Which Anti-Virus to choose?

I dont know where to put this subject. and if its wrong place then verry srry.. :P

So what FREE AntiVirus is best ?
I tried ArcaVir and it was good imo (30 day trial)

Now I have Installed AVAST.

It's now scanning whole computer...

But my point is that I never know which one is good enough to protect my system.

Which one do you prefer?

Avast is good but I personally use AVG Free-edition.

Avast would bug me to "register" which I didn't feel like doing. Deleted it and got AVG instead :lol:

I use the free MS Security Essentials for both XP and Win 7.

AVG id go for, what most people don't actually know is the reason AVG is free is because they make a fortune off Symantec and other companies. AVG is in fact the central Database for the Virus Vault and Cures. Most companies as far as im aware pay AVG to access this Centralized database, hense why i use them, but i pay for their anti virus, Their free one is great too. That might not be true now, some companies might have their own virus vault, but im sure most use AVG.

Personally i reccomend Avast, or Microsoft Security Essentials.

Ok.. I see most of you use AVG or Microsofts one.

But one more thing... Can I have 2 anti-viruses? They won't disturb to each other ??

Avast is good but I personally use AVG Free-edition.

Avast would bug me to "register" which I didn't feel like doing. Deleted it and got AVG instead :lol:

Tezcatlipoca666

I made a review of the newest Avast HERE. I suggest watching it.

AVG 09

AVG 09

nikola96

Avast is great I use it on all my PC's. I've also heard good things about AVG and Avira.

If your running windows 7, AVG works really well, and I've got the full edition.polarwrath11

Don't use AVAST, it's not as good as Avira, which is also free.

Don't use AVAST, it's not as good as Avira, which is also free.

29121994

Well i use AVG and its not a system resource hog, if it is for soeone then there is a problem with your pc and i'd look into it, and one fact you might not know, you dont actuly need anti virus at all if you dont go on dodgey sites or download torrents you shouldnt. Alot if viruses can be attracted by AV software cos of their programming, its amazing what you can do with notpad these days, anything from writing a B***h virus to a Website :P, btw i only know how to do that latter lol.

Once you get avg dude youll be happy with it, as you can see it uses bugger all in the way of CPU and RAM Resources, although in the unlikely event you have a single core you might notice some difference.

Its using 28mbs of my ram, even so i built my pc it shouldnt make much deference, although the performance of my board will be better than manufatoror pc mobo's

Well i use AVG and its not a system resource hog, if it is for soeone then there is a problem with your pc and i'd look into it, and one fact you might not know, you dont actuly need anti virus at all if you dont go on dodgey sites or download torrents you shouldnt. Alot if viruses can be attracted by AV software cos of their programming, its amazing what you can do with notpad these days, anything from writing a B***h virus to a Website :P, btw i only know how to do that latter lol.

Once you get avg dude youll be happy with it, as you can see it uses bugger all in the way of CPU and RAM Resources, although in the unlikely event you have a single core you might notice some difference.

Its using 28mbs of my ram, even so i built my pc it shouldnt make much deference, although the performance of my board will be better than manufatoror pc mobo's

geran30

Well It depends on how powerful your computer is also, id actuly agree, if you have a less powerful pc avast is much better performance wise, but as you can see im on a quad, cos its bound to run much faster.

avast. I got it about a month ago and no problems. Switch from Norton so, couldn't get worse.

Go with the Microsoft one. AVG is a pile of crap that alerts you to every single thing that has a 1 percent chance of being a virus.ocstew

Well I am currently on my netbook with Firefox open and AVG running in the background and I am using just under 600mb of RAM (in total). So unless you have under one GB of RAM I don't really see the problem. I haven't had any problems with false positives either...

I use AVG as well. I recommend it, haven't had really any problems with it.

I tried AVG, Avast and now Avira and so far I really love Avira

Well It depends on how powerful your computer is also, id actuly agree, if you have a less powerful pc avast is much better performance wise, but as you can see im on a quad, cos its bound to run much faster.

geran30

Ok.. I have 4GB Ram and Core2Quad Q6600 (@2.40Ghz) and Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850...
(I dont know if all specs are needed but I wrote them..)

So, the AVG would be the best option for me ?not the Avast? (which I have now.)

[And I had before Avira...]

[QUOTE="geran30"]

Well It depends on how powerful your computer is also, id actuly agree, if you have a less powerful pc avast is much better performance wise, but as you can see im on a quad, cos its bound to run much faster.

Matthew-first

Ok.. I have 4GB Ram and Core2Quad Q6600 (@2.40Ghz) and Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850...
(I dont know if all specs are needed but I wrote them..)

So, the AVG would be the best option for me ?not the Avast? (which I have now.)

[And I had before Avira...]

Why use an inferior product just because your PC is powerful enough to handle both?

[QUOTE="Matthew-first"]

[QUOTE="geran30"]

Well It depends on how powerful your computer is also, id actuly agree, if you have a less powerful pc avast is much better performance wise, but as you can see im on a quad, cos its bound to run much faster.

Daytona_178

Ok.. I have 4GB Ram and Core2Quad Q6600 (@2.40Ghz) and Gigabyte Radeon HD 4850...
(I dont know if all specs are needed but I wrote them..)

So, the AVG would be the best option for me ?not the Avast? (which I have now.)

[And I had before Avira...]

Why use an inferior product just because your PC is powerful enough to handle both?

Id Just use AVG, I've used enough to know my way around anti-virus software, and since one of my many qualifictions is in networking and the interenet i have studiedextensivelyinto AV software. AVG are good, i dont use avast as ive heard several bad things about it, and it apparently snakely uses windows tools, not dedicated to its own, McAfee did that got found out, sued and its now classed as malware.

At the end of the day try both, whatever one you prefer keep, but it will be AVG, for simplicity, usefulness and the fact it uses bugger all system resources, 70% of the posts here say AVG for a reason ;] go for it.

Yeah Norton can be heavy on system resources, although it never was for me, not that i use it any more, even the gaming mode made bugger all difference.

Id Just use AVG, I've used enough to know my way around anti-virus software, and since one of my many qualifictions is in networking and the interenet i have studiedextensivelyinto AV software. AVG are good, i dont use avast as ive heard several bad things about it, and it apparently snakely uses windows tools, not dedicated to its own, McAfee did that got found out, sued and its now classed as malware.

At the end of the day try both, whatever one you prefer keep, but it will be AVG, for simplicity, usefulness and the fact it uses bugger all system resources, 70% of the posts here say AVG for a reason ;] go for it.

geran30

To be honest, I like Kaspersky Internet Secruity over all.

Sure I don't like paying for anything, but it has kept all my 5 computers comepletely safe for years already...

[QUOTE="geran30"]

Id Just use AVG, I've used enough to know my way around anti-virus software, and since one of my many qualifictions is in networking and the interenet i have studiedextensivelyinto AV software. AVG are good, i dont use avast as ive heard several bad things about it, and it apparently snakely uses windows tools, not dedicated to its own, McAfee did that got found out, sued and its now classed as malware.

At the end of the day try both, whatever one you prefer keep, but it will be AVG, for simplicity, usefulness and the fact it uses bugger all system resources, 70% of the posts here say AVG for a reason ;] go for it.

Matthew-first

Avira is the best free one from my experience.

[QUOTE="geran30"]

Id Just use AVG, I've used enough to know my way around anti-virus software, and since one of my many qualifictions is in networking and the interenet i have studiedextensivelyinto AV software. AVG are good, i dont use avast as ive heard several bad things about it, and it apparently snakely uses windows tools, not dedicated to its own, McAfee did that got found out, sued and its now classed as malware.

At the end of the day try both, whatever one you prefer keep, but it will be AVG, for simplicity, usefulness and the fact it uses bugger all system resources, 70% of the posts here say AVG for a reason ;] go for it.

Matthew-first

@Geran30

For someone who works in the industry, you should know by now to take what you "hear" with a grain of salt, and actually use the product first.

@Matthew-first

I used AVG extensively for a long time, but found it to be lacking, and generated many more false positives than it should. It also failed to find quite a few threats that Avast! did. When I swapped to Avast! I found the experience much better (and so did my customers). Not mention you get definitions updates nearly daily. The work the good folks at Avast! do in keeping their product up to date makes it hands down a winner in my book. Not to mention how light weight it is. If you are not going to use MS Security Essentials (which is quickly becoming an industry favorite) Give Avast! A go. You won't be disappointed.

Been using AVG for three years. Not one virus yet.

Avast 5 is very new and has some nice features, the best being that it keeps it's pie-hole shut and just does it's job. The $60 yearly licensing worked well for me as it provides 3 licenses (wife, daughter, and me).

A++ for Avast. Symantec - no, not so much. I like Trend Micro's Housecall for online scans - having a second opinion is valuable.

EM

i go with nod32, there is no better consumer anti-virus program, you can find it at www.eset.com

there is a trial, try it out for 30 days and see what you think...

ive used many AVs but nod32 is by far the best.

Yuck, I dont I hate Avg now it saved my butt long ago, but is too laggy now and finally got rid of it when it asked me to download their new platform. Blocks some of my programs even though I disabled it and still like crap. Switched Avast, less conflicts with my files, I'll choose that or something else Norton is pretty sluggy too I believe. I have a voodoo against using MS and antivirus I figured the first thing hackers/phishers would do is to program something that can bypass that, than again I just speaking out of my own *** lol.

Avast 5 is very new and has some nice features, the best being that it keeps it's pie-hole shut and just does it's job. The $60 yearly licensing worked well for me as it provides 3 licenses (wife, daughter, and me).

A++ for Avast. Symantec - no, not so much. I like Trend Micro's Housecall for online scans - having a second opinion is valuable.

EM

Evilmeanie

I like the sandbox and integrated firewall. I try out quite a few indie games and the sandbox makes me feel a lot better about them, especially since they don't tend to make it to a more lasting install.

EM

I am using the free Microsoft one. But, the best anti-virus is yourself. They are like condom, it is not going to protect you 100%.magicalclick