Which antivirus is best for win7

[karimla131]

the best anti virus

can anyone tell me what is the best anti virus in windows 7 plz
thanks
Kareem

 

[Ex_Brit]

Avast Free: Download FREE antivirus software - avast! Home Edition

 

[Iknewitwin7]

I wouldn't say any is better for Win7 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

 

[Romulinx2]

AVG Anti-virus or AVG Internet Security (all in one package) Not free but better than most!

 

[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.

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.

 

[NosferatuX]

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?

 

[Airbot]

Yep, Avast is the very good.

 

[Night Hawk]

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.

 

[Iknewitwin7]

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 Win7 32 & 64

 

[karimla131]

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


kareem

 

[Night Hawk]

That's encouraging! I'm not knocking Avast at all there. But to keep the AVG toolbar on you know how that goes.

The retail version of AVG not AVG Pro sees a 2yr. license on that. You registry once and then let that run out unless offered an upgrade when the next build is available or the time is running out.

I'll likely be trying Avast again on the 64bit to see how that goes since I'm currently running the 32bit as default with IE seeing the toolbar there.

 

[Iknewitwin7]

OK so avast is good than kaspersky on windows 7
because i have an virus this virus has crashed my visual basic projects only my vb projects it called win32
by the way this projects was running very very good without any problems
so can anyone help plz
kareem

this would be a special case, you are already infected.

 

[Airbot]

The 64 bit Avast works just fine.

 

[Night Hawk]

For the 64bit versions of XP, Vista, and 7 beta you could sum up things simply right from Grisoft's own UK site.

"No 64-bit and server support — AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition cannot be installed on server operating systems(such as Windows Server 2003), nor can it be used for the scanning of network drives. Also Windows XP Pro x64 edition is not supported." AVG Free Edition - What You Don't Get...


That's truely sad there! The US support site/faqs page shows something different besides the way the blue text came out in the post here.

Important notice

• AVG only runs on Windows 2000 SP4 + Update Rollup 1, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP1 and Windows Vista/Vista x64 Edition or higher.
• The Anti-Rootkit component is not available on 64bit operating systems. AVG Antivirus and Security Software - Supported Platforms

 

[black dog]

The AVG Rootkit scanner does work with Win 7 64 bit, Internet Security Suite.
Here is mine in action .
Dunno why some people get so emotionally attached to AV programs . I once have a guy threaten me with violence for not wanting to install his preferred prog. LOL

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll239/xbildox/Untitled-1.jpg

 

[Night Hawk]

You likely are seeing better results for the anti-rootkit tool there then many have seen. The thing Grisoft is covering is not just 7 64bit however but XP and Vista 64bit editions as well where the problem may be present. None of that is directed at 7 this early in the game.

Gee? emot shun all E tachment...:huh: Here the AVG free edition is simply what has been used for some time since dumping others like McAfee fee sneeze and Symantec bloatware.

 

[sandeep]

eset.com/beta

You can try the beta version of Eset, there's a 64bit version as well and it's free with upgrades during it's beta period.

 

[weedmonk]

Using Avast free despite having an AVG subscription. AVG is slacking on performance.

 

[Night Hawk]

For retail go with AVG Pro or Trend Micro's antivirus not the basic. Performance? With the free edition on here I haven't noticed any performance problems with anything due to AVG itself.

When loading up a bunch of gadgets that's when it stalls things at shutdown or simply a quick? restart. More like 5minutes and counting! Wait and wait and wait for each to close out.

 

[scaramonga]

A Virtual Environment