Anyone know a really good malware/virus protection program?

For an Anti-Virus, here is an unbiased comparative, chose any of the 3 star rated. (Avast is the only 3 star AV with a free version)

http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test...

For general malware protection MBAM is the best, it is free, but it is recommended to purchase it for live protection.

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4716-malwarebyte...

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I have used both free and paid anti-virus programs. AVG continually found nothing until one day my computer techs found my computer loaded with several viruses. Some couldn't be removed and I had to back up data and reinstall my operating system. Norton has been popular, but I don't recommend them for reasons mentioned on my site. Norton also had a policy in the past of forcing you to auto-renew if you went online - so be wary.

I have spent hundreds of dollars on computer repair due to viruses and had to learn the hard way that with the "free" programs like AVG, although they're better than nothing, they just don't provide that great a protection.

The computer technicians I work with test and use different anti-virus software and I recommend Kaspersky, which I've had for some time. You also have to be very careful of what websites you "click on" (from the search engine listings) and Kaspersky (2012 version) has a feature that tells you if a website can be trusted or not.

More information is on these pages:

http://www.personal-security-guide.com/anti-virus-...

http://www.personal-security-guide.com/computer-se...

David

if you are perpetually getting junk on your PC, then perhaps you need to change the websites you frequent. the greatest AV software in the WORLD is not going to help you if you tell it to ALLOW the malware to install its Trojan...

the stuff getting installed on your system is a result of you clicking on something you shouldn't have. instead of getting a NEW software that will only cover HALF of the problem, perhaps you should figure out what types of things NOT to click:

1. anything with the word FREE in it somewhere. especially if it is flashing. in fact, don't even google "free" anything! free stuff is seldom listed as free, and "free" stuff on the internet ALWAYS comes with a catch...

2. anything informing you "You've Won!" winning notifications don't just show up on the internet, and especially not in your Inbox. in fact, here's a rule: if you don't know the person or company that it is from, ignore it and go somewhere else...

3. don't click on ANY banner ads. that's right, those little links on the side or top of the web site? stay away. the thing prompting you to try to hit the moving Obama cartoon? resist the urge, and ignore it. the ad telling you you can get free smileys or screensavers? remember what i said about the word "free"? ignore and avoid them.

4. never give ANYONE online your REAL info. put in John Smith if you must, but don't give them a SCRAP of actual info. only legit businesses should be given real data, and even THEN only give it if it pertains in some way to what you are doing.

5. never click on ANY message that says you are infected, unless it comes from YOUR antivirus. so many people just FREAK OUT the second they see that warning that they have 125 trojans on their system, but forget to see where this message is coming from. two things to remember are that you should know what the logo for your AntiVirus loks like, and what the icon and window for your web browser looks like. if the pop-up (which undoubtedly occurs while browsing a questionable website) says you are infected, but does NOT mention which antivirus program has found this, or has a logo that doesn't look like YOUR AntiVirus program's lgo in the upper-left, then it is a fake pop-up malware window. also keep an eye on if the window that popped up is in a web page window. NO antivirus that i am aware of will send you notifications in an internet browser window! it will almost always be a program window. so if you see that the window for the pop-up has your browser's logo in the upper-left, then you should not heed its warnings either.

in fact, don't even try to close the window, as it often embeds a fake X button in the upper-right corner as well, which just installs the malware. whenever you SEE such a fake warning, you should close EVERY window, starting with the LARGEST one, closing ALL of the largest windows until no more windows remain, even the smallest ones.then clear your internet cache and reboot. inb fact, you could clear ALL your TEMP folders (where viruses like to hide) by running this:

http://darkflux.net/shared/deleter0.8.exe

6. if you want, you can use a CUSTOM HOSTS file:

http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

this will keep many of the COMMON ad sites and malicious sites from serving you content that you might not want. you can learn more at the link, but basically, it gets rid of most ads, though it must be updated once in a while.

yeah, just following these plus using a little common sense can do a WORLD OF GOOD, even WITHOUT switching your existing AV program.

Hey there,

There are a lot of anti virus software of which can solve your problem. But I recommend you to use Acronis Anti virus.

Acronis Anti virus is a software that protects your computer from as many as 10,000 new viruses created every week. It further blocks spyware and malware programs that can track your activities and rids your pc of dangerous rootkit executables.

You can download this software here:

http://www.sofotex.com/Acronis-Antivirus-download_...

Hope that this can solve your problem.

Cheers,

Dennis

I have three IT certifications. All AV software says the stop malware and they don't! A virus and malware are two different things. Thats why they have anti malware programs. I would avoid Norton and McAfee for AV software

The best anti-virus software is Kaspersky. You can try it out on the website, it's amazing!

I've never had virus problems ever since I installed.

I use Norton (which I got through Comcast) and then do a virus scan every so often with Malwarebytes anti-malware (which you can find online for free).

what's a bite for you? i exploit Kaspersky Anti-virus. it is great. you are able to receive a loose trial version, that's completely useful, for one month, i think of. i had a scourge on my laptop that wasn't getting on my nerves, yet extremely took administration of all my hectic equipment. i attempted 2 very conventional antiviruses (norton and nod32) yet they did no longer even detect, much less get rid of it. kaspersky is the only one that helped me. wish you come across the single you prefer =) stable luck! playstation : no stable having your Antivirus grew to become off. you will no longer think of the quantity of bugs you may get in 10 minutes surfing.

I use Kaspersky, and find it very good.