Virus and especially spywares really gets down to the nerves of any computer user. Thankfully and not thankfully there are already a lot of antivirus and antispyware programs available in the market today. With the huge number of brands and manufacturers of this programs it can really be confusing on which one will really serve the purpose.
For those on a tight budget there are available free program downloads direct from the manufacturer's sight. I'll tell you that you should be contented with this as these downloads are safer from those that offers the "high-end cracked full-version" products but have a lot of spywares, adwares, and malwares attached with it.
Let me start first with the antivirus. Lately there had been three (3) legitimate free antivirus that I have tried namely: AVG, Avast Home Edition, and Avira's Antivir. So far the worst among the three, in terms of detection, is Avast. Right now I am using Avira and so far I am satisfied with it's results considering that it is free.
Now let's move to antispywares. Take note first that antivirus and antispywares are different. I can say that spywares, malwares, and adwares are more irritating than a virus and it can slow you're computer's processes and internet speed down. The worst is that most of the spy/ad/malwares are untouchable by your virus scanners so it's really a must to have both, though there are some high-end versions that comes in a bundle.Unlike antivirus, you can install more than one antispyware in your system, provided that they are compatible. I really want to try Window's Bit Defender but since my aunt's laptop has it's registration issues so I haven't got the privilege. Anyways, the first one I tried was Lavasoft's Ad-Aware. It really sucks in terms of detection not to mention it includes an unwanted bundle. Next was PC Tool's Spyware Doctor. The detection was really greatbut the disadvantage was it can't clean your system. I mean before it cleans you have to register first, a.k.a pay or buy the program. Then there was the High Jack This (HJT) of, if I am not mistaken, Trend Micro. The detection was amazing and it was really very comprehensive. But I don't recommend it to ordinary users like me, because due to it's comprehensiveness you will really be puzzled what to clean and not to clean, worse destroying your own computer. After trying both AVG and Spybot's S&D, I am left with Spybot. AVG was okay but the scanning was too slow comparing to Spybot, and I think spybot has a wider range of definition files.
Hope this article will help you bloggers out there to keep your systems running smooth.
For those on a tight budget there are available free program downloads direct from the manufacturer's sight. I'll tell you that you should be contented with this as these downloads are safer from those that offers the "high-end cracked full-version" products but have a lot of spywares, adwares, and malwares attached with it.
Let me start first with the antivirus. Lately there had been three (3) legitimate free antivirus that I have tried namely: AVG, Avast Home Edition, and Avira's Antivir. So far the worst among the three, in terms of detection, is Avast. Right now I am using Avira and so far I am satisfied with it's results considering that it is free.
Now let's move to antispywares. Take note first that antivirus and antispywares are different. I can say that spywares, malwares, and adwares are more irritating than a virus and it can slow you're computer's processes and internet speed down. The worst is that most of the spy/ad/malwares are untouchable by your virus scanners so it's really a must to have both, though there are some high-end versions that comes in a bundle.Unlike antivirus, you can install more than one antispyware in your system, provided that they are compatible. I really want to try Window's Bit Defender but since my aunt's laptop has it's registration issues so I haven't got the privilege. Anyways, the first one I tried was Lavasoft's Ad-Aware. It really sucks in terms of detection not to mention it includes an unwanted bundle. Next was PC Tool's Spyware Doctor. The detection was really greatbut the disadvantage was it can't clean your system. I mean before it cleans you have to register first, a.k.a pay or buy the program. Then there was the High Jack This (HJT) of, if I am not mistaken, Trend Micro. The detection was amazing and it was really very comprehensive. But I don't recommend it to ordinary users like me, because due to it's comprehensiveness you will really be puzzled what to clean and not to clean, worse destroying your own computer. After trying both AVG and Spybot's S&D, I am left with Spybot. AVG was okay but the scanning was too slow comparing to Spybot, and I think spybot has a wider range of definition files.
Hope this article will help you bloggers out there to keep your systems running smooth.
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