Which antivirus is best for win7

The one thing seen in IE 8 now is the Suggested sites option to help filter unwanted sites where you are likely to catch bugs from to start with. The Live search also steers you away from sites that are known to bugged.

The only reason I even have an antivirus program on at this point is due to the constant prompting you would see from Windows itself. The last time and probably the only time I can remember running into a virus was like 4yrs. ago.

I had to intentionally let it run just to see what it would do as well as testing the older free version of AVG at the time. AVG won out when put against the I-Worm that came attacked on an unknown email at the time.

The last time and probably the only time I can remember running into a virus was like 4yrs. ago.

Trojans and back-doors don't show any visible signs of infection, so how can you know you didn't have one?

sexytool said:

Trojans and back-doors don't show any visible signs of infection, so how can you know you didn't have one?

I've run into enough trojan downloaders and other bugs trying to get a foot hold to no avail back when there was no antiphising filtering seen in IE 6 while AVG actually pointed out where those were located for manual removal on the few occasions as well as other protections catching a few. Viruses and trojans however are two different things entirely to begin with there.

Adwares, spywares, downloaders, key loggers each fall into their own catagory of malwares. Likewise there are different forms of viruses. An I-Worm for example is a self replicating worm that uses your contact list in order to infect other systems by spreading to them by your own email client.

Downloaders generally create a doorway for other bugs to be downloaded directly onto your system. Browser hijackers are a form of adware by forcing the older versions of IE onto a specific site trying to keep you logged in there. You'll notice that all of the newer antivirus programs now indicate having additional malware and IE protection added in not just offering protection from various viruses.

FireFox seems to have it's own problems with "bugs" of various types ruling that one out as a 100% safe alternative. Read up on a few of those like "FireFox Vulneable To 7-Year-Old Bug" http://www.crn.com/security/16430069...PCKHSCJUNN2JVN

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Drive-by Trojans exploit browser flaws

Is Firefox really more secure than IE? Drive-by Trojans exploit browser flaws • The Register

Don't think for a moment that since you are not using one browser but another you can't be wailed good by some other malware intended for alternate browsers.

There's never any 1000% percent guaranty in writting for any browser that exists. Being very familiar with any subtle changes plus multiple layers of protections on top of "smart browsing habits" are the methods that help steer you away from most bugs to start with.

To suppliment the antiphising filter and suggested sites option now seen in IE 8 those who run WLM with the optional toolbar as well as any other 3rd party addon security bar are actually far less likely to run into the bad sites to start off with. The few run into so far were flagged instantly with a trojan alert prompt where you either hit the back arrow or closed out the browser window before anything could be dropped onto the hard drive.

The one thing that will get past any and all browsers despite what faults you want to point out for any particular is what you download. If a virus is concealed there then you have a problem without a good layer of protection inplace.

Some of the bugs out there will actually slip past the best rated browser as well as the top antivirus programs where you then need some type of special remover. It depends often on how well they are written regardless of which program or browser is used.