How to Find, Download and Install Totally Free Virus, AdWare and Spyware Removal Software
If you are online, there is a good chance that you will be infected sooner or later, particularly if you have no protection on your computer. But protection always costs money or does it? There is free and effective virus and Spyware protection just for the asking.
Tips:
There are virus, AdWare and Spyware protection software on the Internet that are as good or even better than the pricey ones and they are totally free.
There is no such thing as being lucky on the internet when it comes to virus infections. If you are not protected, you will be infected sooner or later.
No one utility can detect all the Malware threats out there. Sometimes it take more than one to get a reasonable level of protection. I personally use I paid utility and three free ones.
To find a free anti virus, anti Spyware and AdWare utility, do a search on your favorite search engine for “free virus protection software” or “free Spyware protection software”. Read the entries returned by the search and choose the one that most closely match what you are looking for. For our purpose, we will choose Avast Home Edition.
Click to go over to Avast Home page. Another place where I find useful software for free is www.download.com Simply browsed to download.com and do a search for the particular application that you are looking for and download from their site or any of the mirror sites where your desired software resides. I usually prefer to download from sites resident in the US, Canada, Australia or UK.
Read their terms, click the “download link” to begin download.
Click “browse”, to navigate to the folder where you want Avast to be saved. Alternatively, you can save in default folder. But be sure to note the name and location of the folder so you can find it later.
When download is complete, navigate to the folder where you saved Avast and double click to open it. Inside the folder is the “Setup” or application program. Double click “Setup” to start installation.
Click “Run” when prompted. The “Installation Wizard” starts up.
When installation wizard starts, read the instructions and click “next”
Browse to the destination folder of your choice or click “next” to accept default.
Configure your installation or accept default. Always accept default if you don’t really know what you are doing. Accept installation info by clicking “next”. Installation begins.
When installation is done, you will see a screen that says “Finish and Restart now or Restart later”.
Choose Restart now so you won’t forget. You computer restarts and Avast automatically begins a full system scan of your computer.
If for any reason you do not have time now to go through a scan, choose “Restart later” from the previous screen. This allows you to finish what you are doing and Avast will initiate a scan next time your system is rebooted.
Now you are ready to start using your Free Avast Home Edition to protect your computer. You can tweak the Avast setting to suite your personal needs.
By: Austin Akalanze
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