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3) ClamWin

AVG anti-virus may be king of the Freeware jungle when it comes to virus scanning on the cheap, but I would point out that ClamWin is not something to be ignored, despite AVG's success. Best when being used as a case-by-case tool, as there is no active scanner running in the background, ClamWin allows the user to take the bull by the horns and deal with virus threats as they happen.

Benefits

Basic but effective nonetheless.

Protect your Windows PC from malware threats.

Will not be attacked or disabled by malware as there is no live engine running to attack.

Ugly, but simple to use and quite reliable.

4) Winpooch

Not to be confused with Winpatrol, which also sports a Dog as its themed character too, Winpooch is open source and totally free to use with the proprietary restrictions. Designed to be more of a complement to ClamWin than anything, it does present a number of options for dealing with both Trojans and spyware that ClamWin might not be able to help with on its own.

Using less emphasis on "definitions" and more reliance on keeping an eye on programs suddenly asking to do strange thing. In other words, you can actually stop a program from trying to access the Internet or even write a registry entry.

Benefits

The benefits are substantial, once you learn the software.

Fits in nicely with ClamWin for added, real time protection.

No need to bother updating a bunch of malware definitions in hopes of catching the lastest nasty bug that infected your PC.

Protecting your system by giving you control over how software interacts with your system in the first place.

Like the IP Firwall designed for FreeBSD, WIPFW implementation of this vision provides Windows users with something that provides both balance and control as they network their PCs together. It may not feel like the typical Windows-based firewall -- and with the inclusion of the one that Windows XP and above already provides, it might not seem like it is needed. But at the same time, when is the last time Microsoft had a good track record on PC security?

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