what is the best anti-virus i can get?

[2ond journey 0]

What is best anti-virus to purchase? I have some bogus anti-virus i been using for past 2 years which has been ok untill some ### wipe got my credit card number and purchase something from internet. Now my computer is slow and also when i try to run my anti-virus it goes for about one minute then disapears off screen. I tried to call technical support but offcourse they are closed on weekends. Does anybody know of a good one i can get? Would appreciate it.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

First, if you're using Windblows Explorer for a browser...stop!

Firefox isn't foolproof, but it's much more reliable in preventing trojans and spyware to infest your computer.

Go to Cnet.com for tips and advice, but some good programs I've used:

Ad-Aware (Lavasoft)

Hijack This

Spybot

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

hi jack this can get you into trouble if you dont know what your doing.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Probably a good idea to wipe the computer and start again.

AVG is pretty decent, from what I've heard. Though pretty much anything you buy will do the job. The Norton and McCaffee stuff can be resource hogs - but they work pretty good.

[sara..... 371]

i use avg before i started using that i tried some others they didnt catch half of what avg does

[one...two...tree 2,762]

hi jack this can get you into trouble if you dont know what your doing.

Yes, if you don't know what you are doing, but hopefully he'll read the directions. It's amazingly simple program and very effective i finding spyware that's been put on your computer. It's best to search on Google for anything on the log file you don't know to find out what it's function is. If it's spyware, you'll see a bunch of hits for it.

[Alhamdulillah 0]

Someone from VJ recommended Avast to me a long time ago and I've used it ever since.... it's free.

[Marilyn. 340]

i used to use Avast but I found it too much of a resource hog..

I stick with AVG now .. oh and I also use the Comodo Firewall...

and I use Firefox...

[PlatyPius 5]

Anything but Norton. Norton is the worst product on the market. You can NOT uninstall it without wiping your hard drive.

I've used AVG in the past, but it started getting freaky with me. I was a Panda reseller for years, and have been using it exclusively for the past year or so. It catches EVERYthing. It's more expensive than the premium AVG, but it's well worth it.

http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/antivirus/

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Norton was better a few years ago, IMO - today it's a memory leaking POS.

[Marilyn. 340]

Anything but Norton. Norton is the worst product on the market. You can NOT uninstall it without wiping your hard drive.

I've used AVG in the past, but it started getting freaky with me. I was a Panda reseller for years, and have been using it exclusively for the past year or so. It catches EVERYthing. It's more expensive than the premium AVG, but it's well worth it.

http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/antivirus/

I kind of agree with AVG... the newest version kind of sucks. it has a new thing that checks for bad links and it really slows down the computer.. you can disable that feature but then you get this stupid warning ! thing on the AVG icon... arrghh...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Norton was better a few years ago, IMO - today it's a memory leaking POS.

Yeah I had no problems up until 2004 - all the subsequent versions cause real slow-down.

I got a free McCaffee subscription with the new PC, but I'm thinking of ditching it for something else. Its far from user-friendly.

[lady23 0]

i used firefox, and McAFee and so far it is good, been using these more than two years now..

[zqt3344 21]

AVG it is free on CNET downloads.com and it is easy to use and they send many updates weekly. Good luck.

What is best anti-virus to purchase? I have some bogus anti-virus i been using for past 2 years which has been ok untill some ### wipe got my credit card number and purchase something from internet. Now my computer is slow and also when i try to run my anti-virus it goes for about one minute then disapears off screen. I tried to call technical support but offcourse they are closed on weekends. Does anybody know of a good one i can get? Would appreciate it.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Anything but Norton. Norton is the worst product on the market. You can NOT uninstall it without wiping your hard drive.

I've used AVG in the past, but it started getting freaky with me. I was a Panda reseller for years, and have been using it exclusively for the past year or so. It catches EVERYthing. It's more expensive than the premium AVG, but it's well worth it.

http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/antivirus/

Interesting. We use Panda at work. Incidentally, Norton's corporate offices are just a few miles where I work. I'm amazed they are still in business...what a worthless piece ####### their software is...