Which antivirus do you use ?
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.
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.
Well , it I hope it doesnt sound pretty outdated !!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.
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
I use avast. Its great.
@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 .
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
I don’t use any AV. I feel they are BS. Honestly I’ve not used any AV for the last 3-4 years.
@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 .
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.