What Anti-Virus should I install on Win7?

TheIgster · 13 Sep 2009

Taliseian · 13 Sep 2009

As Mickey Megabyte said, its more important to go with what feels best with you.

Pretty much all anti-virus/security software packages will be written or have been updated already to work with W7.

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Tews · 13 Sep 2009

Of course there are a multitude of AV programs available, the best one is oft overlooked and used the least .... it lies between your ears!! Common sense and vigilance will do more to protect you against viruses than the peddlers of AV programs would have you think..

That being said, MSE is a solid program that offers good protection for the average user...

tw33k · 14 Sep 2009

Another vote for NOD32

Dinesh · 14 Sep 2009

TheIgster said:

Vipre

+1.

Mercurial · 14 Sep 2009

Eset =)!

rover3500 · 14 Sep 2009

All of the above are very good.Kapersky is brill,but does slow down file loading.I'm trying out a new free one from a company security leader,Forticlient internet security.Seems good so far,with vpn support.And the standard version is Free

FortiClient™ Features

* Extends Fortinet's comprehensive protection against viruses, spyware, keyloggers, trojans, worms, botnets, rootkits, adware, spam, phishing and greyware to PCs and laptops.
* Supports Windows 2000 on 32-bit, and both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
* Endpoint control and management
* IPSec VPN and SSL VPN clients
* Personal firewall
* Antivirus/antispyware
* Antispam protection
* Web content filtering
* WAN acceleration
* Application detection
* FortiGate, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer support
* All inspection technologies supported by FortiGuard Subscription Service
32bit:

Code:

http://www.forticlient.com/files/FortiClientSetup_4.1.0.exe

64bit:

Code:

http://www.forticlient.com/files/FortiClientSetup_4.1.0_x64.exe

Gilly · 14 Sep 2009

jfar said:

I use Avira, it is very good.

i always used Avira ,but ditched it because for some reason on 64bit i couldnt disable start up splash screens through the usual way that i did with 32bit is through regedit Open regedit and navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
In the right pane double-click avgnt and add /nosplash at the end of the path (ex. /min /nosplash). but theres know avgnt key in that registry location

has anyone found an alternativeway to disable splash screen?
if so please tell

edit found it...http://alexborisov.org/?p=44

Antonvn · 14 Sep 2009

I would recommend the latest Norton AV, or the corporate edition. Those one of the highest detection rates and low resource usage. Otherwise a solution like Kaspersky is good. Some other anti-virus products I don't prefer because they continiously prove to have low(er) detection rates and/or more resource usage.

DeaconFrost · 14 Sep 2009

swarfega said:

Microsoft Security Essentials is free and seems good.

It also scores very high in detection rates as well, from av-comparitives.org.