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546246 2007-05-02 05:26:00 If the question is not too commercially sensitive What or which is the best buy for an anti-virus programme to use with Vista home basic?

regards to all
brandysson (7277)
546247 2007-05-02 05:35:00 Check to see if AVG FREE, NOD32, Ad Aware, Spybot are Vista compatible and stay away from Nortons. There are probably a number of other good free alternatives as well. Kerio Firewall is also good. Not sure if it is Vista ready yet. There are a number of other good free firewalls. winmacguy (3367)
546248 2007-05-02 05:37:00 Depends if u want to buy it, or u want a free one.

Avast Pro & Home (http://www.avast.com) should work with Vista.

Spybot and Adaware arent AV programs. They deal with spyware.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
546249 2007-05-02 05:54:00 NOD32 2.7 is apparently Vista compatible, and is the best IMHO Myth (110)
546250 2007-05-02 06:07:00 NOD32 definitely works with Vista (I am using it) and is the best :thumbs: CYaBro (73)
546251 2007-05-02 06:11:00 AVG Free is the best :) stu161204 (123)
546252 2007-05-02 06:53:00 I use Avast on WinXP Pro 64. Free.
I would think that antivirus application will run on Vista.
Not about to buy a version of Vista to find out at the moment.
Sweep (90)
546253 2007-05-02 07:07:00 You realize, don't you, that asking a question like that is like asking for advice on what type or size woman you should marry....

The general consensus however is that Norton/Symentec/McAfee are all out to lunch and eat your RAM..which, as I understand it is something you do NOT want to consume...as Vista needs all it can get to run at all.
SurferJoe46 (51)
546254 2007-05-02 07:21:00 Nod32. qazwsxokmijn (102)
546255 2007-05-02 07:45:00 I install Avast free on the Vista 32 machines I assemble for friends. It does not hang a commercial on every outgoing Email like another product does.
Avast updates automatically on a nearly daily basis.
It sounds a siren when it detects a nasty and does not kill the P C when it goes into kill the virus mode.
I have no doubt someone will rubbish this posting, the temptation seems irresistable for some persons.
PENTIUM (426)
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