Gaming user prefrence: Antivirus and windows 7

[Dorfdad]

Ok I know this is a highly subjective discussion but I would like to know what is the consensus on the fastest most un-obtrusive antivirus for gamers that protects the best against virus and spyware while not draining the speed of the system?

Free or Paid but myust be 64 bit?

 

[thundermonkey]

Don't know about 64bit, but for my 32bit install Avira is best, while I play games on steam. I really forget it is there while in L4D.

 

[Barman58]

Thread moved to gaming forum and title adjusted due to specific nature of post

 

[HunterZ]

I use AVG and turn off active protection/scanning, and just let it do daily scans at night. It's less safe because it won't block an infected program before I run it, but at least it will hopefully detect it within 24 hours. Firefox does a scan on all my downloads anyways, and I don't usually run shady stuff.