My FREE security software recommendation for NEWBIES

And warn the newbies for false positives in scanners.
And warn the newbies to be very carefull with registry cleaners or not to use them at all.
And warn the newbies to make a backup of their partition [C:]

 

edit : sorry wasted post

 

Free AV: Antivir
Firewall (not for WinXP): Filseclab (block incomming only)
Antispyware: Ewido (weekly scanning)
Immunization: Spywareblaster, IESPYAD
Browser: Firefox
Junk cleaner: CCleaner

 

AV Avast home
FW GhostWall
AS's Spyware Terminator (resident), Spybot Search&Destroy (no teatimer), Ad Aware, SpywareBlaster & xp-AntiSpy
Web Browser Opera

 

Newbie and only one recommendation and bare bones comment. o. k.

All should have an AV. So...

Antivir PE Classic


Inside joke for those who use it: Notifier.exe also sends free messages that teaches you about Sunflowers and Bears and other lessons.

 

Freeware for Newbies?

Firewall-Comodo Personal Firewall.
Antivirus-Avira (aka AntiVir PE Classic)
Antispyware-Spyware Blaster and maybe Spyware Terminator if said newbie is willing to run a beta program.Otherwise, A-squared or Ewido free version.
Web Browser-Opera and/or Firefox.

 

i would recommend Proxomitron. however, it is very difficult to use all round, but, and this is why i am recommending it for newbies, it is possible to set it up and forget about it; so, with the help of someone who knows how to set it up, it is a possibility.

Proxomitron is just about the most powerful program ever made and can make a huge difference security wise. i'd recommend using it along side Firefox or Opera.

http://www.proxomitron.info/
http://www.proxomitron.info/files/index.html

another useful program is Hostsman. unlike Proxomitron it is very easy to use. it has some brilliant features, the one i like best is the updating option. it will automatically download and configure all the latest updates for you with a click of a button. i think, there are four sites you can download the updates from so you can pick which updates you want and the rest is done for you

what it does is put entries in to your hosts file in a way that the sites which are there are blocked from loading in your browser. the sites might put spyware/viruses on your computer, could be an ad server anything you just don't want to come into contact with.

http://hostsman.abelhadigital.com/

 

HI, I used it but it seems unreliable. I ran it. Installed some spywares. Scanned with KIS. Deep scanned again with watcher and removed all new items. Scanned again with KIS. It missed many things. Also it is so fast that I can hardly beleive that it has scanned every thing.