Best Anti Virus Software?

[FunkyBears]

I need to get some new anti virus software installed. Any recommendations would be most appreciated. I had McAfee installed but I believe there are better options.
thanks

 

[cjd]

Nothing much wrong with microsoft's free security essentials

 

[Esk247]

Or AVG Free and such. I've used AVG without any problems at all so far.

 

[marque]

The best Anti Virus Software out there is a MAC

 

[crossdaz]

The best Anti Virus Software out there is a MAC

Glad we got the fanboy post out of the way quickly

Kaspersky, if you have a Barclays account they give you it free but if you don't it's cheaper to buy a CD from amazon (about £20) than it is to download it.

 

[leemason]

Another vote for AVG!

 

[Faevilangel]

nooo don't use avg, it'S a resource hog and has gone down hill in last 2 years. The best free ones are avast and avira.

Paid options include Nod32, eset and kapersky.

 

[Esk247]

nooo don't use avg, it'S a resource hog and has gone down hill in last 2 years. The best free ones are avast and avira.

Paid options include Nod32, eset and kapersky.

Didn't know AVG had gone downhill. I've only had problems with McAffee and Norton, they seemed to be slow or you had to set them up properly at the beginning to stop them automatically doing checks at random. AVG just installed and worked with the minimum of fuss for me.

I have heard Avast is good though.

 

[Faevilangel]

Didn't know AVG had gone downhill. I've only had problems with McAffee and Norton, they seemed to be slow or you had to set them up properly at the beginning to stop them automatically doing checks at random. AVG just installed and worked with the minimum of fuss for me.

I have heard Avast is good though.

I repair pc's for friends and one had avg installed with 56 viruses (found by avast). No av can be 100% up to date but avg just isn't picking up ones that avast, avira etc would.

i use avast on 3 pc, 1 netbook and 1 laptop and not found one virus, and it has a brilliant website warning system built in, warns when the website has a trojan.

 

[MikeJ]

Avg 2011 free version has a major bug. Completely stopped Outlook working when I dowloaded it yesterday.

 

[eshopwiz]

I use AVG with Windows 7. Works very well.

 

[shawnchin]

ESET working great for me, also i am big fan of Kasper but now a days going with eset bcoz of this is very light weight and going smooth

 

[angelina00]

i myself use Macfee its a good anti virus infact best one in all of them i used up till now.. I recommend you to keep on using this.

 

[Vahur]

I am using a few years ESET NOD 32 Antivirus. It's not free, but really good and does not utilize much computer recourse.

 

[british steve]

We use Kaspersky on all our computers at home and work, we also give a copy Kaspersky free to our business customers. In the several years that we have run Kaspersky it has never caused us any problems.

I would recomend this over any other products we have tried.

 

[dagaul101]

Norton and Kaspersky are well recommended

 

[Wubbleyou]

I'd always recommend Avast to clients especially with windows 7. I'd class it as a non-intrusive anti-virus program which is what a lot of people want.
(Something that doesn't pop up every minute to tell you it's doing its job properly!)

 

[JohnGeek]

I recommend you AVF and Avira.

 

[Deleted member 70659]

Avast without fail. It's saved me so many times, all other Anti Vir progs ive had have been either bloatware crap, useless, or throwing up virus warnings for jpegs and everything.

 

[Tin]

Kaspersky got too intrusive for me so dumped it in favour for Eset Security Suite. Eset's site says it's got the best detection out there which is why I bought it but a mate suggested I try a quick scan with Bit Defender which found 5 viruses that had been on my systems for ages. Have swapped now to G-Data Total Security but for some reason it's suddenly started to flag up legit software exe files.

Best Antivirus Software? I'm not sure there is one.

 

[estwig]

Kaspersky got too intrusive for me so dumped it in favour for Eset Security Suite. Eset's site says it's got the best detection out there which is why I bought it but a mate suggested I try a quick scan with Bit Defender which found 5 viruses that had been on my systems for ages. Have swapped now to G-Data Total Security but for some reason it's suddenly started to flag up legit software exe files.

Best Antivirus Software? I'm not sure there is one.

That's a bit worrying, I dropped AVG in favour of eset nod 32.


Off to get a copy of Bit defender>>>>>>>

 

[cjd]

As Tin says, there isn't a "best', so I really don't see the point of looking any further than the one by the makers of the operating system it's designed for:

Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 review

Verdict:
Lightweight, easy to use and accurate, Security Essentials is perfect if you'd rather not shell out on a paid-for security suite.

Review Date: 7 Jan 2010

Price when reviewed: £0

Supplier: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/software/273787/microsoft-security-essentials-1-0

 

[JackieC]

Another vote for AVG.

 

[KidsBeeHappy]

I think the nod32 antivirus is very good, I think it works better as simply the antivirus rather than the security suite.

I have had nod32 for 3 years and nothing has got past it. One day, I had a bit of issue as it identified a false positive, but I would rather have that problem than the other way.

I use malware for spyware etc.

I'm very happy with it all.

 

[cmcp]

eset for me, thoroughly recommended.

 

[George S]

Been using AVG for a while now and works great.

My computer developed a fault and thought I would hand in into a for repairs, even they use AVG.

Depending on your demands and sensitivity of information on your computer defintely consider AVG

 

[Eric80]

I trust BitDefender is the best antivirus software, you've to buy it. Its also top ranking now a days. You can also try Kaspersky they are also very good in this field.

 

[simbathedog]

Friend is network manager for a very large organisation & he uses Avast on all his home machines

I use it on all ours, does what it says on the tin

 

[cjd]

"An update from AVG on Wednesday night rendered 64 bit Windows 7 systems unstable after it was applied."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/02/avg_auto_immune_update/

 

[Deleted member 3454]

Or AVG Free and such. I've used AVG without any problems at all so far.

I think you'll find AVG Free is for personal use only.

 

[WHUK]

I use AVG Standard Edition on my PC. It is one of the best Anti Virus available.

 

[DotNetWebs]

The best Anti Virus Software out there is a MAC

YAWN

Regards

Dotty

 

[DotNetWebs]

I think you'll find AVG Free is for personal use only.

Yes I looked into it for running on a server and it turned out to be quite expensive.

In the end I went for the ESET NOD32 edition which gives you 1 server plus 5 client licenses.

IMO NOD32 represented the best balance of reputation and value in this environment.

Regards

Dotty

 

[peterwalker]

avast is the best anti-virus software !!!! try this !!

 

[cjd]

Do any of you people that are so sure that your AV software is the best, actually have any comparative evidence to support it?

 

[mit74]

Do any of you people that are so sure that your AV software is the best, actually have any comparative evidence to support it?

Yes interesting that people say something is the best on the basis that 'they've never had a virus'. Bit like saying my Lion deterrent works because I've never seen a Lion.
I deal with infected computers every week and I can assure people AVG is definately NOT the best. In fact I rate it well down the order in terms of detection of more malicious stuff. Avast is definately a better free option.

And people still believe this ridiculous notion that Macs don't get viruses! They do and ignorance of Mac users is one of the reasons why a high percentage of Macs are being used as botnets for spammers. User ignorance means they download suspicious torrents or software thinking it can't possibly effect their Mac and because of any lack of security software it goes completely unnoticed. Generally Windows users know the risks of torrents or content from untrusted sources and are very careful what they download. Mac users aren't!

 

[IndiCafe]

I've used several AV programs and settled on Avira for various reasons and after a lot of AV feedback from users on other forums. A common mistake is to think that if one software finds a virus/trojan/malware then it must be better, but in reality McAfee and Bitdefender frequently throw up false-positive results because their heuristic techniques can't tell the difference between malware and perfectly innocent program code. This results in your being unable to use a virus-free program.

Another common mistake is to think that paying for your AV software will get you a better product than a free one. It simply isn't so.

As stated, there is no 'best' as everyone wants a different profile of protection, and also good AV programs eventually become bad ones. But at the moment Avira scores high for me.

 

[JoyDivision]

They all have their uses. I am a fan of Microsoft Security Essentials but I try and get people to buy either Eset NOD32 or Kaspersky.

Nearly every AV software I have tried has missed rootkits.

 

[mobyme]

Avast Pro is in my opinion streets ahead of the rest; I have used it in a professional capacity to root out viruses missed by virtually every other AV at some time or another.

 

[ranect]

I use Microsoft Security Essentials, does the job for me and its free!