My notes/pastes for all suggestions windows AVs as of this afternoon Fri, Dec 29th.<br><br><font size="6"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Free Antivirus/AntiSpyware Software</span></font><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">
ClamWin Free Antivirus</span> (free, open-source)<br> <a href="http://clamwin.com/">http://clamwin.com/</a><br><br> Article: Using ClamWin Free Antivirus to replace proprietary anti-virus software<br> <a href="http://http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/clamwin_test/">
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/clamwin_test/</a><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">AVG Antivirus</span> (may slow computer)<br> <a href="http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5">
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5</a><br><br> I would definitely recommend AVG network edition<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Avast! 4 Home Antivirus</span> (free for home)<br> <a href="http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html">
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html</a><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Winpooch Watchdog</span> - Anti-spyware and Anti-trojan (open source)<br> <a href="http://winpooch.sf.net/">http://winpooch.sf.net/
</a><br> <a href="http://winpooch.free.fr/">http://winpooch.free.fr/</a><br><br> It adds on access scanning to clamav (and has a built in clamav scanner to<br> do away with clamav installation plus the ability to use other av scanners).
<br><br> The software is not for folks that don't know what is running on the machine (most<br> users), but can be good for folks who want to know what is going on. It can<br> be tuned via rules to allow the usual background processes to not annoy the
<br> heck out of you (otherwise they pop up on schedule to have you allow or deny the<br> process)<br><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Spybot Search&Destroy</span> - Anti-spyware (free)
<br> <a href="http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html">http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html</a><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Microsoft Windows Defender </span>- Antispyware (free for now)<br>
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx</a><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Windows Live OneCare </span>
- Antivirus (pay)<br> <a href="http://www.windowsonecare.com/">http://www.windowsonecare.com</a><br> Microsoft has their own pay-for anti-virus solution called<br> Windows Live OneCare (<a href="http://www.windowsonecare.com">
http://www.windowsonecare.com</a>). I installed it<br> when it was still in Beta and had some serious performance issues but<br> cannot speak to its current state.<br><br><br>