Free antivirus software

Have you ever had an virus infection on your computer and lost precious data? Well, it pays to have an antivirus software installed in your computer, especially when they are free! Here, I'm going to introduce you to a free antivirus solution that is already very popular, the AVG free antivirus.

Upon clicking the link, scroll down to the bottom of the page and download the latest version. Proceed to double click on the installation file and have it installed into your computer. When you are prompted to create rescue disks, it is recommended to create them if you have diskettes as it may be useful to have it in case of a virus attack. If not, we can skip it for now and create it later.

Next, you will be prompted to check for updates to the antivirus software, which you should after ensuring you are connected to the internet. It will then check and install any updates it finds and may request that you restart the computer. Do so and after the computer restarts, you will see the new AVG antivirus icon appearing in the bottom right taskbar.

This means that the antivirus software is installed. If the icon is grey instead of coloured, it means there are more new updates. Right click on the icon and select 'Check for Updates' to perform another update.

I recommend that you change the schedules to check for updates and perform a daily virus scan. In this free version, you will not be able to remove the schedules, but only change the time and not the date. You should change the time to do a daily virus scan so that it will only start when you are not using the computer.

Next, I also recommend that you install a firewall. You can get one free from ZoneAlarm.