Best Anti-Virus/Spyware..??

moonlightpjs

Can anybody please help - we need anti virus protection and all that goes with it - we currently have Norton on that comes free with BTYahoo but its crap and isnt working at all? Does anybody know the best one to buy, where you can buy it at the best price etc?

Any help much appreciated

gooner045

Why dont you take a look at the security sticky almost 52,000 have ! personally I use all free security and havnt had a problem, if your uninstalling norton use the proper tool to delete it properly off your system, and be prepared to see an incresae in speed once the B***ard is deleted

gillianandterry

We used comodo firewall and antivirus its free never had any probs with it but some have said they have
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/





ps found this link http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/free-anti-virus-software

esuhl

I have had a few problems with the default settings of the latest version of Comodo firewall. When installed with Defense+ and default settings, it fails leak tests! I would recommend installing it with "basic settings" (i.e. without Defense+) and immediately changing the default firewall settings to "custom mode" to prevent applications being automatically being let through. This resolves the issue and it will then pass leak tests.

The free editions of AVG Antivirus and Avira AntiVir are both excellent, so install either of these.

To prevent Malware, use Spybot Search & Destroy and SpywareBlaster.

chrispbug

I use AVG Anti virus, AVG anti spyware, Spybot Search and Destroy, Threatfire and Zone Alarms firewall. Also used is ccleaner. I've had no problems with any of these programs in a couple of years now. All these programs are readily available for free.
I used to use Norton Anti virus but that hogged the laptop's resourses and was not very good at all.
Like gooner045 says have a read of the security sticky and take it from there.

The_Economist

Avast is another good free anti-virus program.

geordie_joe

gillianandterry wrote: »

We used comodo firewall and antivirus its free never had any probs with it but some have said they have

I had comodo on one of my computers, it drove me mad.

it would pop up and say

XXX program is trying to access the internet through your browser, do you want XXX program to access the internet?

When I hit the "Disallow" button it didn't stop XXX program from accessing the internet, it stopped the browser from accessing the internet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I supose it is some stupid programmer being too lazy to find out how to stop all programs from accessing the internet, so they made it so when you disallowed a program from accessing the internet via the browser it disallowed the browser from accessing the internet.

This meant a reboot to gain access to the internet, simply closing comodo and the browser wasn't enough. So when it poped up saying a program was trying to access the internet through the browser you had to think "If I say no I will have to reboot and hope the program doesn't try again, or do I allow it"

It also just allowed many programs to access the internet, even in custom mode.

I thought it was a waste of space. Threw up a few alerts to make you think it was working but missed most of the things AVG caught on the same machine.

westbromwichalbion

If you want to pay for Anti Virus software Kaspersky is the best, but I use AVG free and its more than adequate, never had any problems with it better than Norton Anti Virus.

mostly

nod32 is where its at.

unsure

Have to agree...NOD 32 from www.eset.com not free but one of the cheaper options and beats most others hands down. Have been using it for three years without a problem.

gremlin666_2

NOD32 gets my vote aswell and they now do the full internet security suite to