what is the best anti-virus software

what is the best anti-virus software,for a laptop? I will be on verizon wirless network

thanks
mike

 

there is No best antivirus but if you want one i would reccommend

nod 32
kaspersky

if free than
avg
avast

just stay away from norton

 

I have been with McAfee for 5 years, never had a single problem with them, just ordered the new Security Suite 2008 for £24.99!!! from amazon.co.uk, ready for January when my 2007 Security Suite DAT updates expire.

 

Well, the NOD32 is mostly recognized as the best AV.
But, you can get Avast Home or AVG for free, and it will do it part very good. I use Avast and I'm satisfied, doesn't take much CPU resources, it is simple and has a great result in destroying and stopping viruses, according to most AV sites on net. I have no problem with that, too.

 

Please search. There must have been another thread about this yesterday, or the day before that, or the day before that, or the....

 

Under testing, Norton and Kasperski catch more viruses than any other. But Norton uses a lot of resources so I'd go with Kasperski. Nod32 uses very few resources, but it doesn't catches some viruses that the other two do. It still fine though, same with Mcafee.

 

Kasperky and NOD32 are definitely the top two consumer anti-virus programs. I would rank Kaspersky a little higher though and in tests it has shown to catch things that NOD32 did not, especially concerning malware. Kaspersky Internet Security Suite would probably be a nice investment.

 

Amen to that.

 

NOD32 is the best, last time I looked it caught 98% of things in this big benchmark of all the top Anti-viruses. Plus it's really lightweight and highly optimized - won't even know it's running.

 

Most recent tests I've seen show Kaspersky always ranking a little better than NOD32.

http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/

 

yup^^
There's hundred of threads on this.
Some from maybe even last week

 

The best is yet to come.

 

Hi guys. What's the best antispyware app?

Thanks.
bmwrob

 

Search it.
But, I recommend Ad-Aware.

 

Said so many times, but meh, what can you do? Noobs still make these threads.

 

dunno about best or not, but my vote goes towards kaspersky

 

Oh, what the hay, i recommend norton antivirus.

 

No internet connectivity and no removable media

 

Norton is realy very good but it's a bit of a resource hog - however, I've had it for over 5 yeras now (7 maybe?) and don't have any reason to complain, never had a virus!

 

Erm. I was kidding when i recommended norton...

 

. . . and I was joking, Thomas, when I asked about antispyware.

 

I still think that it's quite the viable antivirus, takes my idle ram usage up abt. 2% or so.

In addition, for business situations (e.g. a relative's small business, which is partially what I use the liscence for), I just feel more comfortable using a professional software, although I'll be sure to check out some of the freeware out there now that I've seen so many recommendations for it.

 

Or had one that Norton detected anyways . In all seriousness though most people do not get very many virus's in their lifetime unless they're downloading a lot of executable software from questionable websites and I'm sure you all know what I mean by that. Normally it's a rare occasion to run onto a virus doing normal web browsing and downloading known content from trusted websites. You're normally far more at risk for spyware and possibly a trojan or worm instead of a virus. Kaspersky is noted to have the highest detection rate for malware of this nature amongst consumer products.

I remember when that one worm infected so many PC's, including mine, and caused the system to automatically shutdown after so many seconds every time you would connect to the internet through the use of a buffer overflow. I'm pretty sure I had Norton installed at the time and it didn't do anything to catch this worm and fix the issue. I had to disable the service that was getting hit with the buffer overflow and then download a patch from Microsoft to fix it.

 

Yee, but its a helluva a time to remove.

 

Not if you just un-install it and use norton removal tool.

 

Actually, my main complaint w/ Norton used to be its scans - I would literally have to leave my PC for a few hours just to let the thing scan for viruses/adware every week, got to the point that I would just stop scanning. However, w/ Duo Core processors, scanning has become much less of an issue because now you can easliy pull off scanning and other (non-gaming) applications @ the same time. The Norton scan is just ridiculously rough on RAM/processor usage (then again, at the time i was running a 1.9GHz P4).

 

I recommend Avira AntiVir.

 

For what reasons scoober?

 

The free version is great, I've used it, and it's less resource intensive than many others out there. It consistently gets high marks from researchers and tests, and it's also available for Linux, which means a lot to me.

 

It's for the same reason that i use it.

 

One thing I've wondered about Avira since installing it on an old laptop is why it's VM is so high in comparison to system?

 

Technically speaking there is no such thing as best antivirus/security suite. It's much on the user's preference and trust on the particular antivirus brand + reviews. As long as the antivirus protects your computer without incident, it's the best for the user.

 

Wasn't even aware that there were threats to Linux machines. If that's the case, my computer has been at risk since I became a Linux user, which, is ironic because I use Ubuntu normally when I'm online - obviously precisely when the machine needs protection.

One of the reasons I switched to Linux from XP was to avoid AV, antispyware and all the updates, scans and effort which go into keeping a computer safe. Guess I'm going to have to look a little deeper into this situation.

 

Don't worry, there is no legitimate virus threat to Linux that I'm aware of ATM. I just like the idea of having an AV on my Linux system so that I don't inadvertently become a conduit to transfer viruses to a Windows system. Because I do share files between them.

 

F-Prot anti virus v3.16F and Comodo Firewall v2.4 or v3 for me on a XP Pro system. Now running Vista with Avast 4.7 Pro anti virus & Comodo Firewall & Defense+ v3 works very well for me... Just to add spybot and Trojan Remover also installed.
If it was not for the fact that F-Prot 3.16F is not supported on Vista I'll still be using it now.

 

Hi,
Lots of good discussion here about the best a/v, adware, spam, etc.

If I am interested in full coverage for my laptop (and who isnt?)
ANDI dont mind paying for it (but free is always nice)
AND I am interesting in reducing the resource footprint that Norton and McAffe are notorious for eating up..

what are some of the setups that are recommended that cover all hazards but use less system resources?
In other words, If you pick up Kasperky or NOD32 but still need a suite for full firewall, adware, malware protection, etc. Would you be back where you started from (as far as system resources) than if you just stayed with Norton?