Anti Virus Software

[Crafty Cards]

I have read a few threads on the forum regarding anitivirus software but none seem up to date, mine - Norton is about to expire.

Does anyone have any views or up to date info on which is best at the moment etc, I don't buy any pc mags so have not seen any reviews etc.

Many Thanks

[jont]

Kaspersky and AVG have my vote ... AVG 8 http://free.avg.com/ is available as a freebie and works very well indeed.

[leehack]

Kaspersky, Norton is the spawn of Satan.

[jont]

Norton is the spawn of Satan.

FAO Symantec Legal Department... Mr Hack lives in Tamworth with the hammock in the back garden.

[Cheapprices4u]

NOD32 smart suite

[RuralWeb]

I used to swear by Norton but have now ditched it because its such a processor eater and slows down everything so much. I now use AVG and the standard windows firewall - in VISTA.

If you are using XP then I suggest a separate firewall as well.

[Mark H]

Kaspersky all the way - far better than Norton etc.

[malbro]

If you are using XP then I suggest a separate firewall as well.

Kaspersky Internet Security Suite includes the anti virus, firewall and lots more. It works well but it can be daunting for the non technical.

[Mark H]

I seem to remember Kaspersky being pretty good "out of the box", ie easy to install if you just let it get on with it itself. I have had no need to customise it, which is perhaps where is gets more challenging (but probably no worse than any other).

[Duncan Rounding]

I use KAS AV7 with ZAPro - no problems - much faster than when I was using Norton.

[wesleythorne]

zone alarm works well, free firewall, or paid for firewall and virus

[Mike Hughes]

Zonealarm for the firewall and AVG for anti-virus.

Avoid Norton like the plague. It seems to cause more problems than it sorts.

Mike

[jont]

Norton 360 is meant to be far better than previous releases but still lagging behind the others - especially in terms of system resources and detection rates.

[RuralWeb]

360 was thevreason I ditched norton - it's pants

[Mark H]

Biggest problem by far with Norton 360 (at least the last time I used it) was that you couldn't scan individual files or folders, so if you downloaded a file and wanted to check it, you had to scan the whole PC