Yahoo! offers online protection, anti-spy and anti-virus. Is it any good or do I have to buy somethi

Do I need McAffee or Norton anti-virus software or is Yahoo! online protection adequate?

Yahoo! offers online protection, anti-spy and anti-virus. Is it any good or do I have to buy something else?adware remover

I don't think the Yahoo protection is very good...it will get some things, but it's not as thorough as most software. All of the following programs are completely free:

Spyware Tools:

http://www.lavasoft.nu/software/adaware/...

http://www.safer-networking.org

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsdefender

Anti-Virus:

http://free.grisoft.com

Yahoo! offers online protection, anti-spy and anti-virus. Is it any good or do I have to buy something else?antivirus protection

I guess you would have buy something else. Norton and McAffee are fine, U could give it a try. I suggest that you buy these products rather than to download those anti-virus programmes online free. They may give you a virus instead, and what's up with spending arounf 1 hundred bucks to protect your computer which costs a few thousand dollars? I'm using a notebook, it costs around $1,700, it isn't really the kind of top-notch notebook, but I cherish it very much.
The Yahoo online Protection is adequate for most situations, it's AntiVirus is licensed from Computer Associates (CA), that has a good track record. The Anti-Spy is also fair, but I also run SpyBot S%26D with it (free program!), it also recommends two free complementary programs to run with it (Spyware Blaster and SpywareGuard).