Anti-Virus Programs, which is the best?

Question

Before I renew my Norton Anti-virus software I was hoping I could get feedback on which ones others might prefer and why? Thanks alot!

Answer 1

Whatever you choose, stay away from Zone Alarm Anti Virus. They're OK for Firewall - but extremely disappointing as Anti Virus. Not to mention how many times they froze my computer and ate up the memory.  

Answer 2

I have used AVG Anti Virus, Zone Alarm Firewall, Spy-bot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware both spyware killers for years. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans Hackers etc. I have just upgraded to AVG free 8.0 and all seems good so far. Zone Alarm allows a lot of personal configuration unlike the Windows Firewall. They can all be downloaded from http://www.download.com/ I also use Windows Defender from the Microsoft site. It is safe to use two anti-spy products but never use more than one A/V as it can cause conflicts. You should run A/V and anti spy weekly. Hope this helps

Answer 3

Norton isnt that good anymore. Lets a lot of things go through. Customer Service is horrible also.

I use Avast.

I wanted Kaspersky but I had software conflicts, of some type.  (Its rather pricy too, it is best---currently )

Im impressed with Avast. Easy to use and quite thorough. Keeps current.

My friend had a lot of stuff going thru on Panda, so switched to Kaspersky

Answer 4

I personally like Norton 360, simply because after I install it, it just does its job automatically, you don't have to know anything about computer to operate this anti-virus software. Certainly there are some better anti-virus  software, like nod32 and windows onecare etc...

But why change, we like Norton and we can just stick with it, it's a great brand and also easy to operate.

One thing you may want to know is that, don't renew your Anti-virus software every year, go buy them in the store, you pay less, and sometimes you don't even have to anything after rebate.

Hope these info helps

Good Luck

Answer 5

I'm not exactly sure which is best, but I use Kaspersky Anti-Virus and it has worked very well for me.

Hope that helped.  

Answer 6

Norton is the "most hated" AV product in the world...

NOD32 from http://www.eset.com is FAST, EFFECTIVE, memory efficient, and you can get a 30 day free trial.

NOD32 will take up 150 megs LESS RAM than norton does, scan 3-10 X faster, be WAY more stable, and pretty much be "set it and forget it."  It's also less expensive than norton.

Answer 7

i really like spybot search and destroy myself cause its alot more detailed about what your deleting from your computer instead of DO U WANT BLA BLAH BLAH TO FIX THE PROBLEMS lol

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