Free Antivirus, Antispyware and Firewall Solutions for Windows®

Which would you recommend?

  • Firewall: ZoneAlarm® Firewall Protection

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Firewall: Agnitum Outpost Firewall Free

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Firewall: Sunbelt Personal Firewall™

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Firewall: PC Tools Firewall Plus™

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    19
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Kiran.dks

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Free Antivirus, Antispyware and Firewall Solutions for Windows®

It has been 'n' number of times people ask for good free Antivirus, Firewall and Antispyware solutions.
It would be a best solution to put all those under one roof and make it sticky.
So here are all the good free security tools for your Windows OS.
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Antivirus Programs:

avast! Free Home Edition

Features overview

  • Antivirus kernel
  • Automatic updates
  • Virus Chest
  • Resident protection
  • System integration
  • P2P and IM Shields
  • Integrated Virus Cleaner
  • Network Shield
  • Web Shield

Certifications:

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AOL Active Virus Shield

Features overview

  • Kaspersky Antivirus Engine
  • Antivirus kernel
  • Automatic updates
  • Resident protection
  • System integration
  • Integrated Virus Cleaner

Certifications:

Officially none. But practically, the engine and updates are Kaspersky Antivirus based. Hence, can be assumed VB100, WESTCOAST LABS and ICSA Labs certified.

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AVG Antivirus Free Edition

Features overview

  • Integrated Virus Cleaner
  • Antivirus kernel
  • Automatic updates
  • Resident protection
  • System integration

Certifications:

*free.grisoft.com/images/awards/vb100.gif*free.grisoft.com/images/Checkmark-logo-AV-1.gif *free.grisoft.com/images/icsa.jpg

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Avira AntiVir® Personal Edition Classic

Features overview:

  • Protection against viruses, worms and Trojans
  • Protection against expensive dialers and phishing
  • Detects and deletes root kits

Certifications:

*free.grisoft.com/images/awards/vb100.gif *free.grisoft.com/images/icsa.jpg

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Anti-Spyware Programs:

Windows® Defender
With Real-Time Scanner

Features overview:

  • Real-time Scanner
  • Delta definition updates
  • simplified user interface
  • Support for 64-bit platforms and accessibility
  • WGA enforcement

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AVG Anti-Spyware Free Edition

Features overview:
  • Easy to use
  • Daily database updates
  • Heuristics to detect unknown threats
  • Automatic Cleaning Engine

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Spybot - Search & Destroy

Features overview:
  • Easy and Advanced options for use
  • Command line parameters to automate tasks
  • Weekly updates
  • Automatic Cleaning Engine
  • Backups of every removed problem
  • System reports to locate even unknown threats

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Kiran.dks

Kiran.dks

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Ad-Aware SE Personal

Features overview:

  • User-controlled spyware removal
  • Code Sequence Identification (CSI) technology
  • Extensive Lavasoft Detection Database
  • ADS scan
  • Blocks browser hijackers
  • Quarantine manager

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Spyware Terminator
With Real-Time Scanner

Features overview:

  • Real-time Protection
  • Computer Restoration
  • Locked File Removal
  • Daily Automatic Update
  • On Boot Remover
  • ClamAV Antivirus Integration

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Firewall Programs:

Comodo Free Firewall

Features overview:

  • Constantly monitors and defends your PC from internet attacks
  • Free maintenance upgrades
  • Gain complete control over which programs are allowed internet access
  • Automatic Update
  • Real time traffic monitoring enables you to react instantly to threats and identify bandwidth bottlenecks.
  • Easy to use interface and quick setup

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ZoneAlarm® Firewall Protection (Basic)

Features overview:

  • Constantly monitors and defends your PC from internet attacks
  • Easy-to-use firewall blocks hackers and other unknown threats.
  • Systematically identifies hackers and blocks access attempts
  • Automatic Update
  • Real time traffic monitoring
  • Automatically makes your computer invisible to anyone on the Internet

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Agnitum Outpost Firewall Free

Features overview:

  • Constantly monitors and defends your PC from internet attacks
  • Easy-to-use firewall blocks hackers and other unknown threats.
  • Systematically identifies hackers and blocks access attempts
  • Automatic Update
  • Real time traffic monitoring
  • Automatically makes your computer invisible to anyone on the Internet

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Sunbelt Personal Firewall™

The Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall will work for first 30 days. But upon registeration of your email with Sunbelt Software, a license key can be obtained.

Features overview:

  • Packet filter
  • File integrity control
  • Application communication control
  • Application launch control
  • Network Intrusion Prevention System
  • Automatic update checker

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Jetico Personal Firewall

Features overview:

  • Protect your computer against hackers and malicious software when networked or connected to the internet.
  • Choose a pre-defined Security Policy.
  • Edit an existing Security Policy (i.e. the firewall rule set configuration).
  • Create your own Security Policy.
  • Monitor running applications that access the network.
  • Monitor selected/all network packets as well as selected network events.

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PC Tools Firewall Plus™

Features overview:

  • Protects your PC as you are working, surfing and playing.
  • Intelligent automatic protection without all the questions.
  • Easy to use. Designed for both, novice and expert users.
  • Advanced rules to protect your PC against common attacks.
  • Network Intrusion Prevention System
  • Automatic update checker

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Antivirus, Antispyware, Anti-spyware, Anti-Spyware, Best Antivirus, Best Antispyware, Best Anti-spyware, Firewall, Best Firewall
 
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Kiran.dks

Kiran.dks

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Vishal Gupta said:
There is no Firewall in the POLL???

Ya Vishal..., Poll Options can't be more than 10. So I excluded "Firewall List". I have messaged to FatBeing and mehul, let's see whether the poll options can be increased.
 
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Kiran.dks

Kiran.dks

Technomancer
anandk said:
mother of all polls ! whats cooking ;-) kiran !

Yeah! Now Firewall options are also added to the poll list making it to 15 entries, the biggest in the forum! :D Thanks to mehul.

But mehul, how do I vote to Firewall list??
 

ssk_the_gr8

Make Way the LORD is Here
hey i voted for antivirus & antispyware before..but i cant vote for firewall's why?
is it becuz firewall options were added later....mods do somethin!!

id suggest u to remove the poll & restart it plz....i want vote for my fav fire wall:)
 
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mehulved

18 Till I Die............
OK. will try restarting the poll. can't guarantee though. I may mess up since I don't know if those who voted before can do so again.
 

ssk_the_gr8

Make Way the LORD is Here
mehulved said:
OK. will try restarting the poll. can't guarantee though. I may mess up since I don't know if those who voted before can do so again.

ok but plz do try to fix this ..:D
thanx
 
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Kiran.dks

Kiran.dks

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Oh mehul! Poof! All votes are gone! I can't even vote now. :-( What to do?

Mehul, I understand that the problem can't be solved. All voters can't revote and the figures shown are wrong. So I have opened the same thread again *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=508726&posted=1#post508726

Please add the poll list to it and merge the replies.
 
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