Question:
What is the best antivirus?
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2010-08-27 08:46:24 UTC
I know there is a lot of anti-virus on these day. I'm deciding which one is the best, AVG, KASP, or Norton Int. Sec.
Six answers:
hawklord
2010-08-27 10:02:09 UTC
whatever fits your needs, an antivirus is only as good as its definitions,

an antivirus will only work when its switched on - most people i know switch theirs off because its always picking up virus's from limewire/bearshare/frostwire downloading - then complaining that it doesn't work,



malwarebytes is not an antivirus - its antispyware/malware, it cannot detect or remove a virus



i use rav (rising antivirus) in my windows, its free and easy to use, comes with antimalware as standard, a boot sector virus checker, auto-updates, shell scans, heuristics, rootkit checker, virus,worm and trojan remover, etc



it also has a small memory/cpu usage, even when running a scan



an all round good egg



http://www.freerav.com/



i also use it with spyware terminator



http://www.spywareterminator.com/



source - me, used them for years - and i'm a trained malware remover, so i know what i am doing
2010-08-29 18:57:54 UTC
I have personally used AVG free version, Avira, and Avast and I can say from personal experience that Avast is the best for me among the three. AVG is good but I had some problems with it. I don't have any problems with Avast and it works great. You can get access to the free downloads of Avast, AVG, KASP, and Norton here http://freeavdownload.com/ if you choose to go with one of these.
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2010-08-27 08:51:40 UTC
Well there are certainly a lot out their, and I've tried them all, the best one out right now is Microsoft Security essentials, it's free (if you have genuine windows) it's lightweight (doesn't take up a lot of resources) and works really well, I'm using it on our 3 computers at home.



http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
Awesome S
2010-08-27 08:52:53 UTC
for a payed for antivisus software i would recoment norton but if you want a free antivirus then you should go for avast free antivirus.
WontBeEnslaved420
2010-08-27 08:48:51 UTC
malwarebytes, it's awesome, it's free, you can pay for more from it, but it will even get rid of that "antivir solution pro" virus that has been going around. download it, you will love it,
2010-08-27 08:48:45 UTC
use Avast free & reginout for secure, smooth, error free and speedy computing.


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