Anti-Virus Software

[sierrabravo]

I am going to be reinstalling my computer soon and am also going to be changing the anti-virus program that I use, which is Norton. I would appreciate your opinions on which one(s) are better. I prefer cheaper, but the cheaper it is, the less I trust it.

 

[Dana]

U didn't list AVG... Avast friggen sucks I've tried it. The options are limited and you have no real control over the program.

 

[bass_man1989]

AVG Free. I had a paid version of Norton years ago and I had a virus every other week. I've been using AVG Free for about the past four years on three different computers. I haven't had any problems yet.

 

[kelvin070]

Any antivirus program thats free has limited protection

 

[sierrabravo]

Any antivirus program thats free has limited protection

thats why i dont trust free or cheap ones, the more expensive the better, but like i said, more expensive...

 

[Dana]

thats why i dont trust free or cheap ones, the more expensive the better, but like i said, more expensive...

i don't believe that's always the case. Most of the time you're just paying for brand recognition.

 

[kelvin070]

Free antivirus programs are typical sales and advertising gimmicks

 

[MoonOwl]

Avast there me mateys

 

[Brujahpriest]

I've used a plethera of AV in the last few years... and anything that isnt Norton is generally a good thing.

Currently I am using McAfee's Total Protection for Small Business -> monitored software service.

AVG is pretty good, especially for being free. Although with anything I would recommend also running a spyware checker as well, as no AV is gonna be perfect.

 

[Alien Allen]

I have used AVG and Avast. I like the fact Avast does more updates than does AVG.

I really question how much more you get with a paid version. I had McAfee and got viruses but with the free ones I have been clean. Probably depends upon how risky one is on the net

 

[AnitaBeer]

I have AVG and haven't had any problems with viruses.

But I agree I find it funny when I used to use Norton crap would get in but since I've used free protection I haven't had to worry about it.

 

[sierrabravo]

i like nortons firewall and anti-virus, but the last one i bought had a ton of extras i didnt use, like the online file backups...

 

[Springsteen]

I use Avira.

 

[Rusteh]

One of the more highly rated anti-viruses is Panda. Otherwise AVG PAID FOR VERSION is actually a pretty solid anti-virus as long as you are smart with your web surfing.

 

[loumac]

Avast there me mateys

Avast is tops...and an add on for firefox called WOT!..makes sure you don't open web sites that are not safe...alerts you with a red warning page advising that site is unsafe:thumbup

 

[Rusteh]

here is the most recent study done of AV's

 

[sierrabravo]

well, i got macafee and so far I'm not really liking it too much... it seems like its slowing down my computer (then again it could be b/c my computer is vastly obsolete...) but it seems fine after a little while. we'll see how long it takes to scan my hard-drives...

 

[messtaken]

I use Windows Live One Care which I love no slowing down of anything like with others I've used and it does all of it's upgrading and defragging etc at once.

 

[Lapinkiller]

Avast is very bad

for windows, i use AVG Free
but i'm always on Linux ^^

 

[kelvin070]

Avast is very bad

for windows, i use AVG Free
but i'm always on Linux ^^

Viruses will run for their lives if they see Linux