BEST ANTI-VIRUS:


Well, everybody knows that there are thousents of virus in the internet, and we have the
tools to block some of them, but the real problem is to know which anti-virus to use?
All of the folowing antivirus has trial versions.


Kaspersky Anti-virus Personal <-- I belive that is one of the best, well he is fast and has 24hours updates.

www.kaspersky.com
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Avast Professional Edition <-- The Second Best after Kaspersky its really faster than the bigger ones like the Norton Antivirus and Mcafee.

www.avast.com
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mks_vir <-- I have used him for only a day and was good but im not sure of his advantages and problems, but it still in the top 10 best anti-virus. found 2 virus on my pc.
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- Norton Antivirus: too havy and reparing abilities not good
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- Mcafee : Motive: Virus Known library too small
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- Panda Antivirus: Motive: too havy and crashes up all windows sometimes
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BEST ANTI-SPYWARE:


Webroot SpySweeper <-- It is the best anti-spyware in the internet, it is a little havy to use in background but its great to run an full scan once a week.



Observation: please dont blame me if you have a diferent opinion.

 

 

 

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What do you think of NOD32? It's the one I use and has a lot of options. A long time ago I used to use Norton, but as find3r says, it was really, really heavy, so I changed for Kaspersky (the one mentioned above) and I found it very good.

If you ask me I don't know which of the two is better, but what I know is that I like A LOT that NOD32 tells you all the time that he has updated the database, I don't know if that works, but I like it.

P.S. I just remember something, sometime ago I had a problem with my antivirus (NOD) cause I downloaded a trainer for a game and every time I entered the folder where it was the trainer, NOD wanted to delete it cause it said that "changed the uses of the buttons on the keyboard", thing that was obvious because it was a trainer, but I couldn't make him understand that wasn't a threat, so I had to create a special rule telling him not to analyze that file... That’s the only thing I have against NOD…

 

 

 

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I know a great one for free. It's called AVG Free Edition. I had Nortorn Anti-Virus once, and trust me, the AVG is better. Also, I recommend adding a Spybot Search and Destroy, and Ad-aware SE Personal. With those on the run, and checking everyday, I think you can have a pretty much safe computer. Oh, and also, they're all free. That's the good part.

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I use Avast,AVG,Ad-Aware,Bit Defender,Microsoft Anti-Spam,CCleaner and buch others.
I like to have my laptop secured and as of now I haven't had any problems

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I am using Norton Anti-virus system, I do not really know if this is better than other Anti-virus programs in the market. But I think it is pretty cool, except that it is colored yellow. I just update it regularly to be sure that my computer is tightly secured from viruses and spyware. But I think Anti-virus programs have something to do with my computer slowing down.

I am not sure if those free Anti-virus program works just like the one I am using. If you have not much money to secure your personal compters with those expensive Anti-virus, I would also reccommend trying those free ones. Atleast you still have something to secire your files and computer. But I f you have enough and can afford to get something like Norton or McAffee get them.

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Use nod32, one of the best avs I've ever used. It light on your computer and your resources. As for your firewall, use zonealarm or outpost firewall. However zonealarm can sometimes conflict with other outgoing or incoming programs.

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I always use Avast, since it will pick up viruses before they can infect your computer. However, it can use a lot of cpu (especially on my moldy 450mhz laptop XD) so I turn it off while playing games. A very good program, but for slower computers I recommend AVG or AntiVir (with AntiVir though, it's a little difficult to get used to), but other than that, Avast all the way!

Just be warned that if you have your speakers loud, it will jump you when a virus is detected or the database was updated (A siren for a virus and a voice for the updates)

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What kind of antivirus do you prefer? Which are the good sides and bad sides of the av u preffer?
i use nod32 and i didnt have many problems
nod is a very good av, it blocks many spyware/viuses(especially IMON) the best side of it is that it uses very little memory and CPU usage
the bad side is that if u get a virus in the memory nod dies,it deactivates itself
nod32 doesnt work properrly if you have installed zone labs zone alarm antispyware, they have cnflicts between themselves

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I am currently using bitdefender but I probably won't renew the license and go for a free program instead. bitdefender is very decent, especially because it integrates anti-virus and firewall. But there are a few points which led me to become more and more unsatisfied over time:
It oftentimes needs to restart after an update, but the "ask for restart" option is buggy and it keeps randomly restarting the pc after updates without asking or letting you know, which can be very annoying. So I had turn of the automatic update option.
Also it could be a bit more configurable, I miss some more advanced options.

Overall bitdefender is a great program and all-in-one solution, but the restarting problem is a real turnoff for me, since I oftentimes needs to have my pc running without restarts.

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i use AVG free edition, it has regular updates and has so far prevented any infections on my pc, its also on my fiances pc, my brothers pcs and my mums pcs, and has worked wonders on those machines too. best of all is the fact that it is free. and bundled with a good firewall and some anti-spyware tools (like spybot S&D) you have a full protection package for zero dollars

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