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avast! antivirus
This is an outstanding program, and best of all, it's free for personal use. It can be used to scan files, memory, e-mails, and web sites. (There's also a pro version, if you're interested.)
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AVG Anti-Virus
Here is another program that is free for personal use - so, there's absolutely no excuse to leave your computer unprotected!
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AntiVir®
Personal Edition
Here is another anti-virus program that is free for personal use. With such nice programs available free, nobody should leave his computer unprotected.
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eScorcher Anti-Virus System
eScorcher is a free anti-virus protection program for Windows 95/98/ME/2000 operating systems, which is able to detect and delete all popular forms of Trojans, I-worms, virus scripts and other virus-related programs. It is very user-friendly with auto-updates every few days. Again, folks, no excuse to leave your computer unprotected.
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McAfee Security
Trusted by millions of users, you absolutely cannot go wrong with the trusted name of McAfee when it comes to computer security.
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Products
Whether you are a home user or a corporate user, a Windows user or a Linux user or a user of any other common platform, Kaspersky Labs, an internationally-known company that distributes its products in 60 countries, has you covered with outstanding virus protection. It hires only the most top-notch researchers, as you can read about here.
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Panda Anti-virus
With completely automatic daily updates and tech support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, you cannot go wrong with this award-winning virus protection.
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PC-cillin™ by Trend Micro
The trusted name, Trend Micro, offers complete security for your computer with virus protection, a personal firewall, and secured wireless access.
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BitDefender
The list of anti-virus solutions wouldn't be complete without mentioning BitDefender, which offers free anti-virus protection, plus free products to protect your instant messenger. There's also a freeware Linux edition. Some free removal tools are also available, but hopefully, you will not need them!
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Central Command
Right now, Central Command is offering a download of the Vexira Antivirus Rescue Disk System free. Create a bootable CD ROM or a bootable diskette set.
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eTrust Antivirus 7.0 by Computer Associates
Computer Associates is respected by techies for its reliable products. They offer a free evaluation version of their software which is worth a look.
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Sophos Anti-Virus
No list of anti-virus software would be complete without mentioning Sophos, which has 20 million users worldwide.
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FREE Sophos Anti-Virus For Journalists
Sophos must want to get some good press, because they're offering free virus software for journalists. Get it here if you're a journalist!
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F-secure Anti-virus
This is another popular anti-virus program, and there are lots of free removal tools at the site.
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Symantec's Virus Removal Tools
Symantec offers nice free removal tools. They also have a very good anti-virus product, but since they have announced that they plan to use
product activation, I absolutely cannot recommend it.
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ADinf Anti-Virus Software
This is a free program that you use along with virus-protection software. It takes snapshots of your computer and compares them to prior snapshots. This would be very handy if your computer suddenly started to misbehave. Be sure to check this tool out.
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TDS-3
This is an anti-trojan system for windows that is updated daily. Click here to find out why you need to check your system for trojans even if you use an anti-virus program!
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WormGuard 3
Rather than scanning for known worms in a database, this program it uses generic, heusteric detection of worms which means it tries to find out what the worm actually does and gives you an alert if it is something harmful.
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ScripTrap
This free program intercepts scripts when they attempt to run on your computer and gives you the option of blocking them or letting them continue to run.
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Script Sentry
According to the author, "Script Sentry allows safe scripts to run on your system while alerting you if a script might harm your system. In addition, Script Sentry prevents against malicious scripts hidden in ShellScrap (hidden SHS and SHB extensions) files, Word/Excel macro viruses, malicious HTA files, and accidentally run REG files."
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Command-on-Demand
Here's another virus scanner that you can download for free.
Want a free online virus scan? Try these places:
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BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
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Housecall by Trend Micro Free Online Virus Scan
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Kaspersky Free Online Virus Scan For Individual Files
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Panda ActiveScan Free Online Virus Scan
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PC Pitstop Free Online Virus Scan
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Symantec Free Online Virus Scan
Want the latest virus news? Try these places:
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AVG Virus News
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BitDefender Virus News
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Central Command Virus News
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Computer Associates Virus News
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eScorcher Virus News (out of date)
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F-Secure Virus News
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Kaspersky Virus News
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McAfee Regional Virus News
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Panda Virus News
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Sophos Virus News
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Symantec Virus News
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Trend Micro Virus News
