A good enough anti virus? HELP!?

Question

help! i really need an anti virus program that does the job! and if so one that doesnt slow the computer down! thankyou =]

Answer 1

I use NORTON ,for it's the best one!!!
http://www.symantec.com/index.jsp
Here you can find free trial !

Answer 2

Both Norton and McAfee (two of the biggest anti-virus vendors) has speedier and higher performance version of its anti-virus program, but they are corporate editions and average users don't have access have to it. I would recommend AVG since it performs well and gives longer subscription plans than Norten & McAfee (2 years vs. 1 at the same price).


XR

Answer 3

All products rated 8.5 or more (AVG, NOD32, Sophos) are excellent products. It is said NOD32 and Windows OneCare are lightest on system resources.

Purchased Active (full time) Virus Protection

http://reviews.cnet.com
User Rating out of 10
Avast Antivirus 4.7 Home Edition....8.6
AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 Professional..... 9.1
BitDefender Antivirus 10 ...............5.2
CA Internet Security Suite 2007.......2.5
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 ....................5.8
McAfee VirusScan 8.0...................... 5.0
NOD32 2.5...................................... 9.1
Norton Internet Security 2007.......... 3.8
Norton 360 ----------- 5.8
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.7...................... 8.6
Windows Live OneCare ..................8.0



http://reviews.cnet.com/Avast_Antivirus_4_7_Home_Edition/4505-3667_7-32425819.html?tag=prod.txt.1
http://reviews.cnet.com/AVG_Anti_Virus_7_5_Professional_Single_Edition/4505-3681_7-32153594.html?tag=prod.txt.1
http://reviews.cnet.com/BitDefender_Antivirus_10/4505-3667_7-32136371.html?tag=prod.txt.1
http://reviews.cnet.com/Kaspersky_Anti_Virus_6/4505-3667_7-32004282.html?tag=prod.txt.1
http://reviews.cnet.com/CA_Internet_Security_Suite_2007/4505-3667_7-32205024.html?tag=prod.txt.1
http://reviews.cnet.com/McAfee_VirusScan_8_0/4505-3681_7-30519807.html?tag=prod.txt.1
http://reviews.cnet.com/Norton_Internet_Security_2007/4852-3667_7-32069538.html?tag=uoavrg
http://reviews.cnet.com/Sophos_Anti_Virus_3_7/4505-3513_7-21274729.html?tag=prod.txt.1
http://reviews.cnet.com/NOD32_2_5/4852-3513_7-32103849.html?tag=uoavrg
http://reviews.cnet.com/Windows_Live_OneCare_v_1_5_complete_package/4505-3667_7-32204636.html?tag=prod.txt.4
http://reviews.cnet.com/Norton_360/4505-3667_7-32330411.html?tag=prod.txt.1
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Free software:

Windows firewall uses the least resources.

You also need full time (active) virus protection and full time spyware protection.

All the following programs are free.
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Full Time (Active) Virus Protection
If you do not have active virus protection, install only one. All are excellent. I suspect AVG uses the least resources.

AVG Antivirus 7.5 Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10669237.html?tag=lst-0-1
or
Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
or
AOL Active Virus Shield
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp
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Full Time (Active) Spyware Protection

Windows Defender
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
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Install the following five programs and run weekly or at least monthly. You need all five. They will greatly increase your protection. They are not a substitute for full time spyware and virus protection. They do not run in the background, so they do not use resources unless you are running a scan or updating them.

Ad-Aware SE Personal (update + full scan)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php

Spybot Search & Destroy (update + immunize + scan)
Do not enable Tea Timer and SDHelper
After installation: update + scan + immunize
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

SpywareBlaster: Update then open and click “enable all protection”.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

SUPERAntiSpyware free version: (update + scan)
http://www.superantispyware.com/

CCleaner: Do not install toolbar option
Removes tracking cookies, unneeded files, history
In options.
Set to run when computer starts.
Place cookies you want to keep in save list
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Answer 4

try download avg free version from www.majorgeeks.com it doesn't slow down your computer plus you get the updates for free.. unfortunately, it's a free version so you won't get the firewall component unless you buy it.. :)


if you can afford to spend for the softwares you can buy norton or mcaffee.. :) antiviruses tend to slow down computers especially if you're using low end specs..

Answer 5

Go to www.grisoft.com and download A V G Antivirus Free version. You should also go to
www.superantispyware.com and download the Free version

Answer 6

Hi,
You should use "NoAdware".It's very effective.I don't have anymore problems with spyware,pop-up,trojan or viruses.Now, you can download and try for FREE.Check it out here:
http://snipurl.com/1lmq2

Answer 7

There is only one that will live up to what you want but it is not free (Nod32):

http://www.eset.com/

Your need a good firewall & this one the best (Free):

http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Answer 8

You can find detail informations and the way of getting rid of it at http://www.fixit.in/antivirus.html

Answer 9

Hi, you can use either of these:
AVG by Grisoft
http://www.grisoft.com

Avast by Alwit:
http://www.avast.cm

Answer 10

norton is really good as well as AVG that you can download for free from download.com