What virusscanner do you prefer?

Hi
I am looking for a good Freeware Virusscanner with a good updatecenter and low systemusage. Which one do you prefer???

 

I use AVG, which has an active system monitor that uses relatively low resources, and automatically notifies you of updates frequently.

Here's a download link for AVG:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download886.html

 

Yes. I like AVG as well, particularly the price.

 

I use AVG also

 

I use AntiVir found here at Majorgeeks.com Easy, non-intrusive.

 

AVG
User friendly too for us newbies.

 

i think avast is better than avg myself

 

I use Avast also, and have had no problems, since swapping from Norton.

 

I agree. However, AVG is much more user friendly.

 

Don't forget about all the great on-line scanners like,

Trend Housecall or
Panda Activescan

 

Nod32

 

Do they have a free version now?

 

OK

Thanks for your answers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

AVG Free

 

Avast 4.6

AVS files updated almost daily. It has found and stopped viruses that Norton's did not even acknowledge.
I like Avast so much, I deleted Norton's (which i bought!) from my hard drive!

Edit by chaslang: Please use MG's links as I added below
Avast! Home Edition
Avast! 4 Professional Edition
(I have no relation to Avast....I just like their product!)

p.s.: You will still need a secondary spyware killer in addition to Avast (ie:
AdAware-SE which is also free -- you may be unpleasently surprised to see what had been sitting inside of your system without your knowledge!)

Good Luck!

 

AVAST, its real easy to use. It really works. better than antivirus.

it also regularly updates keeping you well protected

 

I have read that is important not to have two antivirus programs intalled simultaneously. Is it bad to use EZ Trust Antivirus (Yahoo's built in anti-virus) in addition to AVAST?

I scan with Trend Micro's often.

 

libratravel:

It is a good idea to have more than one updated antivirus program availabe to use on your system.
Sometimes one scanner will detect malware another will miss.

It is usually not a good idea to have more than one antivirus program running as resident in background.

The two I use are:
AVG. I use this one mostly for its good behavior as resident.

Edit by chaslang: Please use MG's links as I added below

AVG Free Edition

AntiVir. This is the one I really depend on but run it manually only.
AntiVir Personal Edition

Happy trails

 

Just to add to the mass, AVG here too

-Easy
-Reliable
-Sparing the resources
-Actively updated (read: daily) (and you can get the updates automatically if you wish)
-Active scanning that doesn't halt your PC to a crawl
-It's free

 

they meaning NOD32?


Edit by chaslang: Please use MG's links as I added below

No. It's a paid solution - NOD32 Antivirus System - with discounts for students/educational establishments and non-profits/charities.