I prefer AVAST for me is the best one is FREE you can make a boot scan, easy to use, FREE UPDATES what else you need.. lol
also if you have problems they have a normal customer service... you know what i mean

This post has been edited by menotti: Mar 30 2008, 04:28 PM

kaspersky internet security never failed me in protecting the computer.. i suggest you try it because of it's small memory footprint - unlike norton products that uses too much memory

AVG hands down. I used to be a firm believer in norton until I tried AVG. Out went norton to the shredder and in went AVG

i use Avast... i think its the best of free antivirus....
i have no problems with avast ...
before i had nod32 but i quit becouse problems of licences :S

I use bit defender because I can
It has everything I could need eg. reg cleaner,diak defragmentor etc...
I never used to use any security system before and got about 3,000 items of crap = OS reinstall

i think AVG, AVAS, McAfee, Kapersky, etc....
its so good antivirus program...
but
In my country (Indonesian) i don't use it....
i just use PCMAV(PC Media Antivirus) and combine it with ClamAV, as we know ClamAV is antivirus for Linux with Large database of kind virus. and also you can easier to update it with ClamAV database and its everyday.....
so....
when i'm protect My computer my first AntiVirus is PCMAV+ClamAV and the other is McAfee for my firewall....

According to pc world here are the top anti-virus.



it's according to pc world.
but you can post your anti-virus experience and comparisons here
please vote for the top anti-virus for you.

I'm not muc of a security guy. I'm not a guy who knows how to test AVs but if I was the one compiling the list Kaspersky would sit on top of the list UNRIVALLED. I have more that a dozen PCs on a LAN, with different AVs and my experience has taught me that:

1. McAfee can be easily disabled by malware. I see the red sign(On access scan disabled) more than 7 times a day and God knows how many viruses will be hitting me when I'm in that state.
2. Symatec doesn't have most of the definitions u'll b expecting. I remember when I was hit by Kibaki(kebtos), symantec could not detect anything and their site had nothing on the little devil. I had YahLover on all my removables but I could only see it on machines running McAfee, despite updating symantec everyday(this I think does not work coz I believe they only update once a week).
3. AVG is good but does not detect some of the things Kaspersky detects. I had probles with AVG 8's firewall. I could not access network folders or Remote Desktop my computer with the AVG firewall on. Of cause I believe there is a way to get around the problem but the fact that it's not obvious turns me off. I have since reverted to AVG 7.5

I'm not the perfect gy to listen to coz I havent tried the other packages but I just thought i should share what I have experienced.

I have seen many antivirus software "solutions" running on and ruining Windows-based PCs. The fact is that most antivirus are so heavy that, even if they succeed in protecting the computers where they are installed, they sensibly slow down their performance.

With that in mind, I think that one of the best antivirus around is still NOD32 by ESET. It's really light and fast, their updates are frequent and incremental, and it has the highest detection rate I have seen.

I am not related to ESET in any way. I am just saying what I have seen through my own eyes.

Of course, there is no such thing as an unbeatable antivirus. It also helps to have what I call a "defensive computer policy", which includes browsing only trusted websites, opening only safe files, etc. But NOD32 would be my choice if I ever needed an antivirus.