Which antivirus do you use ?

Author: Madhur Kapoor
Antivirus, spyware

15 Aug

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 ?

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15 Responses for "Which antivirus do you use ?"

Brown Baron August 15th, 2007 at 5:11 pm 1
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.
Kyle Eslick August 15th, 2007 at 11:39 pm 2
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.
kanak August 16th, 2007 at 6:16 am 3
Well , it I hope it doesnt sound pretty outdated !!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.
pooya August 16th, 2007 at 7:50 am 4
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
Lovedeep Wadhwa August 16th, 2007 at 10:15 am 5
I use avast. Its great.
Madhur Kapoor August 16th, 2007 at 10:16 am 6
@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 .
Shankar Ganesh August 16th, 2007 at 1:36 pm 7
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
Ashwin August 16th, 2007 at 2:29 pm 8
I don’t use any AV. I feel they are BS. Honestly I’ve not used any AV for the last 3-4 years.
Madhur Kapoor August 16th, 2007 at 3:50 pm 9
@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 .
K-IntheHouse August 16th, 2007 at 3:54 pm 10
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.
Madhur Kapoor August 16th, 2007 at 4:24 pm 11
@K-IntheHouse
I am unable to decide between AVG and Avast
chuck norris dude August 16th, 2007 at 5:16 pm 12
For years I use AVG, it’s free, easy to manage and keeps your resources free for other things.
Ashish Mohta August 17th, 2007 at 2:51 am 13
I am using Norton Corporate Version from long time. It occupies only 18 Mb and works great
dEEPAK August 17th, 2007 at 3:03 am 14
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..
Benedict Herold August 17th, 2007 at 3:07 am 15
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!