I need to get rid of a virus/spyware an internet site gave me. What do you think about these 3 free programs?

Question

Should I download and run these 3 tonight or are there better free ones? Please help.

I need to clean it out tonight.

Someone is watching me!

AVAST, from WWW.AVAST.COM for a free good program

SPYBOT from WWW.SPYBOT.ORG to clean the system of any spyware / adware

CCLEANER from WWW.CCLEANER.COM run it's main scan for temp files, then click issues and do the "dead registry links" cleanout. Again as with all 3, it's free and reliable.

Answer 1

I set up a lot of computers for my friends, family, and as part of my PC business (part-time).  The four programs I always use are:

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8

Spybot S&D (now version 1.6)

Adaware 2008

ZoneAlarm Free Firewall

For the first three you can just go to www.download.com and get them all there.  www.zonelabs.com for Free ZoneAlarm.

Make sure you use the Immunize feature of Spybot to help protect you against known problems going forward.

Good Luck.

Answer 2

avast is good ,i  use spybot s&d and avira antivirus

Answer 3

Use Avira anti-virus, Ad Aware anti-spyware & ccleaner. Also, use Firefox instead of IE, much safer.  

Answer 4

Viruses and MAlware are very different things. You need to protect against both of them. I like AVG for security and virus protection. I like Spybot for malware control. Use them both, you'll find one leaves bits the other finds.

Astrobuf

Answer 5

1.Spybot search and destroy is decent enough,as is lavasoft ad-aware.But I recommend using a tool called HijackThis.Google it and use it carefully.It's guaranteed to show any spyware  that you have

2. Avast is pretty poor,but it is the best free option.So unless you are ready to shell out for a subscription AV,avast should do the trick

3.I really don't think tools like ccleaner are of any use.There is a simple program called ATF-cleaner.exe google it.

Answer 6

Use AVG, its the best out there.