Ever had a virus?

I do for the moment. But everytime I get a virus program the program ends up with a virus and it goes haywire. It's horrible. I should take a computer class but I'm afraid I'm not that smart.

Just ask us and we'll help you out E-Neko! I have found the best anti virus program, that's free, is AVG. It has a firewall which will help prevent nasties from coming onto your PC. As far as spyware/adware removal I use Asquared and Ad-aware [although you probably won't need 2 if you have a good one]. There's lots of options for you but I found these 2 work good for me. Anyway hopefully that'll give you some insight, but again we'd all be glad to help you find one that would work best for you. Of course free is better than cheap!

Yeah, fully agreed with Darkil on AVG. It's what I used on my old computer and I never had a serious virus, just a trojan here or there (easy to remove) and of course, spyware, which you can remove with ad-aware or spybot. All those programs have free versions, and the paid versions just contain some extra stuff that aren't worth it for a home computer user. The paid versions seem more aimed at businesses and colleges that have networks.

Or if all else fails, get a Mac or partition your hard drive so you can install Linux, both of which have few viruses to speak of.

Nice, I'll have to check those out when mine goes under. But I think I'll also need a program to help prevent virus's sent by hackers. That's what I get most of the time. I don't know what I do to upset them either

I wouldn't wait if you want to check them out, especially if you're using whatever anti-virus program that's failed you in the past. You can uninstall whatever you have now (either through the Windows control panel or I'd use Revo uninstaller, which is a free download.

Yeah but I need extra money first. I know the programs are cheap but I'm unemployed and moving soon.

All of the programs that Darkil and I mentioned are free. You can just download them all off the internet. That's part of what makes them great.

Ooooo Sweet! I like free programs

They do have paid versions, but most of the paid versions have extra features that a home computer user wouldn't really need and are intended more for businesses and colleges with big networks. But here are links...

Ad-aware free
Spybot
AVG free

Awesome. Thank you