Norton user looking for a new Antivirus program

Kaspersky > AVG > Norton.

My setup

i use a combo of Firefox ,Comodo firewall pro,Spyware Terminator,and Avira Free Antivir;also in case i have some needed programs that have viruses i use Sandboxie.



PS:Avira antivir (free(personal edition))may sometimes(i belive once a week)advertise the nonfree software

one last thing i just downloaded System Shield

website wont let me post links.

eset nod32. $39 a year, but really good. low mem usage and great virus protection.

www.eset.com

avg pro is the best bet its cheaper than the others aswell

AVG 8 Free edition released about a month ago is as good as a freebie gets. If you are prepared to pay for it, there is no doubt that a complete integrated package is better than bits from here there and everywhere and I would still go for Kaspersky Internet Protection (no I don't work for them!)

i admit it i downloaded the payed version by torrent for those interested :http://www.mininova.org/com/1206202

I Belong to the Legion of the Not-So-Lucky........(!) or (?)

With the threat of no updates on my AVG Free 7.5 looming on May 31st, I decided to "upgrade" to AVG Free 8.0. I had the same bad feelling about this as I had about the BIOS "upgrade" that ended the life of my Intel G965WHMK motherboard. Premonitions not withstanding, I forged ahead. Several attempted installs, reinstalls , a couple of system restores, a few runs of a registry cleaner, and a couple of trips to the safe mode later, I was still stuck with only one error, albeit a fatal one.Something about avg.exe failed to start, some zeroes, a couple of eights in an error code. Yes, I Know, I should have written it down. But, when I had it copied and pasted, there were many others on the net with the same problem.

To the upside, Avira PE went right and works perfectly, so I guess it's my new favorite free anti-virus application

Best free is Avast! Much better than Avg, no hassle! Also, with the next update promising new scanning system e.g quicker scanning, why not choose it?

i use eset nod32 with outpost firewall. very light and works very well. spyware doctor v 6 just released today (or yesterday). they say this prog is one of the finest. I have used it -- heavy on resources -- makes a good on-demand scanner

also, surprising results with counterspy v. 2. this prog has found bugs when multiple scans with more expensive progs (spyware doctor, spy sweeper, nod32) found nothing. counterspy v2 is $20 and comes in a close second to premium products

I've used quiet a few Av programs, and avg is my favorite. I have no complaints. I love the fact that it the programs doesn't only look for known viruses, but also reports suspicious behaviors. The real-time protection is one of the best. I think everyone would agree with me that the program gets better with every release. The best thing about avg is that it is light and doesn't use up a lot of precious sys resource. with 8.0 updates remains automatic and doesn't require any user input, and this is all done in the background, with no pop-ups. Their tag line should be set it and forget it. I recommend avg to all who have come to me for advice, and see no reason to stop doing so.

the best would have to be nod 32

it got the best rating for 2007 from cnn and its the fastest scanner the lightest and detection rate is the best, it has anti spyware and anti virus and spammer etc. but no firewall

heres the link for nod 32 with FiX

http://download1.eset.com/eval/win/v2/nentenst.exe

i don't get it.
let me tell you a secret. it's not what anti-virus, anti-spiware you use, they all have their matches out there. I use a very old nod32 v2.7 anti-virus just for the sake of it (pretty nice it alerts me on viruses) and really it ain't that good except for the speed (that is why i kept it. after tweaks to the registry and many other my system boots up as fast as a fresh win xp install and trust me i have some programs at boot time)
I have many viruses, trojans in my pc (that i use and i can control to infect others). have bite adders to make them invisible to anti-viruses, even have av killers for many av you've posted here.
The safe way is to know what you are doing ! Download soft only from manufacturer. I use torrents and dc++ too but i know what i'm looking for (even though ny av stopped me getting infected thru torrents)
So, my advice, get a simple av, maybe even with anti-spyware if you like, but be carrefull what to download. The only thing you should really get is a firewall because there are many hackers out there scanning and breaking into servers (i know for a fact )
I have nod32 v2.7, spyware doctor wich ain't running, just a scan every 2 month and a online scan by kaspersky, trendmicro and bitdefender every 6 months. This keeps my system in top shape (firewall provided by router)

BTW: for the post above: try eset smart security. is nod with av, anti-spy and firewall. Cracks can be found out there but i can't tell where because i ain't allowed

I use Kaspersky Internet Security 8 and it detects all viruses(it's updated daily). I once copied the source code of one virus from the net and saved it as .txt file. KIS 8 detected it and got rid of it before I changed it to a .vbs or some other executable file. Tried AVG but it disappointed me as it let some viruses(twas a smss.exe) get through and I had to format my PC. Plus KIS * is relatively cheap(~$50-$60). KIS and most other Russian products(Movavi et al) really rock. Hoot hoot hoot....

I have been a supporter of Kaspersky for a while and now use Internet Security 2009 on all client machines. No fuss, no drama - just gets on with it.

yes i know kaspersky is great (as i said it has it's weak spots and trust me it doesn't detect all viruses) but the downfall of it is that it consumes a lot of resources from the system

they all consume resources to one extent or another - I would rather have kaspersky as it seems to consume less (cannot really be bothered to check the detail!).

I used Kaspersky Suite for a while, then abandoned it because it was too intrusive, and did not remember too well. I now use Eset Smart Security. Non intrusive, very little setup required (I only have one change from defaults). Two year licence for two computers works out at around 26/computer/year. Very prompt servce, and Eset monitored forum on Wilders Security site.

dolutetz makes two very good points - no AV is foolproof, a dose of responsible surfing is required. And download directly from software developers/sellers. And make sure the site is not phised!. Not too long ago I wanted to get on Eset site and misspelled it with 2s - got a phised site. Fortunately the site was so bad, no graphics, looked like it was designed on a word processor.

Anti-virus

I have used two anti-virus solutions on one pc, ie Kaspersky Anti-virus 7.0 and Eset NOD32 2.7.

They worked miracles since there were some viruses that KAV could detect and clean but NOD32 could not and vice versa.

They will will eat into your resources, but its worth it.