Virus Protection - Your recommendation?

[loverboy95]

I am looking to buy virus protection for my computer. I have a program called Malwarebytes that is great at tracking and removing malware. It doesn't protect against actual viruses though. I was recommended Eset, but I want to hear more opinions. What virus protection do you guys have?

[+ azdr0710]

as recommended on this very board several years ago, I've had great luck with AVG....though there are good free plans out there all over, I spring for their ~$50/year plan so I can sleep better at night..... very happy and have had no apparent problems at all.....as usual, do a computer scan every several days, blah, blah......

 

http://www.avg.com/us-en/homepage

[bigvalboy]

as recommended on this very board several years ago, I've had great luck with AVG....though there are good free plans out there all over, I spring for their ~$50/year plan so I can sleep better at night..... very happy and have had no apparent problems at all.....as usual, do a computer scan every several days, blah, blah......

 

http://www.avg.com/us-en/homepage

 

 

Ditto...I use AVG also. Never had a problem. Azdr is right, if you go with them, spring for the extra plan. I have AVG scan my computer every day at 3 am in the morning.

[Scorpio]

Webroot at Home and Office

 

http://www.webroot.com/us/en/home/products/compare

[doitb4ugo]

How many times do we need to go over this. For the best virus protection use a condom....

 

OH the other virus protection....... NEVER MIND>>>>

[+ sync]

I have Symantec's Norton 360 ($79.00), and I couldn't be more satisfied. I also have Norton Mobile Security ($29.99) for my smartphone, and it has proved to be equally impressive. Glad to read the thumbs-up for Malwarebytes, I have that also.

[OneFinger]

I've used AVG. But, I've recently run into problems with it's updates. I currently use Comodo.

[maninsoma]

Which operating system are you using? When I still had a Windows 7 machine, I simply used Microsoft's Security Essentials. It seemed to do as good of a job as other antivirus software and it's free. Though the details are a little fuzzy to me, I guess Microsoft simply incorporated MSE's features into Windows 8.

 

The problem with some security/anti-virus software is that over time the code becomes so complex that it can slow computers' performance too much. I had to walk away from Norton and Kaspersky because of this.

[whipped guy]

Which operating system are you using? When I still had a Windows 7 machine, I simply used Microsoft's Security Essentials. It seemed to do as good of a job as other antivirus software and it's free. Though the details are a little fuzzy to me, I guess Microsoft simply incorporated MSE's features into Windows 8.

 

The problem with some security/anti-virus software is that over time the code becomes so complex that it can slow computers' performance too much. I had to walk away from Norton and Kaspersky because of this.

I have been using Microsift Security Essentials with Windows 7 as well, and it seems to be doing the job, and since it's a freebie the price is certainly right. I did have a bad experience with the free AVG version a few years ago. I found it clunky and a laptop got fried in the process. I also have had bad experiences with Norton slowing things down to a snails pace and when I dumped it things improved. However, that was many moons ago.

[+ WmClarke]

I have used AVG for years with no problems.

[loverboy95]

I have Windows 8.1 (which will soon be Windows 10). I am currently testing out a trial version of AVG.

[Rudynate]

I am looking to buy virus protection for my computer. I have a program called Malwarebytes that is great at tracking and removing malware. It doesn't protect against actual viruses though. I was recommended Eset, but I want to hear more opinions. What virus protection do you guys have?

 

 

Eset used to very good. It was a small program that ran very fast. I used it for years. Then they added all sorts of features and enhancements that made it clunky.

[rvwnsd]

I use McAfee, which my ISP provides at no additional cost. Never had a problem.

[loverboy95]

By the way, I would like to recommend Malwarebytes to everybody here! This program saved my computer so many times and I am eternally grateful to those who made it. My computer would have died without this program. You can use the trial version just to see for yourself.