Best anti virus?

[phoood]

I'd have to recommend AVG 8 Free. Works great for me.

agreed, avg is the best you can do if you need a free av.
as pay-to-use-ware, kaspersky and nod32 are equally great.

 

[Mewgia]

Best Antivirus = don't let your sister/brother/parents use the computer

This is bonemonkey we've talking about mate

 

[Pimpmynintendo]

Trendmicro Housecall is a good Web-based antivirus(but it is also good to have an installed one incase you have something that prevents you from getting on the internet)

 

[lcdec]

COMODO AntiVirus works really well for me.

 

[RebelX]

I use Avast and it has served me well for a few years. It is probably the best one I have used, and plus its free! But DO NOT I repeat DO NOT get any form of Norton Antivirus! It sucks! Big time! It was on my dad's computer and it takes up so much disk drive space and RAM just for it to run! And it's a complete burden to uninstall it! I sat there for about an hour uninstalling and looking up on the internet how to uninstall EVERYTHING. Then I installed Avast on it

But if you want to spend money, go for it, just make sure you don't get Norton. I can't really suggest one because I have never bought an anti-virus before. If you want a really good free one, go for Avast.

 

[layzieyez]

Buy a Mac.

 

[Ferrariman]

Buy a Mac.

The only reason the Mac has less viruses is because the coders dont care about the Mac. If Mac was dominant, there would be more viruses.

Anyways, I use Avast, AVG and Spybot, Search and Destroy. And if I fuck up big time, I use Hijack This.

 

[phoood]

Buy a Mac.

 

[SkankyYankee]

AVG, Ad-Aware, along with reg cleaners are all i need to get rid of anything. Including Melissa and Code Red back in the day.

Sorry to hear about the ban bonemonkey, ill be on morphine time keeping hope alive late night.

 

[Baroque Obama]

Buy a Mac.

The only reason the Mac has less viruses is because the coders dont care about the Mac. If Mac was dominant, there would be more viruses.

although this could possily be true, i would say the real reason why there are only proof of concept viruses for OS X is the fact that the OS is based on Unix. Unix is extremely secure when configured correctly.

i say go get avast!. its an alright antivirus. go for kaspersky or nod32 if you actually buy one.

 

[Awdofgum]

Buy a Mac.

Even better, install Linux.

 

[DeMoN]

The best one overall is Kaspersky AntiVirus, but it's only a 30 day free trial.
The best completely free one is AVG but in my opinion it's not that good since it never finds anything.

 

[dogman]

nod32 + nod32 sky update servers = free updates!

no warez/crack needed. yey.

 

[Cermage]

get NOD32 ^^ Kaspersky and Nod32 are the general best but Kaspersky is lagging behind a little after one of the updates. Nod32 has better/faster detection i think now when compared to kaspersky not by much though. nothing to fret over.

but....

whachu gotta do is.

1. download Nod32 from here . *LINK REMOVED*
2. before you ask, its not illegal its just a hard to get file that is the business edition.
3. no its not illegal, just the business edition with mucho updates.
4. ????????
5. PROFIT??!?!?!

 

[kobykaan]

used just about all of them and AVG freeware and free updates for life is my choice!

NOD32 and Kaspersky throw up too many false positives even on a clean not even on the net install telling me that legit windows files were malware/viri!!!

if you use AVG along with spybot search and destroy and adaware free edition and spyware terminator 2 and a few other tools then you will pick out just about everything thats out there as and when!

NO ANTI VIRUS program is FLAWLESS why ?? NEW VIRII are created DAILY!!!

always update antivirus DAILY!

even if theres no updates out there let it UPDATE anyhow just incase

and for the record .....CORPORATE/business edition software are still illegal as an individual do not own the CORPORATE/business edition licence

 

[Doggy124]

I use NOD32 but still encounter many virus that it can't detect.
but I still think it is the best anti-virus out there.

is that free ?

Remember my word

You can get everything for free from the internet

 

[ackers]

After seeing this thread I uninstalled Kaspersky Internet Security and got NOD32 instead. I've noticed my comp is running much more responsively and I like how simple NOD32 is compared to Kaspersky.

I ran a full scan and it picked up one problem and that was a backup I tried making which failed because Windows backup tool doesn't let you backup more than 4gb in one file which is stupid if you ask me.

Now what are those sky updates servers?

 

[kobykaan]

After seeing this thread I uninstalled Kaspersky Internet Security and got NOD32 instead. I've noticed my comp is running much more responsively and I like how simple NOD32 is compared to Kaspersky.

I ran a full scan and it picked up one problem and that was a backup I tried making which failed because Windows backup tool doesn't let you backup more than 4gb in one file which is stupid if you ask me.

Now what are those sky updates servers?

is your drive formatted NTFS as opposed to FAT 32??

you should be able to use/backup files 4gb+ with NTFS with no bother at all

 

[megabug7]

I wouldn't use Kaspersky

 

[Panzer Tacticer]

I support Avast. Free, totally user friendly and easy to keep updated.

But, nothing beats a properly made custom OS disk that can auto install EVERY last install function for XP Corporate Pro.

Periodically I just use mine to re install the OS totally unattended and in less time than you might think I have a clean system, no Windows eventual bloating and good luck any viruses surviving the experience.