What is the best Anti-virus for my Laptop?
By gurlcrush17
@gurlcrush17 (101)
Philippines
March 19, 2011 2:29am CST
My subscription to my anti-virus will soon expire and I'm trying to find another anti-virus which will make my computer protected from viruses. I always browse the net so I'm afraid that I could enter some site which are prone to viruse. Could you please share what you are using and how much does it cost? Your response to me would be a great help , thanks
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7 responses
@cuttyrish (2667)
• United States
19 Mar 11
i am using avast, and it's free.. and you can always get a free code from their site, and i also use secure clean to clean my computer.. even though i have an antivrius to clean my computer, secure clean still works, to delete the traces of the deleted files,and the viruses as well.
@sajeevking (5073)
• Mumbai, India
19 Mar 11
don't install two antivirus
installing two antivirus product will take up incredible amounts of your system resources at once.Anti-virus programs are large resources hogs and for that reason they are meant to be kept alone.They will not share the resources but in fact fight over them causing more problems exposing larger holes in your computer.
@gurlcrush17 (101)
• Philippines
21 Mar 11
That means I shoud uninstall first my previous anti-virus software before installing new one or just uninstall it after my installation of a new anti-virus software.
@gurlcrush17 (101)
• Philippines
19 Mar 11
Okey I'm decided I'll try AVAST , but I have a question , do I need to uninstall my present Anti-virus softwAre before installing avast. Your another response could be a really good help for me.
@gurlcrush17 (101)
• Philippines
22 Mar 11
I'm planning to buy Norton, thanks for your suggestion :D
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
19 Mar 11
There are many free antivirus solutions of which the best at the moment are AVG Free (from Grisoft), Avira and Avast. I currently use Avast and am very satisfied with it. It updates the database regularly and frequently warns when I come across a page which may be dangerous. It checks email attachments and detects and deals with any trojans or viruses I may encounter. I have used it for about a year now and am very happy with it.
@gurlcrush17 (101)
• Philippines
19 Mar 11
Thanks's for that , I'll try Avast because some of the mylot members here approved Avast so I think its trusted and proven already ...
@sajeevking (5073)
• Mumbai, India
19 Mar 11
The best free antivirus is avast its gives us warning when i site is know to spread virus
i am using avast with zone free firewall which is much better than windows firewall zone free has a toolbar which also scan all the pages and warn us i has given me warning many time
use avast as your antivirus and zone as your firewall
@gurlcrush17 (101)
• Philippines
22 Mar 11
I'm planning to buy it because I already prove that Norton is one of the best I've used so far. I used it right now but my subscription to it will soon expire. I'm trying to find an antivirus which is FREE with the same protection that Norton offers. Could you site one ?
@ahmgsk (7)
• India
20 Mar 11
i would say Avira AntiVirus is best light usage Antivirus system, and That too For Free version is Great and efficient.
@gurlcrush17 (101)
• Philippines
21 Mar 11
Thanks for the suggestion, but I preferred those that is used by the majority and I already used AVIRA before and I'm not satisfied of its performance still my computer is not so protected.
@mturacom (632)
• India
19 Mar 11
If you are using any windows operating system on your laptop then you can use Microsoft Security Essential. It is a free antivirus from Microsoft and I have been using it from some time now.
It consumes very low resource and also effective. You can download it from Microsoft's website for free.
I have only tested it on Windows and it has successfully kept my laptop from any threat for a long time now and I highly recommend it.
