[sandino]

Well I was wondering where to put this query: Gear-fi or General? Anyway I chose Gear-fi thinking that computers and software are in this category.

So... What anti-virus software do you guys use and what do like/not like about it? I'm kind of choosing between kaspersky and avg. And I don't have money so I won't be going for the big expensive names. Any ideas on this?

 

[appophylite]

I use AVG coming off of having used Avira for a couple of years. I'm really liking the combination of AVG, Spybot and ZoneAlarm to keep my computer clean.

 

[gmoffatt]

Kaspersky is excellent, lightweight antivirus software. It's not cheap, though...

 

[Capunk]

Kaspersky better than AVG, but it's not free

so I use AVG free edition... sigh

 

[Redo]

Eset NOD32 is easily my favorite. Kaspersky is a close second, but it's more of a system hog than NOD32.

 

[wanderman]

nod32 if you are going to pay
avg or avira for free

 

[RYCeT]

What about avast guys?

 

[krmathis]

No antivirus protection needed over here!

Mac OS X is all I need...

 

[wanderman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif No antivirus protection needed over here! Mac OS X is all I need...

l-o-l. keep on saying that. Apple patches vulnerabilities for a reason. There is also norton av for leopard sooo...yeah... Smaller market share and closed hardware platform do have its advantages.

 

[Zero_99]

I've tried most of the antivirus programs, and in the end I found Eset NOD32 to be the one I liked the most.

AVG Free is good also, it's very light on system resources. But I have seen it miss a virus or two on occasion. Probably due to that fact, however I still use it for my laptop.

 

[blessingx]

What I've had good luck with so far (in order):

OS X
NOD32
Norton (recent)
AVG

 

[Harry Tuttle]

I've always found antiviruses to be completely useless, but that's just me

 

[sandino]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmoffatt /img/forum/go_quote.gif Kaspersky is excellent, lightweight antivirus software. It's not cheap, though...

Well... I might be able to find other ways of obtaining the software. I'm more of interested in finding out which one's better...

AVG or Kasper?

 

[sandino]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harry Tuttle /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've always found antiviruses to be completely useless, but that's just me

Well, the problem is I go to a lot of LAN shops, do my homework there, save it on a usb flash drive, continue doing it at home... BAM virus. I had a particularly nasty infection last month, I couldn't find any anti-virus software that could kill it... I had do it manually (kinda fun, but risky).


You guys ever kill viruses for sport?

 

[lan]

I also don't have much need for antivirus on my main systems. I run many machines and my important work is on low risk machines. Anything riskier is done on virtual machines which I easily just wipe out totally and use a fresh image. Those other machines run some protection though and I don't care if they're slowed down.