best antivirus?

[riser]

Well, if you didn't subscribe to porn emails, download illegals apps, read solicited emails, and stayed off porn sites.. chances are you wouldn't even need an antivirus..

I got my first virus 2 days ago. I was in Indianapolis and my roommate decided he was going to use Limewire to download some porn.. but right before he did that he logged into a share on my computer, downloaded something that was a virus, which made my computer fire up limewire and start downloading the virus. Now, it didn't effect anything, but it kept popping up limewire and created multiple download instances.. which effectivly was bogged down my internet connection and beating the crap out of limewire.. its all over limewire.

Other than that, I can say that I've never had a virus in over 8 years.

Before that I had one when my brother used my PC, when I lived at home, to look up some porn.

 

[okietex]

I've used the following ...

- AVG (like it)

- Avast! (used it on an old computer - PII 450mhz - really too much software for the computer ... bogged it down - if used on a newer system, might be pretty good but speed on this old dude was slow and boggy)

- F-Prot (it's ok)

- Kaspersky (it's ok ... seems like it takes too much processing power)

- Used McAfee & Norton previously ... they're ok.

 

[Zoron]

If I recall correctly, Panda actually uses Sygate's firewall. I'll have to double-check... but I could swear I saw the Sygate name in there somewhere... I believe they license it from Sygate.

<font color=red> If you design software that is fool-proof, only a fool will want to use it. </font color=red>

 

[carino]

I've used Norton Antivirus in the past,but not anymore.There are far better alternatives.

In my opinion the most reliable pair now,after I've tested a few is:<b>Antivirus</b>:1.<A HREF="http/www.trendmicro.com/en/products/desktop/pc-cillin/evaluate/overview.htm" target="_new"><font color=red><b>Pc-cillin 2005</b></font color=red></A>
I use it without its integrated firewall,as firewall I prefer <A HREF="http/www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_zap.jsp" target="_new"><b><font color=blue>ZoneAlarm Pro5.5</font color=blue></b></A>

Another very good alternative for those who want a very fast scanning rate is: <A HREF="http/www.eset.com/products/nt.htm" target="_new"><b><font color=blue>Nod32 2.5 Antivirus</font color=blue></b></A>, nod32 has also high detection rate,the lowest memory used & system resources occupattion.
Together with <A HREF="http/agnitum.com/products/outpost/newcontrols.html" target="_new"><b><font color=blue>Outpost Firewall Pro 2.7</font color=blue></b></A> is a good choice.

And at last, but not at least <A HREF="http/www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-45-en--BitDefender-8-Professional-Plus.html#" target="_new"><font color=red><b>BitDefender 8 Pro Plus</b></font color=red></A>
BitDefender 8 has a good firewall, <A HREF="http/anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/" target="_new"><font color=green><i> here is a 2005 review</i></font color=green></A>

These combinations are in my opinion the best available right now, on the market.I say that after I tested Norton Antivirus 2005,AVG pro,McAfee,Avaast,Panda.

Other good firewalls are :
Sygate Personal Firewall Pro 5.5
Kerio Firewall

<i>"The question of whether a <font color=red>computer</font color=red> can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a <font color=blue>submarine</font color=blue> can swim."</i> <b>Edsger Dijkstra</b>

 

[mobilman]

I used kaspersky antivirus
I think the best antivirus kaspersky pro.