Good Antivirus Software?

[mavrach]

Hey all, I just got a new laptop and want to start it off right. My last computer got wracked with viruses, despite the fact that I had McAfee running always and have a general good sense of what to click on and what not too.

Anyways, a freind recommended AVG. Has anybody had any luck with this?

Thanks.

[Dan Mancini]

I use Avast. The home edition is free, doesn't bog down system resources like Symantec and McAfee do, and I've never had a virus sneak through.

[mkiker2089]

DON'T USE AVG. Yes, I intended to scream that. A friend lost her computer due to avg being too slow on the updates. By the time they realizes the conflicker worm had changed it was too late to help the users.

Use either Avast or Comodo. I prefer comodo because it has a firewall and other services to help beyond the simple anti-virus. PCtools is good also but it's updates can be slower also. Comodo updates several times a day.

[TemporalWisdom]

AVIRA and BitDefender are pretty good as well.

[Steve T Power]

Avast! is not only the best, most up to date, and least system intensive scanner out there, but it's also free, scans websites, and is FAST AS HELL at detecting and warning about malicious websites/email and whatnot.

It's warning klaxon is also terrifying.
and it works a-ok with both Vista 64 and Windows 7.

[Dan Mancini]

It's warning klaxon is also terrifying.

Tru dat. Prepare to dive under the coffee table the first time you hear it.

[mavrach]

Thanks all for the suggestions. It looks like Avast has the most votes. How it it with Spyware?

[mkiker2089]

Avast is good at what it does. It's a good anti-virus and the only one I know of that allows a boot scan. How important that is I'm not sure.

Comodo integrates firewall, antivirus, and security monitoring into one package.

I say either use Avast with a backup, like Spybot, and a firewall (windows firewall can be disabled too easily) or just use comodo. The choice is yours.

[Steve T Power]

The only spyware scanner worth a damn is Windows Defender.

[mkiker2089]

Ok then, Avast, Windows Defender and possibly comodo firewall. Firewalls aren't exactly necessary but I prefer to be safe. If your windows is up to date and you have the first two you should be fine.

I didn't like avast talking, but you can change that easily enough.

[Dunnyman]

Best anti-virus software?

A Macintosh.

[mkiker2089]

Are there any viruses for google android?

I'm typing this on my commodore 128 now actually. all the coolness of the 64, but twice as heavy.

[Steve T Power]

Are there any viruses for google android?

I'm typing this on my commodore 128 now actually. all the coolness of the 64, but twice as heavy.

What? huh? Who?


I can surf on my C64???

[Dan Mancini]

Are there any viruses for google android?

I'm typing this on my commodore 128 now actually. all the coolness of the 64, but twice as heavy.

What? huh? Who?


I can surf on my C64???

Commodore don't surf.

[allenborder]

Hi to all..
According to me, AVG Antivirus is the best because it detects mostly all the Virus and delete that virus.
AVG AntiVirus is really a nice antivirus i using it from last 2 years and because of that my PC run speedily....

[colemancol]

According to me kaspersky is good antivirus software.Kaspersky Anti-Virus is a complete antivirus solution with real-time protection from a number of threats, including viruses, Trojans, bots, worms, and even spyware.Kaspersky Anti-Virus Standout Features:
1. Antivirus for IM.
2. Gamer Mode.
3. iSwift technology adjusts scanning to compensate for system load.
4. URL Advisor for proactive browser security.

[Dave Ryan]

Microsoft Security Essentials.

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

Don't waste your money on something you can get for free.

[sahiyksi]

ZenOK Free Antivirus is good anti-virus software. it worked well

[molly1216]

the previous post IS spam..however it IS posted in the correct forum..so who am i to judge?


in the last few days i ave used
Spybot Search and Destroy
AdvancedSystemCare (used to be Advanced windows Care)
Malwarebytes
and i am trying out Hitman Pro

[mkiker2089]

Avast has let a few buggers slip by. I'm not sure any antivirus can be better though. It is a race after all between them and the people who create the viruses.

Beyond that however Avast has lost points with me for not cleaning it even a week later. Malwarebytes seems to be the best for cleaning but I don't know how well it protects you.

As much as I hate to say it, the best security I've seen is Windows 7. That annoying pop-up that aggravates me every time I try to do anything on my mom's laptop indeed protected them from a very nasty malware. They got the pop-up that pretends you are infected already and W7's built in protection wouldn't let the program run or install. It did download and sit on the hard drive but I was able to clean it.

[molly1216]

Actually I am looking at going to Ubuntu.

I have an old Sony Vaio that i am cannibalizing for a netbook, and i will be loading Ubuntu netbook onto it.
If all goes well, I will try running Ubuntu Desktop on my PC and see what happens.

[mkiker2089]

I would love to try a linux version but I haven't a spare PC to put it on. I don't want to depend on it, at least not yet.

The only bad thing I've really seen about the linuxes is that they all are semi-complicated and it seems to be a design choice. They make you use a command line. Even on the PS3 you have to go in a use a command line to reconfigure things. Now I grew up on DOS so I'm not afraid to learn coding. My complaint is that when you have specific hardware like the PS3 and everyone has to type in the same commands, then someone should have automated the install better. It's like it's made by people who enjoy complicated software so they leave it like that on purpose.

[stypee]

I just bought a crappy ass PEE CEE laptop (I am a Mac guy and had to lower my standards), I've been using both Avira and Zonealarm.. Zonealarm is actually quite good, it includes a personal firewall for free! If you want to pay a few bucks, than I'd suggest Zonelarm Extreme, which I'm now using. It's pretty much detected and prevented everything from this piece of poop that I'm using, it also explains what the virus was that was set up for an attack.

With Avira, also free with a possible cost for upgrade, it detects the virus but makes it pretty difficult to get rid of them. A week ago Avira was telling me I had a virus but it wouldn't let me delete it, so I turned it off, ran a zonealarm scan and found out that there was nothing to worry about!

Zonealarm also includes an added private browsing feature for those of us who enjoy looking at strange things... I'd also reccomend Annomyiser (sp) which hides your IP address from hackers, it works quite well..