whats the best anti virus protection for computers?

8 thoughts on “whats the best anti virus protection for computers?”

1. vlj2002 says:

   August 17, 2010 at 5:37 am

   For a netbook you need to get a light antivirus such as avira, avast, nod32, and avg.

   Free ones:

   Avira + free firewall ( Online Armor, Outpost Firewall, PC tools firewall.)
   Avast + " "
   Microsoft Security Essentials (pretty heavy)

   Paid ones:

   Avira Premium + free firewall " "
   Nod32

2. William See says:

   August 17, 2010 at 5:37 am

   go to http://www.download.com. there is a lot of free anti-viruses there. and i suggest you use avira or avg

3. CoeLevin says:

   August 17, 2010 at 5:37 am

   Top AntiVirus November 2009

   1.G DATA Antivirus 20.0.4.9
   2.Kaspersky AntiVirus 9.0.0.463
   3.ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.437.0
   4.F-Secure Antivirus 10.00.246
   5.Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 beta
   6.Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1348
   7.BitDefender Antivirus 13.0.13.254
   8.eScan AntiVirus 10.0.997.491
   9.AVIRA AntiVir Premium 9.0.0.446
   10.AVG Antivirus 8.5.406
   11.Symantec Norton Antivirus 17.0.0.136
   12.McAfee VirusScan Plus 13.11.102
   13.Sophos Antivirus 7.6.10
   14.Norman Antivirus & AntiSpyware 7.10.02
   15.Kingsoft Antivirus 2009.08.05.16
   16.Trustport Antivirus 2.8.0.3017

   You need Antivirus, firewall and anti-malware:

   Free Antivirus:

   – Avira AntiVir Personal Edition
   http://www.free-av.com/en/products/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html

   Free Firewall:

   – Outpost Firewall Free
   http://free.agnitum.com/

   Free Anti-Malware:

   – A-squared Free
   http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/antimalware/

   To run offline when you need:
   A process kill: Killbox (http://killbox.net/)
   Malwarebytes ‘Anti-Malware
   http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

4. cbgerry says:

   August 17, 2010 at 5:37 am

   Me 2….. Symantec Norton has Netbook optimized version. I have used these below with NO problems on Netbook….

   #Webroot Spysweeper with Sophos Antivirus (called Webroot Antivirus – both). Sophos (UK) and Norton (USA) BOTH have won over 40 VB100 Awards – top prize lab testings worldwide.

   #Windows OneCare Antivirus is now Free from Microsoft and very highly rated, West Coast Labs Certified and has won the VB100 Award ! Now called Microsoft Essentials…..
   About Microsoft Security Essentials (5* Stars!) (FULL) [wrkx w/ Netbooks]
   http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

   World class product here having over 3.2 million removal defintions as perhaps largest in world…

   a-squared Anti-Malware 4.5 [wrkx w/Netbooks]
   http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/antimalware/

   You may want to add their free home version as an additional stand alone scanner back up. They include Ikarus Antivirus which scores very high on new threats detections at VirusTotal beside Sophos, Norton, Trend Micro……

   a-squared trojan remover (Free Working Version for life and Proactive Premium Version) [NOW WITH IKARUS ANTIVIRUS] [wrkx w/ Netbooks]
   http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
   a-squared (a-squared) is a complementary product to antivirus software and desktop firewalls on MS Windows computers. Antivirus software specializes in detecting classic viruses. Many available products have weaknesses in detecting other malicious software (Malware) like Trojans, Dialers, Worms and Spyware (Adware). a-squared fills the gap that malware writers exploit. Automatic updates: In a-squared Free the updater must be run manually. The auto-update feature of a-squared Personal checks hourly for new available updates and installs them automatically. a-squared Free is freeware! You can download and use it completely for free.

5. Deep says:

   August 17, 2010 at 5:37 am

   No best one, only best suitable

6. Animea_freak says:

   August 17, 2010 at 5:37 am

   best ones are
   ——————–

   Bitdefender antivirus

   Kaspersky

   Mcafee

   Nod 32

   Others
   ———-

   Threatfire

   Antivir

7. Aimee says:

   August 17, 2010 at 5:37 am

   kapersky

8. Your PC Tech says:

   August 17, 2010 at 5:37 am

   The top three performers that I recommend (that aren’t resource hogs) are Avira, Eset, and Kaspersky.

   AVG and McAfee are the worst.

   Avast, Microsoft Products (pushed very heavily here, for some reason) — along with allothers not mentioned here — are just "average". (…And "average" will serve you very well, if you keep your system maintained, and avoid sources of infections…)

   I use Avira Premium Security Suite on my critical systems. It has a slightly higher rate of false positives, but I’d rather deal with a few false positives than get an infection.

   Other advice:

   1.) Realize that no AV or security program will block everything all the time. They all will miss something, sometimes.

   2.) Understand that there is a difference between "Anti-Virus" and "Anti-Malware" programs. This could take a page of explanation by itself. I can only recommend that you go to my Yahoo profile and look for my blog post on "Virus, Malware, …Both?"

   3.) Toss all official "lab" evaluations of AV performance because they are all conducted on identical systems under pristine conditions. This is useless for a "real-world" product that must perform consistently within a huge range of hardware and software configurations, and a equal range of adequate maintenance.

   4.) Toss all all individuals reporting that their favorite security programs "have never failed them". …Never failed them against what? If they are smart, and stay away from potential infection sources, their security software will never be tested very well. Also, these kind of people tend to be ones who keep their systems well maintained — and that’s half the battle against infections by itself.

   5.) Toss all reports recommending AV software on the basis of popularity or the number of viruses they detect. 1.) Popularity is almost entirely based on a companies marketing effectiveness, and has little to do with it’s performance. 2.) Detection rate is NOT the most important characteristic of an AV. The most important characteristics are how well it can defend against a powerful attack, and how well it detects and blocks the really "nasty" viruses (as opposed to the insignificant annoyances.)

   If you want to find the best AV, ask people who use their PC’s the same way that you do, and for the same things. Make sure you’re getting advice from people who *know* positively that their computer has survived a serious security attack because their AV functioned properly.

   Or, you could ask a tech who cleans viruses from over a hundred (maybe two hundred) PCs per year. (Like me.)

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