Best Antivirus PC World

[les_taxi]

So a review from cnet and given 4 out of 5 stars = no good?

[johncar54]

Just a thought. I know you experts will correct me if I am wrong.

I understood that hackers/virus writers etc are more likely to try and get around the security of a large well known company than a smaller one. Thus, it might be an idea to have a 'good one' plus a lesser known one (providing they don't conflict).

[les_taxi]

Some people don't use 1 and have no probs at all,you just have to stay away from limewire,torrent sites and any suspicious emails.
I personally need one for various resons.1 good a/v will do you dont need two it generally will make no difference.
If you ever have 2 installed and both set to run on pc boot up you may be waiting some time before you can use pc as they will be in conflict and til resolved you aint gonna be able to do much with pc.
You can have 2 installed though just make sure both don't automatically load up on boot up.
Go to msconfig,startup to ensure this.Unchec 1 of your a/v.

[triple5]

Just a thought. I know you experts will correct me if I am wrong.

I understood that hackers/virus writers etc are more likely to try and get around the security of a large well known company than a smaller one. Thus, it might be an idea to have a 'good one' plus a lesser known one (providing they don't conflict).

Whenever I've tried running 2 they always conflict with each other. The nice people who create viruses often just do it for the thrill and to show off to one another, others are after your passwords

[KeithD]

So a review from cnet and given 4 out of 5 stars = no good?

You're on another planet other than Earth

[les_taxi]

You're on another planet other than Earth

The link you posted http://reviews.cnet.com/antivirus-an...-33770771.html
rates norton as excellent what are you talking about saying i'm on another planet it's your link???

[KeithD]

We we're talking about it's footprint though!
"Despite dramatic performance improvements in the past two years, Norton still doesn't leave the smallest footprint on your CPU, and new efficacy results show that while it continues to be in the top five at detecting malicious software, it still doesn't have the highest rate of detection."
IE. You can get smaller footprints and better detection on the free ones.

[les_taxi]

Ok let's leave this 1 now keith we could go on forever.
I was only trying to help and having used all the a/v progs available was totally suprised to find out how much norton had improved from it's dubious past

I have installed it on plenty of pc's including my own and everyone seems more than happy with it,some of the pc's being quite old models too.

And remember the cost is very,very cheap if bought correctly about £5.00 per pc for 2 year license. remember too i was a devout nod 32 fan in the past.

Whilst i accept there are some very good free ones about it would be totally unfair to say norton is a resource hugging bloated piece of crap,it was but it aint now.

A man utd fan and scouser are never going to agree on anything are we

[bornatbirth]

A man utd fan and scouser are never going to agree on anything are we

your agreeing to disagree that's progress

[KeithD]

A man utd fan and scouser are never going to agree on anything are we

Yes, I agree

[les_taxi]

Yes, I agree

I dont agree

[aromulus]

Yes, I agree

I dont agree

At least you agree on something...

[bornatbirth]

At least you agree on something...

they both like red

[les_taxi]

they both like red

And definitely not blue light or dark

[somebody]

AS well as which AV Cnet are a good source of applications and info

As well as AV dont forget other good security principles, ie dont run your pc in adminstrator mode, use strong passwords/ ones you change regularly/different for each login, update your os asap, Ensure all other software is updated asap. Adobe acrobat has been having issues recently, as has Internet explorer.

Another piece of advice is to keep your folders and pc neat so you notice the folder/file which appears from nowhere.

Montior if the spare memory in drives has changed and there is no reason for it.

Clean out temp files some programs like spybot offer you the choice as it speeds up scans..

Why have one firewall when two is possible. one software based and one on your router.

With your router update the firmware (dlink just had a scare recently and others have had issues in the past and will again in the future) Read though the manual routers are very complex devices again shut down services you dont use. Change the default password.

Close down services you dont need on your PC.

Do you need printer and file sharing switched on.

Do you need auto run switched on with your DVD/cd drive and how about usb drives?

Dont use filesharing/rapidshare or bit torrent on a device you want to do banking or use your card details on.

Logout of applications such as your itunes and other applications where you possibly have bank card details stored.Consider what infomation you need to store on your pc and if its well looked after.

On firefox you can get add ons one of the best for me is no script which shows you what a simple page may have running. Ad blocks another and i forget the name but theres also one which shows a flag of the country the server is in all free but very helpful.

Although you should never have more than one av running at a time in most set ups it is well worth having installed several different security applications. Including i feel more than one AV. But just dont have both running in the background or scanning at the same time.
In my expereince I have found they only clash when the other AV finds files quantined in the other.

No AV is perfect as are no Anti spyware program etc..

It can take a number of applications to detect, stop, remove and then check the system is clean even after a small infection. Always check and double check everything is ok..

Always try and work out where the infection started and how it was caused. So you can learn how to stop it happening again.

Many malware issues occur due to the user not taking care and overriding/bypassing the security on the system..

[Conifer]

My big thanks to all your replies.

Seems avast is the absolute best from all the reviews I read. Now I have it installed in my machine and currently enjoying it. I think it is fantastic, and doesn't use half as many resources, it even talks to you! Will see how good it is, and hoping it’ll work best than the first ones. But of course have to be extra careful and smart on what I do with my PC now cos av doesn’t completely guarantee pc protection. Sometimes it’s just hard to tell if the downloadable material contains virus, and this is why my pc got a problem before. Antivirus didn’t protect it, since I went ahead downloading materials that contains virus which I really didn’t know. I didn't blame av for my inability to foresee the consequences. Nobody is perfect as they say. Now, all I can say is to be super careful with my pc.

Well, I hope everybody here is enjoying their antivirus and anti-spywares, etc….

[KeithD]

It never talked to me!! But then the dumb thing couldn't figure out how to take the mute button off

[Conifer]

It never talked to me!! But then the dumb thing couldn't figure out how to take the mute button off

well , avast doesn't really talk to me. It only gives voice signal when scan is completely finished. It's good though it doesn't sing.

But if you're serious of putting the mute button off the link below may help.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...7133619AAQYb5I

[Amaw2008]

We took our PC in for an upgrade just short of a year ago. It used to have a Norton anti-virus package on it, but when we got it back they had installed AVG. I reckoned that we might as well continue with that, but I was a little bit concerned that as it was free, it wouldn't be quite as good. However, we've had no problems with it during the year, and reading the various comments, a lot of you guys use AVG as well. So, thanks for the advice everyone, why should I pay for something that I can get for free?