1)Without a doubt the best Anti Virus protection software is Norton Internet Security but it costs money, anything from £32 upwards for a year. It has spin off goodies; pop-up blocking, anti spyware.
2)Try www.avguk.com, it's free and it's good (but a game to get through to the free version, they really want you to buy the retail package.
3) http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger: It's one of McAfee products, another good one and free.
4)www.spybot; and also a programme named Hacker, very good anti spyware (see surfing)
5)Malicious Software (malware) gets into your computer when you surf the internet, clicking on infected websites or open infected e-mail attachments. Its like going outside and getting infected with a virus from a passer by. You can't always avoid it but just take care with what you are making contact with. Narpo News November 2010 featured a website which provides free malware protection (http://malwarebytes.org). They also offer a paid for version, the choice is yours.
6)There are lots of others. You pays your money, and takes your choice.
Contributed by Bob Burden Back to Internet Safety