Whats the Best Antivirus/ Security Suite??

[Ayson]

Re: The best antivirus?

Been using Avira AntiVir Personal for the last 4 yrs. Always gets the baddies.

EDIT: Its free.

 

[heavennevaeh]

Re: The best antivirus?

yes, any norton or mcafee product you will waste your money on. not only are they inferior to many cheaper alternatives, they are processor and memory hogs as well.

and yes, i agree that avira and avast are very good as far as free software. the full version of avira is modestly priced as well.

one that i do not hear mentioned much is 'malware bytes anti-malware'. it's core program is also free, but to use it's active protection you can purchase their full version. it has outperformed other antivirus programs i've used for cleaning computers that were so badly infected they were at the point of format. It is relatively light weight, and can be installed with little hassle and carries no running processes when not in use. i would highly recommend it for spot cleaning.

For my active protection i use ESet Nod32. It is relatively cheap ($39.99/yr) and offers very good protection with extremely low processor/memory usage (about 3000kb)

just my opinions on av

 

[heavennevaeh]

Re: The best antivirus?

Personally I do not support the free versions because IN MY OPINION if it is free it cannot be that good, AVG I would steer clear of, I have heard of many problems with the programme itself, not to mention the fact I have also heard it lets the nasties in.

I agree with your thoughts on AVG, but Avira or Avast offer better protection for free than many other programs, they don't deserve to be thrown out only because they don't cost any money.

 

[stoneys-nutz]

Re: The best antivirus?

Hello Rickick,
You will get as many answers as there are programs out there.
It depends on the personal experience of the user.
If they had a bad experience they will coat it off, a good experience and it will be recommended.
If you want a free one, then AVG or Avast are as good as any.
If you want to pay for one, then Kaspersky is as good as any.
There you go, i use kaspersky with no issues, so i am recommending that one.
Hope this in some way helps.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.

 

[dinesh]

Re: The best antivirus?

Hi there, I recommend Vipre antivirus. I know most of us have not even heard of it.
Try it to believe it.

 

[avgwarhawk]

Re: The best antivirus?

I use Avast. It does well.

 

[dinesh]

Re: The best antivirus?

I use Avast. It does well.

Looking at your username, I thought you use AVG.

 

[avgwarhawk]

Re: The best antivirus?

I use Avast. It does well.

Looking at your username, I thought you use AVG.

No sir. AVG stands for American Volunteer Group. This group flew the P-40 Warhawk in China pre-world war 2. Just some hero's of mine.

 

[stoneys-nutz]

Re: The best antivirus?

What are the chances, im sat watching a discovery chanel program on the p-40 Warhawk, the flying tigers, as i read this. I love the Sharks Teeth and Eyes on the front.

 

[avgwarhawk]

Re: The best antivirus?

The P-40 is the most beautiful bird of WW2 IMHO. The AVG guys had some guts to do what they did and were the precursor to developing tactics with fighter aircraft.

Oh well, let's give the OP his thread back!

 

[dinesh]

Re: The best antivirus?

The Avast beta is very light on resources. Vipre AV is also one lightweight AV.

Avast mem usage when idle: 8 mb.


Vipre mem usage when idle: 7 mb.


IMO, any AV that uses less than 10 mb is ideal to use.

 

[fcs25]

Re: The best antivirus?

Nothing is wrong with McAfee except bias against it.It preforms well and does not slow your system down.Of course you have to pay for it.I wouldn't use a free program on my computer if I wanted the computer to last a few years and remain as free as possible of "bugs".

 

[mitchell]

Re: The best antivirus?

Hello Rickick,
You will get as many answers as there are programs out there.
It depends on the personal experience of the user.
If they had a bad experience they will coat it off, a good experience and it will be recommended.
If you want a free one, then AVG or Avast are as good as any.
If you want to pay for one, then Kaspersky is as good as any.
There you go, i use kaspersky with no issues, so i am recommending that one.
Hope this in some way helps.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Well said Stoneys-nutz

Myself and for a longtime now sit comfortable with;
Comodo Firewall (there is an installation option to install firewall only)
Avast Home Edition (with a downloaded skin L.o.l.)
Malwarebytes (free stand alone scanner)
Spywareblaster (browsing protection)

 

[CrucialHoax]

Re: The best antivirus?

IMO, the best Anti-Virus is the one that is easiest for you to use.

Every scanner has a different User Interface. Some you may find difficult to navigate and find important information, others may seem like a piece of cake. It's really trial and error until you find the one that you like. No such thing as 'best', maybe user preferred or community preferred but they all perform the same basic tasks.

 

[Scottech]

I've loaded Microsoft Security Essentials and it seems to be running great...I've used McAfee's McAV, Symantec Sys Security and AVG in the past and they were ALL resource hogs and required at lot more intervention then I deemed necessary.

Here's a pretty good review from October 2009:

Microsoft Security Essentials: Does it have a Place in the Business World?

 

[dinesh]

MSE needs some more time and development. Fails to detect sypwares.

 

[Scottech]

Another MSE review with some positive results.

Microsoft Security Essentials beta - Full Review - Reviews by PC Magazine

 

[kellimduff]

like cory said i use a variety of protection.....my son>>>a comp genius.>>and can hack anything...recommended...1. u have to pay for this but get SUPERantispyware....it was created by hackers and it found and eliminated and protects...>>>its an added bonus to my other stuff.....also ive tried spy doctor>>>ok but ....its not he greatest against them nasty worms>>>lol>>> u cant just rely on one '''''type of protection''''' nothing is ever perfect and depending on what u use your computer for u have to consider all the options

 

[chimp78]

Someone here mentioned this,

I found this great free tool -- Advanced SystemCare -- at IObit - Free Computer Scan, Security, Clean, Repair, Optimization, and Protection.




I used two of those, but was told by someone at Avast forum about it. I then uninstalled them. Here are the links,


IObit info
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29681
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=30989
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=33217

There is also a tool for removal of IObit software. Bitremover 1.2.1
you will fiend it on the right side of the page
http://uninstallers.blogspot.com/

 

[Katokato]

Use avast, http://avast.com, use iobit secuirty 360 (its compatible with avast), and malware bytes (it doesnt have on access scanning so it dosent interfere with the other antiviruses. And for back up you mgith want to use stinger from macaffeee.