Protection software for your PC

OK, so your McAfee subscription ran out and now you're stuck having to dish out the $40-$60 bucks for the subscription per year but you think there outta be a cheaper way... Of course there is, with some trade offs but hey we're doing IT cheap here right?

First let's examine needs, most of your run of the mill protection packages provide, this can be split up into categories

AntiVirus Software
This will protect you from the Viruses hanging out there, Trojan horses,

AVG Free - this is the software i recommend to my clients and family, there is a free version for the home users which i have been utilizing for past 4 years and it has yet to fail me, there is also a paid for subscription for more advanced features

http://free.avg.com/