Which Antivirus Software do you use ? Why?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by pamelaluck, Jan 13, 2010.

  1. pamelaluck New Member

    Anti-virus Software's are much essential programs of every Windows PC these days. Surfing online without an updated anti-virus program is like inviting viruses, adwares and Malwares, which harms your pc.Here are some best anti-virus programs . So Guys, Which of these Antivirus Software do you use ? Why?
  2. Olaf New Member

    I use almost none on my ubuntu laptop :)
    but for windows mcaffee was always a good choice
  3. hunter jordan New Member

    Hi,

    I generally use AVG free edition. It works fine for my desktop.
  4. djwilson New Member

    AVG, its the best, doesnt lagg PCs one bit and its like you didnt know it was there :)
  5. enigma1 Guest

    According to whom? In my opinion anti-virus software installed on your local system will become obsolete. Most of the protection for is moving towards the browsers rather. There is still some use because of applications that run on your pc but for web browsing I do not rely on an anti-virus program. Best defense, is good control for jscripts, flash and other plugins, for instance FF with noscript and ABP.

    You should remember an attacker's primary objective today is to compromise your router, an area your best anti-virus doesn't even know about. And thats very easy once if you're careless having your browser running everything.
  6. Davidwilson Banned

    Avaira, its free license is long. it is very user friendly antivirus..
  7. doyle777 New Member

    I use AVG 9.0, it is good protection, I've never had problems with it...
  8. atulhost New Member

    McAffee is good but......

    I use a desktop PC, from securities point of view McAffee is the one of the best but it badly affects booting and shutting down time of you PC.
  9. ashsmith New Member

    I've been using avast for a long time. I'm using it because it wont slow down my pc and I get the job done.
  10. BrytonTaylor Banned

    Avast anti virus because its resources are not very havy one windows..
  11. danelsmith Banned

    I am also interesting in this topic, but I think that it's the right place for discussing it.
  12. tomw New Member

    Hey danelsmith, someone told me you would say that here.

    pamelaluck, I use AVG the free edition mainly because I don’t have to pay for it and seem like it does the job.
  13. dfawdon New Member

    I have tried several, most are bloated and hog resources.
    I have found over the years NOD32 to be the best, small, updates hourly and uses very little resources. I have not had a virus on my machines since using it.
  14. gamingos New Member

    i use AVG free, as its firstly,obviously free, good and it works simply.
  15. scott4701 New Member

    I am using Norton and it is very secure to the PC and I will recommend this.
  16. Chef Boy New Member

    I ran AVG for quite some time, until I really looked into Avast. Now I used Avast xD
  17. Recidivist VIP Member

    Avast has improved dramatically since its overhaul. It's up there with the best free AV's now. Some great new features.
  18. Chef Boy New Member

    One of the best features is that you can have it run immediately when you boot before everything loads so in the case that there is a virus launched right off the get go it can take care of that as well. They have continued to leave me satisfied.