The IT guy said that free or advertising-supported anti virus and anti spyware programs are usually decent for occasional computer use. However, in this day and age of increased phishing, and new and hard to remove viruses that seem aimed at videos and music as much as email, he recommended two small companies who have focused on the average user and whose products are designed to protect content without interfering with the usually cumbersome work of editing videos, downloading videos or any other system resource feature.