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Free security programs?
Name: PsychoSocialSK Date: October 3, 2008 at 12:28:24 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon +3300 2.4GHZ, Product: HP Garbage
Comment:
I'm about to get a new computer (which is an event that happens about once every 10 years xD so i am very excited. Are there any free anti virus, malware, etc programs that i could get that are legit. also maybe a firewall? i wanna keep my baby safe. any help would be awesome. thank you
This is not on the last link It's called pc decrapifier ( removes all the free trial crud )
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Response Number 3
Name: JimDZ Date: October 4, 2008 at 08:36:48 Pacific
Reply:
I agree;
majorgeeks.com for a good selection of freeware
I use: Comodo (firewall), SpywareBlaster, Spybot, AdAware, Avast (antivirus) , and CrapCleaner (or CCleaner now).
All free; all work good. I have never had a malware problem except the time I got my new laptop computer and plugged into the internet without first setting up the malware prevention/detection/removal software.
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