Which anti-virus should I use?

Question

I have XP Pro SP2 504mb of ram, with no anti-virus or anti-spyware.

I can get any program, just name it... I've been running my pc without one for a while, is it possible I have lots of spy ware and junk?

I am also using Folder Lock pro (latest one) and wondering if that is the best but can't start it

Answer 1

NOD32v3.0 or Smart Security http://www.nod32.com.sg

Answer 2

try BitDefender or AVG 7.5 not the 8 version....

Answer 3

AVG Free won't work on anything below SP4, dude. Take this link. http://www.freebyte.com/antivirus/ That'll give you all sorts of FREE A.V.'s that aren't spyware...which is a refreshing change.

Answer 4

Kaspersky and NOD32 are the best to buy Avast and Antivir are the best free ones get then from http://www.download.com.

You should forget AVG 8.0 free edition it has a nice interface but is poor at blocking viruses so not worth using.

I've tested both Avast Home Edition (free) and AVG (free), AVG let me save 75% of the test viruses to my hard drive only blocking 25% were as Avast blocked 75% of viruses, Avast picked up the other 25% of the viruses that were in zip files the second I tried to extract them.

I use Avast combined with Comodo Pro on my XP home computer and have no problems with virus's or spyware.

Test them yourself: http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_fil...

Answer 5

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