Which Virus Protection Software??

Notorious Lee · 26 May 2007 at 16:39

I have just finished my first build & installed Windows Vista Home premium 64 bit edition & am now looking for a really good virus protection program which also offers excellent protection for online surfing for internet banking, etc.

What do you recommend?

scooby555t · 26 May 2007 at 18:01

am using avg 7.5 it seems to be good enough

topgun06 · 26 May 2007 at 18:16

I use AVG 7.5 and id recommend it. Never had any problems and seems to catch at the nasties.

Have a look here for more ideas.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17726617

Posty · 26 May 2007 at 18:31

I used avast when i had a free one but use nod32 now

sidefxv1 · 26 May 2007 at 19:03

nod32 seems to be the av software of choice these days. I'm just using the zonealarm one I got free through my ISP and haven't had any problems though.

Craigius · 28 May 2007 at 00:24

Nod 32.

firewallblocked · 28 May 2007 at 00:40

Nod32 seems to work well but I don't like its interface too much, not ideal for novices as they may find it a little confusing.

Glaucus · 28 May 2007 at 00:44

Avast, no point paying.

Jaffa_Cake · 28 May 2007 at 01:13

How does Avira compare with Avast just out of interest?
I've been using Avira for months and its been very good to me.

Craig321 · 28 May 2007 at 01:38

Notorious Lee said:
I have just finished my first build & installed Windows Vista Home premium 64 bit edition & am now looking for a really good virus protection program which also offers excellent protection for online surfing for internet banking, etc.

What do you recommend?

Personally I use PC-cillin right now... mainly because a license was offered to me & before that I was on Norton :rolleyes:

After trying NOD32, I would recommend it. My main reason is the fact that it uses little resources.

Not sure what Avast is like, but it's free and a lot of people recommend it

Craig.

postmanfw · 28 May 2007 at 02:21

Kaspersky is a really good one too though not free.

Dappy · 28 May 2007 at 09:12

postmanfw said:
Kaspersky is a really good one too though not free.

You can get a free version of Kaspersky that AOL have released called Active Virus Shield which is based on Kaspersky AV 6:

http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?

Jofujofu · 28 May 2007 at 14:09

Dappy said:
You can get a free version of Kaspersky that AOL have released called Active Virus Shield which is based on Kaspersky AV 6:

http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?

I recently moved from NOD32 to this, and I have no complaints at all. I liked the fact that NOD was 'quiet' and didn't tell me about everything it did. AVS is the same, it just sits there doing it's thing without getting on my wick.

Paul

Bane · 3 Jun 2007 at 16:29

On a old computer, would AOL Active Virus Shield be better than Avast free edition?

Win XP
AMD Duron 1400
256MB RAM

Changed the virus checker from AVG free edition (being used for low resources) to Avast free edition. Also received Win XP May Malicious software removeal tool update.

After doing a complete scan with Avast it reported:
Sign of "Win32:Spyware-gen[Trj]" has been found in Program Files\Microsoft AntiSpyware\Quarantine\...

I know the computer owner doesn't do complete scan's, so after a more pro-active free scanner. But don't want to cripple system any more.

Meatball · 3 Jun 2007 at 17:57

Kaspesky AV :cool: