Good security - 10 points for best answer?

Hi I have Mcafee security center that came pre-installed on my dell. I want to secure my computer from spyware and viruses and all that heaps, so can you name good, free antispyware and anti virus programs. oh and if i put anymore antivirus,spy or internet security on my computer, will my computer get slowed down?

Good security - 10 points for best answer?aurora

You already have a proper security system installed on your computer. These days that security software comes bundled with not just Virus protection, but also includes Spyware Protection, Malware protection, Integrated Firewall, Phishing protection, behavioural detection etc.

You must be well aware of all others, but if you are pondering about behavioural detection, then its a part of the installed security system which will inform if some changes have been made to the registry and whether you wanna keep or not. Like for instance a small program which is not detected as virus or trojan but will get activated once the computer reboots. And it adds an entry to registry before the computer boots so that it can run before the security system gets activated next time the computer is restarted. So these kind of behavioural software lets you know that if any suspicious entry has been made to the registry or not and if you wanna keep it. If you know that you have installed a trusted software then you can always keep it otherwise take it off.