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anti virus?

I like to download music. si inspite of updating my anti-virus regularly, I still get viruses. what can one do for it? any suggestions? thanx in advance! are these better than the ones installed and updated?

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The Best Free Tools for PC Security! Anti-Virus - choose only ONE of these... AVG or Avast are the highest rated!... http://free.grisoft.com/ http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html you can also try NOD32... http://vidmar.net/weblog/archive/2005/11/02/2362.aspx or Bitdefender Free.... http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-Free-Edition.html Anti-spyware... (you can use more than one of these) Ad-Aware... http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php Arovax Anti-Spyware... http://www.arovaxantispyware.com/ Spyware Doctor is part of the Google Pack... (and you can also get Norton anti-virus with it, but I do not suggest you use Norton - it will slow down and mess with your system). http://pack.google.com/ Windows Defender from Microsoft... http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx Firewall... choose only ONE of these... Believe it or not I suggest you stick with your basic Windows Firewall, it is quite sufficient! But if you have to have a different Firewall... Try one of these... Comodo... http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ Ashampoo... http://www2.ashampoo.com/webcache/html/1/product_2_0050__.htm ZoneAlarm http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/home.jsp Other Tools...(Can be used in conjunction with the above) Adblocker and Parasite Blocker... http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm Internet Trail Cleaner and Crap Remover... http://www.ccleaner.com/ McAfee Site Advisor warns about bad sites... http://www.siteadvisor.com/ Cert's Home Computer Security Advisory... http://www.cert.org/homeusers/HomeComputerSecurity/ Microsoft's Home Security Advisory... http://www.microsoft.com/protect/default.mspx And finally... make sure you have ALL the latest Windows updates! http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
I know I am going to sound like a broken record. Stop downloading illegal music. Heck, I do it but I know it is my fault when a virus gets in. You want to avoid viruses, do not go to shady sites and only download valid software. Sorry. * There is no guarantee that virus definitions are ahead of the virus writers, in fact, they are usually a step behind.
If when you download something and a warning about a virus pops up it's because the AV has done it's job: to protect you from viruses in the internet. On the other hand if the message appears only later (during a scan or if you try to read the file) your AV doesn't have real time protection or simply stinks. In both cases replace the existing AV with http://www.avast.com/ - best freeware.
http://smartphone-antivirus.blogspot.com/