what anti_virus programme in the best for computer

[seolinkgenie]

I know that Norton might rock, but myself personally, I can't tolerate the way it uses all of my ram and slows my computer down. I use spy bot, but that isn't enough. Is there anyone out there who knows of an antivirus program that will not eat up my bank account or my computer's capacity to function at a normal rate? Thank you for your time......

[thx4yrtym]

I use Bit Defender Internet Security on 3 of my 5 machines. ( 2 are now on the Network) . Note that the price is for 3 pcs. Been using this for 3-4 years and an pleased with it.

BitDefender Internet Security 2009

best of luck,

[dynocat]

I've used Kaspersky for about five years and never looked back.

[huggytree]

i use Norton and have had to reformat my hard drive 2x in the past 3 months due to viruses...thanks Norton...

[billbenson]

Norton's resource intensive.
Try Avast. It's free for personal use and I had good luck with it.

[KristineS]

I use AVG Free and have never had any problems.

[Business Attorney]

I use Avast on all my home computers and have had good luck with it.

[nighthawk]

half of my computers dont have a virus checker on at all, the rest have AVG. I find AVG tends to perform quite well when the PC is running, but slows the boot process down a fair bit.

I have used Avast and AVG Free in the past, and both were excellent. In the end I purchased a copy of AVG, at the time they were offering a 3 PC license for about £50, now they only seem to offer a single PC license. The full version comes with anti-spam, anti-adware and a whole host of other features, while the free version is just a virus checker.

As long as you keep your PC up-to-date, and dont open attachments from people you don't know, you should be fine. Using webmail rather than a mail client also helps keep you virus free.

[billbenson]

I clicked on a web site the other day that tried to install virus's or spyware. It wasn't a site you would expect and it came up at the top of a google search. I was searching for information on something, I forget what, so it wasn't really something you would expect. Might have been a .cn site, I'm not sure. The point is it came up in G and had virus's so emails and downloads aren't the only offenders.

[Dan Furman]

I use Trend Micro - easily the best I have ever used.

but these days, AV isn't enough. Super anti-spywar and MalwareBytes Anti-Malware are almost must-haves.