Which Antivirus is Best?????????

Solarstarshines · 07 Feb 2011

I use Webroot Spysweeper with Anti virus it also has a Gamer Mode as well

DeanP · 08 Feb 2011

Microsoft Security Essentials

Why?
1. It is free.
2. Does not bug me.
3. Personally, it seems to find more virus/infected files than NIS.

Phone Man · 08 Feb 2011

gobbetto said:

AV-comparatives still has MSE 1.0; actual version is 2.0.657 and is a lot better, I use it and prefer it over EsetNOD32, AVG, Avira and avast! which I used in the past.

It doesn't seem very accurate to me to compare Norton 2011 with MSE v. 1.0; why they don't compare Norton 2008 with MSE 2.0?

MSE 2.0 was still in Beta until Dec 2010 and these companies don't test Beta software. I am sure going forward MSE 2.0 will be included. Its good to keep looking at new results as malware is always changing and the AV companies need to keep up.

Jim

wds7 · 08 Feb 2011

DeanP said:

Microsoft Security Essentials

Why?
1. It is free.
2. Does not bug me.
3. Personally, it seems to find more virus/infected files than NIS.

Really ....????

THe Only good thing is it's FREE ...I'll pick Avast "Free Version" in the heart beat ...

You don't know how many infected pcs customers bring in a day and the only AV program that they have is MSE .....
Which is OK though ...i still have job to do ...
Peace .

Daave · 08 Feb 2011

Go for Mac-cafe it is good, even i use the same.

yowanvista · 08 Feb 2011

1. It is free.

Free but basic protection for the average user, it does not compete against the features of a complete AV suite

2. Does not bug me.

All AVs including MSE cause problems and BSODs(mpfilter.sys) on some Win7 systems

3. Personally, it seems to find more virus/infected files than NIS.

As nothing is 100% effective MSE also misses a lot of malware in some AV tests, it is not ranked as the 'best'

Borg 386 · 09 Feb 2011

yowanvista said:

As nothing is 100% effective MSE also misses a lot of malware in some AV tests, it is not ranked as the 'best'

That's it right there....nothing is 100% effective.

Fayla · 09 Feb 2011

Nor is it a real requirement (100%), UNLESS you visit every existing dodgy website and open every spam email with virus attachments and fall for every social network scam that comes your way. Even someone with little computer knowledge would find it very hard to encounter every type of virus dispersal platform. A high coverage is all that is needed really.

Borg 386 said:

yowanvista said:

As nothing is 100% effective MSE also misses a lot of malware in some AV tests, it is not ranked as the 'best'

That's it right there....nothing is 100% effective.

marsmimar · 09 Feb 2011

MadSupra354 · 10 Feb 2011

I'd recommend Norton, but I've heard Kaspersky is really good to. I've owned Norton 360 for 2 years and I've not had any problems. Norton only eats 6MB's of RAM on idle and about 70MB's when scanning.