what is the best anti-virus software?

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#1 iloverikku11
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I know common sense is the best tool for stopping viruses, but it would be nice to have a back up. So what is the best AV that is relatively cheap?

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#2 RobboElRobbo
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Avast is free

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#3 Azurites
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Microsoft security essentials is also free and good.

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#4 sn4k3_64
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Microsoft security essentials is also free and good.

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Yeah agreed, also its very unobtrusive and completely free. If u wanted the best protection, eset nod32 would probably be it.
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#5 choonyos
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It's all opinion based, and most people can't agree on just one. Avast is free and good, Bit Defender is paid and good. Trend Micro is paid and good. I personally find all AV software to be intrusive, and it works more like a virus than any virus I have ever gotten. I also don't get virii, so I can't really comment fully on it. My company forces me to use Symantec, but it's crap and is a resource hog.
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#6 sn4k3_64
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It's all opinion based, and most people can't agree on just one. Avast is free and good, Bit Defender is paid and good. Trend Micro is paid and good. I personally find all AV software to be intrusive, and it works more like a virus than any virus I have ever gotten. I also don't get virii, so I can't really comment fully on it. My company forces me to use Symantec, but it's crap and is a resource hog. choonyos
Its not all opinion based, you also look at the detection rates and so on..
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I used to use AVG (free) but it became a memory hog so now I only suggest Avast to people. I haven't tried the Microsoft one - I will have to look into that
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Microsoft security essentials is also free and good.

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Free and GREAT!
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Avast is what i use but is it free? My Trial runs out in 15 days, then it's time to do the unistall and install trick. Well worth it though. UAC works in some sticky situations also.
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#10 JigglyWiggly_
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Avast is what i use but is it free? My Trial runs out in 15 days, then it's time to do the unistall and install trick. Well worth it though. UAC works in some sticky situations also.Travis_Odell
Register for a key on their site, it is free. Oh and to TC, I use none, never needed too :P
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#11 choonyos
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[QUOTE="choonyos"]It's all opinion based, and most people can't agree on just one. Avast is free and good, Bit Defender is paid and good. Trend Micro is paid and good. I personally find all AV software to be intrusive, and it works more like a virus than any virus I have ever gotten. I also don't get virii, so I can't really comment fully on it. My company forces me to use Symantec, but it's crap and is a resource hog. sn4k3_64
Its not all opinion based, you also look at the detection rates and so on..

Sure, but in the end it is all opinion based. Some things matter more to people than other things, lol. I write software I think is excellent, does the job correctly and efficiently, so on and so forth. I then give it to my co-workers and they find flaws that they say ruin it, but that don't bother me in the slightest. It's all opinion based. There are a lot of factors that make a piece of AV software good, you then take the ones that do most of the things that make an AV good and then you decide which one you like the most based on personal decisions.
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ESET Smart Security Suit It may not be free but I have it for over three years and I can say hands down this uses the least amount of resources and it has antivirus, antispyware, firewall, antispam module.

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[QUOTE="sn4k3_64"][QUOTE="choonyos"]It's all opinion based, and most people can't agree on just one. Avast is free and good, Bit Defender is paid and good. Trend Micro is paid and good. I personally find all AV software to be intrusive, and it works more like a virus than any virus I have ever gotten. I also don't get virii, so I can't really comment fully on it. My company forces me to use Symantec, but it's crap and is a resource hog. choonyos
Its not all opinion based, you also look at the detection rates and so on..

Sure, but in the end it is all opinion based. Some things matter more to people than other things, lol. I write software I think is excellent, does the job correctly and efficiently, so on and so forth. I then give it to my co-workers and they find flaws that they say ruin it, but that don't bother me in the slightest. It's all opinion based. There are a lot of factors that make a piece of AV software good, you then take the ones that do most of the things that make an AV good and then you decide which one you like the most based on personal decisions.

How is it "all" opinion based when if you have facts laid out in front of you based on detection rate, database size, etc, that can influence which av you will choose.
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I use Avira Antivirus; it's free and great.

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#15 WiiRocks66
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Kaspersky for a paid AV, MSE for a free AV.

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#16 Elann2008
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I use Avira Antivirus; it's free and great.

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Same here.
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#17 Zillaschool
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Microsoft security essentials is also free and good.

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yes! currently i am using it without any problem and no slowdown whatsoever like Bitdefender and just as effective.
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#18 FrostMTG
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ESET Smart Security Suit It may not be free but I have it for over three years and I can say hands down this uses the least amount of resources and it has antivirus, antispyware, firewall, antispam module.

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This, if you want the best, you gotta pay for it.

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#19 Kane04
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http://download.cnet.com/windows/antivirus-software/?tag=mncol%3Bsort&filter=licenseName%3D%22Free%22%7C&filterName=licenseName%3DFree%7C&rpp=10&sort=editorsRating+asc suit yourself, those are free for windows 7