Consumer Reports rating all 3 very good and Microsoft's Antispyware #1. All 3 are free. Figured I'd pass it along.

Antivirus:
http://www.avast.com/eng/down_home.html

Antispyware:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en
http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html



in case some of you were wondering, here are the consumer reports rankings:

Antivirus:
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/content/display.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=760023&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=333133&bmUID=1124159316204

Antispyware:
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/content/display.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=760027&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=333133&bmUID=1124159358668

Antispam:
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/content/display.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=760019&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=333133&bmUID=1124159413411

8/15/2005 10:28:31 PM

Consumer Reports sucks.

8/15/2005 10:32:17 PM

Abstinence: The Safest Choice

8/15/2005 11:44:51 PM

^AHHAHAH

i tried MS antispyware beta.

didnt like it

8/15/2005 11:46:07 PM

so is this all final release now?

8/15/2005 11:58:00 PM

^^^ One of the best Tech Talk posts I have every seen. gg.

8/16/2005 1:31:12 AM

put a rubber on your computer.

8/16/2005 2:13:13 PM