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13ass_92 New user 1 posts Posted: 15/05/2009 9:05 AM	What is the most effective anti-virus software on the market?
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Halcon IT the final frontier User 78 posts Posted: 15/05/2009 2:05 PM

Hello: At the moment there are lots of antivirus software. You are better off with a free version, this will give you protection for your computer. I have been using AVG free, I am now using AVast Home Edition, this program is free for home use, go to http://www.avast.com to get yours, you will need to register after that, you will receive an email containing your serial number to activate the program. I hope this info be useful to you, cheers!

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Abaddon User 24 posts Posted: 15/05/2009 3:05 PM

I also use avast exclusively @ home these days. (have for about 5 years now) Had a bad experience a few years back with AVG (locked half my windows system files in quarantine then quarantined itself so I couldn't get anything back) so haven't used it at home since then. Used the professional version at work for a while but found it to be annoying (popups during scan) and very resource hungry. So I'd say go for avast!

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AndyCee New user 162 posts Posted: 15/05/2009 4:05 PM	I'd always recommend keeping a copy of Malwarebytes Anti-malware installed too. It's not a real-time scanner - you just run it if you think your compy has been infected.
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mattybrown New user 1 posts Posted: 15/05/2009 4:05 PM

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer. To see a list of threats Spybot-S&D can remove, in the navigation bar at the left click on Support --> Threats. For an introduction to Spybot-S&D, please read the tutorial. If you fear incompatibility with other software you are now using, although we can assure you that there is no danger you can review our compatibility overview which lists some software whose compatibility has been analyzed. Spybot-S&D can also clean usage tracks, an interesting function if you share your computer with other users and don't want them to see what you have been working on. And for professional users, Spybot-S&D allows you to fix some registry inconsistencies and extended reports. A list of all the application's features is also available. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

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1000121 New user 4 posts Posted: 15/05/2009 9:05 PM	I think That Kaspersky is the best personaly I have ahd no problams and detects virus's in seconds after download it also makes a list of which programs to trust It is a bit on the expensive side but it is way better than Trend Micro Or AVG
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Hev New user 4 posts Posted: 18/08/2009 6:08 AM

Im putting my bets on Nod32, theyve been around and Im informed that microsoft actually consults them in these matters. Doesnt clag your system and give false alerts. Spybot S&D one of the originals, Adawares worth a look. Im wondering if AVG gives false alerts, good freebie but. Then theres Avira with a huge subsciber base also. Ohh and dont forget trend micro. Set a restore point and try em all out is my advice. cnet gives free reviews of such programs.

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gankul User 47 posts Posted: 18/08/2009 9:08 AM	I would stay clear of avg. I have had bad experiences with them, the most recent being with uninstalling AVG, and it removing some dll's without even asking.
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MWahl217 Systems and Network Engineer New user 31 posts Posted: 20/09/2009 1:09 AM	For Malware I use Malwarebytes Anti-malware for Anti-virus I use mcafee virusscan enterprise 8.5i
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Fornax User 15 posts Posted: 22/09/2009 7:09 PM

McAfee, Norton, Kaspersky and Trend always fall within the top 5 for the last 5 years it very rare to find a review where they weren't in the top 5. Reviews aren't bad to look at but the reallity of it is that they become out of date so quickly as the vendors send out patchs. I think its best to average their performance over a couple reviews and a couple years if you want to access detection rates. I use Avg free at home and it normally rates about 7 or 8th place. I use it because its free and I am fairly sensible about which sites I visit and what attachments I open. If I had kids at school I would install one of the top 5 or linux :) I recently put norton internet security on a friends PC and was extremely impressed with norton for the first time this year becuase its normally such a beast that takes forever to install and normally consumes soo much resources. This year they have made the program so lite and it now uses so little resources. So give it some thought the highest detection rate might not be the best if it grinds your pc to a halt protecting you. Good luck

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