Suitable Antivirus For Vista

[Amitava83]

I need to know which is the most suitable antivirus for Vista as per my requirements:

i)Should be very light
ii)Should be extremely minimal on system resources.
iii)Can be turned off/disabled in an instant,via single-click.
iv)Can be updated without any hassles.


I use AVG Free,but it starts a LOT of threads.which is a pain to turn off one by one via Task Manager.

Thanks to anybody replying.

[Singh400]

Either Nod32 or the latest Norton.

Yes, I said Norton. The latest version has been getting brilliant reviews, and is no longer consider bloatware in my book.

[merple]

I've been using Avira Personal for a while now.

It works pretty well and meets your requirements.

[Amitava83]

Either Nod32 or the latest Norton.

Yes, I said Norton. The latest version has been getting brilliant reviews, and is no longer consider bloatware in my book.

Are you talking about Norton 2009?Is it that good??Does it not hog memory resources???

[Blitzen]

Kaspersky.
Been using it for almost 3 years with Vista now and never had an issue.

[Singh400]

Are you talking about Norton 2009?Is it that good??Does it not hog memory resources???

LOL, yes I'm talking about Norton 2009. It's actually quite good from what I've read, and several of my nerd friends have used it and they all like it. I've been a long time hater of Norton, but I have to admit. This time round it's actually...good!

[Amitava83]

I have installed NOD32.Could you please urgent;y tell me how to disable or shutdown it temporarily(like for instance before playing resource heavy games???)

[Amitava83]

LOL I have found it myself...

[WhiteGiant]

I've been using Avira Personal for a while now.

Ditto, although I'm not a fan of its right-click menu integration (doesn't seem to appear on all files I right-click).

[Singh400]

Ditto, although I'm not a fan of its right-click menu integration (doesn't seem to appear on all files I right-click).

You should be able to disable context menu integration in the options. If not, use something like ShellMenuView & ShellExView to find and disable any unwanted context menu entries.

[CaptainCrash]

LOL, yes I'm talking about Norton 2009. It's actually quite good from what I've read, and several of my nerd friends have used it and they all like it. I've been a long time hater of Norton, but I have to admit. This time round it's actually...good!

I've always made the sign of the crucifix and muttered various protective incantations over my PC whenever the name of Norton/Symantec was invoked, but I had a look at Norton 2009 on a friend's PC recently and, yes, it is, well... quite good...

[Singh400]

I've always made the sign of the crucifix and muttered various protective incantations over my PC whenever the name of Norton/Symantec was invoked, but I had a look at Norton 2009 on a friend's PC recently and, yes, it is, well... quite good...

I know. I was stunned too. Good on Norton I say Their corporate line has always been fairly good (SAVCE).

[Mark3H]

I know. I was stunned too. Good on Norton I say Their corporate line has always been fairly good (SAVCE).

I had an earlier version of norton installed on a pc and oh god did i hate it, but yeh i have to agree this new version seems to be on the money.
Tho personally, i'll always be faithfull to kaspersky

[WhiteGiant]

You should be able to disable context menu integration in the options. If not, use something like ShellMenuView & ShellExView to find and disable any unwanted context menu entries.

Thanks, but my problem is that is doesn't appear on all files/folders, it seems to be limited to certain types, and I'd like to be able to individually scan any file/folder I want.

[mosfet]

+1 for ESET NOD32.

A company I worked for last year had around 30 windows machines running it, never had any problems, no noticable slowdown and minimal fuss for the less-tech savvy users.

[Zak33]

It would be worth trying "resource heavy games" with NOD32 running, because it's quite well repsected for not slowing you up much at all.

Surely to scan an individual file, you just right click it and the antivirus will show as one of the options.. click it!