What antivirus & anti-spyware you use?

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[rip|Ripper]

i had to reformat, due to a dam hard to get rid of virus!!


 and am looking into getting the best spyware and virus protection...i dont like norton...hows  avg internet security? zone alarm internet security...pnada internet security....any others that will catch anything or almost anything...and any issues with the one you currently use?  game conflicts etc....

[rip|buzinator]

I use AVG Free.

and the only issue i have with AVG's stuff is that on a machine connected via wifi, avg will try to update before the wifi is connected and produces and error that it can't connect (duh) ... Once connected it works fine, just an annoyance.

I believe Nod32 is generally considered the best.

At work we currently run McAfee VirusScan & AntiSpyware 8.5i ... it does function, i can't complain about whether it's effective. However, it is bloated. Each process related to it consumes about 5 - 10 times the RAM of AVG. It's a pig. I wish we weren't locked into it at work but we are, volume licensing and contracts etc, what a pain. (although enterprise management via ePO is pretty awesome)

[rip|Badley]

there are three programs i use
spyware doctor by: pc tools
registry mechanic by: pc tools
and one of the best (spybot search & destroy)

[rip|MightyMax]

If you have Comcast they offer a free one ..

http://us.mcafee.com/root/landingpages/afflandpage.asp?affid=108&lpname=mss_offer&cid=24978



Avast is a good free one with Vista compatibility...

http://www.avast.com/



As buz stated AVG is another good free one

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/


That is really it for the free ones ....    And yes Nod32 I have heard is a very good, just not free.

[Riptor27]

IM usinng McAfee, not free but it seems to be doing a good job so far. interface is definetly easy to use,

Havent had any issues with games or anything.

[rip|buzinator]

Found a site giving away AVG Pro ... it's a slow download but as far as i know it's legit.

You'll want to right-click, save as on that the download button, that way it shouldn't time out, in Firefox anyway.


http://www.computeractive.co.uk/avg/index

[rip|forkev]

cool
nice find Buz
Thanks!  :wink:

[rip|Jackal]

Norton Antivirus Corp Ed only.  I don't use any anti-spyware apps on my pc.  STOP SURFING GAY PORN RIPPER!