Antivirus software, which is the best?

It will be the biggest mistake not to include Norton.

Norton haters, accept the fact Norton is one of the best anti-malware solutions avaliable on the market.

THEY DO NOT USE UP ALL OF SYSTEM RESOURCES, IN FACT IT USES THE LEAST MEMORY OUT OF ALL THE MAJOR SECURITY VENDORS.

Norton Internet Security 2009 (NIS 2009) is currently the FASTEST internet security package (at 7mb memory usage only!) (beats kaspersky by 15mb)

NOD32 IS NOT FASTER THAN NORTON, AVIRA IS NOT FASTER THAN NORTON, NO MAJOR INTERNET SECURITY BRAND IS FASTER THAN NIS 2009.

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Review/127995,norton...

NIS 2009 has the lowest system usage product on the market. With high a detection rate of 92% on par with Kaspersky.

Norton Internet Security 2009 is the Fastest (more proof)

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Norton-Internet-Sec...

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=1...

NIS 2010 has been released. Faster than ever and using new reputation-based technology, this eliminates the old signature-based scanning and opens new potentials for nexgen security.

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Review/169329,why-no...

NIS 2010 Maintains its rank as the fastest Full Systems Security Package to date:

http://www.passmark.com/ftp/antivirus_10-performan...

PS: AVG provides a low 81% detection rate and it has FALSE positives, that is non-viruses will be detected as viruses.

http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivirussoftwarerev...

AVG Free does not contain Anti-Rootkit protection so rootkits may be hidden in your system.

AVG Free does not contain the new Safe Downloads & Instant Messaging protection (Web Shield technology) so it does not screen your downloads and communication for viruses and spyware.

AVG Free does not protect against identity theft, hacker attacks, infected downloads, infected instant-messaging and spam.

AVG Free does not contain a firewall which can protect you from hackers acquiring access to your computer.

(AVG state this themselves, just click the link below and scroll down)

http://free.avg.com/ww-en/download-avg-anti-virus-...

Also answerers must understand, a free anti-virus program alone can't fully protect a system.

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Hi There,

Nothing is best... the best is what suits you.....

Install a good anti virus... choose most suitable for your computer from the following ....

One more thing... you can take advantage of a variety of decent free programs given below....

* Grisoft's AVG 8.0.

AVG has a long history, and has been through loads of modifications to provide a better service on its way to the current version, AVG 8.0. The company makes its money by selling virus protection to small businesses, and offers free home-user versions as a means of promoting its professional service. It's protection is reasonably thorough, though it doesn't offer any real tech support. It's quite unintrusive, doesn't use too many resources, and it will regularly auto-update.

* Alwil Softaware's Avast! 4.

Alwil software's Avast! 4 is free for non-commercial users and offers regular updates, as well as proper technical support via e-mail or phone. Protection-wise it's very similar to AVG, covering all the same bases and not hogging system resources, but it has a funkier interface (for those who like a pinch of fashion with their computer security). The only downside is that you have to re-register it after each year of use.

* AntiVir.

AntiVir by Alvira actually offers better standard virus detection than both of the above, but lacks in other areas. It won't scan your emails before you open them, uses more resources (less of a problem if you've a more powerful PC), and maintains a perhaps-too-visible presence on your desktop. You'll also have to occasionally re-register it to keep it going.

Whichever of these you choose, there's one important warning...

Hackers develop new bugs constantly. All these free anti-virus services offer regular updates, if you don't download them, you're not protected.

Yet it's not just about how up to date your software is. If you're not using it, what's the point. Try to fit in a full 'on-demand' scan (that is, one where the virus scanner flicks through all the files on your hard drive) once a week. This should make sure nothing slips through the net.

Free online virus scanners for further protection

Whilst they shouldn't replace proper software, online scanners provide a secondary scan and can sometimes be more up to date. So if you're worried your software isn't working well enough, or want a second opinion, these are worth a regular play with.

* Trendmicro's Housecall 6.6.

Updated daily, Housecall 6.6 will rummage through your whole machine, identifying infections as it goes. As a bonus, it'll also look for other vulnerabilities in your machine, and in many cases fix those it finds. Feedback's generally excellent for the service, though be aware it might pique the interest of your firewall since it runs using ActiveX or Java (you choose which).

* Panda Security's Activescan 2.0.

In a bid to sell you its paid-for security programmes, Panda Security also offers a free online scan, which will be better for some as it can be customised to only scan certain sections of your hard drive.

A note for those with new PCs

Often companies throw in free anti-virus programs hoping you'll subscribe to them out of convenience once the free trial ends. By all means take advantage of the free offer, but then ditch and switch to a free version when it expires. Make sure you uninstall the trial too; it may interfere with the new virus scanner, and even if not it'll certainly slow down your PC.

Note for Norton users only: It can be a bit of a pain to get rid of all Norton AntiVirus's components from your machine. If you're having trouble doing so, try Symantec's own Norton Removal Tool, which is designed to solve this very problem.

All the best,

Thanks,

Ava

If going with AVG then get the paid edition of AVG. The free edition has no real time scanning so the free edition is completely pointless. The free edition will not find a virus until you tell it to scan. By then, virus(es) can do their damage. AVG does warn users about this during that download.

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I know some people will disagree with me but in my opinion avast is one of the best it's free and doesn't miss much at all it works with xp vista and windows 7 give it a try if you don't like it you can uninstall it and try something else but I think you'll like it anyway download it here http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

hi, in my opinion, a good custom security suite as follows: kaspersky internet secrity - include a firewall, anti-virus and other products. Spyware Doctor have a free try first to see if they can be proved good, and then decide to purchase or not , hope it helps, best of luck :D

I have both AVG Free and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware run scans at midnight and noon. Both are a free, quick download and are quite powerful. I have not had a virus on my computer since i installed them. Even just AVG Free would work fine.

http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware...

I use AVG Free, it's free and effective, I love it.

I also use Malwarebytes, to scan for malwares like once a week.

with those 2 paired together, I've never had a problem with virus or spyware

AVG free edition is good, but it's been 2 years, and the only program that I use to get rid of virus, spyware and such are Malwarebytes, and superantispyware.. Although, you should get AVG for computer protection, and Superantispyware or malwarebytes to use for unknown spywares and trojans.