It is one of the most important things you can have on your computer. It is virus/spyware/adware protection software. Most people don't appreciate the importance of this type of protection. If you are connected to the internet you attack rate is even higher and so is your risk. Hackers can gain access to anything on your computer using exploits. They can even delete all you data and possibly destroy sensitive information. Read More...
A lot of people over-look the importance of having protection for your computer. Some people though, will spend loads of money on protection. If you can afford to, it would probably be best to get a subscription to a paid protection service. Most people will go for the major brands such as Norton or McAffee, but they made a mistake. It has been proven their are better services then some of the major brands. Some of these are Kaspersky which most experts say is the best. Check out their site Kaspersky Labs. They have been proven to be the highest in virus detection percentages. For slightly more you can get great protection with NOD32. Check out their site Eset.
If you prefer not to break the bank, you can try free protection. If I asked which free virus protection you would suggest most people would probably say AVG Free or Avast. Both of these have a detection rate of less then ninety percent. For AVG 82.82%, and for Avast 87.46%. There is a better free protection out there. It is called Avira and it it has a detection rate of 94.26% (Averages 9.12% Higher than AVG and Avast!). You can get it from their website Avira.com.
In the case of spyware protection, there are many options for free protection. You can try Zone Alarm Firewall, Spy-bot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware.
Thanks, I wish I had read your article before I wasted my money on Panda - terrible experience. Next time I'll get the free stuff and not waste my money and energy on a rip-off product. DO NOT use Panda!