Which type to you use? Are there good free ones to download or do
I have to pay for a good one? HELP.
BTW, I caught a virus, had to restart the computer from scratch and
lost the virus protection that came with the computer originally (Norton), so
now I'm in the market.

Revolution said:

I've got Norton System Works (which is really easy to work with) and Spysweeper.

go for AVG free its a free anti virus

http://free.grisoft.com/d.../us/tpl/v5


also get the adaware

http://www.lavasoftusa.co...roduct.php

spybot S&D

http://www.spybot.info/en...index.html

and not for getting Zone alarms


http://www.zonelabs.com/s...US&lang=en


crap cleaner


http://www.ccleaner.com/d...age.aspx?1


all of the above are free

Who is your ISP? You might get free protection from them...

I use AVG Free and really like it so far...have had it about 4 months...
before that I had Norton, but when it expired, I couldn't seem to download
it again for whatever reason.

The only thing I notice is it slows everything down a bit when it's scanning,
but then maybe Norton did too and I just don't remember.

Anyway, for a free program, I think it works great...it's caught viruses for
me 3 times now in that 4 months.

applekisses said:

I ended up buying Trend Micro Antivirus plus antispyware...the salesman recommended I buy Spysweeper also, but I only bought the Trend.
He recommended Trend over Norton or Macafee, said that those other two slow
down the computer...whatever, I hope I bought the right one. At least I'm protected once again.