What is a good anti virus software?

Question

Please give some input (pro and con)on different anti viral and anti spyware software you have used.

Answer 1

for free...

try

avast antivirus

spybot search and destroy and....

spyware blaster

avast is much better than avg...

spybot is one of the best i have heard

Answer 2

McAfee.  Since I replace my old one with this I have had no problems, very little spam, no popups and great support.

Answer 3

OK this is a cut and paste answer. I'm not doing this for points. Rather to provide good solid answers to one of the most often asked questions.

Lets face it. You usually get what you pay for.There are some rather fine Freeware utilities out there but none of them are as strong as the ones you pay for. Of the pay ones Norton / Symantec is almost as big a joke as McAffee.Which is just marginally better than the c**p that microsoft packs with windows. Google the anti virus certifying bodies that rate these companies. Use what the pros use.There are a couple of good Free online scans to verify the presence of an intrusion. Trend micro Housecall and Kaspersky. Housecall will also remove malware while Kaspersky offers a Free 30day FULL VERSION trial. The proper way to remove malware is to turn off your system restore. (malware hides a copy of itself there quite often) Then re boot into safe mode. (keep pressing f8 when you power up and select safe mode) Then run your anti virus / anti spyware-trojan utilities. Then re-boot with your internet connection disabled and re-run your scans. then turn your restore back on and set a new restore point. Good luck and best wishes.

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

http://usa.kaspersky.com/trials/home-use...

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/ind...

http://www.eset.com/smartsecurity/

http://www.eset.com/download/

http://www.consumercompare.org/internet_...

And finally. Here is a review by PC Authority magazine of 47 products rated by price, performance,ease of use, etc.

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Search/Def...

Answer 4

The best one is ESET NOD32 Antivirus!!! http://www.nod32.com.sg/html/44/42/

ESET delivers the fastest, most effective and most proactive antivirus and antispyware solution to eliminate viruses, spyware, adware, worms, trojans, rootkits and other malware before they attack your system. Nobody does proactive protection better than ESET

Over the past 9 years, ESET has consistently achieved the highest evaluations in comparative testing of antivirus software, both in the lab and in the wild from Virus Bulletin.

The unique ThreatSense(r) technology automatically collects data from our worldwide user base and immediately sends feedback on new threats, making ESET smarter, while vastly reducing false positives.

Extremely efficient code base and eliminate the large size and unnecessary optional components found in competitive products. This means faster scanning that doesn't slow down your computer or your network.

Answer 5

i had windows live one care but i had to renew it for like 50 bucks which to me sounds like to much money Don't get me wrong it is awesome software great if you have money

mcafee slows down your computer and leaves things behind

the best is to get avira antivirus http://www.free-av.de/de/download/1/down...

superanti spyware if you want get the premium edition

http://www.superantispyware.com/superant...

spywareblaster

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb...

comodo firewall

http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/d...

get all for of these softwares and you will be safe trust me

and get ccleanr to keep computer clean

http://www.ccleaner.com/

note if you get the premium edition of super anti spyware you don't need spyware blaster

good luck  

Answer 6

mcaffe

Answer 7

Bitdefender, Mcafee and Kaspersky are the top 3 according to consumer reports. If you want to know more there are a few websites that are good for giving reviews about this stuff. One is www.consumerreports.org

another good review site is

pcworld.com

Answer 8

macaffe slowed my computer down way too much.

Norton always had glitches and had to be reinstalled.

Try comodo:

They have a great firewall

antimalware

memory firewall

AV

http://www.comodo.com/products/free_prod...

all for free. And soon they are going to release an internet security package which includes all the programs in one.

Answer 9

WINDOWS LIVE CARE!!!! IT REALLY WORKS DONT LISTEN TO THEM^^^ I HAVE IT GO TO http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/defau... AND DOWNLOAD IT

Answer 10

Well when NORTON comes with VISTA operating systems you have to believe that MICROSOFT is a believer.....  I'm a believer in AVG, its a free download from DOWNLOAD.COM     Its a free download and one of the most popular downloads of ALL SOFTWARE..

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