Best Anti-Virus Software?

audiobliss
audiobliss Posts: 12,518
edited May 2007 in The Clubhouse
It's time to buy another Anti-Virus program and I don't know what we should get.

We used to use Norton and then McAffee, but most recently we were using Grisoft's free AVG program.

What should we look at? I've heard Norton & McAffee are resource hogs. All our computers access the internet through a wireless router, if that makes any difference.

Thanks!
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  • sophie
    sophie Posts: 511
    edited February 2007
    i use free avg, works great. why do u nolonger use it?
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited February 2007
    I've been using this on one computer, hasn't seemed to bog down the computer at all....

    http://shop.ca.com/


    I also am using the windows live one care on another one and it has been working great also...

    http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.htm?sc_cid=mscom_dlc
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2007
    sophie wrote:
    i use free avg, works great.

    +1 on this one
    I get most software for next to nothing, and I choose AVG free.
    Norton and McCrappy are resource hogs, and are the 2 largest AV companies in the US. If you are writing viruses you are doing it to be malicious. So you want to take out the largest AV software out there to make your virus effective. Hence Norton and McCrappy suck, and did I mention they are resource hogs?

    Ben

    http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/avg75free_446a965.exe

    Above is a direct link to the AVG install program
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited February 2007
    Personally I really like norton. I have never used AVG so no opinion there.

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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,711
    edited February 2007
    Avast! Anti-virus is another good FREE option. (Free for home users anyway)
    For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore...
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2007
    I've been using PC-cillin Antivirus. . . great stuff, you don't know it running and it updates serveral times a days and it DOES NOT use your memory therefore has no affect on the performance of your PC.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited February 2007
    I've got a gig of ram on mine and I use Norton's with no problems.
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    >This message has been scanned by the NSA and found to be free of harmful intent.<
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited February 2007
    I use the freebie stuff from AOL. Works great (or, good enough).
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2007
    AOL? They're still around?

    +20 on AVG. Been using it for years on all my PCs with no problems whatsoever.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited February 2007
    +1 for Symantec Corporate Edition
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2007
    billbillw wrote:
    Avast! Anti-virus is another good FREE option. (Free for home users anyway)

    Still like avg the best, but yes I have heard good things about Avast, and it gets along with vista better.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • Normanality
    Normanality Posts: 297
    edited February 2007
    Use what the professionals use.

    Eset's NOD32. http://www.eset.com/
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited February 2007
    I use AVG on everything....
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited February 2007
    We've used AVG free for about a year now with no probs. Great price also.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2007
    rskarvan wrote:
    I use the freebie stuff from AOL. Works great (or, good enough).

    I love customers that rely on AOL security products. It gives me plenty of repair work. Not trying to pick on you here, but AOL sucks from just about every angle.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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    Ben
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2007
    hearingimpared wrote:
    I've been using PC-cillin Antivirus. . . great stuff, you don't know it running and it updates serveral times a days and it DOES NOT use your memory therefore has no affect on the performance of your PC.

    Yep this is pretty good too.

    We recommend this over Norton for our customers that have servers.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2007
    Well, I just upgraded to the new version of AVG free. Guess I'll be sticking with it.

    The reason I was looking for something else is because Mom said she tried upgrading to the new version but couldn't get it to work. I guess I'll take a look at her computer.

    Thanks for all the opinions!
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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    Epson 8700UB
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  • jmwest1970
    jmwest1970 Posts: 846
    edited February 2007
    AVG, Avast, or CA's Etrust Antivirus are all good. You can get them all for free, although Etrust Antivirus is harder to find in its free version...found here.

    The only downside to Etrust free version is that it doesn't detect spyware. It's antivirus only.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2007
    Polkersince85 wrote:
    I've got a gig of ram on mine and I use Norton's with no problems.
    I only have 1024 ram so norton slows it down this is why I chose PC-cillin.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited February 2007
    The free SpyCatcher Express by Tenebril is the best I've used so far. I removed my McAfee a long time ago and have had no problems. (It does both spyware and viruses and has some great extras built-in)
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  • Joelsbass
    Joelsbass Posts: 637
    edited February 2007
    I run Avast and AVG in tandem on mine, never have a problem. I know several 'leet' hackers and they've all recommended those two, they all also suggested running more than one.

    and FYI Hearingimpared, 1024 ram is a gig of ram, same thing i've got actually
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2007
    Hmm. I'm looking up SpyCatche Express. Maybe I'll run two, also.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited February 2007
    NORTON and never had a problem. Years.
    Michael ;)
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2007
    Joelsbass wrote:
    I run Avast and AVG in tandem on mine, never have a problem. I know several 'leet' hackers and they've all recommended those two, they all also suggested running more than one.

    and FYI Hearingimpared, 1024 ram is a gig of ram, same thing i've got actually

    Thanks didn't realize that. How come only about 3/4 of that ram actually shows as active .
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2007
    If you have a mainstream desktop (Compaq, HP, Dell, Sony, E-Machines...wait, you have an E-Machines, don't you), then the RAM is probably shared RAM, meaning the computer's onboard graphics card probably uses a certain amount of the RAM for graphics, leaving the rest of it to be used as RAM for other things.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2007
    audiobliss wrote:
    If you have a mainstream desktop (Compaq, HP, Dell, Sony, E-Machines...wait, you have an E-Machines, don't you), then the RAM is probably shared RAM, meaning the computer's onboard graphics card probably uses a certain amount of the RAM for graphics, leaving the rest of it to be used as RAM for other things.

    Thanks, but drat! I hate when that happens.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2007
    Yeah. My desktop is using part of the RAM for graphics. So is my laptop. Kinda stinks. Just means we have crappy computers.

    Maybe it's time to upgrade!

    :D
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • louthewiz
    louthewiz Posts: 581
    edited February 2007
    I use the verizon yahoo online protection which is free for subscribers .
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,411
    edited February 2007
    good information guys new laptop and my Mcaffee 30 day trial just ended, going to try the AVG

    thanks
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2007
    hoosier21 wrote:
    good information guys new laptop and my Mcaffy 30 day trial just ended, going to try the AVG

    thanks
    Even though I was looking to change, it has never given me a moment's worth of trouble nor let in any malicious stuff (yeah, that's a technical term).

    The new version installed flawlessly on my desktop. So did SpyCatcher. I'm going to run them in tandem. Maybe I'll get a third, too. :D
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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