antivirus......necessary or not???

bhanchod antivirus k bina to computer ki maa chud hi jayegi na...fir tu kahega 14 sector chal theek karwana hai..!!

well its good to have a anti-virus cause virus can be dangerous and who better than me to tell you cause i hav formatted my computer 5 times since August. its better you get one many anti virus are there in market like Norton(best data base for virus),Macaffee(most trusted),AVG(most trusted for internet viruses),Avast antivirus(best performer to me)but i am using BIT DEFENDER. you can choose any one

It is an absolute must to have an antivirus program, I have Panda and it keeps telling me when it has destroyed some virus or protected me from scanning - the viruses and trojans and other ugly things on the net can cause big damage in your computer. It could end up costing a lot more than an anti virus program, just to clean an infected computer. So better prevent the damage by investing in a good protection.

i really know the imporatnce of having a good antivirus as i have been affected by virus once which crashed my hard disk and i lost all of my documents. its better to have one than be sorry.

You need an anti-virus for several reasons.People can easily get you address and infect you.Friends can get infected and spread it to you.If you download music or videos from sites you aren't familiar with you can get one. If you don't want to pay for one,go to AVG and get a free one.

It is very necessary!! If you can't buy an antivirus you should get a free one or a good firewall....The best antivirus on the market in my opinion are Symantec antivirus software....I personally use symantec corporate

it blocks the viruses before they can get contacted with your computer. They are very helpful because viruses are very common. We are using ZoneAlarm. It tells me that it blocks over 500 attempts a day for unknown companies or computers or whatever to get into my computer. You never know.

it is necessary. im using mcafee and im fairly satisfied.

Yes, an antivirus is essential especially to internet-connected computers. WE can't really gauge the best cause they all have pros and cons. Some are very powerful but eats up a lot of RAM which slows down your computer. There are some that eat only a few RAM but misses some virus while there are also some which eats moderate RAM and detects viruses well. I also recommend you to pair it up with a good firewall such as Comodo Firewall for maximum security.

I saw a report on the news a few months ago, where they set up a brand new computer without any anti-viris or firewall and plugged it into the internet. Within hours, it had been hacked into, and they won't doing any surfing--this was all just hackers pinging addresses looking for unprotected computers to turn into zombies. I was not surprised; I lost a computer to a hacker a few years ago. Quite honestly, unless you use the computer straight from the box, and have absolutely no interaction with anyone else, you need to have anti-viris on your computer. Sad, but true.