Best free virus protection

If you have a computer and access to the internet then you should be worried about protecting yourself from potential virus's that can harm the contents of your computer.Some viruses are so bad that they will completely wipe out your entire hard drive and leave you with nothing left on your computer at all.The computer security market is flooded with antivirus software but most of it doesn't come cheap.Sometimes you will pay up to $200 just to keep your computer free from viruses.While some can afford this you don't necessarily have to invest in expensive antivirus software to protect your computer.There are plenty of free options available that can give all those commercial vendors a good run for their money.Here's a look at some of the best free virus protection you can use for on your computer.

CyberDefender.
CyberDefender is an earlySPY program that identifies and resolves known and unknown Spyware in real time.There are several different things that CyberDefender does:

• earlySPAM blocker keeps unwanted and dangerous spam from our outlook or express inbox.It focuses on emails with dangerous payloads that annoy and are extremely dangerous to your computer.


• earlySCAM is an anti-phishing technology that analyzes every website that you navigate to and helps block fake sites that are specifically designed to trick you into giving away personal and financial information.


• earlyMONITOR provides you with alerts about potential problems that can jeopardize your web experience.


• EarlySPY will provide you with the latest updates, prevent websites from changing your homepage, remove and quarantine threats and dangerous programs, help restore deleted programs, and stop snoopers before they gain access to personal information.

Here is a list of some other programs out there that you can get online or download for free:
Online Virus Scanners

• McAfee Freescan-This is a free online virus scanner based on the McAfee VirusScan engine.If a virus is found FreeScan will prepare a list of files that have been infected and links the information to your computer.You can also use this antivirus to clean your computer.


• Windows Live OneCare Scanner-This particular virus scanner cleans your system from any known viruses and will recommend ways to help improve its overall performance.


• Symantec Internet Security-From the developers of Norton Antivirus this online virus scanner will detect most virus threats but will also give you the option to either delete or repair the infected file.

Free Anti Virus Software from Windows (this type of anti virus software must be installed onto your computer's hard drive in order to work properly)

• AOL Active Virus-this free virus scanner is based on Kaspersky Antivirus that doesn't require you to have an AOL account in order to download it.The software can check new and modified files which reduces the memory requirements.


• Clam Win Virus Scanner-this is an opensource antivirus that is great for running routine antivirus checks on your PC.


• Avast! Home Edition-this is one of the most popular antivirus software programs out there today.You can scan the entire hard drive for virus's or just select certain folders.

This is a list of some of the best free virus protection out there today.Hopefully one of these anti virus software programs will work for you and help keep your computer protected from potentially dangerous viruses.