Best Antivirus /Security

The_Fiddler_2

What in your opinion is the best antivirus / security software to buy?

Lorian

No need to buy, there are some good free ones, a search will find them....

Conor_3

Lorian wrote: »

No need to buy, there are some good free ones,

Hahahaha

You might want to look at what protection they miss out on the free ones.

a search will find them....

A search on these boards will show virtually all the people who have infected machines are running free solutions...

To answer the OPs question, it's a toss up between Eset NOD32 or Kaspersky. Both offer free trials.

The_Fiddler_2

Lorian wrote: »

No need to buy, there are some good free ones, a search will find them....

Free ones don't have all the tools of the ones you buy, unless you know different - in which case please post a link to the appropriate site.

Thanks

[Deleted User]

Have a read of the following thread for a discussion of Anti-Virus software. To summarise I'd say my choice for a free AV is Avira AntiVir.

My choice for a paid AV would either be ESET NOD32 or Kaspersky with, for me, NOD32 winning.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...html?t=1317209

The_Fiddler_2

Conor wrote: »

Hahahaha

You might want to look at what protection they miss out on the free ones.


A search on these boards will show virtually all the people who have infected machines are running free solutions...

To answer the OPs question, it's a toss up between Eset NOD32 or Kaspersky. Both offer free trials.

LOL we posted at the same time.

Kaspersky is one I am considering, I haven't heard of the other one.

aliEnRIK

If your going to pay, then Conors right
personally I dont pay for anything..............

The_Fiddler_2

aliEnRIK wrote: »

If your going to pay, then Conors right
personally I dont pay for anything..............

So are you using a free AV with all the features, and if so, what one?

aliEnRIK

Define 'all the features'?
I use Avast (though going back to Avira) for my main anti virus
PC Tools for my firewall
Spybot to prevent certain nasties
NOSCRIPT plugin to stop all scripts in firefox
Malwarebytes as a secondary scanner (Amongst others)

and if you want to be impenatrable, SANDBOXIE for all net use

The_Fiddler_2

aliEnRIK wrote: »

and if you want to be impenatrable, SANDBOXIE for all net use

Wht is Sandboxie?

What about general internet security, not just AV?

aliEnRIK

The_Fiddler wrote: »

Wht is Sandboxie?

What about general internet security, not just AV?

http://www.sandboxie.com/

Sandboxie stops ANY information from being written to the drive when using the net

Define 'general internet security'?
Avast scans for viruses, trojans and spyware anyways (As well as email scanning)
NOSCRIPT prevents any trojans from getting through the web
I also use SUPER ANTISPYWARE as another scanner just in case