To much software?

I have three of the top antiviruses on my laptop, i know i dont need them but i coundnt decide which one i wanted. I heard that it can do more harm than good can some help me chose which one to keep, i have Avira,Kaspersky Internet security and Eset smart security and for the firewall i have comodo

 

Get rid of everything but kaspersky! OMG why in the "flock of birds" are you running so many security programs? Have you heard of bogging your system down? Comodo is also pretty ineffective and more of a nuisance then anything it slows your network traffic to a crawl in some cases. Running more security programs actually hinders your systems.

Yes its way to much!

 

i love kaspersky interface but i heard that it have many problems. i like eset because it automatically delete viruses after it find one on the system, Avira i heard has the best detection rate so thats why i know its foolish but thats why i made thread so i can narrow down my choices

 

KIS will also automatically delete viruses it finds. But I assume because of the interface that it was hard for you to discover that setting. I'd say stick to the one you are most confortable using.

Potential power is unused power.

 

Stick with what is more comfy (but I agree that having 3 av/s on the system is quite counterproductive).
Eset, while good, fell behind in detections, so I'd personally just use Avira (because it's completely free) and remove everyhting else.
Kapersky ... meh, I heard it's good, though never really used it myself ... still, I think latest versions are a system hog though, so that makes it a bit uninviting in my eyes (along with the fact you have to pay for it).

On my own system, I'm using Microsoft Security Essentials.
It's comparable to Avira in detection rates, light, fast, well round program and free.

Ultimately, you really don't need any high profile internet security suits.
A free a/v such as Avira or MSSE and common sense is all you need.

 

as far as KIS being a system hog i use to have it on my vista system with 1gb of memory, on that system i noticed it was quite heavy but on my laptop which have 4gb of memory i havent noticed anything as of yet but im using all security suite not freeware but im uninstalling as i type

 

Personally, I would recommend sticking with either Avira or ESET, as they're more transparent than Kaspersky in my experience, although I prefer Norton Antivirus 2010.

Definitely make sure you do not have more than one (and you won't need a separate firewall like Comodo) - frankly, I'm surprised they even let you install more than one.

 

I use KAV and no issues, after the 30 days have expired I will probably just use MSE as I really don't do anything foolish to get viruses and Nortan is bloated with crap...

Nortan is absolutely crap...

 

Care to expound?
Ever since the very good NIS/NAV 2009 and the improved NIS/NAV 2010, 'bloat' and 'crap' can be removed from the Norton dictionary.
'Light', 'fast' and 'effective' are the top-ranking descriptions.

 

KIS does slow down computers slightly, I think its to do with how it monitors activity - install KIS and switch everything off and its still light.

The firewall slows down the log in for about 10-20 seconds... (sits on welcome screen) - the problem here being that KIS seems to have grown without becoming efficient.

It still is a good programme.

Light in resources - well, Microsoft Security Essentials will possibly be hard to beat

 

clean windows install with default security settings + microsoft security essentials at default settings + common sense, and you should be fine.

 

It's probably a bad idea to comment on a product you've never used, without reading up on the latest literature, eh?

Exactly. Norton 2009 was a departure from earlier editions, focusing on light system resource usage. It consistently has one of, if not the highest detection rates on AV tests, and also has one of the lightest impacts on system performance (by many measurements - including the latest AV Comparatives benchmark - even less than ESET).

 

Nothing is truer than this. It also would help using some web-site-warning add-on like WOT or McAfee Site Check with your browsers.

cheers ...