Virus software to get?

mark_steps

I have been given a pc that has been previoulsy used. I want to install software that will protect it against trojans etc.

Are there any good free ones that you suggest/recomend or is the better protection from paid ones?

WTFH

The most popular one on here is AVAST (free) followed by AVG (also free)

zabi89

I use ESET Smart Security, i think it's the best. I've used most of them

stix62

zabi89 wrote: »

I use ESET Smart Security, i think it's the best. I've used most of them

Ditto.

JJ_Egan

Not quite ditto but Eset or Kaspersky and its cheaper to buy an old licence for Kaspersky and upgrade to current version .
Circa £5 for KIS .

closed

absolutely no need to pay

http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/

mr_fishbulb

zabi89 wrote: »

I use ESET Smart Security, i think it's the best. I've used most of them

I used that, but only because I got a free year's subscription. They regularly get good results in tests (same scanning engine as NOD32).

Now I use Panda Cloud. Seems to do the job. Lightweight.

patman99

Op, who do you bank with ?. Some Banks have a deal which gives you free Antivirus if you have online banking.

Sparx

+1 to Avast.

Perfect free anti-virus.

forgotmyname

Use Avast or AVG not both... Defeats the object and it will be terribly slow.

I used to use AVG. But now use Avast antivirus. Comodo firewall.

I run malwarebytes and spybot sometimes.

One tip.. Make sure file extensions are shown. Stupidly MS have the default set to not show them.

Then you download a file and it says yourmusic.mp3 and later find it wont play because is yourmusic.mp3.exe and you just infected the computer.

JasX

When I last checked 18months ago AVG was regarded as 'rubbish' and Microsoft security essentials was the one everyone was recommending...

That changed whilst I've not been keeping up to date?