anti-virus software

[esco123]

hi, im using xp professional edition sp1 and i was wondering which anti-virus software is the best to protect my pc from all kinds of viruses? i have found two software which have been highly recommended, these are 'NOD32 Standard Version (Windows NT/2000/XP) 2.5' and 'AVG Anti-Virus Professional 7.5.476'. are these the best anti-virus software out there and if so which one is the better out the two. thanks in advance.

[OTO777]

Kaspersky

[munaaf]

Ya along with Kaspersky BitDefender way bttr than ne others i tried highly reccomended.

[cpg]

hmmm.it depends of how good your PC is. U can try Kaspersky,but aware that it uses much more resources then Nod or Avg.
I'm using NOD32! It protect my PC from viruses,i use also Ad-Aware to scan pc for other kinds of threads.

[zapjb]

Update to SP2 1st. Then Kaspersky.

[nSyder]

Nod32 is the best for older PCs...
I have it in a Pentium 4 1700MHz, 768MB Ram and it runs smoothly.

[KSA]

Currently i use NOD32 and i am fully satisfied with it, i recommend it 4 u, but u can also try Kaspersky, it's a quick powerful antivirus.

But first of all, upgrade your window to SP ;)

[unattended]

Avast is very good as well.

http://www.avast.com/

[sexydingo]

Another vote for NOD32 here

[ibuprofeno]

nod32 ftw.

[Appzalien]

bitdefender has a free version now, google "bitdefender 10 free". You need to give a real e-mail to get the link but its good for a year and when time is up they will send you a notice so you can get a new key for another year.

I'm using it and the only gripe I have is I can't find a way to tell it to leave certain files alone, so it tags them as viruses and I have to put them back every weekend when I have it schedualed to do a complete scan.

[CreativeOne]

avg

[ulun64]

NOD32 is the best. After you install it, you didn't realise it's there.

[Appzalien]

I'm a long time user of AVG by Grisoft but I recently uninstalled them and switched to Bitdefender free cause AVG was tagging clean keygens on my drive as having trojans, when every other scanner said they were clean. That really pissed me off, I give Grisoft free riegn of my PC and it decides its the internet police and falsely tags files as dangerous because they think I shouldn't have them. Well, they don't have any acces to my PC now, Up yours Grisoft.

How they did it was really stupid too, every few days a new set of keys would be tagged, all by the same maker. First was BRD then ZWT keys and NEO and NoPE and so on and so on. All they were doing was collecting keys by a certain keymaker and tagging parts for detection then adding it to their definitions file as a trojan, it was so obvious and moronic. A child would have seen what was happening, I did! Duh!

[sear]

Go with Nod or Kaspersky. AVG really isn't that good and tends to miss stuff, or at least it did for me.

[raspberry1331]

One more vote for Nod32.

[ilya]

i use mcafee 2008 edition... never tried nod32 so i won't say anything about it :P

[dave12]

go for avast its the best and the best thing is its free

[bedwayne]

Kaspersky all the way

[Bad Samaritan]

Try Bitdefender 10 Free edition, if you don't want to spend any money. And either Nod32 or Kaspersky if you do.

[kelly338825]

I have always liked AVG. I also ad AdAware and havent had any issues while using them both.

[kirktrix]

I just install Nod32 last week and i will say it satisfied me....

[carnage0203]

nod32 works great for me too...

[killer23]

kaspersky 6, dont get 7!

[zapjb]

KIS7 rocks.

[manofstyle]

Avira Anti-Vir Personal Addition Classic. It's the best AV software and it's free :)

[briand5379]

I've used norton for years and it's always worked well for me. I think it's about finding your niche and going with it.

[munaaf]

I have also tried NOD32 it is good, look like the majority here say NOD32 so i say go try it lol

[shazzar]

I would recommend nod32, you will hardly notice its running.

Kasp is another popular one and does well in tests.

Cant go wrong with either one.