Best Anti-Virus Program? Avast? Norton? AVG?

Exactly why I didn't mention them, this is for ANTI-VIRUS programs only. And that's just stupid not using Anti-virus or anti-spyware. You have to lock down your internet so it becomes pretty much useless in doing what your doing. Not worth it. This is for the average home user that actually uses the net on a daily basis. None of this iron grid lockdown on internet crap because someone can't be asked to use an AV or anti-spyware program. My 2 cents.

I didn't say anything about locking down my Internet, I said I lock the kernel. In order to install on your system, malware have to install/modify a driver or system service, write to the registry, or both. And to be able to run without a parent program, malware must be able to declare a command to Windows API. The method outlined on my site shows you how to lock these regions to read-only. I've been using this method for quite some time; don't remember exactly how long. And for the record, one of my machines is online 24 hours a day. Even when I'm not here, I have autosurfs running constantly in my browser. My defenses are virtually impenetrable, especially as far as drive-by malware are concerned. Even if I unwittingly install a "codec" that happens to be a Trojan horse, the installation will fail because system32 is locked. It actually says on my site that I don't recommend average users go without antivirus and antispyware; I only mention the fact that I don't here because it's the truth. But I am also not an average user. I am a technician, and my options are far greater than yours if one of my systems ever were to get infected. Stupid, you say? Not quite; I just happen to know the ropes VERY well. Not even basic adware install on my machine, and their files are wiped away regularly with plain, old Windows Disk Cleanup.

BTW, if you were in fact aware of antispyware and firewall, it would help fellow myLotters for you to open a forum that asks about all three. Many users have still only heard of antivirus, but this isn't 2001 anymore. You need all three, at least if you don't lock Windows down. Leaving the other two out adds to the confusion. I would say "What security software do you think is best? Antivirus? Antispyware? Firewall? IDS? Anything else?" You would probably get more responses that way, because this is a multi-faceted question.

I agree with LifeInTheDarkNight. Kaspersky updates faster than anyone else, but so does the polymorphic Storm worm. NOD32 has the best heuristics with few false positives. And it puts up one of the best fights against a hostile Trojan that tries to shut it down. Kaspersky isn't as tough.

we have never had a problem with norton. we upgrade every year as there are always new viruses coming out. we pay $5 for the new upgrade a year. which is nothing considering.

norton only has the name going for it. Not that great imo...and avast owns AVG but both are solid.