abwsco Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Having to reformat and install XP on one of the PC's so which is the best one currently around. Have Avast on the main one and am happy with that. Was wondering about Microsoft Security Essential. Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I have had no probs with avg free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I also use AVG. Never had a virus or trojan, well apart from once but it soon got rid of it with a click of a button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 I got rid of AVG ages ago as it turned into a big resource hog. Should have said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Antivir is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 Thanks Fred. Got to get the PC connecting to the internet now. Can't get it sorted out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 All AV products go through patches where a release is a bit of a resource hog, but the manufacturers tend to try to fix that fairly quickly as it's something people pick up on. Of the free offerings, AVG, Avast and Avira all have good solid virus databases behind them, so are all pretty much of a muchness, and easily on a par with the commercial alternatives (all are just free versions of commercial products anyway). I found AVG to be a resource hog too, but have recently come back round to it and its current version seems to be fine.Ditto Avast. Avira is perhaps the least resource hungry, but does give an annoying "why not upgrade?" message every time it performs an update. At least it's easy to uninstall the free AV packages and move around, which is more than can be said of Norton, MacAfee and Symantec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 We use AVG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbier Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I got fed up with avg around release 7/8? as it was just too weighty. I tried avast, but in the end installed Microsoft Security Essentials, and I get on fine with it. It's also been on several relatives' pcs for some time now, and I haven't heard anything back from them (which is a Good Thing!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrensWorld Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 AVG, never had a problem. Tried MSE just appears to be updating all of the time, and slowing up the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Another happy AVG user here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Thnaks everyone. Installed the Mocrosoft one n the end and will see how that goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 My husband uses Microsoft Security Essentials and thinks it is very good. I'm using Norton at the moment as I got a year free with my new PC - don't know what I'll do when that runs out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I'm using Norton at the moment as I got a year free with my new PC - don't know what I'll do when that runs out. You'll uninstall it, replace it with something new and watch your PC shift up a gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I'm using Norton at the moment as I got a year free with my new PC - don't know what I'll do when that runs out. You'll uninstall it, replace it with something new and watch your PC shift up a gear. Actually, I've found it much better than AVG and it doesn't seem to slow the PC at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Intriguing. That's not my experience, but you can't argue with real life results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrensWorld Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Intriguing. That's not my experience, but you can't argue with real life results. I was warned off Norton by a few computer wizards. To quote one of them "Its like driving your car with the handbrake on". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 The other option is if you have a Barclays Bank online account - they give you Kaskersky Antivirus for free if you apply via the online banking site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I use AVG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
