What Antivirus Program for Vista?

[nor_spoon]

Agree on NOD32. Used it several years and never had any problems with it. Uses very little resources. Doesnt bother you either, just some nice update messages now and then. The best by far IMO.

[Cata1yst]

Norton Internet security 08, highest ratings for virus and spyware protection, and the firewall is damn good to boot, and if you can remember to mail in the rebates, its always free yearly to upgrade

some might argue that Norton has some serious recourse hogging, eh, cept for their 06 suite, everything else runs pretty well

[torpy]

Another vote for NOD32, use it in bootcamp on this machine, well worth it!

[tennisplyr3]

i recommend nod32. i haven't really found another antivirus problem that uses less resources. the scans are pretty fast. if i didn't use nod32, i would use kaspersky. it has the highest rate of detection (in a full deep system scan), but it uses more resources. the old version 5.0 used to add its own annoying extension to every file that it scanned, which was really annoying. i think that the newest version scans a lot faster and has a smaller footprint, so it's comparable to nod32. nod32 is the fastest and smallest that i've found, though.

stay away from norton though. system resource hog, and mediocre detection rates. my school uses the corporate version of symantec, and it barely protects against anything. pain in the butt to use.

if you're not willing to pay for antivirus, try antivir or avg. those seem to be the most popular. there's also clamav, but i don't know how that is. i think a while ago, aol used to offer kaspersky without the active protection, and they called it activevirusshield. i just checked, they don't offer that anymore.

in the past, i've just run zonealarm under an account with no administrator privileges w/ firefox + some plugins for that without using any antivirus. that's served me fine for several years. just use your common sense, and you'll be able to avoid anything nasty. (immunize your system with spybot + spywareblaster. doesn't use any resources at all)

of course, if you're truly a minimalist, just use linux. Ubuntu Home Page | Ubuntu no viruses there. haha... (List of Linux computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

[thrall]

I also use nod32. Or if you're looking for free one, AVG is alright as well.

[Sand]

Another vote for NOD32, great stuff all around. Kaspersky is good too. Norton is ok, but really, given the other options, I don't see any reason to go with it.

[blessingx]

Originally Posted by OverlordXenu

Security through obscurity is not secure.

Assuming OS X (or *nix) security comes only through obscurity is a simple falsity.

[HardHeadCase]

I know everyone is going to say im ready for the loony bin, however, a friend of mine installed Live One Care on his wifes computer and then talked me into using it on my new vista notebook. I have always used norton or the likes and had some problems and some success as well. Live One Care is the best I have ever used. I tried 3 different demos and then bought One Care after using it for 3 hours. It integrates with vista perfectly. It updates itself with no bother and the different components of the program are integrated better than any other security program I have ever seen. It integrates so well that you get the feeling it is over simplified but that is because it is so easy to use compared to the others. Try the demo, you also get 3 licenses with a subscription as well. Only takes a few minutes to try it and you wont be sorry.

[apnk]

I use Avast because it's free, been using it for years.

[subfocus]

Another vote for Avast with Vista... I've used it for the past year and been very impressed . Plus ... its free !