Best antivirus software for your home PC

Sidney · 20th June 2005, 19:13

Every week, it seems a new virus threatens to hijack computers around the globe. While I wonder why anyone would want to wreak havoc with someone else's computer system, every computer user must face the possibility of an infection and get proper PC protection.

At work, your company probably has an antivirus system that protects you from most new viruses and an IT department that keeps it updated. But what protection do you use at home?

Fortunately, there are a lot of antivirus programs on the market that you can download and start using right away. These programs scan all the files on your computer and any that you receive in e-mail, on floppy disks, and (gasp!) from downloads. They also come with autoupdating features so that you always have protection from the latest malicious strains.

Here are my favorites for protecting your home computer against deadly computer viruses.

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3000_7-...?tag=cnetfd.sd

27th June 2005, 08:20

I have the Free AVG and it is brilliant.

Light on my resources, effective (haven't had a single problem yet and it is free! (did I say that again?)

27th June 2005, 08:51

I prefer avast, it's free and it works, but it does use a lot of memory (pop3, p2p, standard and web scanner).
I realy like that it scans every webpage I open so it can detect viri before they get on to my pc.
Going to see what Bitdefender does.

27th June 2005, 09:38

Also tried AVG, it failed HARD on the mail virus test:

Quote:

"GFI E-mail Testing" - eicar.com [1/5]
attachment:/25/attachment24.xml
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.2/29 - Release Date: 27/06/2005
eicar.com

eicar.com was the attachement !!!

Now running bitdefender free, no on resident scanner tough

.

27th June 2005, 10:01

To HardFreak:

That is fine by me.

I never use net provider e-mail, not safe enough and I would have to go to all this trouble, I can't be bothered.

I'd rather use internet based e-mail (yahoo, hotmail) and have ease of mind.

Thus AVG is top in my books because of the light load on my resources (especially after some tweaking).

27th June 2005, 11:27

AVG still does the trick.

Never ever had virusses with it, only trojans which AVG seems to have problems with.

piotke · 27th June 2005, 11:42

AVG combined with Norton2004 overhere.

27th June 2005, 11:48

NOD32 here, very low on resources. I really don't notice it is running. Absolutely love it.

187(V)URD@ · 27th June 2005, 12:17

Virusscan enterprise mcafee 8.0.0i
Don't need anything else.

27th June 2005, 15:39

What's NOD32?

As for Trojans I use 2 Anti-Spyware (Counterspy + Spy Sweeper), hopefully they can do the trick.

20th June 2005, 19:13	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Best antivirus software for your home PC Every week, it seems a new virus threatens to hijack computers around the globe. While I wonder why anyone would want to wreak havoc with someone else's computer system, every computer user must face the possibility of an infection and get proper PC protection. At work, your company probably has an antivirus system that protects you from most new viruses and an IT department that keeps it updated. But what protection do you use at home? Fortunately, there are a lot of antivirus programs on the market that you can download and start using right away. These programs scan all the files on your computer and any that you receive in e-mail, on floppy disks, and (gasp!) from downloads. They also come with autoupdating features so that you always have protection from the latest malicious strains. Here are my favorites for protecting your home computer against deadly computer viruses. http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3000_7-...?tag=cnetfd.sd __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

27th June 2005, 11:42	#7
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	AVG combined with Norton2004 overhere. __________________ .

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27th June 2005, 08:20	#2
Faiakes Posts: n/a	I have the Free AVG and it is brilliant. Light on my resources, effective (haven't had a single problem yet and it is free! (did I say that again?)

27th June 2005, 08:51	#3
wutske Posts: n/a	I prefer avast, it's free and it works, but it does use a lot of memory (pop3, p2p, standard and web scanner). I realy like that it scans every webpage I open so it can detect viri before they get on to my pc. Going to see what Bitdefender does.

27th June 2005, 10:01	#5
Faiakes Posts: n/a	To HardFreak: That is fine by me. I never use net provider e-mail, not safe enough and I would have to go to all this trouble, I can't be bothered. I'd rather use internet based e-mail (yahoo, hotmail) and have ease of mind. Thus AVG is top in my books because of the light load on my resources (especially after some tweaking).

27th June 2005, 11:27	#6
kr15t0f Posts: n/a	AVG still does the trick. Never ever had virusses with it, only trojans which AVG seems to have problems with.

27th June 2005, 11:48	#8
BZRK Posts: n/a	NOD32 here, very low on resources. I really don't notice it is running. Absolutely love it.

27th June 2005, 15:39	#10
Faiakes Posts: n/a	What's NOD32? As for Trojans I use 2 Anti-Spyware (Counterspy + Spy Sweeper), hopefully they can do the trick.