Can anyone recomend some good Anti Virus software?

[JU_88]

As the topic title suggests I am looking for some good Anti-Virus software to replace AVG free, as the AVGRS.exe process has recently decided it needs 80% of my CPU resources, even when AVG is Idle. I have trawled the web and it seems there is no simple solution for this problem. other than kill/disable the process.
So i figured I will jump ship and trash AVG.

I am Looking for replacement AV software that is either Cheap or free and does a reasonable job, viruses dont bother me too much since I ghost
my system drive every month or so. So if i get something truley nasty, i will simply recover from the last image.

Anyway, all recomendations welcome - apart from Norton and McAffee, (I hate them both - for reasons too long and boring to explain here)

Thanks guys

[Reece]

Well I have had McAfee, AVG and quite a few others, I now have Avira Free personal edition & been using for the last couple of years with no hassles, very happy, I use this with XP, don't know about Vista or Win 7 though.

[donut]

It is not compatable with outlook 2007, now using AVAST free.

[Syxx_Killer]

I've been using Avast for a long time now. It is really good and has saved me a number of times. I've only used AVG twice and never will again. I never recommend it, either. On one occasion it let a homepage hijacker slip through (a couple days after installing it). I don't remember what happened the second time, if it let something slip through or adversely affected my computer, but something messed up. I got rid of it for Avast.

[Gerald]

F-Secure Client Security.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by JU_88

As the topic title suggests I am looking for some good Anti-Virus software to replace AVG free, as the AVGRS.exe process has recently decided it needs 80% of my CPU resources, even when AVG is Idle. I have trawled the web and it seems there is no simple solution for this problem. other than kill/disable the process.
So i figured I will jump ship and trash AVG.

I am Looking for replacement AV software that is either Cheap or free and does a reasonable job, viruses dont bother me too much since I ghost
my system drive every month or so. So if i get something truley nasty, i will simply recover from the last image.

Anyway, all recomendations welcome - apart from Norton and McAffee, (I hate them both - for reasons too long and boring to explain here)

Thanks guys

I send a post before but I add this also, Spybot-Search & destroy,free and blocking all bad pages or redirect.I´ts simple and run silent very low CPU,so u don`t need to boot all the time the app manage this.

[FIREWALL]

This has already been posted and gave alot of choices.

Avast was a clear winner on All OS.


Check link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=158423

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

This has already been posted and gave alot of choices.

Avast was a clear winner on All OS.


Check link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=158423

Have realtime update,its ok! No matter what kind off app,you use,but if the app ONLY take down data update ,say 1 or 2 times every day,not good so realtime update is a fact..

[JSLTIGER]

Avast! FTW.

[danlisa]

NOD32

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[Giuseppe]

Buy an Apple Macintosh. I have a Macbook Pro with Windows XP. And SH4 WOP and UBM run fine fine fine.

[NeonSamurai]

Mac's are hardly invulnerable to viruses. Just most hackers don't bother writing viruses for systems that pretty much only graphic designers use. Apple's market share isn't even in the double digits (around 3-5%).

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Condoms are 99% effective against conceiving a child and or contracting a STD. Sometimes the condom breaks and it is that 1% chance of conceiving and or contracting a STD.

Umm not exactly. Condoms are much more unreliable for birth control. Perfect use has a 2% chance of pregnancy per year on average, typical use is around 10-18% pregnancy chance per year. If you don't know how to put one on properly/are inexperienced with them, the chance jumps to way over 50% per year. They are good for most blood transmitted STDs though, particularly AIDS. This is why I always say don't rely only on condoms for birth control.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...arious_methods

[AVGWarhawk]

Ok, 2% Neon if used perfectly I said 1%. Point is, best to have an anti-virus and reduce the % a virus will infect the old hard drive!

Condom with spermicide....

[NeonSamurai]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Ok, 2% Neon if used perfectly I said 1%. Point is, best to have an anti-virus and reduce the % a virus will infect the old hard drive!

Condom with spermicide....

Yep that is true unless of course you got suckered into one of those fake AV programs which install more viruses.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

Yep that is true unless of course you got suckered into one of those fake AV programs which install more viruses.

Ah, that is what happened to my daughter. She clicked a link that showed the usual you got a virus and porn, yadda yadda click here for the anti-virus program that will remove this virus. Total scam. When I checked into the virus on the infected computer the internet would redirect me right to the same "anti-virus" site that can remove this virus. What a set up it was. I'm sure many have paid and the virus was gone but all the same the virus could be removed with Malewarebytes. At any rate, some people are suckered into these fake programs. No doubt about it. Then there are people who ask a bunch of questions first.