Guys which anti virus is the most good? i using avira now keep detect virus even the thing no virus

avg free

if you want better anti virus....go buy full version product..you can find people sales it in garage sales thread...
or just download anti virus free edition(AVG) .... http://free.avg.com/my-ms/download-avg-ant...-free.tpl-plain

I use avast

free?
try MSE or Avira Free

guys thx for ur info.

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Added on May 30, 2011, 6:09 pmif i reformat my computer then i need buy again the product?

This post has been edited by imthebrand: May 30 2011, 06:09 PM

paid product (in this case, antivirus) came with personal serial number in which you use it to register/activate your installed antivirus. usually when you register, you will be asked to provide your email and other necessary particular so that in case you lost or forgot your serial number, or in your case, you format and reinstall your OS, you can ask to retrieve it (the serial number).

however keep in mind that the serial number should not be share with any of your friends or families (i mean using the serial number to install it to multiple computer that are not yours), unless you're buying multiple licenses/multiple copy of the product. misuse of serial number will lead it to be blacklisted.

thx for info

If you are thinking paid is better than free, than you are wrong. Cause I am one of those people using the free version and I am still protected. Here are my security setup up.

avast Free v6
Online Armor free v5
Sandboxie free (One of the first thing I install when format)
Malwarebytes
Eset Online Scanner
Panda USB Vaccine Portable
Winpatrol free
Neo's Safekeys (protection against keylogger)
Lastpass
ClearCloud DNS

Browser :
-Firefox with WOT, ad blocker plus
-Google Chrome with WOT, ad blocker
-Updated Java and flash


I don't believe in paying for security after finding out that my free combo works as great as paid suites or even better. If you really want to fork out money, I will suggest KIS 2011 3 user license. Heck even you can get kaspersky for free. How?
Read what I wrote here.

And there is no such thing as best antivirus. The best thing is the user is educated. Security software can only protect you so far. The rest is up to the user. If a user is click happy, there is no pint of having the world's best antivirus. Take Mac user for example. They are ignorant that their Mac is completely bulletproof, hence, a lot of them got infected with Mac Defender rogue.

AVG is still lousy. Not worth it.

How sure are you your computer is virus free? Submit that particular file to avira and see. Maybe is a false positive, maybe is not. They will tell you whether that file is malicious or not. That is one thing good about their virus lab.

Submit here.

This post has been edited by Ramjade: May 30 2011, 11:44 PM

u use so many anti virus? but i think avg also good

Those are not antivirus la. Let me list it down again.

avast Free v6 (antivirus)
Online Armor free v5 (firewall)
Sandboxie free (virtualisation)
Malwarebytes (on-demand scanner. In case something slip past)
Eset Online Scanner (on-demand scanner)
Panda USB Vaccine Portable (protection against USB virus. But my avast can take care of it anyway)
Winpatrol free (monitor any startup program. You can even disable them from starting up, delay them)
Neo's Safekeys (virtual keyboard - protection against keylogger)
Lastpass (Password manager - protection against keylogger and phishing sites)
ClearCloud DNS (filter out dangerous websites, phishing website)

Hope that is clear enough.
AVG I still don't trust. Until AV comparatives and Wilders forum people start giving it good grades, I will stay clear of it. AVG cannot even clean a virus inside the pendrive last time I tried it.

This post has been edited by Ramjade: May 31 2011, 09:19 AM

ohh...cause u dint write beside i dont knopw

Kaspersky is overrated, lol. Resource hogging and a lot of false alarm too.
If you practice a good surfing habit, even a free anti virus is enough already. I was using AVG Free for ages already, not even got infected before. Switched to ESET recently, due to AVG causes slow startup speed.

This post has been edited by kingkingyyk: May 31 2011, 09:38 AM

yaya agree about wat u say about kaspersky

i vote for avast

explain? o.o

it is light
and won't eat alot ram ~

TS , how you ensure tat thing is clean eventhough virus detected ?

hi bro. wat is ts mean?? u mean avira is mean bad too?

Just wanna ask anyone here caught virus while using free antivirus like avast, avira??
If those free antivirus could protect us, why there are still people buying paid version?

paid version is just added features, main point is see whether u use those feature or not.. take avira for example, free version does not include firewall, web page filter and email spam checking, only the paid version have

The weakness of the security can be patch by another type of security software. Avira no firewall, install zonealarm fix it. If you paid version, you don't need to think like this. 1 for all. Take example like KIS

Of course I understand there is more feature in paid version. Does that mean my pc is more vulnerable than those paid version?

Sometime I do think that those extra stuff might not be needed as my laptop has nothing special to be hacked. Not like the bank server.

i think paid version got more feature

vulnerable as in what? it can be vulnerable in hacking, vulnerable in virus.. if u know that u don't need extra features like firewall, then those free version is good enough. some paid version also offer more than just scanning out virus, they scan rockits too

Actually I am finding answer on, is it necessary for home consumer to buy paid version Antivirus while there is plenty of free one to use.
Is the free one provide sufficient protection to home user? I know paid stuff is good, extra feature , but do we need it?
Or to the end, it's about somebody feeling or perception that they might not be protected unless they pay something to protect them. So it might be just market scam that paid anti virus will not give extra protection.

May be I could put another metaphor, it's like wearing bullet proof vest everyday on the street.

agree wat u said

For your question, there are many types of home consumer so maybe some find free one is good but some find the paid one is good over the free one. Think that there are novice, advanced and expert home user. Also what home user do with the laptop. Some are using the laptop for the jobs, bank which is confidential and some are using just to play, surfing, watching movie so no exact answer for the question.

I must say it, actually you never need Antivirus if you never have internet access and you know well how the virus infect and prepare for the counterattack. Example, if the antivirus attack using autorun.inf when plug usb, you can use autorun eater to block it

If your laptop is nothing special, just use to play games, watching movie, no surfing, didn't exchange pendrive, why bother install even free antivirus at the first place?

Why do you want wear bullet proof vest everyday on the street if you know well nobody would try to shoot you




This post has been edited by badminto: Jun 2 2011, 04:01 PM

Wait for the next one. According to Wilders forum, Kaspersky 2012 is very light when compare to 2011. Detection rate also increase. It is like they are back on track.

+1. but most people as we know surf the net though.. unless those like senior citizen maybe less..

Nope. Not me. Never kena before. If got avast caught it. if avast didn't stop it, my clearcloud dns does the job. If that doesn't work, my sandboxie does the final job. Refer to my security setup. I help my friend to clean their pendrive as well. Sometimes, sengaja go and find virus to submit to avast virus lab.

My friend from Canada told me, never ever run a suite. Because all suite got weak points. So if you have a suite, the malware attack say the parental control section, your whole entire defence just go kaboom like that. His professor show to the class a test on all the suites weakness. How he compromise one section of the security suite, the entire suite collapse using his own coded program which the suites in mention didn't even detect it. He didn't even turnoff the self defense of the suites. You name it, Kaspersky, Norton, ESET, Bitdefender etc. He tried all. All also same result. But of course using different coded programs for each suites.

This post has been edited by Ramjade: Jun 2 2011, 10:55 PM

avast anti virus . been using it like more than 2 years already. provide smooth detection and background scanning

thx u guys. i already find the suitable anti virus for me