Which AntiVirus?

Which is antivirus should I get?

I want one which doesn't use up 2 much memory during scanning, and is great at finding viruses, and is reliable

Thanks

 

AVG - Tis free. Never had a problem with it. Set it scan when you aren't likely to be using your computer and you won't encounter any performance issues.

 

I heard it misses a lot of files during scanning

 

This topic has been discussed many times.

Do a search here, and read the stickies in the Malware Forum.

 

All my friends and I use NOD32. That with ZoneAlarm Pro, I have no problems with viruses.

 

Yep,Nod32 is one of the best.But as I have a paid sub to Etrust vet engine it is what I use.

Thing is I only use my AV and Ewido as on demand scanners and run FF and OE through a virtualisation program.

Much safer than any signature based software.The latest WMF exploit was not detected by any AVs until they had their data bases updated to recognise the threat.

You should look into some of them.Sandboxie,Defensewall,Bufferzone and VMware to name a few.

Good Discussion here http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ under "privacy & other Anti-Malaware software on many of these apps.

 

I just installed BitDefender 8 Free Edition (it's the scanner only, no realtime shield) as a backup scanner to my AVG 7.1 Free resident AV. BitDefender is known for having very high detection rates, so I figure the combination should provide excellent protection, free.

The BitDefender scan can be set to run as Low priority, so it uses less memory and can run in the background while you run other tasks. Is that the kind of thing you're looking for?

Download: http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html

 

AntiVir (free) http://majorgeeks.com/download955.html

 

NOD32 - great detection rate, good on resources. Took some time to find the right combination for my PC. NOD32, Zonealarm firewall.

 

thanks 4 warning me man. I aint a novice, nor a geek, so I wont download this.

 

There is a setup tutorial which I use for NOD32 its located here

As for a free antivirus I would use Avast. For a paid antivirus I would choose NOD32.

 

I'm surprised no ones mentioned PC-Cillin or McAfee.

 

so, what shall I go 4?

 

We have already told you. AntiVir, Avast or AVG.
All are free and work well.
My preference is for AntiVir (link above).
Pick one. ONLY one.
Have it run as Resident/background.
Update the database and manually scan often.
If you get malware or suspect you have something,
scan in Safe Mode.
The malware may run in Normal and since Windows doesn't
like to remove files it sees as active, a Safe Mode scan usually
can remove the bad boys as they sleep.

Happy trailz,

 

I have chose 2 download Avast 4

I'm going 2 use it 4 a while, see how it goes.
thanks 4 all ur help guys

Appreciate it

 

Avast 4 gave me the BSOD
Never touching that again

What i'm looking for in a software is its defintion rate. How good it is at finding viruses.

Which one shall I chose next?

 

Do you completely forget about previous posts
as soon as you read them?
There were at least 2 other programs recommended to you earlier and more than once.

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