What’s a very good spyware and virus protector for my laptop ?

I have Trend micro for my gateway laptop and now i have a virus on my hard drive and also have some spyware in my pc somewhere i feel like Trend micro does not help me out or my pc i need something that’s going to help.

What do you recommend for a virus/malware protector?

What do you recommend for a virus/malware protector?
Besides Avast and Norton, what is a good FREE virus protection download? I want it to take care of malware, trojan horses, and viruses and every other stupid hacker thing out there.