I had caught a viruse, reformated my P.C., and got everything back together, for now, that is!!?

I had caught a viruse, reformated my P.C., and got everything back together, for now, that is!! I had caught a viruse, and tried one of those spybot websites, and downloaded a quoted, free Spyware, only for this to dump over 1,200 viruses, including worms into my P.C., then the free program asked me, if I would like to by the software now, to get rid of all 1,200 infections, not including the first one that I had caught!! That sucked, having reformat, reprogram my P.C., and make recovery discs, for the next time this happens!! All I want to know is, where in the hell can I get a FREE Antviruse all in one program, to get rid of the following viruses: Adware,Spyware, Trojans, Malware, Lot's, worm's, ya know, the real Mc Coy viruses, that will make you have t throw your P.C. away, not the V's that aggrivate ya!! I'm talking about the ones that really bite into your DLL, Mother Board/etc!! Does anyone out there have this such program, that will detect all viruses that your P.C. catches!!

I had caught a viruse, reformated my P.C., and got everything back together, for now, that is!!?
when you talk about this spyware program you used, was it an online scan? if so, all those viruses and what not showing up on that scan may not even be there. it is often used as a scare tactic to buy their software. take everyone else's advice on using either avg or avast. and for antispyware, lavasoft adaware is good, search and destroy spybot, superantispyware, but the best are the ones you purchase. i run spy sweeper on my daughter's pc and no problems with spyware ever and only 30 bucks a year, but what most people dont know is when you repurchase they let you buy it at 20 bucks every year after and usually add 6 more months for free. for antivirus, if you want to pay , try kaspersky. dump that other antispyware you have on there asap, could be real or could just be a scam.





good luck!
Reply:Windows Defender is pretty good...free from Microsoft's site. Ad-Aware is pretty good too and free from lavasoft. Advanced WindowsCare V2 personal is excellent as well. All free, but as far as firewalls go, I'm not to hip on the free ones for that.
Reply:You can use Avast free home edition %26amp; ad aware, links below. Some ISPs provide free security for your computer, check out your ISP's website. Sorry for your troubles.
Reply:AVG has a free antivirus software. Spybot and lavasoft adaware are others. These are mainly for spyware. For me though, i havent caught a virus for years and all i have is norton anti virus, windows firewall, and windows defender. I would suggest that you get zone alarm rather than using windows firewall. It is better for novices.
Reply:Most of the free programs only have 1 thing and if you want to get the rest of the features you have to buy the professional version. I use the free version of AVG and Ad-aware and I have never had a problem with viruses. Yes I have gotten some. But AVG always catches it right away.