Splodge Report post Posted August 2, 2011 My professional opinion on this matter is : If you want a scantime defense against virii go for Avira. If you want a heuristically strong defense, go for Kaspersky. Have malwarebytes as a backup and Comodo as a firewall. CC cleaner won't hurt for registry fixes either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Livvii Report post Posted August 2, 2011 Avast probably for free anti virus. I personally have Norton 360 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
iLoveDaniela Report post Posted August 3, 2011 gl I'd recommend Avast free edition. It's ranked in the top three by almost all statistics and it's memory usage is even less than Eset Nod32. It has many scanners, and I haven't had one problem with it since I've gotten it. Kaspersky is a resource hog, Avira finds too many false positives and AVG has a shitty detection rate. Do not waste your time getting cracked paid versions because Avast free edition is more than enough for your computer. Do not interfere two anti-viruses at once because you'll only further your problems. My overall setup for an average computer that will last you years is the following: Anti-virus - Avast. (It's all you need as a real time scanner). On Demand Scanner - Malwarebytes (Used to find anything your anti-virus doesn't). Basic maintenance - Ccleaner. (Clean out your temporary files and free your system of clutter. It's registry cleaner is also very light weight and not too in depth to be dangerous so it helps clean that up as well. I'd stay away from all other registry cleaners besides Ccleaner's. I recommend running the Avast and Malwarebyte's scanners once a week. Ccleaner 2-3 times a week depending on your personal preference. I'd also defrag your hard drive once a month. You can do all of these scans while you sleep and awake to it's findings, that's what I normally do. For third party programs, I would just ignore the hype. Use windows defrag to defrag your hard drive and leave the Window's disk cleaner to clean your disk. Anything more is just a waste of time and really isn't doing much for your PC like you think it is. I hope this helped! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Alfy Report post Posted August 3, 2011 I'd recommend Avast free edition. It's ranked in the top three by almost all statistics and it's memory usage is even less than Eset Nod32. It has many scanners, and I haven't had one problem with it since I've gotten it. Kaspersky is a resource hog, Avira finds too many false positives and AVG has a shitty detection rate. Do not waste your time getting cracked paid versions because Avast free edition is more than enough for your computer. Do not interfere two anti-viruses at once because you'll only further your problems. My overall setup for an average computer that will last you years is the following: Anti-virus - Avast. (It's all you need as a real time scanner). On Demand Scanner - Malwarebytes (Used to find anything your anti-virus doesn't). Basic maintenance - Ccleaner. (Clean out your temporary files and free your system of clutter. It's registry cleaner is also very light weight and not too in depth to be dangerous so it helps clean that up as well. I'd stay away from all other registry cleaners besides Ccleaner's. I recommend running the Avast and Malwarebyte's scanners once a week. Ccleaner 2-3 times a week depending on your personal preference. I'd also defrag your hard drive once a month. You can do all of these scans while you sleep and awake to it's findings, that's what I normally do. For third party programs, I would just ignore the hype. Use windows defrag to defrag your hard drive and leave the Window's disk cleaner to clean your disk. Anything more is just a waste of time and really isn't doing much for your PC like you think it is. I hope this helped! ty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Splodge Report post Posted August 3, 2011 I'd recommend Avast free edition. It's ranked in the top three by almost all statistics and it's memory usage is even less than Eset Nod32. It has many scanners, and I haven't had one problem with it since I've gotten it. Kaspersky is a resource hog, Avira finds too many false positives and AVG has a shitty detection rate. Do not waste your time getting cracked paid versions because Avast free edition is more than enough for your computer. Do not interfere two anti-viruses at once because you'll only further your problems. My overall setup for an average computer that will last you years is the following: Anti-virus - Avast. (It's all you need as a real time scanner). On Demand Scanner - Malwarebytes (Used to find anything your anti-virus doesn't). Basic maintenance - Ccleaner. (Clean out your temporary files and free your system of clutter. It's registry cleaner is also very light weight and not too in depth to be dangerous so it helps clean that up as well. I'd stay away from all other registry cleaners besides Ccleaner's. I recommend running the Avast and Malwarebyte's scanners once a week. Ccleaner 2-3 times a week depending on your personal preference. I'd also defrag your hard drive once a month. You can do all of these scans while you sleep and awake to it's findings, that's what I normally do. For third party programs, I would just ignore the hype. Use windows defrag to defrag your hard drive and leave the Window's disk cleaner to clean your disk. Anything more is just a waste of time and really isn't doing much for your PC like you think it is. I hope this helped! ty Did I mention that I'm a trained IT professional Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Numbers` Report post Posted August 5, 2011 Eset Nod32 Internet security 4 or Kaspersky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Christy Report post Posted August 7, 2011 AVG or Norton are probably the best free ones Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
