Antivirus..

confused.. · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:14

i know this question must have been asked hundred of times before but which antivirus software would be the best to use??

thanks in advance

lee87 · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:16

I think NOD32 is the best but it costs £23 per year.

If your looking for a free anti-virus I would recommend AVG.

confused.. · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:23

thnx!!

JoDaMa · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:30

I can also recommend AVG Free, i've never had any trouble with it. It always seems to catch any threats and gets rid of them before they cause any trouble.

DuncyBoy · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:35

Thiras said:
I can also recommend AVG Free, i've never had any trouble with it. It always seems to catch any threats and gets rid of them before they cause any trouble.

Agreed. If you add the free version of Ad-Aware and then SpyBot, you're pretty well covered

JoDaMa · 22 Sep 2007 at 13:36

DuncyBoy said:
Agreed. If you add the free version of Ad-Aware and then SpyBot, you're pretty well covered

Yeah definately, although im not too keen on the new ad-aware 2007 version, i don't think its as good as the old one.

Participant · 22 Sep 2007 at 15:05

Thiras said:
Yeah definately, although im not too keen on the new ad-aware 2007 version, i don't think its as good as the old one.

In what way, precisely? It properly supports Vista for a start.

JoDaMa · 22 Sep 2007 at 15:17

I find it keeps crashing when i update if i haven't recently restarted the computer for some reason. :confused:

And i don't really like the new layout.

Duke · 22 Sep 2007 at 15:46

NOD32 - AV and Antispyware in one pack

snowdog · 22 Sep 2007 at 15:49

Nod32 user here, no complaints, beats Kaspersky imo because it doesn't slow the pc down that much.
I've had:
AVG
Norton 2002, 2003, 2005
Nod32
Kaspersky

And found norton 2002 good, and NOD32 best, but norton 02 is too old now to be very effective imo, so nod32

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confused.. · 22 Sep 2007 at 15:57

i fink i will go for AVG(considerin its free

), ad-aware and spybot

Wiggins · 22 Sep 2007 at 16:24

I have noticed over the past year or so that may users are migrating to NOD32.

I'm interested to know what makes it such a good AV?

snowdog · 22 Sep 2007 at 18:58

Wiggins said:
I have noticed over the past year or so that may users are migrating to NOD32.

I'm interested to know what makes it such a good AV?

Good protection generally, but for me the most important thing is that it doesn't slow down my pc, kaspersky and newer nortons slowed my pc down so much that I'd prefer to have no av than them, can't stand waiting ages for folders to load...