Virus Protection

Some of the best options for Virus protection won't cost you anything. Just select, download and run. The purpose of virus programs is to prevent your computer from being infected.

AVG Free from Grisoft - Rapid Automatic update functionality virus database updates, Easy to use and free. AVG Anti-Virus Tutorial

You can also use one of several online virus scan alternative, but I would strongly urge you to consider using AVG Free from Grisoft for your Virus protection needs. This is to prevent a virus, while using an online scanner can only find them after the damage is done.

But in the interest of trying them out:

Online Virus Scanners

These can be useful to supplement your virus protection if you have some reason to suspect that something has already infected your system.

Trend Micro - In our opinion, the best of the online virus scan options. It works with Internet Explorer, Netscape and Firefox with no problems.

Panda Soft - Good current virus scan, but only works on IE (Internet Explorer)

BitDefender - Another good online virus scan, but it also only works on IE (Internet Explorer)