Antivirus Gratis Tools
Free, or gratis, antivirus tools give you all the protection that you need without the high price of standard antivirus software. These tools help you detect and remove viruses and malicious software (malware) from your computer system. Certain tools even detect these threats before the viruses install on your computer, preventing the viruses from infecting your system. You can download these programs from the authors' websites.
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RUBotted
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RUBotted is a free program offered by Trend Micro that helps you detect bots. Bots are a type of virus that follows the instructions of its creator, doing a variety of functions, including sending spam to you or a website and creating denial-of-service (DOS) attacks. This program cleans the bots from your system and even works with your current antivirus program. You can check the status of your bots scan or see a report of found and deleted bots. This program is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7, and you can download it from the Trend Micro website.
ClamWin
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The ClamWin Free Antivirus program is compatible with computers running Windows 98, 2000, Server 2003, Server 2008, Millennium (Me), XP, Vista and 7. It finds and removes viruses and spyware, which is a type of malware that captures information about your activities and reports this information to third parties. You can set up the program to run at specific times and add the program to your Microsoft Outlook so you can detect infected attachments. This program automatically updates with the latest information from the ClamWin Virus Database. ClamWin Free Antivirus is offered under the GNU General Public License, which means that you can use, share or change this program without paying a licensing fee.
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Avast!
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Avast! Free Antivirus is an anti-spyware program that helps you detect this type of malware and clean it from your system. It checks the drivers loaded by your operating system to determine if these drivers are acting normally. If not, you may have a rootkit problem. Rootkit is malware that provides third-party access to your computer without your knowledge. You can use this program on both Windows and Mac systems.
Stinger
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The Stinger is a free standalone program offered by McAfee. It helps you remove viruses from your system and scans a variety of computer components and tasks, including your processes and .DAT files. You can select the directories that you want to scan, then see a report of all the detected viruses. The McAfee Labs Stinger is only for Windows-based systems.
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