Best Antivirus? (AVG won't install)

Al Hart

So you are running both AVG and WSE at the same time? Any conflicts?

Oops - the first word "installed" should have said "uninstalled". (I will edit my post.)

I was sick and tired of AVG for lots of reasons. It simply used too much resource by trying to protect me too much.

It has been three years since it found a virus. So I think that other things - Spam filters, Windows itself, etc. are protecting me a lot these days.

Al Hart

Earlier this week I uninstalled AVG on my machines and installed Windows Security Essentials. WSE automatically disables Windows Defender, since only WSE is needed.

[Edit: changed installed AVG to uninstalled AVG]

EscapeArtist

+1 for Avast. It doesn't interfere with anything and it has a small footprint.

boofredlay

Thanks again guys.

notareal

@unknownuser said:

Microsoft Security Essentials is the best AV out there for free

Dont know if it's the best, but good enough and free. Does not use too much resources. I'll recommend!

ArCAD-UK

For a small fee* I use Symantec Norton 360, covers 3 PC's and keeps everything running smooth, Temporary file & Registry clean up and backup. Seems to work quite happily in the background without the performance loss I've had with some AV.

*Relative to the cost & downtime sorting out a virus or malware

Frederik

I've been using AVG for years... It's undoubtedly an excellent AV app, but does need resources...
The day before yesterday I uninstalled AVG and installed MSE...
So far I'm really pleased...

solo

Gotta say MS has cleaned up it's act lately, I love windows 7, MSE, MS office 2010, however I'm a little dissapointed in IE9 (buggy at moment)

Anssi

I have used the (IMO a bit expensive) Norton Internet Security and 360 products for years with no trouble.

Anssi

d12dozr

@unknownuser said:

Gotta say MS has cleaned up it's act lately

Yeah, I'm really pleased how fast Win 7 is - startup, launching apps(love the right click menu on the apps in the taskbar)...I still use FF for browsing though

boofredlay

Thanks again all & I agree with MS products being better lately.

I have installed MSE on my home machine and on my daughters laptop. So far I like it. I will get my wife's machine updated after school lets out (she does not want me touching it until her grades are all posted just in case). Then I get to set up my new wireless router.

Al Hart

I like that MSE is actually finding some viri on my machine. e.g. MyDoom which was sent to me in an email at an attachment with the suspicious name of "renderplus.com.zip". (AVG hadn't reported any viri for a long time)

Unfortunately I had already deleted the email, (without knowing it had a virus attached), so I don't know who tried to send it.

@unknownuser said:

What is the plural of virus? This neuter in Latin lacked a plural; it would presumably have been virora like corpora, the plural of neuter corpus. (corpi would be as outlandish--as far beyond the pale--as rhinoceri and octopi.)