The Best Anti-Virus Software

[trigatch4]

Post links to your favorite ones... I need to run everything I can before I start actually making new passwords and stuff.

 

[Red_Virus]

ESET NOD32 antivirus really rocks. (eset.com)

 

[Mike619]

NOD32

 

[AMagz]

Using a free one right now:

Avira AntiVir

 

[LotsOfZeros]

AVG at home, Symantec for work. I heard NOD was good.

 

[TLott]

nod32

 

[Bofu2U]

Nod32 trust me. It's the only thing that caught my code without a definition.

 

[drugoon]

Eset NOD32, I was also happy with Norton Antivirus but compared to Nod32 it is slow in updates and a big resource eater.

 

[LotsOfZeros]

Eset NOD32, I was also happy with Norton Antivirus but compared to Nod32 it is slow in updates and a big resource eater.

Keep away from McAfee for this reason. Can't tell you how many times I had to kill the mcshield.exe process hog. Depending on what product you run, Norton is not half bad. I run an Enterprise version of Symantec and I hardly notice it.

 

[Terry Brazil]

I generally do not bother installing a virus software. It is a pain in the ass and the freakin updates that they try to do all the time drive me up a wall. I just run Trend Micro HouseCall - Free Online Virus and Spyware Scan - Trend Micro USA whenever I feel like I need to scan. It is always updated and never bothers me when a new update comes out.

 

[Tedel]

I'm using Free Avira. No complaints to this date.

 

[avantrosa]

Post links to your favorite ones... I need to run everything I can before I start actually making new passwords and stuff.

Did you wipe your machine first?

 

[talzz2]

ubuntu - no more windows Trojans

When at work Symantec Corp. appears to do the job but when it breaks IT IS HELL to fix but trust it as much as you can a virus scanner

 

[ImagesAndWords]

Just stay the hell away from Norton. It usually runs fine for a while but eventually, extreme slowdowns and random cpu-draining scans will become daily routine.

I use AVG right now, and I'm very happy with it. It's easy on resources and catches everything my apps and internet connection throws at it.

 

[dgvisio]

kaspersky

 

[Janaic]

Kaspersky FTW

 

[lukem]

Apple's osx seems to do the trick for me
AVG got the job done whenever I had to use windows.

 

[Benji49]

Clamwin for XP, it's free.

Sophos if you are stuck with Windows 2000 servers running legacy, and God help you if you are.

I stuck a 2000 server on the internet without a firewall once, and in 30 seconds it caught a Trojan. I totally not kid you about that.

 

[Edwin]

I can't say these are my favorites but i got these URL's from a mainstream security website.

PMC Ciphers - The Inventors of Polymorphic Encryption

The above link offers a download that will prevent keyloggers from logging your passwords.

This is a AV test site where you can see how well AV's do detecting malware/spyware.

 

[frontlineteam]

IDK, I've used the free Avast Home for about 5 years and nary a problem except for a rootkit one time that was probably my fault anyway.