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02-20-2009
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the best anti virus can anyone tell me what is the best anti virus in windows 7 plz
thanks
Kareem
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#2 | | Vista Ultimate SP2/Windows 7 Ultimate SP1/x64/XP SP3 x86 in VM |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Alienware® ALX X58 OS Vista Ultimate SP2/Windows 7 Ultimate SP1/x64/XP SP3 x86 in VM CPU Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache Motherboard Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366 Memory 12GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 2048MB Graphics Card 1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295/Hauppauge HVR2250 TV Tuner Sound Card Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio Monitor(s) Displays Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time Screen Resolution 1920 X 1080 Keyboard Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired Mouse Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired PSU Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU Case Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling Cooling Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening Hard Drives 2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 1TB
(Non-RAID) Internet Speed 10mbps Other Info Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
I've noticed no difference since switching. |
02-20-2009
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#3 | | Windows 7 Pro x64 & Win7 Pre x64 / Ubuntu 9.10 Beta |
I wouldn't say any is better for Windows 7 than XP, or Vista.
I use avast free edition. My PCs haven't gotten sick once with this app. avast! - Download antivirus software for spyware and virus protection | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Desktop & HP G60-120US OS Windows 7 Pro x64 & Win7 Pre x64 / Ubuntu 9.10 Beta CPU Q6600 Quad Core 2 - 2.4Ghz Motherboard EVGA - 680i SLI Memory 4GB Kingston DDR2 800 Graphics Card XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog Ed. X 2 SLI Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays 24"Dell Wide Screen and Gateway 17" Widescreen & HP 15.4" Screen Resolution 1920 x1200 (Dell) 1440 x 900(Gateway) & 1366x768 (HP Laptop) Keyboard Saitek Cyborg & Logitech wireless Mouse Logitech G5 & Logitech wireless PSU Rosewell RX750 Case Antec 900 Cooling Zalman 8700 Hard Drives WD 500GB, Seagate 1.5 TB Internet Speed Cable - 20Mbs/sec DOWN 5Mbs/s UP |
02-20-2009
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#4 | | Win7 Ultimate x64 on Desktop / Win7 Ultimate x86 on laptop / Win7 x86 Starter on Netbook |
AVG Anti-virus or AVG Internet Security (all in one package)  Not free but better than most! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dilithium Computers/Engineering (Myself) Star date 42.739285.5432.9 OS Win7 Ultimate x64 on Desktop / Win7 Ultimate x86 on laptop / Win7 x86 Starter on Netbook CPU AMD Phenom 965 X4 3.4Ghz cpu Black Edition Motherboard Gigabyte 790XT Memory 12 Gb DDR3 Graphics Card Nvidea Gforce GTX 470 Sound Card Onboard Realtek hi-fi Monitor(s) Displays Lg 3D led 23" Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech wireless K350 Mouse Logitech G500 gaming mouse. PSU OCZ 700W GameXstream Case Artec 10000 Cooling On board + many case fans Hard Drives Loads maxstore sata 1 & 2/ loads of partitions + 1Tb Hitachi sata 2. Ocz ssd. Internet Speed Talk talk. 11Mb Other Info My PC was hand built with matchsticks. xbox 360 controller. Printers,fax......... |
02-20-2009
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#5 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, MS XP Mode, VBox, VMLite Workstation, VM Player 4.0 |
Actually there is no one "best" antivirus program since 7 is still in beta form. Avast was tried on 7 here and later replaced by the free version of AVG. The first run of AVG saw 7 lock up solid. Later once updates became available AVG began to run as it would on XP or Vista.
For retail AVG Pro, Kaspersky, Trend Micro, NOD32, and a few others make the preferred lists. The best if you are intending to run a retail product not advised for any beta at this time would be to try out the shareware versions of each to see which one runs the best on your system. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, MS XP Mode, VBox, VMLite Workstation, VM Player 4.0 CPU AMD Phenom II X4 Deneb 3.4 Motherboard Gigabyte 790XTA-UD4 Memory Mushkin Enhanced DDR3 1600 8gb 1.5v-1.7v Graphics Card MSI Radeon 5750 1gb Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeGamer Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Acer P191W 19" widesscreen Screen Resolution 1440x900 native Keyboard Microsoft Recusa Razor Mouse MS Trackball Explorer PSU Corsair 750TX Case Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible Cooling Zalman CNPS9900A Hard Drives WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 6.0 = 2
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 3.0 = 2
WD 1tb Green Power sata = 2 1 external
usb flash drives = 8 Internet Speed 12mbps boost |
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I've used Norton, Kaspersky, AVG and other antivirus programs but guess what?
I'm using Avast on my setup and it's been nothing short of wonderful
Note: Yes, I've tried those all in Windows 7 and Avast, as far as performance and reliability is concerned did not fail any on any of the things I put this computer through. And best of all, its FREE! Now, how can you beat that? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Build 7048 x64 CPU Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ Motherboard EMX-AMD750G-PRO Memory 4 x 1GB Kingston 400MHz 6-6-6-18 (800MHz) Graphics Card ATI Radeon 3650 Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays 22" AOC 2216Vw Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Generic Enhanced Natural Keyboard Mouse Logitech VX Nano Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro PWM Other Info Edifier M1550 |
02-20-2009
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Yep, Avast is the very good. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0 OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0 Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700 Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700 PSU Corsair HX1000W Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)
Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M Internet Speed DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps Other Info Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- Samsung Galaxy Nexus |
02-20-2009
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#8 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, MS XP Mode, VBox, VMLite Workstation, VM Player 4.0 |
I've been keeping the free edition of AVG and the IE security on here since the betas still lack many of the security fixes that will be seen once the next version is out. The toolbar's protection there will bring flags right up when coming across any site trying to put a trojan on where the IE back button gets you out of that fast.
But you need to have AVG on in order to use it. Avast saw it removed when that was installed. Besides antivirus you may want to try out one or two other malware/adware removers. Spyware terminator is one that will place a guard on the registry and prompt like Vista's UAC on just about anything at times. Free spyware removal and spyware protection - Spyware Terminator
The next step here is trying out all this on the 7 64bit beta to what will go on and run well there. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, MS XP Mode, VBox, VMLite Workstation, VM Player 4.0 CPU AMD Phenom II X4 Deneb 3.4 Motherboard Gigabyte 790XTA-UD4 Memory Mushkin Enhanced DDR3 1600 8gb 1.5v-1.7v Graphics Card MSI Radeon 5750 1gb Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeGamer Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Acer P191W 19" widesscreen Screen Resolution 1440x900 native Keyboard Microsoft Recusa Razor Mouse MS Trackball Explorer PSU Corsair 750TX Case Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible Cooling Zalman CNPS9900A Hard Drives WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 6.0 = 2
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 3.0 = 2
WD 1tb Green Power sata = 2 1 external
usb flash drives = 8 Internet Speed 12mbps boost |
02-20-2009
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#9 | | Windows 7 Pro x64 & Win7 Pre x64 / Ubuntu 9.10 Beta |

Quote: Originally Posted by Night Hawk Actually there is no one "best" antivirus program since 7 is still in beta form. Avast was tried on 7 here and later replaced by the free version of AVG. The first run of AVG saw 7 lock up solid. Later once updates became available AVG began to run as it would on XP or Vista. I used AVG, and I agree it good also, and you can also get that for free without having to register every year like avast.
But, Avast is solid, I have installed it directly and indirectly on about 30 computers from my family, friends and co-workers. So much less calls that there PC is running slow.
Been using it a little over a year now. I haven't seen any problems in Windows 7 32 & 64 | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Desktop & HP G60-120US OS Windows 7 Pro x64 & Win7 Pre x64 / Ubuntu 9.10 Beta CPU Q6600 Quad Core 2 - 2.4Ghz Motherboard EVGA - 680i SLI Memory 4GB Kingston DDR2 800 Graphics Card XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog Ed. X 2 SLI Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays 24"Dell Wide Screen and Gateway 17" Widescreen & HP 15.4" Screen Resolution 1920 x1200 (Dell) 1440 x 900(Gateway) & 1366x768 (HP Laptop) Keyboard Saitek Cyborg & Logitech wireless Mouse Logitech G5 & Logitech wireless PSU Rosewell RX750 Case Antec 900 Cooling Zalman 8700 Hard Drives WD 500GB, Seagate 1.5 TB Internet Speed Cable - 20Mbs/sec DOWN 5Mbs/s UP |
02-20-2009
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OK so avast is good than kaspersky on windows 7
but how about " bitdefender total security 2009"
because i have an virus this virus has crashed my visual basic projects only my vb projects it called win32
i reinstalled the windows 7 and i did scan for my computer but it is still in my projects by the way this projects was running very very good without any problems
so can anyone help plz
thanks
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