Which antivirus do you use ?
By Madhur Kapoor on Aug 15, 2007 in General, Windows
I recently formatted my computer and installed Windows XP along with Windows Vista . I would like to find out which antivirus software you guys are using . I have been using Norton Antivirus 2005 in my Windows XP but it doesnt work in Windows Vista, also the latest version of Norton takes a lot of system resources.
Please recommend and tell me through comments which antivirus or anti-spyware software are you using ?
Hi buddy,
I’ve been using the free version of AVG for a few years and it’s been great. It’s light on your resources and you can update it whenever you want.
For spyware protection, I use Spybot search and destroy. I try different anti-spyware apps from time to time.
Brown Baron | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
I use Avast and have been 100% happy.
I don’t care for AVG to much. I’ve ran it on a few computers without the best results.
Kyle Eslick | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
Well , it I hope it doesnt sound pretty outdated !! I am using norton 2003 on my Win XP. Well i am kinda sure that its not gonna work on windows Vista . But till now i feel thats the best antivirus and doesnt take much resource too.
kanak | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
Hi,Actually the best antivirus that Pcworld magazine[June 2007] offers is Kaspersky.It does not take a lot of system resources.but I personally use bitdiffender 10
pooya | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
I use avast. Its great.
Lovedeep Wadhwa | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
@Brown
Even i have been using Spybot , a nice tool to catch spywares . I will be sure to give AVG a try .
@Kyle
I tried Avast free before but its update feature was not that much good.
@kanak
Even i have been using Norton 05 till now . I feel even if an older version is performing well , there is no need to change it
@pooya
I havent tried Kaspersky , will give it a try now .
Madhur Kapoor | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
I too use AVG and as Brown said, it’s extremely LIGHT on system resources. That’s one of the reasons I love it.
For spyware detection, I use Spybot as well as Ad-Aware
Shankar Ganesh | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
I don’t use any AV. I feel they are BS. Honestly I’ve not used any AV for the last 3-4 years.
Ashwin | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
@Shankar
AVG is getting a lot of supprt . I am thinking of going for it .
@Ashwin
Even i dont like Antivirus that much . Earlier i also didnt use AV but since i was on college LAN with about 1000 computers connected , got affected by around 2-3 virus . So its a necessity for me .
Madhur Kapoor | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
You could try ClamWin but Avast has done it for me for the last 2 years or so. You do have to re-register every 14 months but I don’t think it has updates problem anymore.
K-IntheHouse | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
@K-IntheHouse
I am unable to decide between AVG and Avast
Madhur Kapoor | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
For years I use AVG, it’s free, easy to manage and keeps your resources free for other things.
chuck norris dude | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
I am using Norton Corporate Version from long time. It occupies only 18 Mb and works great
Ashish Mohta | Aug 17, 2007 | Reply
I haven’t used windows for a long time now.. But I’ve tried almost all AVs available and NOD32 was the BEST among them…Don.t ever use Norton.. Among the free ones Avast is be pretty good..
dEEPAK | Aug 17, 2007 | Reply
I’m using Norton AntiVirus 2007 in my Window VISTA, I don’t see much problem with that. I don’t necessarily hesitate to recommended Norton AV. It works great for me!
Benedict Herold | Aug 17, 2007 | Reply
i’ve been using AntiVir for a long time…really good…
Manual update also available if you do not have internet connection..
cybersix | Aug 18, 2007 | Reply
@Ashish
Only 18 Mb , seems good
@Ben
Does it slow down he system ?
Madhur Kapoor | Aug 18, 2007 | Reply
I use Symantec Corporate version for XP and for Vista Nod32. I found both of them to be very good. Out of these two I love Nod32 very much.
Shivaranjan | Aug 18, 2007 | Reply
Previously, I was using Kaspersky, but then I shifted to NOD32. It’s the best one! It doesn’t even eat a lot of resources.
Haris | Aug 19, 2007 | Reply
i use avats home editiion
shahanas | Jun 27, 2008 | Reply