Antivirus / Security Suite Suggestions

[Denholm]

Good afternoon everyone,

While I personally am not searching for an AV / Security Suite solution, I have some people occasionally ask me which is the best. I used to recommend ESET products heavily. However, I feel their quality has recently dwindled and become more obtrusive. As such, does anyone (such as llama) have any suggestions for a great AV / security suite package? Obviously I'm looking for a combination of low price, superb security, superb scanning, superb cleaning, with minimal bloat and impact on computer resources.

Thanks for the suggestions!

[gyrene81]

it tends to be a round robin thing that changes every year or two. right now quick search is showing bitdefender plus 2013 is leading the way as far as protection. for people that don't game on their systems, internet security suites are a good choice...otherwise, just an effective anti-virus and some common sense is more than adequate.

av-test is a good place to start looking...

http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home-user/

[Randy1]

A lot of problems can be avoided by avoiding gambling/poker sites, Na, double k by God ed sites. and don't open attachments you are not expecting.   

[BaldEagl]

I dumped McAfee a couple of years ago and now I use MS Security Essentials.  It's free and seems to work well and doesn't hog nearly the resources McAfee did but then again I've never had a virus or trojan.

[numb1]

I run AVG Free AV and Zonealarm free firewall on my computer and i have never had any issues..

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Where is Vulcan now with his 100% proof antivirus? 

[Vulcan]

Where is Vulcan now with his 100% proof antivirus? 

AH BBS can not afford my hourly rate

[MrRiplEy[H]]

See Rule #4

[Brooke]

I like Avast (which is what I use at home -- it's free and good), and MS Security Essentials is what we use at work (because Avast isn't free for business).

[Mano]

I use Avast (free version) on my home 'puter and have never experienced ant problems. I used to use the paid version at work before we subscribed to sonicwall.

I use the windows defender to scan for malware.

 

[Denholm]

it tends to be a round robin thing that changes every year or two. right now quick search is showing bitdefender plus 2013 is leading the way as far as protection. for people that don't game on their systems, internet security suites are a good choice...otherwise, just an effective anti-virus and some common sense is more than adequate.

av-test is a good place to start looking...

http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home-user/

Thank you. I found the same information, just wanted to know if anyone had a difference of opinion.

[steely07]

Agree with you about eset, the later versions (from 6) have an issue where they will randomly kill all network connections, and not even disabling the firewall will get it going again (you have to issue some netsh commands)

[Slate]

I dumped McAfee a couple of years ago and now I use MS Security Essentials.  It's free and seems to work well and doesn't hog nearly the resources McAfee did but then again I've never had a virus or trojan.

  Ditto ^^^^^

  Does work well it has stopped a trojan my Computer had but had to use another program to totally erase it.

[deadstikmac]

Comodo in my humble option is the light weight powerhouse of that world. Soo many options and such a small lightweight program. It also has a system boost too turn your antivirus into a "gaming" setup without having another program to disable the antivirus. Built in firewall means I can disable everything that is eating up resources... IE anything Microsoft.

No Microsoft firewall. No Microsoft anything for system protection had a big impact on my older computers.

[Masherbrum]

I use ESET Smart Security 6 and encounter no problems.....