Antivirus

[jnguyen]

hmmm, i dont like my current av which one out of these do you think is good.

1. Mcafee
2. Norton
3. Panda
4. Kaspersky
5. Microsoft Personal

[Cindy]

I use Norton, and think its the best but had to pay for it cos the pirate copies are not working anymore!!

[Dude]

I haven't used one for a while, the last time I has one running it seemed like it slowed my computer down and I didn't like that.

[jnguyen]

im currently using mcafee, but i hate it i cant scan specific files i want and all this bull****

[Eileenleft]

i detest norton..sorry cheri..lol

i have used mcafee in the past and thought it was ok

right now i am using zonealarm security...it lets nothing in that i don't want in

[yo0sup]

the best is either kaspersky or nod32..

[Gray Ghost]

Do yourself a favor and try AVG FREE, you'll never look back!

[pumpkinn]

thank you for this

[Firebabe]

Kaspersky and NOD 32

[gnugeek]

Kaspersky Rulezzzzzz....

I paid for yearly subscription even if i can pirate it :rolleyes:

Those Russian Folks deserve my money :D

[Nicole78]

I cant stand Norton I got a major trojan that Norton didnt detect so I put Mcafee in and found it. Zonealarm has a good firewall too good for me though LOL I use Mcafee and I love it I have had no problems with it at all :)

[one2OldFart]

I have used quite a few different av programmes, the one I was most dissatisfied with was Norton, an absolute hog when it came to resources and it wasn't very quick to publish new databases and a job and a half to get rid of the thing. Quickheal was a very good for me, likewise Grisoft, at the moment I'm using Eset on one of my pc's and that seems to be very fast and thorough and doesn't have a large footprint. McCaffee didn't impress me with the exception of their stand-alone Stinger.
I also run AntiyGhostbuster in the background, that seems to find ghosts that other software doesn't always find.
12OF:eek:
p.s. A very good free av and one of the fastest to update is ClamWin.

A place that scans files for virii for free, using anything up to 30 different programs is:-http://www.virustotal.com/

[whoodat]

AVG is the best I have used

[straker_s]

The Best is nod32!!!!!!!!
I use it and i am secure

[KangaRoo]

This may help you to decide which is the best AV proggie.

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/2594/toptenantivirus1un6.jpg
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/1954/topten2rs2.jpg
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/8607/ttantivirus3rl7.jpg

If you want to read a full review of each AV program, find it here;

http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/?ttreng=1&ttrkey=anti+virus+review&gclid=CIXlsobn04wCFSMZYAod7ndItg

[jnguyen]

bumping year old threads

[geddie]

Used to have McAfee retail, thought it was okay but didn't renew. Replaced it with AVG and I loved that it was fast and didn't slow down my pc. Then I tried Norton on trial and found 1 virus that AVG missed (in one of my downloaded files that I hadn't opened yet) so now I'm trying NOD32. My newer pc has Norton built-in but I'll probably replace it when it expires.

[the frenchie]

Me i use bit defender but i believe it is a few bad don't you ?

[SubtitledBullet]

I personally use Norton 360 on all of my systems and it works great. It isn't setup the way that other Norton programs are setup and it also doesn't continue to eat up your computer to make it slower.

It runs smoothly and it catches everything I have thrown at it so far. That would be my suggestion on something to use, but that is up to you if you want it or not.

[SirDudly]

I'm going to be the odd ball. I dont use a anti-virus program. I use Comodo Firewall-freeware. 2 active anti-spyware programs. Pest patrol & Elwido.
And something else I do. Right click on a Flash Advertisement. Chose Settings, set the slider to zero, then click close.

Does 2 things
1. stops the advertisment site from getting information from your PC and not to give you a cookie. :D

2. And the odd one, it cut down on my CPU usage :rolleyes:

[one2OldFart]

I have quite recently swapped over to Eset (nod32) and am very, very, happy with it. I use Look'n'Stop as the firewall, a more effective, light and simple to use firewall, I don't think you will find.
My advice is to stay as far as possible away from Norton. It is a notorious resource hog, extremely intrusive and is difficult to clean from your system, when you want to get rid of it.
12OF

[holmes]

The best is avast anivirus in my opinion;)