Windows Vista Best Anti-Virus for Vista?

Is there any good Anti-Virus programs out there that won't hassle me, and slow my system down? I'm tired of programs like Mcaffe that take over my computer.

Thanks for any advice.

 

Avast, OneCare

Avast has a good one that works well with Vista 32 and MicroSoft has a New one that won't work with Avast called OneCare. Avast is Free for 14 Months and OneCare is trial for 90 days. Your call.
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CatBurglerV8

 

I'd definetely go with NOD. It's the best AV in my opinion. If you have a bit more RAM (1GB would do), Kaspersky is another very good choice. I have tested both, along with a dozen others. Now I have NOD32 in my lappie (Vista Ultimate) and Kaspersky in my desktop PC (XP Pro), both working like a charm.

 

Same here Arie. My machines never get infected, and when a virus tries to get through, it is destroyed on the spot and I never get to know of the action the AV took.

 

Another vote for NOD32, it's the best AV that I've ever used. It has the best detection rate of all, according to every test that I've seen so far, and uses minimal resources.

 

Maybe a question. What would you NOT use?



Matt

 

Answering Mattman:

DEFINETELY Symantec's Norton stuff!

 

I agree, I gave up on Norton years ago, and it's got worse every year since then. You only have to look at people's Hijack This logs to see how many of them have badly infected machines that have Norton installed McAfee isn't any better either IMO.

 

Norton and Mc Affee

 

Try Norton 360 on a trial run

Norton 360 has been getting some good writeups lately about being a lot less resource hungry than Norton Internet security 2007
http://shop.symantecstore.com/DRHM/...roductID=66148200&pgm=11667100&ThemeID=106300

It can be taken for a 15 day trial.

 

Hi,

I may be butting in , but I, too need to secure my Vista laptop.

I have Kaspersky Internet Suite ready to be installed, but wonder if I am better off with different programs instead of the Suite.

For Spyware, I know SpyBot, SpywareBlaster and Adaware. I was planning to try SuperAntispyware instead of AdAware 7.

For Virus protection, I could use Avast which I now have on my XP or AntiVir.

My only concern is the Firewall. My only experience is with Tiny Personal Firewall v. 2.11.15 and I do not know if that would work in Vista. Any suggestions or input will be appreciated. Any additional software that I should consider?

Does CCleaner work on Vista?

Ann

 

Most of the time, it's what floats your boat. I personally used over 5-10 anti-viruses. (Trial versions). And there are great ones, with really bad guis, and really bad ones with easy to follow guis.

But if you want the best, that'd be a challenge. Seeing how each anti-virus engine is coded differently.

 

For Ann

Ann, I woud suggest that you used Kaspersky AV instead of the suite, just like you said. As for CCleaner, it works fine on Vista all right, latest version which is 1.41.544. There's also Registry Fix compatible with Vista, but not free.

 

IMO I would add Panda to the Norton and McAfee list. Panda doesn't allow you to do useful things like open up a browser and misses infections. I like AVG but the free version is only for x86 (32 bit) versions of vista and if you have a x64 system you need the professional version and that costs money.

 

Agreed, Griff!

 

Beto, you must of experienced the hell of Panta too, I feel your pain. Having to pay for Panda is just another slap in the face. Just remembered, I think that Avast! Free version does support x64 Vista, so there is a free option out there (and probably many others I am not aware of).