How do you keep viruses off you computor and still download things?

i can also download software if it is nessesary

How do you keep viruses off you computor and still download things?adware

use an antivirus, spyware and firewall for best protection on the internet

For the best and free for personal use security software go here

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How do you keep viruses off you computor and still download things?antivirus scan

You can keep viruses off your machine and download software if you have anti-virus running, and scan for spyware, here are some of the best software to have:

1) AVG anti-virus: http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/...

2) Ad-aware spyware remover: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-a...

3) Spybot - Search and Destroy spyware remover: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index...

4) CCleaner - registry and privacy cleaner: http://www.ccleaner.com/

5) McAfee SiteAdvisor: http://www.siteadvisor.com/

6) TweakNow Registry Cleaner: http://www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html

7) HijackThis: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downl...

8) Windows Defender: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security...

9) Kerio Personal Firewall: http://www.kerio.com/kwf_home.html

If you have at least the first 4 programs, your computer should be running well.
In my spare time I test on my backup computer all antispyware/antivirus programs to see if the perform as claimed And especially to see which one have embedded trojans/adware either in their program or in the wizard installer used to guide you through the installation.