Confused-Please Help!

[Blondestuff]

Zone Alarm
AVG
Ad-Ware
Spybot S+D
Advast
E-Trust
Comodo

The list is endless! Can anyone please tell me what the difference between these programs are? What ones are firewall, antivirus, spyware etc?

I need to put some security on my laptop but surely I don't need all these programs? What ones will be best to use as I haven't got a clue about computers.

Any help would be great. Thanks.

 

[TFT]

http://www.computerforum.com/17717-basic-malware-prevention.html

Read this sticky, it will explain which does what and not to have more than one Firewall and Anti-Virus.

I'm sure others will answer as to which is best but it's all down to personal preference.