Getting a new antivirus

jr.spikey SG · 2007-11-11T11:47:36+00:00

Symantec is quite good in terms of detection, and easy to use for newbies... but it eats up too much system resources...

jr.spikey SG

Hi everyone, my antivirus is expiring after 30 days and I would like to get a new one. There appear to be a lot of free ones out there that do a good job, can anyone help me with recommendations?

Basically, I am most likely to get Norton Internet Security if the free softwares do not serve an equivalent purpose.

Thanks!

abao SG

try avg free from grisoft

kenn3th SG

Avast Home edition (free)
Avg

Good enough protection

then download

spybot search and destroy for spyware

ndmmxiaomayi SG

AVG Antivirus Free Edition
avast! 4 Home Edition
AntiVir Free Edition
Comodo Antivirus Beta
PC Tools Antivirus

Note for Comodo - It's a beta software. If you are uncomfortable with Beta softwares, don't use them. They can be unstable at times.

And use only ONE antivirus program.

gigabyte14 SG

avg is enuff

free and good

LatecomerX SG

Kaspersky AV "Free" edition. Laughing

digicharat SG

Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

And use only [b]ONE antivirus program.[/b]

i use 2 antivirus software. avg and avast.
will it screw up my com? so far nothing happened yet.

LatecomerX SG

It may screw up if they scan each other's folder used to quarantine or backup suspicious files. Besides, it's sucking up approximately twice the amount of processing power from your CPU with little benefits, so it would be better if you would just stick with one instead.

digicharat SG

then what about those anti spyware?
im also using 2. avg and spyware doctor.

jr.spikey SG

Yeah, AVG has an antivirus and anti-spyware, can I use both?
(I find the avast! 4 most attractive, thanks mayi!)

ndmmxiaomayi SG

It's all right to use 2, if only one is running at one time.

You can make either one to be an on-demand scanner, the other for real-time.

Having 2 may conflict... I handled one case before, but luckily the conflict wasn't that bad. Just some random apps crashing. After removing one of them, it works smoothly.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

2 anti spyware doesn't conflict, just use up a lot of resources.

And tends to be confusing when it comes to alerts, especially if they detect something trying to make changes.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Antivirus and anti spyware are 2 different kinds of programs, even if created by the same people.

You can use both, not to worry.

avast! 4 is attractive... but I hate their nags... Laughing

ceecookie SG

For further protection download PC Tools Firewall Plus.Its free and can protect ur system quite well.

Thomas300 SG

i install that Avast Home edition and wanna start the scanning. Before that it shows me the registration keys and say 59 days left. Isn’t free? The days will count down de mah?

yiha093 SG

i think u dl wrong one
please approach mayi for more help Mr. Green

digicharat SG

you just need to provide email to them and they will send you the registration key of 1 year.
but have to do yearly according to their website.

caleb_chiang SG

I wonder how good is symantec... cos sometimes, I feel that avg is better...

Cos I also got 2 installed. but cannot bear to let go of avg... but can always uninstall and download again... Laughing

Thomas300 SG

Shocked i download from the link mayi give de.

Thomas300 SG

MuaHaha.. Can liao. Just registered and got the keys.