Best anti-virus?

I would have to agree with bluesinjid.I think Avast is an awesome anti-virus. I bought a new HP netbook last week. It came with the Norton AV, by default. I uninstalled it and installed AVAST. AVAST is just brilliant. In fact just today it caught a malware, when I was accessing a site I visit often. I think, if you choose the following softwares, your system will be very secure.All these are free and you can download them from CNET download. 1-AVAST Anti Virus ( free home edition) 2-Comodo ( Firewall- the AV is not needed as AVAST is really good) 3- Malwarebytes' ( Anti-Malware program.) You can scan your computer frequently to reconfirm that there are no spywares/malwares. Good luck :)

Before I used Norton but I did not like it. I felt it did not do a good job. My company used Kaspersky so I’m getting used to it. When I bought my new laptop I also order this anti-virus. So far I’m very satisfied with the performance of my anti-virus program. I don’t worry when I log on my bank account with its protection. I think the money has a good value. So my answer is Kaspersky is one of the leader in anti-virus field.

i dont believ in any anti virus. reformating the computer is the best cure.

Free antivirus probably the best Avast. Commercial i think Nod32. Antivirus is not enough. From time to time I scan my pc Spybot.

Right now I'm using Avast and it's great, I don't find any problems with it and I think Kaspersky is also good.

I find Norton products are better because they don't go out whoring themselves to ISPs for free name brand protection. Malwarebytes antimaleware works great for me, give it a try.

There are so many anti-viruses which claim to be the best when it comes to removing the viruses. But sadly, they don't remove the ones which cause the most damage. Even if you update them they are hardly of any use and besides they take up so much of important time scanning the whole hard disk when there is any virus attack. Viruses usually come from the internet, CDs, pen drives and other such portable media. While the viruses which are on the cds or pen drives can be detected by an updated anti-virus as they are comparatively old, it is not possible to detect the virus which have been released recently. These viruses also have random important system files names so that even if you check the processes in the task bar you see that they are some critical processes of the system. An example is svchost.exe, soundman.exe etc. These are system components as well as viruses. I personally feel that we have to depend more on firewalls than on anti-viruses. As you know firewalls block the viruses and intruders right at the gateway and do not let them in whereas anti-viruses have no such provision. Moreover, almost all viruses have the capability of multiplying and spreading throughout the system. I use Zone Alarm firewall. Its a free version and helps a lot to keep the pc free from intrusion. As for anti-virus I am not particular. I try various softwares. My pc has been relatively immune to virus attacks when compared pcs of my friends who just have an anti-virus.

On the Windows machines (at home and at work) we use NOD32.

i think Avast is best anti-virus,,

Yes, Mcafee has had some very bad reviews, and their software is really hard on system resources. The best one I use and lots of people would agree is Avast, one of the best and lightest anti-virus program on the market. How much does cost? $0, absolutely free! I highly recommend it as it has an online scanner, malware and anti-virus scanner, and a great low usage on system resources.

I use the free version of AVG... I've been using it for years without any problems, and it doesn't cost much to upgrade to the full version if you need more protection. The only thing I don't like about the free version is that it constantly asks if you want to upgrade to the paid version... other than that, it does its job perfectly.