Which antivirus software?

I have a DELL m1530 laptop that came with McAfee virus protection for 15 months. Now that it has expired (and that I have installed Windows 7 on a clean install), I need virus protection.

What do you guys recommend?

I've heard stuff about this AVG which is supposed to be good and free. But is it (good)?

Do I just step up and shell out the coin for McAfee or Norton? I am assuming I cannot just download these via one of those "sites" because you need to pay subscription fees these days.

What do you experts suggest?

I am using Free Avira Antivir and it is working very well for me!

This question comes up all of the time, a quick search should provide dozens of threads.

AVG and Avast: I've used both and think both do an adequate job for somebody like myself who is a systems guy for a living, doesn't pirate software or use p2p or illegal torrents, etc.

MSE: This is the new player in town..it's the Microsoft product. While maybe not as fully functional as some of the others, it's free as well and does a good job as far as I am concerned. Tons of people here are using it.

Avira: Is a good product..but their freebie version nags you at every update to buy their paid for product.

Sorry, I thought the software forum was the correct one. I didn't scroll down far enough.

I think I am stuck between AVG and Avast...though I am someone who does p2p/torrent downloading...but I usually don't ever download programs. Just music and stuff.

A paid app is best. It has everything you need, and the free app's slow down their updates - it has a lower priority. I'd go for Norton 360 or Kaspersky.

Avast Home Edition

For the last two years I have been usecuritying Comodo Internet Security Suite on Windows XP SP3. I recently installed it on my new Windows 7 Professional. It is, without doubt, the best firewall and has a more than adequate anti virus. It has a user friendly interface and is easy to set up. Whats more, its free! What more could you ask?

Dolfin said:

For the last two years I have been usecuritying Comodo Internet Security Suite on Windows XP SP3. I recently installed it on my new Windows 7 Professional. It is, without doubt, the best firewall and has a more than adequate anti virus. It has a user friendly interface and is easy to set up. Whats more, its free! What more could you ask?

Its huge, fat and adds a lot of hard to remove registry entries.