What is the best free antivirus program to download for Windows 2000?

Question

What is the best free anti-virus program to download (that gets the most viruses/spyware/malware off your computer) and is compatible with windows 2000? And/or what is the best cheap one?

Answer 1

A very good, free anti-virus available to download is AVG 8 Anti-virus:

http://www.free.grisoft.com

And for any spyware problems, get SpyBot - Search and Destroy:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirro...

Also, for protecting your personal info and files, use Ad-Aware 2008 Free Edition:

http://lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_fr...

All of them are free, as powerful as paid programs, like Norton and McAfee, and don't use up as many resources.

Just boot into Safe Mode (Press F8 when turning on the computer) and run full scans.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

AVG Antivirus

Answer 3

Go to http://www.spywareremover-download.com

Download Spywareremover for free.

Not only does spywareRemover get rid of the malicious spyware & adware  that have invaded your system, it also prevents infestations from reoccurring. SPYwareRemover will keep your computer's performance at its best and it will protect your privacy and your identity.

Answer 4

Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus

http://www.free-av.com/en/products/index...

Answer 5

avast! antivirus Home Edition is available free of charge for non-commercial home use ONLY. You can find more detailed information about the product here.

http://free-antivirus-downloads-shape.bl...

Answer 6

Anti-Virus is not good at removing spywares,adwares,trojans and pop up.

In fact, The best way to get rid of spywares,adwares,trojans and pop up is using a best anti-spyware to protect your computer.

You must have 1 or 2 antispyware on your computer to protect your computer.

Top 5 anti-spywares reviews,comparisons and download links on

http://www.anti-spyware-center.com/

You can download and scan your computer for free.

Answer 7

very few antivirus programs support older versions of windows

however Clamwin which is totally free

http://www.clamwin.com/

Answer 8

Try ESET NOD32 Antivirus, not free but I am sure it is the best antivirus system on the market. http://www.nod32.com.sg/html/44/42/

Best Detection

ESET is the leader in proactive, precise threat protection with more Advanced+ awards for superior threat detection than any other vendor since May 2005. (source AV-Comparatives.org)

ThreatSense™ technology detects more than 75% of new, unknown, threats heuristically - even before a signature update is available. It detected most variants of MyDoom, Netsky, Bagel and Mytob heuristically. (source AV-Test.org)

ESET ThreatSense is the only antivirus technology that has not missed a single In-the-Wild virus in rigorous Virus Bulletin VB100 testing since May 1998. (source virusbtn.com)

Low False Positive Rate

A very low false positive rate ensures that the “good” files on your computer will not be flagged as malware. This is due to the intelligent synergistic use of advanced heuristics and  generic signatures. ESET ThreatSense has produced the fewest false positives in its long history of testing with Virus Bulletin.

Fastest Performance

42 MB/sec average scanning rate on Windows XP SP2 (source: Virus Bulletin).

Up to 34 times faster than the leading brands under Windows XP

Minimal Resource Utilization

Optimized engine uses approximately 38 MB memory on average.

Uses less than 40M of disk space.

Answer 9

AVAST OR AVG ANTI-VIRUS.GOOD LOW RESOURCE PROGRAMS FOR 2000.ALSO GET A FREE FIREWALL TO INSTALL LIKE TINY OR COMODO THEN GO TO GRC.COM AND RUN THIER FREE PORT SCANNER TO CHECK FOR PORT VULNERABILITY.YOU WILL ALSO NEED A FREE ANTI-SPYWARE PROGRAM.TRY"SUPER ANTI-SPYWARE" FROM MAJORGEEKS.COM.THESE PROGRAMS HAVE ALL BEEN RUNNING ON MY 2000 PRO COMPUTERS FOR YEARS AND ARE TRUSTED AND RELIABLE.