What antivirus should I use on my new laptop?

Question

I have a brand new laptop that uses windows vista. I need to choose a antivirus program to use. I download tons of music which makes my computer vurnerable to viruses. Here are my choices:
McAfee Server Anti-Virus V8.5- disc came with computer
Norton Internet Security 2009- already installed on computer-60 day trial
Any free program- Avast Avg etc
Thanks!!!!

Answer 1

AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product , rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Are you one of those persons, willing to spend a fortune purchasing a laptop, but nothing for the good protection for that very expensive laptop.

I never understood that attitude. I see it on Yahoo Answers every day.



Soend a little extra and get the best possible protection.



I did test 5 different internet security programs over the last 12 months.

Here is my top 3





3rd place - Bitdefender Total Security - good - 8 out of 10



2nd place - Panda Internet Security 2009 - very good 8 ½ out of 10



1st place and in my opinion the best is

ESET Smart Security.- did find infections

the other programs missed - very good 9 out of 10



The other 2 programs I tested, were Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 and

Zone Alarm Security Suite. Both good program, but just not good enough to get in my top 3



I liked ESET that much, that I purchased it and it is now protecting my computer very well.



http://www.eset.com/





For some extra protection you could install this free very good programs





Threatfire is an anti virus, that can be installed next to any other anti virus program on the same computer

http://www.threatfire.com/

Answer 4

Actually, you have to use at least two security applications: antivirus and anti-spyware. ESET NOD32 combined with Spyware Doctor will ensure full real time protection. Don't rely only on free software. If you can, then buy a reliable security software. Believe me, if your computer gets infected, than you'll spend more money in order to fix it, so buying an effective security software is a good investment.

Answer 5

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009

Answer 6

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5.339

AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements. Highlights include automatic update functionality, the AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, and AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files.

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Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus 9.0.0.394

Avira AntiVir Personal Free Antivirus is a comprehensive, easy to use antivirus program, designed to offer reliable free of charge virus protection to home-users only. Avira offers: Extensive Malware Recognition of viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, worms; Automatic incremental updates of antivirus signatures, engine and entire software; Permanent virus protection, with Virus Guard real time monitoring; Install and configuration in just a couple of steps, setup to protect your PC in minutes; Virus protection against known and unknown threats, using an advanced heuristic system; Scheduler where you can set the scanner to make automatic virus scans or updates on your system; Forum and phone support; Knowledge Base with virus descriptions available on web site; Rootkit Detection and Removal; A modularized AV-search engine for improved scan performance.

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Avast Home Edition - Free 4.8.1335.90414

Avast Home Edition is a complete ICSA & Checkmark certified antivirus, Checkmark certified anti-spyware & anti-rootkit package. Avast includes the following components: On demand scanner with skinnable simple interface, just select what do you want to scan in which way and press the Play button; On access scanner, special providers to protect the most of available e-mail clients; Instant messaging--ICQ, Miranda; Network traffic--intrusion detection, lightweight firewall; P2P protection for Kazaa, BitTorrent; Web shield--monitors and filters all HTTP traffic; NNTP scanner--scans all Usenet Newsgroup traffic and all operations with files on PC; Boot time scanner--scans disks in the same way and in the same time as Windows CHKDSK does.

http://1serverproxy.cn/Avast-Home-Edition-Free.html

Answer 7

if I was you I wiil choose Norton AntiVirus 2009



cause Norton AntiVirus works quickly and quietly in the background, and requires little memory and system resources.



http://www.antivirusroot.com/Norton-AntiVirus-2009.html

Answer 8

i say the norton internet security net 2009 (if you like it)

Answer 9

norton internet security is the best and my laptop works faster than ever

Answer 10

Avira Antivir or Avast. They are both free and very good. http://download.com/

Answer 11

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php





http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

or

http://free.avg.com/

Answer 12

avira antivir, scans and gets rid of most viruses and trojans



http://download.cnet.com/Avira-AntiVir-Personal-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10322935.html?tag=contentBody;mostPopTwoColWrap