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Whats the best ?

My laptop has been playing abit weird lately whats the best anti virus to have ? I have AVG only Thanks
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  • ahmjt
    ahmjt Posts: 95
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    If you are using Microsoft based operating system (e.g. Windows XP, Vista or 7) you can use Microsoft Security Essential. It is Microsoft's own anti-virus tool.

    Beside that I suggest you also install some sort of spybot cleaner like Spybot Search & Destroy.
  • Sublime_2
    Sublime_2 Posts: 15,741 Forumite
    I use avast, but MSE is very good too. For a laptop perhaps MSE as lower on resources.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    avast.......
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • free4440273
    free4440273 Posts: 38,438 Forumite
    Definetly Avast here / on ALL my netbooks/ laptops/ desktops -- never lets me down / :cool:
    BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!

    THE KILLERS :cool:

    THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:
  • DCFC79
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    Go with avast
  • livelyred
    livelyred Posts: 2,367 Forumite
    Thankyou has anyone the link please
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  • free4440273
    free4440273 Posts: 38,438 Forumite
    livelyred wrote: »
    Thankyou has anyone the link please
    http://www.avast.com/en-gb/free-antivirus-download
    BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!

    THE KILLERS :cool:

    THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:
  • also been :) with avast
    Leanne Loves :A

    What's up Doc?:p
  • No love for Avira anymore. Shame
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741
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    No love for Avira anymore. Shame

    And yet Avast nearly always does worse than Avira in the av comparitives test

    Last one letting approx 6300 viruses etc through for 'known' nasties compared to 1800 for Avira (out of approx 0.9 million) - more than 3 times as many.
    And Avast scores a whole 16% lower in the proactive test
    :idea:
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