USE ANY OR ALL OF THESE I HAVE ALL OF THESE BECAUSE EACH ONE HAS A DIFFERENT FEATURE JUST DISABLE ALL OF THE AUTO START/REAL TIME PROTECTIONS FEATURES TO SAVE RAM/MEMORY
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>>Virus Protection<<
-Spyware Blaster (immunizations)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/
-Spybot Search and Destroy (scanner, immunizations, autorun viewer)
http://www.safer-networking.org/
-Anti-Malware (all around good anti-malware)
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
-RougeRemover Free (fake virus, trojan remover)
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
-Spyware Terminator (scanner, immunizations)
http://www.spywareterminator.com/
-SUPERAntiSpyware (scanner)
http://www.fileresearchcenter.com/
-WinPatrol (autoruns, ***scans/display hidden files feature and can remove the some rootkits from the file that hide it***, many other features )
www.winpatrol.com
>>Maintenance<<
-CCleaner (cleans temp files regulatory, autorun viewer)
http://www.ccleaner.com/
-Filehippo.com FREE Update Checker (use this to update all software on your computer download the "FileHippo.com Update Checker")
www.filehippo.com
>>Hosts file<<
***For information on the "hosts file" go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_file it will give you the information needed to understand a Hosts file for the three programs below***
-HOSTSMAN (get this to block a lot of bad sites, domains, and etc with hosts file)
http://www.abelhadigital.com/
***Here are some extra update sources after you become familiar with the program***
***Right click and copy shortcut and past in "manage update sources" under the "tools" menu***
http://www.hosts-file.net/download/hphosts.zip
http://hostsfile.mine.nu/Hosts.zip
http://www.grc.com/sn/hosts_mvps_org.txt
http://members.dialmaine.com/drdole/Apps/SCoooBYsHosts.zip
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?showintro=0;hostformat=hosts
-Advance hosts manager (very good advance hosts manager with good updates, can also use the update sources above)
http://bluetack.co.uk/download/hosts20setup.exe
-Hosts Switch (turn on/off the hosts file only supports the Hosts Manager from B.I.S.S. ->
http://wwwbluetack.co.uk )
http://bluetack.co.uk/download/switch13setup.exe
>>Advanced<<
***below are some last resort virus removal - these can be very dangerous if you delete the wrong items***
-Unlocker 1.8.* (force a delete on some file by unlocking it from the running process)
http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
-Hijack This
http://www.merijn.org
-GOOGLE SEARCH "SysInternals AutoRuns" download this program from Microsoft TechNet and run this to check system autoruns.
-Also from the same Microsoft Technet get the "Rootkit Revealer" also by SysInternals
-If all else fails for file deletion try a program called Combo-Fix or ComboFix
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix