What's the Best Anti-virus?

[Solarstarshines]

I use Webroot Spysweeper Mcafee and Norton are process Hogs

 

[A Guy]

The fact that most computer makers bundle it speaks reams to me - if it is so good why would they need to do that?

Could be because Norton pays to be pre-installed,
No different than Mcafee pays the manufactures to be there,
Money talks,
Junkware makes computers cheaper because they derive funds from pre-installed software.
Consumer looses.
I agree either one could not be gifted to me,
I read some where that either AVG or Avast was powered my Mcafee ?

Not Avast for sure. And I don't believe AVG either. I have never heard that myself. A Guy

 

[ThrashZone]

I was pondering switching a while back and one of the sites showed it on the bottom of the sites page,
Now this was a couple years ago,
I've looked at both sites and couldn't find it so I wouldn't blame them for removing it ?
Then again I might most likely be mistaken completely

 

[dakota37]

Well, right now I am using one called Vipre, works good so far.

 

[acme12]

MSE

I tried them all and found out that Microsoft Security Essentials works the best. It caught what the $39.95 - $69.95 anti-virus suites missed. Test show that MSE is not good, but don't believe them, they don't like MSE because it's free and taken away customers

 

[ICIT2LOL]

The fact that most computer makers bundle it speaks reams to me - if it is so good why would they need to do that?

Could be because Norton pays to be pre-installed,
No different than Mcafee pays the manufactures to be there,
Money talks,
Junkware makes computers cheaper because they derive funds from pre-installed software.
Consumer looses.
I agree either one could not be gifted to me,
I read some where that either AVG or Avast was powered my Mcafee ?

Absolutely TZ I was being very sarcastic when I said that it irks me too the bloat that companies like Toshiba and HP put on their machines and titled as to make the average user think the cannot do without the crap.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Again if you are looking lots of other stuff on this site and apart from the AVG these are good. I have tested the free Comodo and Bitdefender too and they are good but a bit naggy for my liking.
Best Free Antivirus Software

I use a paid for Kaspersky and at less than $0.07 a day well worth the outlay and nevr have had a problem in four years.

There is this too if you are looking for more on call scanners - rootkits etc
Free Malware Removal Tools especially the rootkit ones are veeyr good.

 

[ThrashZone]

The fact that most computer makers bundle it speaks reams to me - if it is so good why would they need to do that?

Could be because Norton pays to be pre-installed,
No different than Mcafee pays the manufactures to be there,
Money talks,
Junkware makes computers cheaper because they derive funds from pre-installed software.
Consumer loses.
I agree either one could not be gifted to me,
I read somewhere that either AVG or Avast was powered my Mcafee ?

Absolutely TZ I was being very sarcastic when I said that it irks me too the bloat that companies like Toshiba and HP put on their machines and titled as to make the average user think the cannot do without the crap.

Yes I smelled a bit of sarcasm in the air lol,
I was agreeing with you wholeheartedly and reiterating

 

[SIW2]

I am using Baidu. It is always free.

Baidu Antivirus | Professional Antivirus + Ultrafast Cloud Security

 

[jadinolf]

I discovered ESET NOD32 in June of this year.

Before that, I had avast! Internet Security licenses for 6 computers.

I really like it so much not only did I buy a 3 computer license for my Windows 7 computers, I have one on it's way for my XP computer.

edit: I should have mentioned that you can download a trial copy of the program to see if you like it. That's what I did.

 

[silhouttejames]

I have been using Avast Antivirus with malwarebytes antimalware for years. Its been good so far. there are many other good antivirus you can search for their reviews, like McAfee, Mirosoft Security Essential, Norton etc.
http://fb.techgenie.com/free-antivirus.html

 

[ICIT2LOL]

I have been using Avast Antivirus with malwarebytes antimalware for years. Its been good so far. there are many other good antivirus you can search for their reviews, like McAfee, Mirosoft Security Essential, Norton etc.

Yes James take look at my post #647 best free list you will find quite a few links to all sorts there mate.

 

[Solarstarshines]

I have been standing by these guys 4 years now

Never heavy on resources and pretty accurate Webroot Spysweeper with Anti Virus

 

[UserNam]

Avz is nice too, not real time but actually finds viruses.

 

[pyro90]

I was gonna create a thread about this but glad I found one already done great work tweek it has been helpful to get a better understanding of what to choose but still a hard decision

 

[charkzilla20]

I've been using malwarebytes and MSE. works well

 

[ICIT2LOL]

I've been using malwarebytes and MSE. works well

Mate you will find these very handy to keep on board too they don't conflict withthe man stuff.

The ADECleaner I keep in Downloads as sometimes you will need to redownload it but it is good at ripping crap out of the registry.


http://www.superantispyware.com/


http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/

download from bleeping computer

 

[glassofwater]

fan of Advanced SystemCare Ultimate which employs Bitdefender antivirus technology, but not used by many.

 

[M1GU31]

I am using Baidu. It is always free.

Baidu Antivirus | Professional Antivirus + Ultrafast Cloud Security

Been testing it a bit , not really feeling it. Getting lots of false positives like it detecting my games exe's or dll's that my games need to run as trojans ... which I know are not since they are steam games.

 

[AmericanPharaoh]

I use McAfee antivirus software, it is very good for your computer,it is also free for a few months.I have used other anti-virus software,and Computer is infected，which lead to losing many important data.But after with McAfee, haven't seen this kind of situation.On the other hand,if you have the problem of data loss , i sugguest you get help from EaseUS，it is very useful for your data protection.
this is the wedsit of EaseUS
Windows data recovery software to recover lost files back - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard

Hi Houjia,

I've used both Symantec and McAfee Internet Security software for many years now. Both provide good protection.

Norton 360 also has a trial period, so if you have not yet paid for McAfee, give Norton a try, too.
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