best anti virus..
By idcoder
@idcoder (382)
India
October 26, 2008 4:57am CST
hi can any one suggest me which is the best ant virus..if i can get the free version then that would be great..
i have checked kespersky but then there is lot of issues and lot of memory it uses..i want some antivirus which is free and also light..
thanks a lot
16 responses
@jabaz007 (252)
• India
26 Oct 08
if you are looking for freeware only then i would suggest spybot. I must say that instead of having many programs you should have single program (internet security suit) that takes care of virus and any other malwares, to have better pc performance.
I dont remember any freeware for total internet security, but bitdefender and zonealarm are the best suit avialable in commercial softwares
@emojboy (632)
• Philippines
26 Oct 08
If you want a best free anti-virus? I go for AVG 8 Free Edition, but if you want a free professional edition? You can go always to mininova.org and search for Bitdefender 2008/9 Total Security, Mcafee 2008 Total Protectio and AVG 8 Internet Security. It a torrent download softwares and they are working fine.
@darth_eletius (107)
• United States
27 Oct 08
Security software is one thing I tend to never, ever, EVER pirate. Trusting A/V with a random torrent download? Maybe it is just me...
@uzzielvismanos (60)
• Philippines
29 Oct 08
hello idcoder! according to the anti-virus software review, the top10reviews gold award anti-virus is Bit Defender but its not free!.. eheheh, you better use avira coz its free anti-virus...we are also using avira.,my friend told me that mcAfee is also one of the good anti-virus but i haven't tried yet..thats all i can share...ehhe., God bless! have a great mylot..
@swerdna (117)
• United States
27 Oct 08
be VERY careful with the antivirus popups, most (if not all) of them go by the same principle as flu shots: they infect yr computer so you HAVE to buy their software. The same goes with those "spyware suites." One of those "antivirus" popups is the reason I went to ubuntu. I made the mistake of letting somebody borrow my laptop for 10 minutes and he "helpfully" installed one of those things, by the time I checked out the hard drive it was already crawling with spyware, adware, & viruses. I've had ubuntu for about 4 months now, and not a glitch yet, no viruses, no spyware, no popups.
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@vicky30 (4766)
• India
28 Oct 08
I am using avira antivir antivirus
.It is a free version
.You can regularly download updates from the internet.You can download the antivirus from the link
http://www.filehippo.com/download_antivir/
.It is a free version.You can regularly download updates from the internet.You can download the antivirus from the link
http://www.filehippo.com/download_antivir/
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
26 Oct 08
avg is the best out there. go to avg.com and you can down load for it free. also for on line virus i also use for those tough one, go to trend micro house call. i would do this in safe mood.. but make sure you pick safe mood with net working..
@Anchopy (1453)
• Paraguay
26 Oct 08
Hi idcoder, I think that I would recommend to use Avira antivirus or AVG Free.. but I think that the best is Avast! Antivirus Professional, it's not free but I think that it's the best above all the rest.. you should try at least the trial period and tell me what do you think.. the best way to know witch one it's the best for you it's to test all of them.. at first I thought that NOD32 was perfect but after one day of infection, I get rid of it and change it immediately!
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
27 Oct 08
I have used AVG for years and it has saved my bacon a few times. I will continue to use it as long as it is free. However several friends have said they actually prefer free Avast now. Even the best antivirus might miss something so you should use a free online antivirus scan like Trend's Housecall or other online scan like Panda, eTrust or even Kasperskey. Check the conditions before you do though as I am sure Housecall will remove the viruses found but Kasperkey online scan will not.
@peterbarretto08 (448)
• Goa, India
27 Oct 08
i would suggest you to use avast, it is the best free anti virus that i have used till date. avg8 would be next to avast. the best is kaspersky . it is the best anti virus. it detects most of the viruses , but it eats up lot of memory as you said . so you could go for avast free anti virus
@raja2020_2020 (180)
• India
26 Oct 08
avg is the best free to download there is no key prb and it's performance is good
try avg 8.0
@shalli17here (627)
• Indonesia
26 Oct 08
how bout BitDefender antivirus ?
im using it now n so far its a great and strong antivirus, even i can say it has a stronger protection from local viruses in my country or a global viruses. its not free, but its cheap and strong. based on the exchange rate, i can say it only $5 for u.
try to look for it and consider it, its all depend on u wat kinda antivirus u r comfy to use it.
hope it help a bit,
Shalli
@Newbie777 (32)
• India
26 Oct 08
if you are looking for free antivirus try the trial versions.in my experience every anti virus has som defects so what i do is i periodically change the anti virus so that no virus escapes:)
you should use an adware finding program along with that
the anti vuruses i suggest are avast,avg,mcafee,nod32,kaspersky
norton is very good but it affects system performance
avast has a cool feature to check virus at boot time it helps in reducing most viruses
you can use adaware tools
@galoforce (263)
•
26 Oct 08
avast.......
it is far by the best free antivirus software you will come accross and tbh i prefer it to most ainti virus software as to which you have to pay. download it mate, you wont be dissapointed.
