[kitkin15]

i was and will compare it to them, i was talking about all that you pay for....and ive benn riped off enough to know that most are worse.

and things like schools and the public library are what i had in mind when i mentioned the donations....cheaper for them but they still pay...dont know why but they do. more of that money goes to upgrading or updating their product, yes i know they also have ones you buy...i kind of said that when i posted the AVG Free link.

in my opinion, and in many peoples opinion, the free is better, they dont make a profit off of it and the money they do get goes to them fixing or making the product better. and yes i agree....mcafee and norton are really bad, i dont think they will be here much longer though....i think spybot S&D are going to sue norton and put them out of business(norton said that their products clash....and they dont i guess) but than those people that buy from norton will probably go to mcafee....so i guess they will be ok...

[Skivvywaver]

I am using Microsoft security essentials. It seems to be doing a very good job without a bunch of nagging. Light and no advertising.

As far as the best? Well we are all going to have our opinions. Eset is good.

[Rich-M]

Let me register more kudos for Nod32 as it is not only the best IMHO, but along with Bit Defender and Kaspersky mentioned, make up the only 3 that have real antispyware protection "at the gate" as well and what that means is while they cannot scan for spyware, spyware is the main problem today not virus and those 3 can detect virus like behavior and refuse entry where as all the others mentioned, let in and try to remove. NO genius requirement here to see why this method is better and Nod32 is worth every penny spent on it.
What I will never understand is why people will spend hard earned $ on a pc and believe that they have fully protected their investment with something that they didn't pay a dime for. How does the free program pay for support which is so essential as the processes change every single day in this war. Do you work for nothing? Do you think Avg has any philantropists onboard who work for nothing. Avira? Please I clean pc's all week long innundated with malware and sitting in the tray are pretty icons from Avg, Avira red umbrella, Norton and MacAfee Shields scanning and updating away doing absolutely nothing about the issues!

[kota_lin]

Maybe Avira antivir just because does its job and it is trustworthy.

[Rich-M]

The experienced user can use anything and probably survive I should add, but that isn't the user whose machines are rendered useless easily and often that I repair all week long either so when I put down Avg, Avira, Avast, Norton, MacAfee and Pc Cillan, I am only referring to the average user. I am sure I could survive nicely with Avira and maybe even no antivirus, but not my clients, that's for sure and if any of that is what they want to use, I don't keep them as clients any more, I used to.

[nikonjems]

your welcome EMN123.

[conan007]

try ESET. i can tell you its worth it.

[kitkin15]

i have never herd about ESET, and im not saying AVG Free ist he best...i nver said that, i know it doesnt have all round protection...if it even has it, i only have it so my computer wont tell me i have no AV, i have kasperskys and malwearbytes and spywearblaster for all of that stuff, and sometimes i look and get different online scans.

i agree with you compleatly, i could get by with no AV or any kind of protection, but if you dont know what to do you cant do that, i understand whats bad and when my computer is messing up(like right now...i think ive got a pretty smart virus lol) AVG and Avista im my opinon arnt the best, but when it comes to being free...they are, kasperskys and malwearbytes are the 2 best programs i know of and i have never herd about this ESET so theres no way id try it (IMO)

[Blackmirror]

Antivirus is a personal choice
find the one you like and can understand

[Phantom010]

Not even sure if EMN123 even cares anymore about our little "quarrel" here about what's best...

He hasn't written anything since the 9th.

kitkin15, for your info.: ESET Smart Security

As Blackmirror just stated, it's a personal choice.

[HD117]

i have never herd about this ESET so theres no way id try it

Eset is NOD32. Consumer Reports picked it as #1 AV last month. Not that it means anything.
I've been using Eset/NOD32 for about 5 years now. It's intercepted a lot of bad stuff and I've never been infected.

[kitkin15]

well i still dont know much about it, the only way id get it is if id check it out myself, i take peoples advice...than i look it up on google, and profecional websites

no i dont really think he cares but i do....lol i wont b on anymore thuohg...no internet at my house, right now im on the schools computer

oh and ill check out that site when i get internet agin

[gloveroliver12]

according to me AVG is the best.

[kitkin15]

ya...i use it but i dotn think it catches anything...ya i know it cleans out cookies and crap like that....but i can do it about 4X quicker

i just have it so my computer dont tell me that i dont have malwear protection....malwearbytes dont count...and i think that should be changed lol but ya...

[sam@acorn-wood]

Personaly i think Norton and Mcafee are the worst ones, they clog up the computer and dont even work properly!

i installed AVG after and it picked up 4 viruses as soon as it was installed, never had any problems, its saved my arse lots of times