Hi,

Looking to purchse some for my home laptop running xp pro.

I seem to remember some reccommending kasperski(sp?) would this be best for protection or if not then what?

 

we'll start this with NOD32 ESET - Antivirus Software with Spyware and Malware Protection

 

+1 for NOD32. Picks up everything and doesnt slow your computer to a grinding halt unlike some.

 

Thanks chaps, will have a look at this.

FYI Kasperski 2010 is £ 24.00 in PC World at the moment so a good price and i can get it today off the shelf which appealed

I have AVG freeware and TBH it is OK at best, machine slow but then again it is free. I bank online so want some decent protection. I have to manually scan to pick up a keylogger than had gotten onto my system which worried me into action.

 

i have the eset suite - very unintrusive

recommended to me by the SN community too

 

I use Avast,its free,updates itself every day,doesn't slow my lappy down at all.Been using it for 5 yrs or so now and never had any probs

 

forgot to add earlier, 30 day free trial with the nod32, just download it from the site, if you like it you can then purchase it on line.

 

Nod32, without doubt.

 

Hey mate

I use Avast on Vista and Win7, AVG on XP - never had an issue

 

Lucky

Another vote for Nod32 here.

 

Plenty of good free ones

AntiVir
AVG Free
Avast

Anti-Virus Downloads - FileHippo.com

 

Another vote for ESET here. Picks up everything!

I installed Kaspersky on someone else's computer and thought it was rubbish.

 

That gets a vote from me as well, i use Eset smart securiy 4. Its not too intrusive, it doesn`t hog your system and it does what it says on the tin.

 

Kaspersky, even better than NOD32

Tony

 

I did try Norton 360 but changed it when my comp became infected by trojanhorse sheur and addtracker etc.Did full system scan and norton still didn't remove it.tried Avast,Nod32 but now ive stuck with AVG security,it did a full system scan of comp like most of them do and picked up all the addware and trojan horse that was infecting my files and removed them all.Think the comp got infected by a file i downloaded off a music site which Norton didn't detect,now it's running great with AVG.

 

Here are some results of tested av 2009 security suits

Virus Bulletin : News - AV-Test release latest results

Tony

 

+1 For Kaspersky.

Free if you bank online with Barclays too.

 

Really? Ive got online business banking. Do you have a link? My new netbook has McAfee and i was just about to get NOD32.

 

Another vote for avast - never had any problems since it was installed - AVG on the other hand is poo

 

Got Kaspersky from Barclays, very good. Thanks for the info

 

AVAST is the dogs m8

 

follow the gadget show link, there are a few on there. i have malwarebytes. i scan every two or three weeks it takes a while to scan but my computer is as good as the day i bought it.

 

Avast picked up my trojan horse but not the adtrackers,AVG did and i done the same scan for both,didn't like Avast menu layout either,Nod32 i could go with,could go with Kapersky too,bitdefender fooked my comp up.

 

Avira!