What's the Best Anti-virus?

[Ravi5kumar]

I personally use avast! Free antivirus. There are many free antivirus program available like AVG Free antivirus or avast! free antivirus. Microsoft security essentials is also free. This is up to you which you choose.

 

[t-4-2]

Great forum guys...! And coming to my question as we all know there are many free av's availabe..i cant afford to get a paid version for my desktop..so guys can you tell me amongst the available free av's which is best(for win7 or does it matter which os i have)...? Avast or avira...or any other...? And which other security softwares can be accompanied with the av program...

As you already have read, choosing an AV is very subjective. It depends on many variables. I won't bore you by repeating what others already had said.

I'll just tell you what I use....

For " real time " protection ; I use Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE).
For " on demand " protection, I use Malwarebytes. I used to have Spybot Search & Destroy in my Vista machine, but not in this new Win7.

What is " real time " protection ?
The security program turns on and running automatically the moment you turn on your computer.

What is " on demand " ?
It does not run until you manually turn it on for scanning. When it is finished scanning, you exit the program and it shuts down until next time you turn it on.

 

[hariharan]

If you have an Old or Slow system get Microsoft Security Essentials.

It really works well & the interface is very noob friendly

 

[xHazard]

What's the best Antivirus for Windows 7 ??/

Hey Guys

I hope someone can help me to find a good Antivirus for Windows 7
I used Avira free Edition for 2 Years but it is not Safe enough...

So please let me know which Antivirus u guys are using or what is safe enough

Thanks

Peace

 

[Eneswar]

Microsofts own antivirus is good enough and free.

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[jvsimo1]

My big question

Hi everybody ( I am a private individual) not a big business and after years of forking out Dollars for Norton Anti-virus have decide to save some dollars.
My question: What does everybody recommend as the best FREE anti-virus available. While I know this may start an avalanche of replies, I also think that a lot of other people may be interested.
Cheers......Simo

 

[supermonkey]

I've been using Kasperksy (free with bank(, but due to one program having an incompatibility issue I am thinking of going back to a free program.

I have liked my firewall & av being combined though, so I think it's out of:
Commodo Security Suite - Too many pop up messages?
Agnitum Outpost Security Suite - No sandbox
Fortinet Forticlient

I'm now leaning towards Outpost due to the pop ups on Commodo. Kaspersky has been very unobtrusive - it doesn;t bother me if it doesn't need to, and when it does its a small warning! Eg - will just block something dodgly looking rather than asking if it should!

Any experts available to advise me?Any pros and cons to these programs I should consider?

Thanks

 

[piattj]

my setup

AV is important... depends how you use it & also the overall approach to security is critical...

My realtime setup

1. hardware firewall in router
2. Comodo Firewall + Defense+ HIPS
3. G Data AV
4. Trusteer Rapport
5. WOT running alongside adblocker in Chrome

Also, as required
MSE, MBAM & SAS for occasional scans

 

[I be he]

Hey Guys

I hope someone can help me to find a good Antivirus for Windows 7
I used Avira free Edition for 2 Years but it is not Safe enough...

So please let me know which Antivirus u guys are using or what is safe enough

Thanks

Peace

What made you think Avira isnt doing a good enough job? Most speak highly of the free version too the point i allmost tried it.

 

[I be he]

Hi everybody ( I am a private individual) not a big business and after years of forking out Dollars for Norton Anti-virus have decide to save some dollars.
My question: What does everybody recommend as the best FREE anti-virus available. While I know this may start an avalanche of replies, I also think that a lot of other people may be interested.
Cheers......Simo

Panda, Mse, Avg, Avira, Avast are the top free ones. Which is best? Im guessing Panda or Avast at the moment. This could change tomorrow

 

[Buddahfan]

The Best Anti-Virus IMO is

1. Keep Windows and all your other programs up to date.
2. Don't play on the Net where Malware tends to hang out.
3. Clean your temp and cache files each day when done browsing.
4. Don't open any downloaded files directly. Rather save and scan them first.
4. Don't open any email attachments unless you know the sender and are expecting an email from him/her with an attachment.

After that all the leading AVs are about equal enough IMO it is a matter of personal taste as to GUI and ease of use.

 

[I be he]

The Best Anti-Virus IMO is

1. Keep Windows and all your other programs up to date.
2. Don't play on the Net where Malware tends to hang out.
3. Clean your temp and cache files each day when done browsing.
4. Don't open any downloaded files directly. Rather save and scan them first.
4. Don't open any email attachments unless you know the sender and are expecting an email from him/her with an attachment.

After that all the leading AVs are about equal enough IMO it is a matter of personal taste as to GUI and ease of use.

Yes, very true. However malware is showing up just about everywhere now :shock: and soon it will be like swimming with sharks:shock:

 

[Tatletz]

I personally use MSE and free MBAM for scanning. All is good and haven't had any issues. You dont need to dish out hot dollar in order to have decent security. And of course, common sense is the best way to avoid hiccups

 

[hjonesMCT]

I have been using the free Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE, which has the core engine of Microsoft Forefront) and Malwarebytes (MBAM) for on-demand scanning, but I've just been introduced to a new product from Microsoft for on-demand scanning of advanced malware and rootkits: Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper (beta): Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Beta | Microsoft Connect. Haven't used it personally yet, but a student of mine swears by it, says he cleaned up a mess this morning with it.

 

[brotherboard]

I would say the best anti-virus prog. is the one that keeps your system clean by not allowing any viruses onto it.

Unfortunately it hasn't been invented yet.

 

[brady]

MSE and a savvy user

 

[tw33k]

I have been using the free Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE, which has the core engine of Microsoft Forefront) and Malwarebytes (MBAM) for on-demand scanning, but I've just been introduced to a new product from Microsoft for on-demand scanning of advanced malware and rootkits: Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper (beta): Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Beta | Microsoft Connect. Haven't used it personally yet, but a student of mine swears by it, says he cleaned up a mess this morning with it.

That sounds like a great tool for someone who is already infected. I'll have to read some more about it.

 

[JaidynM]

I've been using Trend Micro for a couple of years now. I just upgraded from the 2010 version to the 2011 one, nd despite the reviews, I think it's great! It does the job well and whenever I download an infected file, it quarantines it. I reccomend it to anyone that has some money to spare.
Antivirus & Content Security Software | Securing Your Journey to the Cloud: - Trend Micro
Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security - CNET Downloads

 

[Hikeman]

Hey guys ! it's nice to be here. So I want to ask each of you just to share what antivirus software are you using for a moment and also if you have ever used ESET Smart Security 4 and what do you think about that product ?
Thanks

 

[theog]

Hey guys ! it's nice to be here. So I want to ask each of you just to share what antivirus software are you using for a moment and also if you have ever used ESET Smart Security 4 and what do you think about that product ?
Thanks

The best AV is the one you personally believe in. Which may/may not be one we believe in.
Personally believe in Norton.