I was just wondering what people's opinion was on the best antivirus software. Download or available for retail purchase, and what people think about the free antivirus programs such as avg, clamwin, and bit defender. Thanks!
2006-12-18 07:12:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
The best antivirus software (that you have to pay for) is in my opinion two different ones:
Kaspersky- Extremely Secure AV, but really HD intensive excellent choice for desktops
Eset Nod32- Very Low Memory Usage this is HUGE when it comes to a laptop or other mobile device where you might not have the memory to spare like a desktop.
Free AV: Definitely a fan of the open source ClamWin for windows and Clam for Linux, also I like avast but it had trouble getting rid of a couple Trojans that I took care of with bit defender but the problem is windows still says you don't have any anti virus with all the free ones except AVG which as they mentioned is leaving mid January. Hope that helps ;-)
2006-12-18 11:57:00 · answer #1 · answered by anonymous 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-26 02:52:01 · answer #2 · answered by Zella 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVG from grisoft is pretty good but there are taking out the free version as of Jan 15th next year. There good news though. Clam antivirus is an open sourced anti-virus software. It just got into the market. Its not very fancy but it does a decent job.
2006-12-18 07:17:05 · answer #3 · answered by arun 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is an excellent free antivirus program from AOL. You don't have to be a member to download this free for life antivirus program. active virus shield, powered by Kaspersky, Labs., Russia. Rated #1 in the world for virus detection. Updates on the hour and has a real time scanner in the background.
I use in my own two computers.
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?
Minddoctor, France
2006-12-18 07:19:03 · answer #4 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have used McAfee, Norton and AVG with success, they all have pros and cons and you need to figure out what works for you.
AVG worked great for a free system, however, free will not be available in 2007.
Good Luck
2006-12-18 07:38:34 · answer #5 · answered by semi273hemi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I second the avast.
It rocks and its free.
It was voted the best a few years back by some high tech pc magazine.
It updates quite a bit in a effort to stay on top of the latest viruses.
2006-12-18 07:22:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I still think NORTON is a good anti-virus, I'm into my second year with it and it's never let me down. You get what you pay for in life, free in the end isn't "free". My Norton updates it's self, as and when it needs to, NO input from user!
2006-12-18 07:23:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
MacCoffee : is very good but when installed you can't uninstall it.
Norton : is good , but it has some problems for updating
kaspersky : it is improving day by day and now I can say it is one of the best.
2006-12-18 07:20:23 · answer #8 · answered by Xx007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ones you put up i don`t knoe them i use avast and it`s free and better than norton
2006-12-18 07:16:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tred micro internet security
2006-12-18 07:17:54 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋