What is the best Anti Virus out there? Free and to buy?
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What is the best Anti Virus out there? Free and to buy?
Free: AVG or Avast
You'll get lots of different replies though.
Check http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=52330
Best Overall: NOD32
no questions, it comes out top on all reviews
Where can i get NOD32 OR AVG?
I have Nortons at work but the pc seems slow when starting. I assume thhis is to do with Nortons?
this isn't software development. *moving*
Koolpc, Nortan AV is a system resource hog... Sophos is a top notch commercial anti-virus..
freeware: AVG or Avast
open source: Clamwin
my nod goes to NOD
I will try AVG then, thanks guys
FWIW panda picked up stuff on this PC, and it has McAfee network version installed and autoupdating. I quite like the free online virus scanner from Panda, it may be slow but it will even clean some stuff :)
In addition to your antivirus, I highly recommend Microsoft AntiSpyware. It's suprisingly effective!
NOD32, period ;)
Kaspersky seems to come highly recommended too, but NOD32 is my personal choice.
As mentioned above Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta is good for spyware too... Its based on Giant and you really can't complain for free ;) I use it alongside NOD32 & Look n Stop Firewall with no problems.
Seeing as we're on topic.... I'm currently using Norton 2005. Would it be worth using NOD32 once I reinstall Windows in the next few days?
Definitely. If offers better protection than Norton and is a lot lighter on system resources.
Its also updated daily, sometimes more than once.
You can just try the free trial for 30 days and see how you like it.
Yep, nod32 gets the green light from UHT.