Anti virus

barriejohn69

What is the best easy to use anti virus out there? It has to allow a lot of downloading and P2P access.

Cheers

Barrie

thomas01155

No antivirus will protect you from p2p this is a new worm undetected at the moment. But i would go for Avira Antivir.

twex.exe
http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=c5d251366eb001c599d9a6b5ff3c8bfa

http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/52628a5f2f7b9f72de45fbe78977d3e7
File twex.exe received on 01.17.2009 17:18:58 (CET)
Current status: finished
Result: 0/39 (0.00%)

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Browntoa

avast free

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

includes P2P and messenger scanning

thomas01155

Avira scans all files however they are downloaded like most antivirus.

barriejohn69

Thanks all, I was recommended one called ESET on another forum. It is not one that I have heard of.

dreamypuma

barriejohn69 wrote: »

Thanks all, I was recommended one called ESET on another forum. It is not one that I have heard of.

If your going to pay for security, Eset or Kaspersky are the only ones I'd recommend.

Both of which are very good, reliable products. I think Eset's NOD32 has a higher detection rate than Kaspersky. Either I'm sure you'll be happy with either.

flossy_splodge

Like dreamypuma says, IF you want to pay, then NOD 32 (ESET) is the highest rated on many test sites but there are many alternatives.
I started to have problems with AVG 7.5 after years and years of problem free surfing.
On advice from this forum I have replaced it with Avira.
No problems at all but I just simply don't like it.
I don't feel as much in control.
I shall probably get shouted out of court but I can only say as I find.
I am literally, as we speak, downloading AVAST to give that a go but have also downloaded AVG 8.0.
I like to learn for myself so I find it brilliant to be able to read so many people's different views and experiences. That said I also like to try things out.
So I shall shortly uninstall Avira, install AVAST and see how that goes.
Then I will do the same with AVG 8 as many people report having no problems at all with it and AVG has served me well for so long.
But at the end of the day, it's YOUR choice as it is mine.
All opinions are offered in good faith and you just gotta choose!:T

Reluctant_spender

I am not a big fan of AVG8 but I find the best anti virus product is the one that you like and use.

It is no good downloading the best if you don't like or can't get on with it. There are many to choose from and it really is a case of horse's for course's

[Deleted User]

Can I suggest you read these threads...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1388535&highlight=antivirus
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1382287&highlight=antivirus
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1380295&highlight=antivirus
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1369497&highlight=antivirus
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1360867&highlight=antivirus
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1353973&highlight=antivirus

bainy

Another vote for Avast here.No problems with it and it does talk to you as well which is a cool quirk.It does the job very well and I used to be an AVG fan.

marleyboy

Im on Avira as a result of MSE, I did have Virgin Net guard which was exclusive to Virgin Media, and was inclusive with the fee, however after it let in a myraid of Trojans, I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole.