. I’ve used them for a few things and the trial was completely sufficient, I didn’t have to buy the package.
Plus you get reviews from actual users.
7 McMurdo // Nov 22, 2008
I got Grisoft AVG antivirus and Zone Alarm for the fire wall. Both are absolutely free.
A great website to look computer stuff up is http://www.komando.com
You will find the downloads of avg and Zone Alarm there under the “downloads” tab.
8 thirsten // Nov 22, 2008
yes but use both Spybot find the stuff avg can’t
9 S // Nov 22, 2008
I personally use a copy of McAfee Enterprise 8 that my university gave out free because it didn’t want viruses on the network - many other institutions do that. If your school / work have a network that many different people connect their own computers to then they might offer a very high quality virus scanner for free. It’s cheaper in the long run for a university / company to give away anti virus than to pay someone to clean up every time a virus gets on the network.
If your school or business doesn’t provide it you could suggest it to the management of your own school or work - they might even thank you for saving the virus management costs.
In the meantime - I used to use AVG Free before starting uni and I find that a very good program, if a little slow on scans. A lot of the money you spend on a paid for antivirus goes to pay a programmer to optimise the scanning engine for speed.
10 Koos N // Nov 22, 2008
First of all I would install and run this program.
http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html
You can use on both computers I think
You need also a good firewall
Zone Alarm Firewall
http://www.download.com/ZoneAlarm-Firewall-Windows-2000-XP-/3000-10435_4-10039884.html
Anti spyware
http://www.spywareterminator.com/
http://www.download.com/SUPERAntiSpyware-Free-Edition/3000-8022_4-10523889.html
http://en.kioskea.net/telecharger/telecharger-105-malwarebytes-anti-malware
11 ♥Lucy♥ // Aug 17, 2009
Try Avira anti virus I’m going now into 3 years of using it and it works great doesn’t slow my computer. I tried AVG and Avast(they are free) but did some research and it showed that they don’t work as well as Avira so forget those.Avira is free for a year then you will need to update it but just uninstall it and download it again and it will work fine. You also need spyware so you should try superantispyware and spybot both are great and free.
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