Ok.. Everyone needs a good AV to start with... These ones are NOT free, but are recommended
1. Kaspersky www.kaspersky.com
2. Anti-Vir www.avira.com

These ones are free
1. AOL Active Virus Shield www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?(Uses Kaspersky's engine meaning it has the same detection rate which is fabulous but lacks features of Kaspersky)
2. Anti-Vir Classic www.free-av.com (Has left out features from the paid version)
3. Avast www.avast.com
4. AVG.. Though seriously, it misses alot of malware.

CHOOSE ONE ANTI-VIRUS, ONLY ONE.

If you want to see if you are infected I recommend trying an online scan here:
http://usa.kaspersky.com/products_services/free-virus-scanner.php

Ok... On to Anti-Spywares/Anti-Malwares...(Everyone will recommend Ad-aware and spybot... But they don't detect many SERIOUS threats like trojans, dialers, rootkits exetera... Mainly just tracking cookies which are near harmless now-a-days)

(These ones are in no order)
1. AVG Anti-Spyware www.ewido.net (Free version has no realtime protection, but still can update and scan)
2. A-Squared Free www.emsisoft.com (Free has no realtime protection, but can still update and scan)
3. SUPER Anti-Spyware www.superantispyware.com (Free has no realtime protection, but can still update and scan)
4. Comodo BOClean www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html (Has no scanner, is a realtime malware blocker and updates all for free... Make sure you choose one of #'s 1-3 for a scanner if you choose this one)
5. Spyware Terminator www.spywareterminator.com (Has realtime protection and Hacker Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) all for free. Though its detection rate is a little low.. So I recommend choosing one of the #'s 1-3 for scanning if you choose this one)

You can download all 5 if you want... But only 2 will be necessary.

And yes Comodo Firewall in the original post is awesome.

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