[Muffin723]

can someone tell me the top ten anti-virus softwares and firewalls please?
thanks

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Everyone has different opinions on this. I personally like Norton and ESET. Many people still don't like Norton, however it's drastically changed.

1. Norton Internet Security 2010
2. ESET Smart Security v4
3. BullGuard Internet Security v8.5

[dock98]

1. Kaspersky Internet Security
2. Esset
3.McAfee Internet Security.

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Originally Posted by dock98

1. Kaspersky Internet Security
2. Esset
3.McAfee Internet Security.

I find Kaspersky and McAfee way too heavy!

[valis]

on my various windows boxes, I used avira and zonealarm. On my linux boxes, I just run avg, no firewall.

[Muffin723]

is Esset really that good? i might go buy it if you lot recomend it? ... i m so glad that you lot run a site like this ... your so helpful ..

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Originally Posted by Muffin723

is Esset really that good? i might go buy it if you lot recomend it? ... i m so glad that you lot run a site like this ... your so helpful ..

It's great.

[Robbinz]

1. Esset
2. Kaspersky
3. Norton

Personally I use Esset Nod32. But a lot of people would argue Kaspersky.

There is a number of factors to consider:

1. Detection rate - How good the antivirus is at detecting.
2. Use of resources of the system - How much it will slow the machine
3. False positives - How many programs it will flag as an virus that actually isnt a virus.