Anti-Virus Internet Security

[GK2005]

My anti-virus software licence which came as part of my overall package is about to expire and I am not sure which level or manufacturer I should choose to protect my computer. Can anyone offer me any advice?

[j2buttonsw]

I would uninstall whatever you got then use the free AVG antivirus, its great http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

[david small]

According to computer shopper,Feb 2006 edition. this company is top of the league at stopping the nutters from the gutters and the virus's they like to give us all.

http://www.kaspersky.com/

[mattie]

Or you could consider nod32 from www.eset.com, 30 day trial available.

[coyn]

I've got AVG and I've not had any draw backs with it whatsoever.

[Impret-Sir]

Also consider F-secure, which includes a firewall and in my experience picks up lots of rubbish that Norton had missed on my PC. Its only about �40, and is very easy to use. www.f-secure.com

[spaced]

AVG all the way, one of the only free products I vouch for. I had Norton's, it totally messed my new machine up. Went over to AVG....no probs whatsoever, plus its free!

[david small]

I used AVG it found a trojan but would not remove it. I tried to update AVG it would not do it.

I then tried to remove AVG in the hopes of reinstalling it, no way, it kept saying you allready have a copy of AVG on this computer. In the end my system became so unstable I had to re install xp pro.As you can guess I was not a happy chappy.

[jake-the-peg]

I work for one of the big A/V companies - I won't tell you which because I'll only get a ton of abuse whatever :c) (amazing how partisan everybody is on this subject)

Anyway if you want to know how good a particular A/V solution is don't read the glossies the guys that do the work for these aren't specialists and I've seen some very funny results from them in my time.

Look at the University of Hamburg A/V research centre here: http://agn-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/vtc/naveng.htm

It can be a bit hard to read but they are truely independant and know what they're doing.

But the most important thing whoever you choose is to keep your A/V up to date so well done for staying protected - you would not believe how many infected machines you come across with 6-month old A/V