super slider

Hi
As title, opinions please has to what to use on my laptop
Thanks
Michael

NickAdams

iTrader: (5)

I use AVG free edition on my 3 home PC's.The program doesn't use that much system resource either so it doesn't slow your PC down unlike certain Symantec software that I could mention!!
Have a look at http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 for the AVG Free edition.
I have it installed on my old P3 700 laptop and it works a treat on a low spec machine like that!

Good luck

Iain Young

Don't use a free one.

AVG is the best, but I've seen even the latest version let through some quite nasty viruses.

molko

I favour McAfee

jowl

I use AVG and never really had a problem. Any Virus I have managed to pick up it's found.

I also run a housecall on-line scanner now and again.

And use it in conjunction with SpybotS&D, SpywareBlaster and Ad-Aware.

Iain Young

You can only know if it's picked up all your viruses if you run another checker on the machine, (otherwise how do you know what it's missed).

As I said, I've seen several machines with AVG installed recently which have been riddled with viruses. AVG did not pick them up, when I've installed the McAfee or Panda software, it's found loads of stuff that AVG had missed.

You get what you pay for...

_Meridian_

iTrader: (1)

Avast! is supposed to be the best free one, but again not a patch on the better paid-for ones. Best reputation for a paid-for AV amongst professionals seems to be NOD32 or Sophos.


M

jowl

I agree.

I've also seen Norton and Mcafee miss things that others have picked up.

Then again, I'm not a computer novice so I'm carefull about things like that.

super slider

Thanks for replies. Got Nod32 on my Desktop computer

JackClark

McAfee home user is about to step things up a gear, the 5000 engine - developed here in Aylesbury - will soon be intergrated. This includes full spyware detection, intrusion prevention, greater speed and of course our legendary repair capability.

I like NOD32 it's a great little product, the only thing I like about Sophos is that it's developed down the road, everything else is either one step behind - "We'll never add a repair capability" - or average at best.

badcompany

for a online pc scanner FLAWLESS

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

free ..what more can you ask for

JackClark

One that stops you from having a problem rather then telling you that you have one.