Good AV's

[joelkat]

I find out today im lagging badly on my system so I decided hey why not get Malware bytes again since I had it before I went to linux then back to 7 home premium and I got Avast 1st thing and Not a SINGLE warning message! and I run malware bytes and im up to 19 infected files.

So what do you recommend?

 

[Francis93]

Avast and MBAM, both running in the background with real-time protection. Avast is a light AV. If you're going for paid, I would suggest Norton. Kaspersky is also a very good security app. You might want to read some reviews as these should help you decide:

AV-Test Certifications
AV-Comparatives Detection Tests
AV-Comparatives Retrospective Tests
AV-Comparatives Whole Product Dynamic Tests
AV-Comparatives False Alarm Tests
AV-Comparatives Performance Tests
AV-Comparatives Removal Tests
AV-Comparatives Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA) Tests

 

[CanIHaz]

do you want free or paid av?

FREE:
Microsoft Security Essentials
Panda Cloud Anti-Virus
Avira Free

PAID:
Eset AV
Norton AV
kasperksy AV

 

[JMH]

I would suggest that you read -

http://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/72070-whats-best-anti-virus.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/security-basics/76173-whats-best-anti-malware.html

 

[panais]

I find out today im lagging badly on my system so I decided hey why not get Malware bytes again since I had it before I went to linux then back to 7 home premium and I got Avast 1st thing and Not a SINGLE warning message! and I run malware bytes and im up to 19 infected files.

So what do you recommend?

Download and install those and you are 99% secure.

Anti-virus: Mse http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ light,strong and free

Firewall: Comodo firewall 64bit Firewall Antivirus Software Free Download from Comodo™ strong and free

Superantispyware SUPERAntiSpyware.com | Remove Malware | Remove Spyware - AntiMalware, AntiSpyware, AntiAdware! free edition for extra scans

Malwarebytes Malwarebytes free edition for extra scans
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Mse use a good real time protection,emails,programs attachment etc.
Comodo is solid firewall and auto protect you from outsides threads.
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With AntiMalware and Malwarebytes you must update them and manual scan everytime you feel something is wrong.
And all the above are FREE.

 

[Francis93]

do you want free or paid av?

FREE:
Microsoft Security Essentials
Panda Cloud Anti-Virus
Avira Free

PAID:
Eset AV
Norton AV
kasperksy AV

Panda and Avira are known to have many false positives.

 

[zigzag3143]

Ugh, another best AV thread.


From a purely BSOD perspective there is a hands down winner MSE.

And I am not even an MSE fan

 

[pparks1]

I use Trend Micro at work, MSE on my home Windows 7 box, and Avast on my wife's laptop and I never get BSOD's....