Best Antivirus Program For Win XP Home?

Question

I seem to have a lot of trouble with getting trojans, viruses, etc. Most of the time my antivirus I use now (avast! home) will catch these things, but sometimes it won't.
I tend to download a LOT of content from torrents, like movies, tv shows, music and applications (to test to see if I want to buy them)
I suspect (more like assume) this is where they come from.
What do you all use for antivirus software and what in your opinion is the best one out there? I will buy it because I am getting sick of having to format my drive every few months because my virus program can detect the problems, but can't seem to fix them.

Thanks!

Answer 1

The top virus detection rates of anti-virus programs from a recent test at www.virus.gr
Free programs are noted.

1. Kaspersky version 6.0.0.303 - 99.62%

2. Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.299 - 99.62% *(FREE)*

3. F-Secure 2006 version 6.12.90 - 96.86%

4. BitDefender Professional version 9 - 96.63%

5. CyberScrub version 1.0 - 95.98%

6. eScan version 8.0.671.1 - 95.82%

7. BitDefender freeware version 8.0.202 - 95.57% *(FREE)* On Demand scanner only. No real-time,resident protection.

8. BullGuard version 6.1 - 95.57%

9. AntiVir Premium version 7.01.01.02 - 95.45%

10. Nod32 version 2.51.30 - 95.14%

11. AntiVir Classic version 7.01.01.02 - 94.26% *(FREE)*

12. ViruScape 2006 version 1.02.0935.0137 - 93.87%

13. McAfee version 10.0.27 - 93.03%

14. McAfee Enterprise version 8.0.0 - 91.76%

15. F-Prot version 6.0.4.3 beta - 87.88%

16. Avast Professional version 4.7.871 - 87.46%

17. Avast freeware version 4.7.871 - 87.46% *(FREE)*

18. Dr. Web version 4.33.2 - 86.03%

19. Norman version 5.90.23 - 85.65%

20. F-Prot version 3.16f - 85.14%

21. ArcaVir 2006 - 83.44%

22. Norton Professional 2006 - 83.18%

23. AVG Professional version 7.1.405 - 82.82%

24. AVG freeware version 7.1.405 - 82.82% *(FREE)*

25. Panda 2007 version 2.00.01 - 82.23%

26. Virus Chaser version 5.0a - 81.47%

27. PC-Cillin 2006 version 14.10.1051 - 80.90%

28. VBA32 version 3.11.0 - 79.12%

29. ViRobot Expert version 4.0 - 76.22%

...

40. ClamWin version 0.88.4 - 51.23% *(FREE)* On Demand scanner only. No real-time,resident protection.

46. Comodo version 1.0.0.4 - 41.02% *(FREE)*

http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82

Answer 2

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Answer 3

There are many different opinions about what the best antivirus is. Personally I strongly recommend the free version of Avira Antivirus, you can download it for free here http://j.mp/1r4WIvN I recommend this software because the latest version is much better then all the others and will give you a full protection of your pc from all virus or spyware.

Answer 4

Norton Internet security 2007 or Norton 360

Answer 5

I like Norton Systemworks

Answer 6

The best AV, Nod32 free for 30 days:

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

Second best Kaspersky free for 30 days:

http://www.kaspersky.com/trials

Best free AV is the AOL (which is Kaspersky less a few bits)

http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp

The worst & the one that anyone who knows about PC's will tell you not to use is AVG - No link - don't use it.

Answer 7

I have AVAST that I found online and downloaded for free. I use to have Norton Security and it bogged down my computer. I called microsoft and they told me about this AVAST. Good Luck!!!

Answer 8

Hey,
A good tool I used to clean up and speed up my PC is CCleaner. You can download it for free here http://bitly.com/UrARPS
Try it out
Good Bye

Answer 9

Norton.

Answer 10

there's Norton, Symantec, AVG, Ad-aware Spyware and Spybot Search and Destroy. I use that all at once with my PC.