avast! Home
avast! Home is a very good free antivirus software which can retrieve updates automatically and it removes all known viruses. Integrated features: Resident protection of the computer file system, a resident module for emails and news which protects all traffic over POP3, SMTP,
IMAP4 and NNTP. A resident module for network protection (only on Win NT/2000/XP and 2003), a peer-to-peer (P2P) and instant messenger (IM) protection shield. Last but not at least a web shield which works as a transparent proxy server for monitoring and filtering all HTTP traffic to protect you while surfing against viruses, dialers and spyware.
avast! Home is compatible with Windows 9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista, 64-bit platforms and free for HOME users for NON-COMMERCIAL use only but a (free) registration is necessary after 60 days. Non-profit, charity, educational and government institutions will get special discount
prices.
A list of supported languages. Already installed avast? You can add new languages via "Control panel > Add/Remove programs > avast! Antivirus > Change/Remove > Change" or go to the avast download site and
download the setup file in your language (if available).
The avast! Home
Website (now with free Linux Edition).
The Support Forum, the
Online-FAQ
and Skins.
Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic
The AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic is free for personal, individual use. Features: Detection and removing of more than 130.000 viruses, integrated update function, dialer protection, macro viruses protection, protection against trojans, worms and boot record viruses. AntiVir comes with on-access scan for constant monitoring and an on-demand scanner for scanning your desired files and folders manually.
Download AntiVir for Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Windows 2000, XP and Vista (32-bit). Windows 98/ME support has been discontinued!
Visit the Support Forum if you need help.
Virus removal - Informations and tools
McAfee:
If you are infected at anytime, you'll find with "Stinger" from McAfee the right tool
to clean your computer. Stinger is able to remove over 50 known viruses and it's always up-to-date.
The Stinger Homepage. Perform an online scan
with McAfee FreeScan.
BitDefender:
If your computer is infected by only one single virus or worm, you can get one of
a lot of single tools on the BitDefender
removal tools site.
Don't know exactly which virus? Perform an
Online Scan first.
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Important! The System Restore Feature under Windows ME, XP and Vista will recover the virus if you restore your system to an earlier configuration. Disable it before you start to remove viruses and enable it again after you removed viruses successfully!!!
Windows ME: Click Start - Settings - Control Panel and double click the icon System than
click on File System on the Performance tab, select the Troubleshooting tab
and check Disable System Restore.
Windows XP: You need administrative rights! Click on Start right click My Computer and
click Properties than select
the System Restore tab and check Turn off System Restore.
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