Question:
please suggest me which is the best antivirus till date.?
cooldude
2009-06-14 19:28:10 UTC
please suggest me which is the best antivirus till date.
Sixteen answers:
Ed G
2009-06-14 19:44:34 UTC
Your first answer is right about no anti-virus software giving you 100%. You really do need to use common sense. When browsing get WOT (web of trust) for your browser. That will go a long way to keeping off bad web sites. There really is no best anti-virus program. Here's a list of very good paid programs. Norton Internet Security, Kaspersky Internet Security, AVG Internet Security, Eset Smart Security, Avira AntiVir Premium. All of these offer very good protection.

The list for good free ones is shorter. Avira free, and Avast. Are both good but not very good protection. You will need to add a little more security if you go with a free program. But with the addition of a few free programs you can get very good protection.
Efrain
2016-08-24 22:23:23 UTC
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uday s
2009-06-14 19:55:37 UTC
the above two answers are right... THERE IS NO BEST ANTIVIRUS....

100% security is impossible....

though if u are willing pay for an antivirus then the following one are good the come along with comprehensive security pakages.

-norton

-kaspersky

-mcafee

-avira(pro)



if u are looking for free antivirus-

-avg(free)

-avst(home)

avira(free)



if u want better security when using a free... use a profesional firewall like zone alarm . or commodo even the older sygate work preety well.

&

use an aditional spybot remover like SPYBOT SEARCH AND DESTROY



note:-if u ever sespect ur pc to be infected but ur antivirus dosn't show any thing try using the online scanner like panda they give results in most of the cases
2009-06-14 19:45:42 UTC
What is the best Anti virus program.

There is not really a best one, because everybody has its own preference.



Best Antivirus in my opinion is

ESET NOD32 Anti virus



http://download.cnet.com/ESET-NOD32-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10185608.html



Your computer is not protected very well with just an anti virus program.

You need a Firewall, Anti spyware, Anti Spam, E-mail scanner etc.



Therefore the best thing to protect your computer is, installing an Internet Security Program.

In my opinion is this by far the best.

ESET Smart Security 4



http://www.eset.com/



I did purchase it and have no regrets what so ever. Worth every penny.
Y@hOO!! Answer!ng M@(h!ne!!!!
2009-06-15 06:40:18 UTC
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009.
Sachin - Ready Made
2009-06-15 22:58:57 UTC
AVG 8 free is the best, which has got 80 million supports in the world, the largest support ever



VERY IMPORTANT: people always comment negative things on AVG becoz they are fools and never used avg anytime before



whats there in avg?



Anti-Virus protection: It detects worms, trojans as well executable DLL files that could be potentially unwanted



Anti-Spyware protection: It protects you from not only spyware but even adwares and all tracking cookies



Email Scanner: It scans for incoming as well as outgoing mails and is compatible with any email client software



Link Scanner: consists of avg surf sheild and avg search sheild which identifies malicious websites



Resident Shield: It scans files when opened, closed and saved and it also scans for tracking cookies



AVG provides 3 types of scan

1)Scan whole computer

2)Scan specific files or folder

3)Shell extension scan (right click a file to scan)



AVG uses heuristics scan, it also scans system environment



Disadvantages

No anti rootkit protection: dont worry for anti-rootkit protection you can download the separate avg antirootkit tool of size less than 1 mb from here http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,65198-page,1/description.html



No customer care support: You can make use of the avg forums where u can definitely get help http://freeforum.avg.com





MAJOR BENIFITS using avg:

1) light weight, the updates size are also very small they will never increase your internet bill whereas all other softwares provides u with useless updates and useless definitions just to generate income out of the freeware



2) AVG will never slow down your pc
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2009-06-14 20:25:46 UTC
WHICH IS THE BEST MEDICINE TILL DATE?



the answer is simple no medicine can guarantee results because every human being will react differently.



SAME WITH COMPUTERS.



A SIMPLE KASPERSKY CAN HELP YOU



1 it depends on the operating system you use if its pirated than forget it the costliest anti virus even cant help



2 the second thing is the software you use, dont go for piracy



the cracks and patches are the gate ways for trojans and usb worms



3 watch the sites you visit



4 update your antivirus



THIS CAN HELP BUT MY ADVICE GO FOR LINUX



just migrate to open source

use fedora,ubuntu or any distro that u feel is good for you
2009-06-14 22:10:49 UTC
install avast antivirus.. its the best antivirus. it has all the options like online web scanner, antispyware. its effective for almost all the virus. has got regular updates.after installing go to avast.com and register there to get registration key for free. also install spybot search and destroy to give more protection to the system..



after installing, update the anti virus, run a full system scan and delete the virus found, restart the pc and there will be no virus in the system..

always install some anti virus so that it protects the system from virus and harmful trojans and all.. and the data will also be safe..

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DrDave
2009-06-14 19:33:41 UTC
NO virus protection is 100 percent. These programs give the user a false sense of security. The best deterent, COMMON SENSE. You use file sharing sites, ****, download freeware without reading the End User License Agreement explicitly, you are doomed for some malware.
2009-06-15 23:31:05 UTC
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

Protect your computer from viruses and malicious programs.





Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus

Detect and eliminate viruses, get free protection for home users.





Avast Home Edition - Free

Scan your computer for viruses, worms, and Trojan horses



http://collegeproxy.cn/antivirus-computer.html
jITIn_KKR
2009-06-14 20:41:04 UTC
there is no 100% secure antivirus.All antivirus will fail in one instance or the other but we can choose the best from that list.

Most of the good working require to buy liscence which is costly and if you r cracking the liscence then it would be difficult to update them.So among those liscenced versions i would prefer norton internet security and mccafe antivirus.

and if you cant afford them then among free ones i would prefer avira its free,dependable.

Another problem with the antivirus is that its virus guard\on-acess scanner will take a lot of ram and reduce system performance if your ram is below 512KB
2009-06-17 09:31:50 UTC
kaspersky internet security 2009 is the best there is, the best there was,best there ever will be:) Download the trial from cnet.com. Install and activate using key file http://kavkiskey.com



Pick the one that has blue CM



And when the key expires choose another one
vishal
2009-06-14 21:08:33 UTC
1) AVG Free Edition

http://free.avg.com/



2) Avast free for 1Year

http://www.avast.com/eng/home-registration.php
2009-06-14 23:31:09 UTC
best paid antiviruses.

1=avira security suite(paid one)

2=kaspersky 2009 or bitdefender

3=nod32 v4.
2009-06-14 20:58:43 UTC
best antivirus ( detections & removal ) :

AVIRA, KASPERSKY ,ESET, G DATA.



best antivirus (ease of use ) :

Norton ,Mcafee,AVG.



Average avtivirus :

Avast,Bit defender.





Worst antivirus (detections & removal):

Norton ,Mcafee.
2009-06-14 20:53:24 UTC
G-Data


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