What do you think is the best Antivirus right now?

I use avg and Zone alarm both free and they do a fine job of keeping the junk out, i also have a firewall in my router, avg is very good for being free and i would highly suggest it

I use norton corporate. It's lightweight also and free if you're a federal government employee.

I like Norton corp alright, we use it in the office as well.

I like AVG and ZA but we're talking about retail sales here, not just "what do I use at home?"
This is for selling to customers to walk out the door with. I suggest AVG as an alternative if they simply can't afford us to install something. And we offer to load AVG for cheaper then buying one, if it comes to that.
So we can't sell free products over the counter, nor corporate licenses. Which is why we have been doing Panda, and looking into Kaspersky.

I think Trend Micro is pretty good, we use their housecall scan a lot. I just simply think it doesn't stand up to its equally priced big brothers. Although we DO buy the Trend Micro scanners for running on Server 2003 editions.

I am using Zone Alarm, it's ok
but it slows down computer while scaning (a lot) and i have a few viruses which it detects but can't remove.
I was using Bullguard which i realy liked, but only had the 60 day trial vertion and therfore got zonelabs.
It think bullguard is my favorite AV

Re Anti-ware? "discussed ad nauseam!"

Hi, I know this is an OLD post but all the recent post ONLY point to old ones, and here is the problem EVERY YEAR all the reviews of the ANTI - Virus & Spyware programs change. One year CounterSpy was rated BEST, the next year WebRoot and I tried them both, now they are usually not even in the list so what someone wrote back in "2005" is totally irrelevant today!

So PLEASE how about an update, at least once a year on these products, just a list of recommendations, you don't even have to comment, list them in order of preference. :- ))

Thanks

good point: Some moderator (imo) needs to create a Sticky on this subject,
collect the inputs and order a list eg

• best of 2008
  • antivirus
    • name-1
    • name-2
  • firewalls
• best of 2007
  • antivirus
  • firewalls

i know i'm gonna get nailed for saying this, but woohoo, go live one care! the best thing that has ever came out of redmond!

been using it for nearly a year and am damn pleased with it!

AntiVirus: Avira

Malware: Malwarebytes

Firewall: Comodo

Cleaner: CCleaner

All free

The BEST

Here is my 2 cents

I have been using AVG for 4 years and it works good but Techspot recommends Avira and Avast, in that order, so I tried Avira and a 'SAME DAY TEST' (scanned with AVG, then uninstalled AVG and installed Aviria, and then scanned PC with it. Avira found 1 trojan AVG did not, Aviria is also faster ( 1 hour vs. 3 hours with AVG - large system 3 HDs with total 9 partitions).

However, I know that AVG does a very good job on scanning emails both downloading and uploading. So far I have not seen Aviria scanning email. I also did not think that Aviria was very easy or helpful in setting up 'Custom' scanning profiles.

Techspot also recommends Comodo and ZoneAlarm. I have been using ZoneAlarm for 5 years and Comodo, on a laptop for 2 years. I like ZoneAlarm better, it is easier and has a better custom setup.

As far as AntiSpyware I use them ALL (almost). I have used CounterSPy (liked it very much but $$ not free, also WebRoot - not to impressed it). I was introduced to SuperAntiSpyware, MBAM (Malwarbytes) and like them very much. I also run Spybot S&D and AdAware when I am cleaning up things.

I did Norton's for 15 years but the last 5 years it choked my system so bad it would hardly run. That is when I started using all of these others. I have also tried F-Secure, Micro Trend, etc. I have come to the conclusion FREE works just as good and sometimes better - so I will never waste my $$$ again.

And thanks to TechSpot for all the tips and introducing us to 'Good' "Free" software.

As far as LiveCare, I have never tried IT and since it is Microsoft I "NEVER" will.

There is a present issue with Zone Alarm and Vista
Anyway, ZA always seems to have these big issues every now and then
I posted just above, what I recommend

Please don't place a lot of stock in Avira. In the latest tests, it's getting hammered for it's exhorbitant number of false positives. Also bear in mind that the version that's tested by AV-Comparatives is the Premium version, not the free version. Avira free does NOT have Antispyware protection, which other competitors have. Grisoft (AVG), for instance, bought out Ewido and incorporated it into their free product.

As some of you may know, Ewido was the number one antispyware product for a long time.

These things do change all the time...

The most effective protection is a multi-faceted one..

The one I found most effective ALL AROUND is as follows:

AVG 8
Spyware Blaster
Malwarebytes
If you want any firewall it's Comodo. Zone Alarm is crap.
Tuned HOSTS file
Tune Restriced Zone.

Combofix on demand.

Ewido was excellent
But AVG8 is total crap (IMHO) It will corrupt under Virus infection just like Norton does

My experience (on the Free version) of Avira, it's the best :grinthumb

Eventually it may as it gains popularity. Regretfully it's pretty much inevitable unless they consistently rework their heuristics and engine (which fairly regularly they actually do). However, for now it offers far more comprehensive protection across a broader spectrum of attack vectors than the other free products out there, including Avira.

ehem. virus free for 10 months and counting - despite engaging in promiscuous online behaviour..... live once care anyone?

i agree with u

since i use one care ive got no problems at all , and i like the tune up realy works. i run it every 30 days.

Same as Kim, except for Comodo. I have turned in Zone Alarm for pctools firewall plus.I also use Spybot S&D as a preventative measure, by taking advantage of its large Immunization database.

I found that using these free programs gives me the same or even greater protection than any security suite. I get all the same benefits without the bulk or resource hogging.