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Recommended Anti-Virus software

ScribemiteScribemite Registered User regular
edited July 2009 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
So my Norton Antivirus is about to expire and I want to look for something a bit less expensive.

Can anybody recommend some good anti-virus/internet security software that is not Norton or McAfee and will not go nuts if I play a game online?

I run Vista Home on an Intel i7 machine, have cable internet but connect my machine through a router. I am open to download the software or buy a box/CD.

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    wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Avast is good, and it's free. I used it until about 3 months ago.

    You could also try to get in on the Microsoft Security essentials beta, a Free, Microsoft made Antivirus. I use it on all my windows machines and it's actually pretty good.

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    ScribemiteScribemite Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Oh yeah, I forgot about Avast. I downloaded the free home edition and will try it until something better comes my way. I'll have to look into the Microsoft one too. I have not heard of that one before. Thanks much.

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    Dark ShroudDark Shroud Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    One that I've grown to like is the Comodo Internet Security suit. It's completely free and low maintenance. It's one of the few free AVs that auto updates on it's own, not to mention it has no problems with UAC.

    PC Tools is also a decent free AV.

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    ReitenReiten Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Antivir for anti-virus and COMODO for firewall.

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    NailbunnyPDNailbunnyPD Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    NOD32 for Antivirus.

    or Avast for free a/v.

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    Michael HMichael H Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    AVG Antivirus was the bomb diggity for a while. It was free and life was good.

    The latest version is pretty obtrusive though. It seems like any time I do anything it tells me "OMG YOU NEED THE RETAIL VERSION OR YOUR COMPUTER WILL BLOW UP!!!11!!"

    I would therefore not recommend it. I will soon be moving to Avast.

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    GPIA7RGPIA7R Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    MalwareBytes, very lightweight and powerful.

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    MorvidusMorvidus Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    NailbunnyPD wrote: »
    NOD32 for Antivirus.

    This. Try the free trial, and I'm almost 100% positive you'd buy it. The ONLY problem I had was a false positive from Win32/Genetik on a torrent i DLed, but that's because of bad definitions for that particular trojan.

    Also, I'm running Windows 7 RC, and there have been no issues with compatibility.

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    wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Morvidus wrote: »
    NailbunnyPD wrote: »
    NOD32 for Antivirus.

    This. Try the free trial, and I'm almost 100% positive you'd buy it. The ONLY problem I had was a false positive from Win32/Genetik on a torrent i DLed, but that's because of bad definitions for that particular trojan.

    Also, I'm running Windows 7 RC, and there have been no issues with compatibility.

    I actually tried NOD32, and had problems with Win7. IT just kept eating RAM. I'd leave it for 3 hours and it would be using 4GB of RAM.

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