Antivirus software

[Le Tricolore]

avast!.

[Leadfoot]

If your looking for free, avast is really the way to go.

[Morozov]

Nod32 ftw

[Happy Pony]

AVG + Spybot + Malwarebytes.

[Arastiroth]

Kaspersky -- I'm very happy with it so far (~14 months of use).

[Towers]

AVG Internet Security.

[Evil Ted]

Originally Posted by Happy Pony

AVG + Spybot + Malwarebytes.

This is what I use pretty much here, I read reviews about AVG it says the only problem si that it is a bit taxing on your system, personally I havent noticed much of a difference.

One thing I do know is that malwarebytes found stuff that norton would not.

[Cropduster]

thanks for all your responses. do I need to combine this or can I just use avast or AVG by themselves?

[Happy Pony]

Originally Posted by Cropduster

thanks for all your responses. do I need to combine this or can I just use avast or AVG by themselves?

By themselves is fine, use something to look for malware and spyware as well. My set up works fine for me, but there's plenty of options.

[Happy Pony]

Originally Posted by Evil Ted

This is what I use pretty much here, I read reviews about AVG it says the only problem si that it is a bit taxing on your system, personally I havent noticed much of a difference.

One thing I do know is that malwarebytes found stuff that norton would not.

I've had AVG since I got this laptop, so there's nothing to compare it to, but I'm plenty happen with how everything runs.

Malwarebytes has always come back clean for me, but Norton is pretty much awful from my experience.

[USF Shark]

I have McAfee Security Center

[invictus]

My new laptop came with McAfee, and I run Firefox with AdblockPlus and NoScript. Once a month I run Ad-Aware, Malwarebytes, and Spybot-Search & Destroy.


Things seem pretty safe doing this, lol. I really can't think of much else I could do to increase safety.

Oh, I also just downloaded PeerBlock. But I don't think that really has anything to do with protecting the computer from viruses. So nevermind.

[Happy Pony]

Does anyone use the Verizon Internet Security Suite available with Verizon Fios?

[Paranoid Android]

http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

[RAZZIE King]

So long as you don't activate the Anti-banner on Kaspersky...you'll do just fine...

I finally pinpointed why I couldn't access video on NHL.com or any of the team sites and the AB was the culprit...

[Caballo Blanco]

Avira AntiVir Personal Free Antivirus is the best.

[99GoHabsGo99*]

I Use AVG its Alright..

[CareyClutch]

I use Comodo internet security free

[Dylonus]

Microsoft Security Essentials = win.

trust me

[Scoogs]

How about a good registry scanner/cleaner?

I tried UniBlue, but just the free trial. Not gonna pay for one.

[KaylaJ]

i just gotta throw in another vote for super anti spyware. i had a virus that would direct my google searches to ads and couldn't find it in hijack this and malware and spybot scans would find something, but it would always be back. finally DLed SAS and voila! it seems to have finally worked.

[SniperHF]

Originally Posted by Scoogs

How about a good registry scanner/cleaner?

I tried UniBlue, but just the free trial. Not gonna pay for one.

Crap Cleaner, or CCleaner.

[invictus]

I switched from AVG to Microsoft Security Essentials this morning on my laptop. Fun stuff.

[Led Zappa]

Originally Posted by invictus

I switched from AVG to Microsoft Security Essentials this morning on my laptop. Fun stuff.

Why?

[Have My Baby Pierre]

I use Microsoft Security Essentials, it's great.