I haven't tried any other AV's. I have a simple McAfee Security Suite, which I will probably upgrade next year, and it updates quite a lot, and does the job very well as far as I'm concerned. Theres also the download for the McAfee Virtual Technician which fixes about anything. Once I had to re-download McAfee Security and it stopped halfway saying there were problems on my computer and I shud contact McAfee Support....I installed it anyway, there was no AV protection enabled and no IM protection either. I launched McAfee Virtual Technician and it fixed everything......and the simple Security Suite only costs around 40 bucks here. So far I'm happy with what I've got....and I'm also behind the firewall of the router (not sure whether that makes any difference).

I use Cyberdefender and it works great! In the past I used AVG but I wanted to change to something that worked better. I got the free scanner off of Cyberdefender's website first. Then I upgraded to the full version which includes 24/7 tech support. They will answer any kind of technical question, not just about the software. I would definitely recommend Cyberdefender.

I was an AVG user for years, but it just started getting really buggy lately. Now I use Avast on all my notebooks.

Currently I use AVG for my free antivirus (older computers), and I have a licensed version of Kaspersky via ZoneAlarm suite (I like their firewall/interface/logs/settings).

In the past I have also used Avast and was very happy with it. I only find registering for the free yearly license gets to be a nuisance at times.

I have also used Trend Micro, which I had liked for a while due to its speed; but then I started discovering HUGE log files that started eating up my disk-space, and a fairly unfriendly uninstall process (leaves a lot of traces of the program behind). That deterred me from purchasing it again.

For most of my friends/family - I set them up with AVG. Free, Simple, Efficient.

The best anti-spyware imo is Spybot - Search & Destroy.

I've been happily using AVG for the past 2 years and have had no problems with resources or any virus getting in to my system.

Hope this helps!

I never had any qualms with AVG until 8.5x came out. It has done nothing but havocs on ALL of my comps. Things like Internet connections just disappears, applications cannot start, system freezing now and then. This reminds me Zone Alarm a few years back, causing all sort of issues, like AVG did on mine.

Another interesting (independent?) read on the AV Comparative:

. http://www.av-comparatives.org/

It is interesting to note that only AVG 8.0 is being mentioned, not the 8.5

I am not writing AVG off, but personally I feel that the current 8.5 version is just becoming too buggy to use.

cheers ...

Hi,

Here's a site I found that does the comparison of the supposedly top 10 anti-virus products worldwide. Saw AVAST as being in #17.... not sure why as based on what I've read and heard, it is a good anti-virus software...

http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

I also noticed the same thing about what qhn mentioned on AVG 8.0 being used instead of 8.5.... I wonder why?

Bit Defender is no.1? I wonder why...

To be fair about softwares comparison, there is always an element of bias towards any products rating.

The majority of my comps was being protected with AVG for a long time, until issues started with AVG8.5, as mentioned above. For a few weeks, recently, AVG keeps popping out version one after another, without a detailed change log. This for me, is a warning sign that the software is going through some major problems.

The link scanning option, implemented in AVG 8 was also a big issue for me, dragging system performance to a crawl, until it was being disabled.

I am confident that AVG will correct all issues real soon.

I am for a simple free AV app, install it, updating each each day, and forget it :-)

cheers ...

Malwarebytes is the best.

I have personally used AVG but I felt kaspersky antivirus is the best. Kaspersky caught a lot of things that AVG didn't. So I felt it did a better job.

AVG and AVAST

One can also use this site/service - ShieldUp! - (one of many) just to check out how "secure" (really ;-)) one's system is. It has tips on how to correct certain shortcomings.

http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2

cheers ...

Came across this article early today, and am trying this myself along with Avast on my machine. So far no bad influence on system performance.

It sparked my interest due to the first general statement:

"Quite often, I'm asked if it's a good idea to use more than one anti-virus / anti-spyware program at the same time.

The answer to this question is both "yes" and "no."

Yes: it's a good idea to scan your PC using more than one solution -- whether it's anti-virus or anti-spyware -- as it's possible to sniff out additional, missed threats.

No: you shouldn't run more than one anti-virus or anti-spyware program at the exact same time as they would likely conflict...."

Read (and download the free IOBIT Security 360) in full here!

cheers ...