whats the best antivirus to get?

[Rapid Fire]

Im looking to pay for a new antivirus program and I was wondering which one is good at a fair cost.

-Thanks

 

[slightlyhuman]

they will tell you to go to the software forum.

give AVG a try.

 

[iamme]

i use avg for free.

btw, wrong forum......i believe the software and applications forum has a sticky thread on good freeware alternatives for commonly warez-ed programs.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=33

If you can't afford Trend Micro's Office Scan, then go with AVG.

 

[FoBoT]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...catid=33&threadid=997283&enterthread=y

and that one dudes web site , its in his sig

http://www.schadentech.com/Reviews/Antivirus/antivirus_roundup.htm

 

[se7en]

Best virus protection

=

a shovel + your hands + 5foot deep hole in ground = 80% protected



but seriously i use Mcafee and set my clients up with that as well haven't had any probs to date with things getting by. I keep a steady list of 30-40 clients so not a lot but eh.. ..

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

wrong forum...
software...
*sigh*
from what i hear avg is good, there was another one in that stickied thread that came highly recomended too if i remember right. have norton atm myself.

 

[Quasmo]

panda titanium

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: se7en
Best virus protection

=

a shovel + your hands + 5foot deep hole in ground = 80% protected

but in the dirt, you might get an internet worm. get it?? worm?? :laugh:



that's all i've got

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: iamme

Originally posted by: se7en
Best virus protection

=

a shovel + your hands + 5foot deep hole in ground = 80% protected

but in the dirt, you might get an internet worm. get it?? worm?? :laugh:



that's all i've got

BRILLIANT!




go with AVG

 

[vtqanh]

I'm using Symantec Corporate Edition (provided by the university), no problem so far

 

[Injury]

Not saying it works for everyone, and certainly not for computers with multiple (dumb) users, but I haven't had an anti-virus product on my PC in 4 years... I've gotten all of 2 or 3 viruses. Being smart about your habits and learning how viruses can spread is a much better defense, as NO anti-virus software is fool-proof and anyone that wants a virus to do damage bad enough can find ways around.

9 times out of 10 when a person's PC is trashed from a virus, I've seen that the virus has taken over the anti-virus software itself, and reinstalls and launches itself everytime someone tries to run it.

That being said, routine scans at housecall.trendmicro.com are a much better choice, as the virus definitions are always up to date and viruses can't overtake files that come from off the internet (at least not easily.)

 

[mhillary]

AVG is good. Norton would make your system slow.

 

[Schadenfroh]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=33&threadid=1375461&enterthread=y

Go with the freeware antivir over the freeware avg, it has a better detection rate than avg

http://www.free-av.com/

 

[imported_fatal]

NOD32 or PcCillin

 

[BChico]

What about for business use? I am going to setup 7 new systems for a small accounting firm, and i wanted to get something easy to use, relatively cheap and has some admin capabilities from the server.

Im looking at Norton 9.0, small business. I need about 10 liscs.

Any suggestions?

 

[Jeff7]

What's the deal? Where's MechBgon????? He should have been here by now to recommend Kaspersky 5.0.
I've not used it, but he always recommends it. It's said to have a very good detection rate, vs AVG's not-so-impressive performance.

 

[Nithin]

Originally posted by: mhillary
AVG is good. Norton would make your system slow.

 

[stuntman242]

Well if you switch to linux you don't really need anti-virus apps.

When will the world learn that checking your email with admin privileges is a bad idea?

 

[The Green Bean]

kaspersky

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
What's the deal? Where's MechBgon????? He should have been here by now to recommend Kaspersky 5.0.
I've not used it, but he always recommends it. It's said to have a very good detection rate, vs AVG's not-so-impressive performance.

I didn't want to overdo it, or I would've Someone's going to accuse me of taking payoffs from them before too long-- D'OH, gotta run, the Kaspersky truck's delivering the 30 cases of frozen pizza!!!! :Q


Kaspersky does have an attractive package. They don't make you wait a week between virus-definition updates, they have excellent detection rates from what I've read and seen, their product is price-competitive, and I found it was pretty straightforward to configure. And their trialware is good for 30 days, which is double what McAfee or Symantec/Norton are giving.

 

[Raincity]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
What's the deal? Where's MechBgon????? He should have been here by now to recommend Kaspersky 5.0.
I've not used it, but he always recommends it. It's said to have a very good detection rate, vs AVG's not-so-impressive performance.

I thought that I was the Kaspersky whore around here. Fsecure is good also. Panda's virus dection is pretty good but support is nonexistant.

 

[mechBgon]

I guess I should add that by "straightforward," I mean "straightforward compared to what I'm used to at my workplace."





(dang it, I need a bigger freezer... )

 

[KoolDrew]

AntiVir.

 

[imported_fatal]

Originally posted by: stuntman242
Well if you switch to linux you don't really need anti-virus apps.

When will the world learn that checking your email with admin privileges is a bad idea?

Well, if he leave his computer off he wont need antivirus at all