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    I use avast on my iMac

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    at the moment i am using Norton as I got it free for 6 month with my New Gigabyte 970A-UD3P Motherboard and it seems to be working ok
    but after it runs out I will go back to using AGV Free as I already have a Full subscription for Malwarebytes and RegCure Pro

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    Avast free for me used it for years never had a prob

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    might try Avast again I also used it for years actually I ran AVG & Avast together but that all stopped with Vista

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    Avg + mailwarebytes hear carnt fault it.

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    Avast FTW.

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    I've had loads of antivirus and the free one are not that great, on numerous occasions I would get the odd virus creeping in especially avg! avast is good at you can scan at start up of PC. Jasper sky was great until I got a key logger which could not be removed , that's when I used norton 360 and have done ever since with no issues to PC slowing down and catches everything. Also use malware bytes it's free and catches everything, can be used with any AV

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    I use Microsoft Security Essentials and that's been great for me.

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    A good anti-virus is the one you use, avast free should be good, but I removed it because it drove me crazy from the constant stream of pop-ups. At the moment I'm using Avira Free.
    MSE/Windows Defender are the baseline, wich means it's better than nothing and all the rest is better.

    In the end they are all worthless if you cross paths with a virus they can't detect. And every virus maker tries to do just that, fooling all of them.

    So if you wanna be safe switch to Linux, not because it is safer, but it's not a big target OS like Windows, if you can't switch, just use your brains and verify the source before executing anything, don't run with Administrator privileges, if you don't know why you're clicking "yes".

    Also use for example Chrome/Adblock Plus wich can also warn you before entering a site that contains Malware/Viruses, better to prevent than to fix it later.

    Also once infected, consider yourself compromised, the only solution to be 100% sure you are clean again is by doing a clean install. Why not using a well known virus as a decoy for your brand spanking new virus that no anti-virus knows yet?? Keeping the infected busy cleaning the known virus up and being happy about it, while the unknown virus can do it's thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Hazza View Post
    I use Microsoft Security Essentials and that's been great for me.
    But tests show it to be only marginal sufficient and MS will stop support for it in a year or so.

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    funnily enough as I was reading this thread my Malwarebites upgraded to Premium version 2.0.1.1004

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    Quote Originally Posted by mickyblueys View Post
    I've been reading this thread with interest...and its amazing how the "mine's bigger than yours" comes bubbling out. Lol.

    So here's mine. I've used most over the years
    Norton decent, did slow pc a bit though but a bugger to uninstall all features really gets in deep.
    Kaspersky personally didn't rate it. Couldn't get away with the software layout and functionality.
    Mcaffee again didn't really rate.
    Avg free found it easy to navigate and didn't have any problems.
    Microsoft security essentials that's what I'm using now and touch wood haven't had any problems.

    ....but my favourite and what I rate as the best is trend micro. I thought that was spot on. Easy to navigate and found every little beasty, that had found its way on to my PC. Also didn't slow system down at all. Would still use it but I'm tight and don't want to pay for security no more. But also once every do often I run their online free "house call" scan just for peace of mind. Google it.

    One last thing I will add though is even the most basic anti virus software should be adequate for any PC............ As long as you don't visit any naughty sites or download any dodgy files e.g. torrents.



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    I use free Avast, and scan every now again with free Trend Micro. I tried others but they either slow down the PC,or are pretty rubbish.

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    Eset nod32 best by far IMO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jez View Post
    Eset nod32 best by far IMO.
    I haven't tried the home versions which are v7 iirc. But, the business versions are the ones I use (as get it free from work ), and they are the best imo (as I'm sure I stated before in this thread )
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