What is the BEST ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE?

[jamac666]

Hi Everyone!

I was just thinking to myself as to what the best antivirus program is. I know that AVG is ace but what are the real alternatives?

I use AVG free, Microsoft Security Essentials, NodEST, Comodo Internet Security + Firewall and IObit Security (not antivirus software but assists in the war against malware!)

Thanks

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

avira or avast free antivirus.best free firewall is pc tools firewall plus!and malwarebytes free spyware!

 

[graywolf]

You can't use all of those together!! Only ONE A-V resident, although you can scan on demand with others!!

NOD has been found to be the best of the paid suites in recent independent lab tests, as reported in Maximum PC Mag.

Free ones -- as Ugly-Face said.

Stay far from IOBIT products. They've been accused of stealing all of MBAM's definitions. Chinese pirates.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

yeah but he is virus free!!!!!!!!!!!lol

 

[graywolf]

Only funny if he also understands what I'm saying, otherwise he'll be back with other major problems.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

hey graywolf ,it looks like we better update our security!

 

[sportsfanboy]

+1 for Avira

 

[DavidJG]

there are plenty of good AV software on the market, the only thing that you should do is to make sure that it will work on your computer and will be easy to use, you can download the free trial to test those software you can find the trials on websites such as downloadinternetsecurity.com, cnet.com etc.

 

[saran008]

+1 for avira!

Download & Install the following 3 freewares. It forms a free complete security suite for your system!
1. Avira Anvivir - http://www.free-av.com/en/download/index.html .
Avira is best & light solution for excellent overall system protection & internet security with real time updates, .

2. Malwarebytes - http://www.malwarebytes.org/ .
Malwarebytes is one of the best & effective antimalware tool out there.

3. Ccleaner - http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download .
CCleaner is a system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool with an efficient & most useful registry cleaner.

The Best Security & System Optimization combo for all types of systems.

 

[waller540]

I love BitDefender, their also very cheap. A lot of people prefer Kaspersky these days.
This website rates them as first and second:
http://www.antivirusreviewers.com

 

[verbalizer]

comodo internet security..
it's free and user friendly, has all the tools to secure your system.
download.com
check it out.

 

[Guest]

I've heard from many people that they prefer Avira, Avast, or AVG. I don't think you should be using all of those anti-virus programs at once, because they may conflict with each other. If you're happy with AVG though, you don't really need an alternative.

 

[verbalizer]

anybody using more than one at a time or all of those at once is a fool and or paranoid skitzo.
just try the new comodo version that just came out a week ago.
pretty nice.

 

[Guest]

Meant to say "or", I edited the post. I haven't heard of Comodo though, I'll check it out.

 

[verbalizer]

you'll like it.
total security suite and not a resource hog..

 

[sportsfanboy]

Here's a great site with lots of free and useful software. They also do a pretty good job breaking things down in order of what's good and not.

 

[verbalizer]

where's the link - sportsfanboy.?
www.download.com

 

[sportsfanboy]

lol sry forgot

http://www.techsupportalert.com/

 

[verbalizer]

cool.

 

[blablacentral]

wich way to download ccleaner

- Download from FileHippo.com
or
- Download from Piriform.com

and whats the difference. nd is it better than atf cleaner for windows 7?

 

[jwpizzy]

I've been using AVIRA for the past year and love it. Check this out http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_od_aug2010.pdf. It tests the some of most popular AV's and has helped me in deciding which AV I select.

 

[lunakitty]

yeah but he is virus free!!!!!!!!!!!lol

having multiple anti virus App sounds like it can work better than having just one. Truthfully its not, it could be incompatible with each other. Either competing for resources or cancelling each other out.

Causing more hassle than its worth, Opt for a good anti virus and anti spy/malware

 

[lunakitty]

Avast 5 has good ratings, and It has Nifty Feature with multiple protection,

Incl antivirus, RootKit Protecting, boot-time scans, antispyware, and heuristics engines also real-time shields Including mail and file system shields.

Network Behaviour, instant messaging, peer-to-peer, and Web shields. silent-gaming mode that can be turned on that wont disturb you if you busy (Gaming Hehe) and a new addition called "intelligent scanner" that once system is scanned only looks at changed files after sets a baseline.

Its totally free and provides same protection compaired to other Popular and expensive antivirus Apps .

 

[lunakitty]

wich way to download ccleaner

- Download from FileHippo.com
or
- Download from Piriform.com

and whats the difference. nd is it better than atf cleaner for windows 7?

Try Cnet Downloads
its tested spyware free and good place to get free apps

http://download.cnet.com

 

[verbalizer]

http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/free-download.html