decent antivirus for dv9500 w/ vista 32 bit?

I got my new dv9500 a few days ago and since i had never used vista before my question is for those of you who already have and antivirus. Which would you recommend? i would like it to be reliable but also important if it isnt a resource hog.. What are you guys using?

Alex

 

avast works great for me, and it's free!
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http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

 

Avast! it's free and works perfectly

 

Avast is nice. If you want something different, I also use OneCare by Microsoft. You can use it on up to 3 different computers. Version 2 is in beta right now and should be being released soon which adds printer sharing etc.

Also another thing that I recommend is Ad Aware. It is also free and great at removing spyware.

 

FreeAVG is also a good one.

 

Search, and find.

 

Either AVG or Avast free should be ok

 

nod32 imo the best out there its about as light as you will find, kaspersky being a close second for me

 

I have a problem paying money to a company for a product that's supposed to fix problems they themselves created in another product.

 

Clamwin is decent and free and so is Avast. For paid options, McAfee is good. Norton is good but expensive and some-what resource hungry!

 

Not to mention, it also failed on the last two independent av scan tests!

 

Clamwin does not provide real-time scanning, which largely limits it's effectiveness. It might be good for servers that have a scheduled job to run it, otherwise I wouldn't use it on a desktop system.

 

I would rather have real-time scanning than ad-hoc scanning, which is exactly what avast! provides (although I can initiate an ad-hoc scan as well).

 

I have to disagree with you on the McAfee. I installed it on my desktop and I swear it always took a painfully long time to boot up.

As to the OP's question, I've heard that Nod32 is the least "resource hungry" AV program out there. I haven't bought it yet as I'm trying out Avast and all I can say is ... so far, so good.

 

Avoid Norton and McAfee like the plague. They really, REALLY suck. I don't know how Norton stays in business.

 

Depending on your resources and requirements, it may be better to look up the reviews and see what you want in an antivirus system. Consumer Reports i believe reviewed a bunch of them and found AVG to miss a lot of items. I have symantec corporate edition installed for my father's vista home premium x86 (my school gave it away for free), but its not compatible for x64. I myself use kaspersky internet securities 7.0 but mainly because it was Free after rebates from staples. All in all, antivirus is more of a reaction than a prevention system, so i wouldn't bother too much with it. Get something on the cheap side and mainly to stop windows from buggin you about your securities =)

 

I heard Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic has the best detection rate and low resource but will not scan POP3....It is free.

 

McAfee is honestly not that bad. I had it for quite some time and then switched to Avast since I graduated and am no longer in school. I had McAfee v8.1 provided by the school and it was decent and wasn't as resource hungry as Norton was. For sure, Avast has a much smaller footprint that both McAfee or Norton. But as for effectiveness, McAfee was better than norton was. Norton used to be good about 4 years ago. Since then they've just gone down.

 

Whether its light on resources or not is not the only reason to avoid McAfee. McAfee has a crap detection rate along with Norton. Norton, is basically a virus.. and also has a poor detection rate. I use Kaspersky and its very light with one of the best detection rates. If you are foolish enough to use Norton, be sure you use their uninstall tool instead of the add/remove when you decide to dump it.. and you will decide that.

 

Avast! antivirus and AVG are free alternatives. Great virus protections.

 

I meant that McAfee has decent virus detection and removal capabilities. Norton many times detected something but couldn't remove it. McAfee was a lot better in that respect. I agree though that Norton is crap and shouldn't be used.

The worst situation comes up when you try and install both McAfee and Norton at the same time. They each detect the other as a suspicious items and raise alarms constantly. Its amusing, really.