best anti-virus ?

[picassofacepicassoface is verified member.]

2 months after installing norton360, it let a virus called real-av in and I basically had to wipe the hard-drive and start over.

Can anyone recommend (a store bought) antivirus/malware ?

Thanks

 

[denny007]

nod32

 

[Donald Aquilano]

Why do you have to have a "store bought" antivirus.? The one I currently use is AVG Free Edition. Its been pretty solid for me and doesn't cost me a dime.

If you insist on buying one from the store. I like Trend Micro and Kaspersky Anti-Virus.

 

[draggar]

Why do you have to have a "store bought" antivirus.? The one I currently use is AVG Free Edition. Its been pretty solid for me and doesn't cost me a dime.

I agree, AVG free is great. Most of the PC tools to help keep your PC running clean and fast are available for free and are as good, or even better, than the paid for software.

 

[BostonDomainer]

I uninstalled Norton about a month ago and have been giving AVG since and it's been great. Norton is too memory intensive and causes too frequent crashes and/or irregularities.

 

[picassofacepicassoface is verified member.]

thanks, i'll look up avg on google and download it !

Can always count on the forum for great advice

 

[ftaylor]

You could try Ubuntu. It's free and you won't get viruses : www.ubuntu.com.

 

[PeterMan]

AVG Free... imho...

 

[picassofacepicassoface is verified member.]

is it worth upgrading to the $34 avg Pro version ?

 

[draggar]

is it worth upgrading to the $34 avg Pro version ?

Free download:

http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition

I don't know about the paid version.

 

[HasRob]

norton is a virus imho, I use mcafee now. never had a problem.

 

[Sonny Banks]

nod32

Agree.
I never had a problem with Nod32.

It's a great antivirus, probably the best.

 

[south]

norton is a virus imho, I use mcafee now. never had a problem.

Yes, norton is useless, unless you enjoy waiting for your computer to boot.

Here: http://removethisshit.com/antivirus.html

Haven't updated the list (or site for that matter) in a few years. For personal use, avast is excellent.

 

[cursal]

I agree AVG works great.

the $34 gives live protection.

Set up tools to run avg nightly and you should be fine.
I would also give spywareblaster a try. I run that weekly.

And for those times when you just need to dump all your memory (browser too) with your machine on, try ATF-Cleaner.

All have free versions.

 

[BidNo]

Agree.
I never had a problem with Nod32.

It's a great antivirus, probably the best.

Also agree. ESET Nod32 is the best that I've used by a wide margin.

 

[Theo]

Kaspersky is the best. http://www.kaspersky.com

 

[denny007]

Kaspersky is the best. http://www.kaspersky.com

Not anymore, years ago it was true

 

[tekz999]

I use multiple. The one I love the most is Zone Alarm.

 

[denny007]

I use multiple. The one I love the most is Zone Alarm.

You mean firewall no ?

 

[tekz999]

ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 2009. 2 words summarize it: Anti-all software.