OMO - free antivirus choice?

Originally Posted by kaivalagi

Norton aint all that good to be honest, plus it uses shed loads of resources...but you are not entirely wrong, there are some good ones out there for a few quid...last time I checked Kaspersky was up at the top of the list.

Of course the best option to to not run Windows at all....I'm currently surfing with LinuxMint and have no anti-virus installed....the only reason I need Windows for to run updates for my phone/tablets and use TuneECU for my bikes...

it has worked for me with out problem for aleast 5 years,unlike avg that my mate and his brother uses,and that is always freezing up and needing sorting out

[timwilky]

I use McAfee, on my windows VM. Would the freeby Avast be a better choice?

[muzikill]

I wouldnt touch norton with a bargepole. It installs way too much stuff to do a straightforward job. I use the kaspersky internet security package. I bought a 3pc version off ebay. Get 2 other mates to chip in and you've all got fully supported security for less than a tenner and it has one of the lowest usage footprints that wont noticeably hog your pc.

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by suzukigt380paul

it has worked for me with out problem for aleast 5 years,unlike avg that my mate and his brother uses,and that is always freezing up and needing sorting out

That's AVG, it used to be good and was my choice a few years ago, Avast is far better nowadays though in so many ways...Norton kills resources...

Originally Posted by timwilky

I use McAfee, on my windows VM. Would the freeby Avast be a better choice?

IMHO if you want free then go Avast, if you are willing to spend a few quid then Kaspersky...McAfee is okay, used at my work a lot and does the job with decent updates for definitions etc but it will cost more than Kaspersky and use more resources...

Originally Posted by muzikill

I use the kaspersky internet security package. I bought a 3pc version off ebay. Get 2 other mates to chip in and you've all got fully supported security for less than a tenner and it has one of the lowest usage footprints that wont noticeably hog your pc.

Good shout!

[Tomor]

My dad uses Kaspersky and he like it a lot. Doesn't seem to take up too much in the background. He also has the call blocker app on his phone (HTC One) which works amazingly well! Good company in my eyes.

bitdefender antivirus plus,seems to score quite high on some antivirus reviews,at about £10 a year for upto 3 computers,but like anything on the net,if you look hard enough you can always find some site that agrees with what you want/use

[Bibio]

Antivir. been using it for a looooooong time and never ever had a problem. you do get the occasional popup and you have to configure it to update silently but it does not hog system resource's.

[fizzwheel]

I've had trouble with

AVG
Kazpersky
Norton

All causing performance issues on various family members / friends PC's

I've been running Microsoft Security Essentials on my Windows 8 Laptop for a while. If its available for the OS you are running that would be my suggestion. I've not had an issues with it so far...

[Ch00]

Virgins anti virus is ok but I have had it go wrong on two computers and it is a right pain to sort.

Now use Avast which seems to do the job

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Ch00

Virgins anti virus is ok but I have had it go wrong on two computers and it is a right pain to sort.

Now use Avast which seems to do the job

It used to be rewrapped AVG and was bloated and ineffective. This was 5 years ago mind

I've had least issues with Microsoft security essentials , I couple it with online armour firewall /OS guard