Best free anti-virus you can get?

One that isn't a memory hog? One that isn't totally paranoid? One that is quick and easy to use? Some people say AVG but im not so sure... what does everyone think

 

Hello alkaeda (nice name),

There are as far as I know three good free anti-virus programs:

- AVG
- Avast
- Antivir

Antivir does not have an email scanner. Unless you use a browser to check your mail, it is advised you stick with the first two.

If you want quick and easy to use, go with AVG. Avast has a "media player" style interface which I find intrusive (you may like it though), and you have to register on their web site every year if I remember correctly.

AVG has the further advantage of being the least memory-hog of the three as far as I have compared. It's not by much anyway.

Hope this helps!

 

ill have a look at those.. have you heard of nod32? My teacher recommended it

 

NOD32 is not free, however it is considered one of the best.

Personally I would reccomend Kaspersky if you want to just install AV software and let it do its thing, you can get a 1 year license key off eBay for like $13.

 

I run avast! anti-virus myself; however, I recommend that you use a three-pronged defense strategy, with your first line of defense being a firewall, second, anti-spyware, and third, anti-virus.

 

I have AntiVir, an Avast and they work just fine on my computer. Antivir has this little nag screen every once in a while but it's very good. Cnet recommends it, and Avast, but many people say AVG is a poser, and doesn't actually DO anything. I say stick with AntiVir, and Avast. But if you like torrents then don't allow Avast's resident scanner, or p2p scanner, or it's VRB generator because that will slow you down. I have AntiVir as my active guard.

 

I run Avast, very good freebe

 

Why do you have to use a browser to check your email? If you POP3 off gmail or hotmail, for example, isn't the email already scanned by their anit-virus software? Wouldn't additional email scanning with AVG or Avast be redundant?

 

I supposedly have anti-spam via my ISP (Verizon), too, but that certainly doesn't seem to be doing the job, so perhaps redundancy can be a good thing in some aspects?

 

Avast and AVG.

 

Antivir seems to work well, as most ISP and web email providers scan email for viruses and spam. Windows mail also has spam filters for built in redundancy. If you want the extra security of email virus scanning go with Avast or AVG. Antivar is reported to have better virus detection of the three.