Best antivirus program?

Jarlawuk

Whats the best available, don't mind paying. Currently using avg free but a virus it detected, it can't fix and now my ie has a broken homepage as in I can't set my own home pae. The only thing I can do is putting the infected in the virus vault to avoid further problems but no fix. I do a lot of shopping/banking on the internet so this is quite worrying - thanks for any help in advance.

The_JinJ

Had good success with Avast

imho

I swear by Avast.Its free but its one program i have that i would pay for .Does boot scan,you can have it scanning as a screen saver,scans when computer is idle.And always updates itself on time,
I found with Avg free version you get the updates way after the paid for versions.

pizzaboy

i can highly recommend this AV NOD32.

http://www.eset.com/


never had a virus yet in two years of using it.

Blacksheep1979

yup nod32 is way up there in the rankings

GreenNotM

Jarlawuk wrote:

my ie has a broken homepage as in I can't set my own home pae. The only thing I can do is putting the infected in the virus vault to avoid further problems but no fix. I do a lot of shopping/banking on the internet so this is quite worrying - thanks for any help in advance.

Your browser has been hijacked - work thru this sticky about mal/spyware removal and do not do any shopping/banking till you are sure your system is clean.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=133269

wolfman

Nod32 or Kaspersky if you're going to pay.

I use AVG now which is free. Did previously use the above, but mainly run Linux now so it just wasn't worth it.

stashmycash

Is it best to pay or is free just as good ?

I have been using Mcfee for the last year but now it needs updating.

imho

No you dont need to pay for antivirus program.I would only pay if i was a business .
try Avast.I found McAfee a hog on my computer,slowed it down real bad

stashmycash

imho wrote:

No you dont need to pay for antivirus program.I would only pay if i was a business .
try Avast.I found McAfee a hog on my computer,slowed it down real bad

I will try Avast. Do I have to unload Mcfee before I start using another program ?

judderman62

NOD32 - hands down no contest - wouldn't consider anything else.