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Thread ID: 120106 2011-08-25 04:24:00 Which is the best Anti Virus this year prayami (13094) Press F1
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1226017 2011-08-25 04:24:00 Hi,

As per I know, PC World rates the hierarchy of the best anti virus softwares every year. Before two-three years it was "Avast".

Please let me know, which is the best this year? Please also let me know, which is the free and the best this year?

Thanks in advance.
prayami (13094)
1226018 2011-08-25 04:35:00 I use MS"s one. Dont know if its the best, but its been fine (since its been installed). It hasnt caused any probs. So, I'll stick with it.

The others I've seen crash (or they stuff up windows somehow (inc Avast, Kaspersky, AVG, Symantec / Norton, Zonealarm). I havent bothered with anything else
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1226019 2011-08-25 06:09:00 +1 for MSE dpDesignz (15919)
1226020 2011-08-25 06:20:00 Best Paid: NOD32

Best Free: MSE
sahilcc7 (15483)
1226021 2011-08-25 06:46:00 Best Paid: NOD32

Best Free: MSE

+1

(Actually - MSSE)
pctek (84)
1226022 2011-08-25 11:15:00 Thank you very much guys. I am going to install MSE. Just to make sure, is it "Microsoft Security Essentials"? prayami (13094)
1226023 2011-08-25 11:18:00 Its here (www.microsoft.com) Speedy Gonzales (78)
1226024 2011-08-25 11:45:00 Nortons, all the tests say so:badpc:
But seriously I like MSSE
plod (107)
1226025 2011-08-25 23:42:00 almost anything + malwarebytes (kidding, sorta)
Despite claiming "spyware" scanning , most AV's are hopless at it.

Honestly, the malware gets past them all, Far Far too easily. Malware scanner
could now be more important than AV , especially for cleaning.

Best AV defense is common sense.
Thats why some get infected, over & over & over again, & others havnt been hit in over 10 years+
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Go on, click that popup :punk:punk
1101 (13337)
1226026 2011-08-25 23:50:00 Whats a good choice for slow PC's ??
Avira seems OK-apart from pop-up nags, NOD is really good on slow PC's (but isnt free) , MSSE has caused slowdowns on some slow PC's with its background AV scans
Even allowing the default quick scan on startup (time involved,slow PC = 30 sec to 1 minute) causes howls of complaints from many.
1101 (13337)
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