Recommended security software - free preferred

Marvel1

Having had a phone call today about an odd transaction on my debit card, I want to review my current security on my laptop.

Anti-Virus - I have AVG 2015 - anything better?
Firewall - Have have Windows 8.1, need to upgrade AVG for this, any recommendations?
Anti-keyloggers - any recommendations for this?
Anti-spyware - any recommendations for this?

Anything else useful apart from above?

I will update new passwords for various logins, but I know they say have different ones, how do you remember which ones is which? Thought about storing it on Word but doesn't that defeat the purpose.

bsod

write them down, disguised, hackers live too far away to break in

malwarebytes and avast, wouldn't worry about the rest of your list unless you have some proof that the debit card transaction had any pc connection, if the bank (sure it was the bank calling?) thought that, presumably they will send you a new one.

use credit cards online if possible instead of debit

Marvel1

bsod wrote: »

write them down, disguised, hackers live too far away to break in

malwarebytes and avast, wouldn't worry about the rest of your list unless you have some proof that the debit card transaction had any pc connection, if the bank (sure it was the bank calling?) thought that, presumably they will send you a new one.

use credit cards online if possible instead of debit

Yes, checked their number out and confirmed it was them.

They are now sending me a new card and the other is now in bits.

abibee

As above, Avast free, and Malwarebytes free to do manual checks every so often. Windows firewall is enough on it's own.
I'd recommend LastPass for password storage.

Use the AVG uninstaller tool to completely remove AVG, one of the 2 top links 32bit or 64bit, whichever you have.

http://www.avg.com/gb-en/utilities

esuhl

Here's what I use on my Windows 7 machine (all are free!):

Live protection:
Avast Antivirus
Comodo Firewall

Scans:
MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware
Secunia PSI (checks installed software is up-to-date)

Malicious domain blocking:
SpywareBlaster
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Adblock Plus (Firefox add-in, with additional subscription to malware domains and scam sites blocklists)

Other:
Sandboxie (runs browser and other apps in isolated sandbox)
NoScript (Firefox add-on that blocks scripts until they are whitelisted by domain)

I also disable the inherently unsafe UPnP in my router.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play#Problems_with_UPnP
http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-fix-the-upnp-security-holes/

JJ_Egan

Barclay's Bank on-line users get a free Kaspersky Internet Security Suite .