Recommended antivirus/malware software

mse

Malwarebytes anti-malware. The free version acts as an on-demand scanner which does not constantly run in the background but it's a good compliment to an antivirus which does.

Norton or Gdata internet security and malwarebytes.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AV-TEST-Certification-...

avast and malwarebytes .

I, like rdg1101, use Microsoft Security Essentials. It's hard to beat free.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/AV-TEST-Certification-...

MSE fails certification , i would stay away and go with avast.

The free Microsoft Security Essentials is reasonably ok and doesn't feel like it is getting in the way all the time. I quite like the interface for Avast also. A +1 for the Malwarebytes anti-malware scanner too.

No antivirus software is 100%, even some of the expensive paid or products, so still advise some common sense.

i would say avast as well

though frankly i dont like anti virus at all. the best anti virus a user can have is the user themselves.

you got the point there neon neophyte it must start with the user first .

MSE + Malwarebytes.

Whats y'all opinion on vipre premium? Thanks!  

It's decent!

If money is not a problem, I say pick Norton Internet Security 2012/2013. I have it with Windows 7 and I've never had any virus problems.

If money is not a problem, I say pick Norton Internet Security 2012/2013. I have it with Windows 7 and I've never had any virus problems.

I agree Norton is awesome.

Thank very much for the suggestions.  

just don't buy McAfee, if i wanted to cause someone's pc harm i would forget installing a virus and convince them to buy a copy of McAfee

Yes I agree, Mcafee is crap to me. Had my experience a long time ago. Thanks for info.

Avast+Malwarebytes and common sense.

Typically, I run Microsoft Security Essentials for the day to day anti-virus. It's free, it's fairly comprehensive and it updates both within the application and via windows update. Just plain simple

I also will install malwarebytes, superantispyware and ccleaner on all the machines I work with. Malwarebytes and Superantispyware can find most viruses and they're also free. ccleaner is most just a convenient tool to remove temporary files.

Make sure to use an external drive for backing up important documents, photos and other media. I also recommend a cloud-based solution to give you an off-site secure location for precious things you couldn't live without.

ugh Norton is a resource hog so I don't know were people are getting its good. I use avast and sometimes malwarebytes but mainly just avast and I have no problems

ugh Norton is a resource hog < maybe like 5 years ago , now it is one of the lightest and best suites offered.They recoded their whole lineup of software almost 4 years ago.

I am using Kaspersky with Malwarebytes. Seems good to me.

They, like McAfee, have re-written their program code to allow for as much of a non-invasive approach as possible. We use it for customers where I work and haven't had a real problem with them as of yet.



I concur good sir!  


As for my recommendations:
Free: Avast + MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (can also use Spybot S&D too)
Paid: NIS 2013 + MalwareBytes