Anti Virus question

SHANE34 · 9 Mar 2008 at 14:51

On my system i have Norton 2007 , is AVG better virus programe ?

SiHH · 9 Mar 2008 at 14:54

SHANE34 said:
On my system i have Norton 2007 , is AVG better virus programe ?

Both are not very good. AVG is free but doesnt mean its good. You get what you pay for in life.

Pay for NOD32 it is the best product out there for AV.

Agent0range · 9 Mar 2008 at 14:54

AVG is much lighter in terms of using system resources and far less intrusive and best of all, its totally free. I've used AVG for years and I can't complain.

Another AV worth noting is Nod32 which you will have to pay for but offers very effective and comprehensive system protection.

Arjun806 · 9 Mar 2008 at 16:31

I'd say AVG is better than Norton.

Personally I use Kaspersky, which you have to pay for, but I've never had any trouble.

mysticsniper · 9 Mar 2008 at 16:33

AVG is good, especially being free. But Kaspersky is one of the best AV's around, its reasonably priced for what you get.

Greenlizard0 · 9 Mar 2008 at 20:05

I think that Antivir came out top in recent(ish) detection tests and is probably the best free one out there atm.

It leaves a very small footprint too. I happily run it on my laptop with 2GB and Vista.

SiHH · 9 Mar 2008 at 21:17

Thing is with the free ones you wouldnt know if you had a virus or not because it doesnt pick all of them up !

I ran Nod32 on a machine at work that was using a totally up to date Sophos client and it picked up half a dozen viruses and managed to clean them all.