Recommendations for Anti Virus software?

   Of the free bunch AVG and Avast are top of the bunch - which one is better varies from release to release but for what its worth ive been very happy with both but currently use Avast.

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Isis Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 01 Sep 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2753	Post Options Post Reply Quote Isis Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Recommendations for Anti Virus software? Posted: 12 Feb 10 at 7:15pm
	Of the free bunch AVG and Avast are top of the bunch - which one is better varies from release to release but for what its worth ive been very happy with both but currently use Avast.

stuarthop Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 22 Dec 04 Location: Nottingham Online Status: Offline Posts: 1040	Post Options Post Reply Quote stuarthop Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Feb 10 at 6:46pm
	I use Avira it's a free one it's not great but does the job if you run a scan every week and know what your looking at. Doesn't seem as resource heavy as norton or mcafee.


The Moo Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 01 Jun 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 809	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Moo Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Feb 10 at 6:43pm
	Our Dell PC which runs on Vista Home Premium came pre loaded with McAfee which is about to expire in 30 days. Most people I know have said Mcafee is resource hungry and slows the system down (which I cannot confirm as I have not used the PC with anything else!) and as far as I know it has never let us down. That said it has never told us its found anything, so who knows? The 2010 version does not appear in many top ten comparison reviews on the net and when it does it is fairly low. I am happy to pay for decent software and have been a bit suspicious of the free stuff, so can anyone recommend anything worth having? It's got to be simple user friendly and no hassle. The Norton Total Internet security package seems to get good all round ratings, but I would welcome your views....