What would be a Good Antivirus?

[Vodka Vodkanov Vodkanovich]

Ive been using Trend Micro for some time, Iam looking for an antivirus that does not use many resources and does a good job protecting from malware,spyware,viruses, etc,

Any suggestions?

[zombie cat]

Wouldn't pay for an anti virus ever,but if you really do need one avg free is good. otherwise just don't click on malicious links and websites and you can save yourself 60$ or so a year and put it toward steam. I learned this lesson too late and ended up never using anti viruses from 3 years ago.

[D3c0y]

use smad-av or avira
its a good antivirus!

[Air]

Personally, I prefer using Avast with an occasional scan with Malwarebytes.

[ckay_]

I use avast

[Paraborne]

I use norton, it's fine, never had a virus it couldn't get rid of. Of course I don't pay for it though, I got it free when a friend of mine worked for Comcast (ugh), and they all get it for free. He let me download it, so I put the install files on a USB drive, and somehow am able to install separate (full) free versions of the norton suite on any computer. I've gone through 3 computers, and it still works. Lucky me I guess.

[Azza ☠]

Zombie Cat PCMR eredeti hozzászólása:

Wouldn't pay for an anti virus ever,but if you really do need one avg free is good. otherwise just don't click on malicious links and websites and you can save yourself 60$ or so a year and put it toward steam. I learned this lesson too late and ended up never using anti viruses from 3 years ago.

I assume you never use a condom and don't bother get tested either?

Many trojans are stealth, not destructive... and therefore most people are completely unaware they are even infected. Over a million and a half are running on infected PCs. Don't kidd yourself saying ya safe if you don't click the links, sure that's smart and a start, but it's not the only way to get infected.

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I highly recommend checking the website:
http://www.av-test.org/

Click "Home User" > "Your Operating System", then sort the tabs by protection and/or performance. Check the highest ones, they will be the best picks.

Personally recommend something with a quality firewall and application control, such as Kaspersky Internet Security 2015. They tend to do very well at detecting unknowns, as it's not just relying on virus definitions.

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Microsoft scores 0.5 out of 6 on protection, never trust it's virus scanner and firewall, except for helping with the most common and known infections. It's easily bypassed.

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Avast would be a good freebee one.

[Kevin]

Why does everyone recommend kaspersky

[Paraborne]

Mr. Fantastic Fox eredeti hozzászólása:

Why does everyone recommend kaspersky

I heard it's good, I've never used it though. sounds like the name of a virus. lol

[Kevin]

Ghandi eredeti hozzászólása:

Mr. Fantastic Fox eredeti hozzászólása:

Why does everyone recommend kaspersky

I heard it's good, I've never used it though. sounds like the name of a virus. lol

Name of a virus aint that the truth, but a Classy Virus at that

[toxicfiend]

i use avast i payed for the best cover it's a very good anti-virus has game mode and malwarebytes a very good combo

[Paraborne]

Mr. Fantastic Fox eredeti hozzászólása:

Ghandi eredeti hozzászólása:

I heard it's good, I've never used it though. sounds like the name of a virus. lol

Name of a virus aint that the truth, but a Classy Virus at that

Sounds like something developed in Russia to Hack the Government to take their nuclear missile codes and steal peoples WoW accounts.

[videogames]

Bitdefender does a pretty decent job and usually stays out of the way.

[Vodka Vodkanov Vodkanovich]

ill will definitely give Avast a try , thanks guys

[teunisswart]

In the latest group test on which is the best Anti Virus. Norton just came out on top from Kaspersky. They are the two best one's.

[Azza ☠]

Ghandi eredeti hozzászólása:

Mr. Fantastic Fox eredeti hozzászólása:

Name of a virus aint that the truth, but a Classy Virus at that

Sounds like something developed in Russia to Hack the Government to take their nuclear missile codes and steal peoples WoW accounts.

It's actually the other way around... The 'murican NSA may be hiding payloads in the firmware of consumer hard drives to spy upon, according to a new Russia report from Kaspersky Lab, they where the first to find or at least report this new firmware virus.

There's a new virus which can embed its code in the hard drive’s firmware, so securely and covertly that even a disk-wipe won’t erase the malware on the drive!

"The United States has found a way to permanently embed surveillance and sabotage tools in computers and networks it has targeted in Iran, Russia, Pakistan, China, Afghanistan and other countries closely watched by American intelligence agencies, according to a Russian cybersecurity firm.

In a presentation of its findings at a conference in Mexico on Monday, Kaspersky Lab, the Russian firm, said that the implants had been placed by what it called the “Equation Group,” which appears to be a veiled reference to the National Security Agency and its military counterpart, United States Cyber Command.

It linked the techniques to those used in Stuxnet, the computer worm that disabled about 1,000 centrifuges in Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. It was later revealed that Stuxnet was part of a program code-named Olympic Games and run jointly by Israel and the United States.

Kaspersky’s report said that Olympic Games had similarities to a much broader effort to infect computers well beyond those in Iran. It detected particularly high infection rates in computers in Iran, Pakistan and Russia, three countries whose nuclear programs the United States routinely monitors…"

Kaspersky is one of the very few which doesn't support or ignore government created viruses and trojans.