Free antivirus reliable??

[honeya]

i get a big prob with my mac, it keeps system halted when i surf the website, but my norton does nothing to this, so i am considering to change for a new antivirus.
i find 1 year BitDefender antivirus 2010 (1-user)[/URL] for Free in V3 Software Store, but i have never used this, is it reliable??

[bigdogg2020]

dont ever trust them. they are usually viruses themselves

[grekko]

If it's reliability and effectiveness you need try Avast, used it for years and never had a problem.

[Expeto]

Get something from cnet downloads, they are all clean.

Avast is pretty good as I remeber, but haven't used it for few years.

[Appzalien]

I stopped using Avg a few years ago when it insisted that all my keygens had trojans when it had scanned them as clean just before the new virus updates. The crazy thing was is every new update targeted a new makers keygens like NEO and then BRD and so on. It was obvious someone there got a hair up their A and decided no one should have keygens. Avira was really nice but it conflicted with another app I use "BCWipe". Everytime I would wipe a file BCWipe created a dummy file (ABCDEFGHI etc.) and Avira would stop the wiping process several times saying it was a virus, and I had to hit IGNORE each time, it became quite annoying. Avast is OK too but I also had issues with it.

If you would like to try Bitdefender free (it has no realtime scanner you have to run it manually) just google "bitdefender 10 free".

But what I would recommend to you is to make a folder on your hard drive called "Free Anti-Virus" and download Avg, Avast Antivir and Bitdefender 10 free and put them in the folder and try them one at a time to see which you like best (make sure you uninstall one before adding another, some of them have uninstallers on their site because they do not go away easily). Just download them from the makers site to be sure your getting a good copy. Most sites hide their free versions, they want you to buy. So, Google their names with free added to find them quickly (Avg free).

[jackywky]

try microsoft security essential. works fine for me.

[Syrik]

I'd have to agree with Jackywky, MSE is a great Antivirus suite. But since he said he was using a MAC I don't think that one is an option

[Stabber]

Don't use avg , it's bloatware and slows down your pc . Use mse (microsoft security essentials) which is as light as nod 32 and effective .

[dzamba]

AVG. but NOD32 is cheap why dont buy itp?

[popwar]

i have to say go with Avast too , and stay away from fucking norton , it slows down your computer when doing nothing , seriously . the computers i did diagnostics on they had norton , as soon as i uninstalled it i could see a spike in performance . you also might want to try mcafee stinger standalone