Antivirus software?

**Fenryr** · 11-26-2009

Right now i have a trial of Norton 360 that has been expired for about 2 months(which means i am 2 months behind on virus updates). So, i figured that i should probably get some type of antivirus. I have Comcast internet, which means i can get McAfee for free, but in my experience it can be slow.

So my question is, which should i get, McAfee, Avast, or AVG. I have looked at reviews of all of them online but it's hard to tell which one is really the best(by best i mean: catches the most viruses, and doesn't hog too much memory). Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

**Derision** · 11-26-2009

None of those. Get NOD32. It's the best, no contest. Norton is terrible. It only uses 48 MB of memory if you're worried about that.

**Jotox** · 11-26-2009

am I the only one who has no AV software and has never had a problem?...

**Derision** · 11-26-2009

Originally Posted by Jotox

am I the only one who has no AV software and has never had a problem?...

You don't need AV. If you're not an idiot you can prevent getting viruses yourself. There's still chances where there's no way to stop an infection, but you can still easily remove any virus yourself if you know what you're doing.

**Chaosmaster** · 11-26-2009

Personaly, I use Norton's 360, I have always used Norton's products and I have never had a virus/spyware on my computer, that I am aware of hehe.

**Seriouskip** · 11-26-2009

Free or paid?

Paid: Kaspersky or NOD32
Free: Microsoft Security Essentials, AVG, Avast or Avira

**Fenryr** · 11-26-2009

i'm looking for a free antivirus program, and i've never heard of NOD32, so i guess i'll try out avast, just wanted to know if anyone else knew of any better free ones.

**way2evil** · 11-26-2009

Its all free. Get Kaspersky.

**Deathisfear** · 11-27-2009

Get Sophos lol. It costs money but it's amazing.

**willfly** · 11-30-2009

Kaspersky AV by far and non intrusive, although heavy on system resources

**Weekday** · 11-30-2009

Nod32, there are blogs that upload new working serials every day = free.

**Phygar** · 11-30-2009

Kaspersky has the best detection methods and rates if that's what you care most about.

**searum** · 12-09-2009

the best antivirus i ever seen is avira =)

**ReidE96** · 12-10-2009

Kaspersky, hands down. It's light, and it catches more than any of the others, sooner than the others ("best day-zero" something is how Cypher puts it, if I recall right. Not that he uses an AV).