what you mean by using avast antivirus make computer unstable. plz be more specific.

oh yeah..forgot to mention that I use Win 98 to install the av

when I install avast, whole system seems slows down... not sure why...this thing never happen when I installed Kaspersky or AVG (of coz, uninstalled every AV)

and when I try install ZA (with avast as AV), the computer seems ...perform ...very very slow... and sometime will make the computer hang..

What u mean it shows OUTDATED?
maybe tat's the latest virus update u can use for trial version?

NOD32 for me.

so which one uses less CPU resources? I don't want laggy startup or operation. Don't mind the price

That would be Norton Antivirus 2006...

hehe..jkjk...its AVG

Yah, maybe ur right. I already updated everytime I restart, it still show not updated for signature threads. Weird.

AVG Free edition not that strong.
Kaspersky Personal Pro has my vote. Better than Norton for sure. able to detect some virus that norton and mcafee left out.

you want really little ram eaters? NOD32 is worthy of praise.

Avast and ZA combo, laggy? very simple reason. Avast has that Virus Recovery Database or something like that. That process is like running Norton antivirus... You want protection and free (unless you want to do certain things... I rest my case), use AVG or Antivir. I've tried Antivir with ZA, no problems. Com should not laggy.

NOD32 gets my vote for using less CPU resources.

bitdefender 4 me... serves me good...

It actually depends on the review made and the user preference itself...
If u think that it is good then it is good...
Most AV nowadays are way competitive...
Almost the same act...

Talking about System Resource... definitely NOD32. You'll feel the difference during XP booting and shutdown. During Real-Time-Monitoring also can feel smooth program/software usage.

But for FREE AV... I don't recommend AVG...though ppl say it uses low system resource....try somethin else other than AVG coz it can't detect/clean new virus...even though the virus has been exposed for one week period.

This post has been edited by dgtel2: Jun 16 2006, 11:23 AM

erm... a noob question here. Does the latest NOD32 work with Windows Vista beta2 (32-bit/64-bit)?

always refer to their website at http://www.eset.com

Don't try Beta version of any programme/software for the sake of security reason. Even XP SP2 still has security holes after 2 years commercial release.

Betas most of the time have compatibility issues and so on and so forth. You using Vista Beta now? Most likely you need to read up and try it urself... Not many here have a copy ...

Uses up the less RAM--- NOD32 is my pick.

Dear ekok,

Read here for ppl who wants to install NOD in Vista Beta

http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/180#more-180

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=132644

This post has been edited by dgtel2: Jun 18 2006, 06:28 PM

thinking of getting avast av for my pc but wonder if it hav the plugins for ms word like norton av does....is avast a good av??? what makes avast better tah other av softwares out there...care to explain guys

Have u use their trial version? u'll find ur answer if u install the trial version.

I'm currently using ClamWin from http://www.clamwin.com/. It is a completely FREE virus scanning software for Windows platform, source code is downloadable too.

However, it is a bit slow while scanning. maybe they can improve it in future version.

I've tried AVG and found certain viruses are not detected. Furthermore they are not entirely FREE, especially if you want to use it personally in your company.

NOD is not free leh.