Which Anti virus is best to detect the virus?

I would recommend AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. It has never missed a virus on my windows computers or any of my client's computers.

I like Avast Home Edition (free)

I had a stubborn Trojan I picked up trying to get free software on P2P - Norton/Symantic that came with the machine was useless - Avast nabbed it.

You should also use AdAware (brand new 2008 release) and SpyBot

I like bit defender has a thing where if it doesn't like what it sees it puts in in a cage and watches it to see if it is trying to do bad things.

I use various anti virus and protection programs installed.

I am using avast at the moment, with windows defender and spybot search & Destroy.

I used to use AVG Anti-Virus Pro and Mcaffee Anti-Virus 2008 but then i had to reformat my computer, i was then to busy to reinstall those two so i stayed with the avast, windows defender and spybot Search & Destroy.

I would recommend where possible using more than one had an infection recently that 2 paid solutions failed to locate even though i knew it was on my machine lurking somewhere in the end after downloading an update for windows defender that surprisingly located and removed it straight away.

Any antivirus would be good guard having the latest update of the database. They all are approximately equal in searching of a dangerous scripts and programs.

I choose avast, it is rigorous and has never let anything pass by my system, and believe me, i have used many Anti-Virus programs.

From AVG Free, all the way to Norton 360.

Avast is one of the best, in my opinion, that is.

I have Avast Anti-Virus too. But sometimes it can't delete viruses.
I run Cure It free utility one time per week. It find some viruses and delete them. My friends recommend Avira AntiVir free edition also.

For general PC/internet usage most of the free ones are fine. AVG is well known and trusted, as are some others.

If you have very sensitive material on your pc, such as it's your business computer with client accounts and address and other details on, you might consider a purchased package.
kaspersky is one of the better ones I have tested.

The purchased packages give you more in the way of heuristics checking, which often find unknown threats or threats not yet in the anti virus database. Heuristics checking scans for patterns in activity and code that viruses and trojans use.

So they find any nasties even if they are not recorded in the database. Although they also often find things that are not malicious, just 'things that appear to be', so you only really need that sort of thing if you have the need for high security.

For my own systems I use Trend's AV. Been using that since around 2000, and on several occasions have seen it catch viruses that Norton and McAfee have both missed.

I have installed AVG for friend's systems, although it IMO seems to use resources a little more.

I just installed Avast on my brother's system he uses for only things like online banking and such (no fooling around or strange browsing). I had to go with that since it is actually a Win 98 machine.

All have their pros and cons, check them out. For instance, while I used Trend for many years, for "normal users" i didn't recommend it because sadly they were one of the last to implement automatic updates, yet it was quite good.

My last bit of advice, if you are going to try several. Make sure you completely uninstall one before putting on another. I have actually worked on systems that still had the 90 day trial of norton that came with the system, plus like a 30 day trial of trend, and then a free on on top of it. (And people wonder why their systems run slow...)

-Greg

I had to go with that since it is actually a Win 98 machine.

Here is an interesting experience I had with a computer just yesterday. This may help you decide what Anti-Virus to not get .

I got a call from a client concerned about several errors on his system, when I logged in to their computer remotely, I saw dozens of those email scanning boxes which means that incoming or outgoing emails are being scanned. The unfortunate thing was that all email programs were closed on the computer. Furthermore, I was getting several email sending errors from Symantec saying that some of the messages were being rejected from the remote servers because of spam and/or attached virues. Yes folks, this computer was infected with two viruses that was making the computer send out spam and other infected emails. I promptly called the client back and told him to pull the plug on his computer ASAP and had it brought to the office for cleaning. Not only did the corporate version of Symantec Anti-Virus fail to catch the virus, but it scanned every outgoing email sent by the virus and found nothing. There is no excuse for not catching a virus that spread in early 2007.

Symantec, yuck!

Symantec = Let's take over the world, let's start with users' PC resources, loading many drivers and having multiple svchost processes running.
Bloated, badly designed and not user friendly in my experience.
The built in firewall asks if it can allow its OWN program updater to connect to the internet. Erm, dur!

Hi,

I am surprised that no one actually mention NOD32 from ESET. They are the best anti-virus that I have ever used. It consumes less memory (unlike some anti virus with yellow retail box), and it actually works too!

Cost Wise:
Well it does not cost much different than the yellow box

The only disadvantage is that the AV only allows you to update your antivirus online, while the "yello box" allows you to download the update and patch it yourself.

I would recommend AVG.It's free and best security antivirus software.It is very fast and will not slow the system down.Highlight include automatic update functionality.

No question its NOD32.

I tried and avg and nod32. One virus corrupted nod 32 and avg couldn't detect it. Then I have bought Kaspersky. Now my computer is clean.

All anti-virus are not perfect but I would recommend Norton end point protection,,,

Its much secure then other free anti-virus...

Hi shilpamg...

I'm using McAfee from last 2 years and it detects and removes some dangerous threats among the internet that others failed even detect. All you need to do is just download the free version of it and update it once in a week. You will be pretty safe I think.

Avira seems to be working great for me. Please understand that things are always changing. A programmer friend of mine told me. There really is no final solution, because hackers sit around inventing new viruses daily, just for the fun of it. I use the free version of Avira and I also have a free "Zone Alarm" fire wall. The best protection is a "redundant back up," because I regret to say. Anything can actually happen. Back up. Then back up your back up is the senerio.

There are many people said Symantec or Nod32 or quick heal. But I m prefering Bit Defender its perfect for Computer Protection. But some told to you to use free edition but don't use free edition it is not capable for removing Virus. Its best to get Liecence Version
Thanks to all for sharing this information to me.

Somebody has to say it: use Linux!

I have an XP laptop which used to have variously AVG, Alvira and Bitdefender free editions. I took it to a computer repair shop as it was under warrantee and wasn't booting and the first thing they did was run a virus scan which led them to the conclusion that the hard drive needed to be reformatted!

Fortunately they asked me before going ahead and when I saw the Symantic log, it was full of false positives. Some of the programs which it said were viruses were programs I'd written myself!

Anyway, I don't have any AV program on my laptop at the moment. I'm a bit charry of the terms and conditions for commercial use and, additionally I can't really spare the overhead.

I'm VERY careful about sites I visit, I don't use an email client (I use gmail) and, if I need to use online banking I use a linux machine or dual boot into Linux.

Additionally, I run an AV program to scan the hard drive from my linux dual boot installation.

Puppy Linux can co-exist quite happily with windows and also comes with the F-prot virus scanner installed. Dual boot it from your windows partition, install it to it's own partition or boot it up from CD or flash stick.

The one i am using now is ESET NOD32.. The best antivirus. But kaspersky and MacCaffee also doing good ive heard.

I have used Windows computer for about 5 years - and in that time, I took it for {links removed} a couple of times dues to virus and blue screen. But since switching to Linux, I have not had any need for the {links removed} due to viruses.

My advice would be to either use a more stable OS like Linux or Mac.

Good luck.

Your best bet is to turn on automatic updates and keep all your software up to date. My anti-virus (AVG) has detected only one potential virus in over seven years of using Windows- and I have never experienced an infection, despite being connected to the 'Net about 8 hours every day.

Still, I wouldn't abandon the use of anti-virus software, as there's always a chance that a virus can get to you before the manufacturer rolls out a fix for a vulnerability...

A firewall is an application that prevents computer viruses. It is an application that prevents computer viruses from infecting your computer by preventing potentially outside connections to your computer

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Is it possible for an Apple Macintosh to get a virus,many of the Apple Macintosh users don't even run an antivirus protection program.Is it safe to do so?

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Hi,

I would recommend AVG.It's free and best security antivirus software.It is very fast and will not slow the system down

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In my opinion AVG antivirus is best to detect virus. It offers good protection and automatic updates. Avast anti virus is also best.

I have many people with as many reasons telling the pros and cons of as many antivirus software but in my opinion I would prefer Zone Alarm as an important friend of my computer.
It alerts and tells me of all activities my system goes through when my computer is on net.
Though this makes the net go slow a bit but this is the cost you have to pay for having security.
Rest, it is okay to have AVG or AVAST or any other software. Needless to mention Kaspersky which is the most potent software I came across.
The best way is to take the advice of your computer hardware man and go with it. My system gets infected as I go online but this is inevitable. Cannot have a complete protection and this is a fact.

AVIRA IS A GOOD!!!

I am using AVG Antivirus.

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I was originally a fan of Avast, but when I tried out MSE on a new Win7 install, I was very impressed.
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What about me,i prefer protect my mac and for it i use ProteMac NetMine. It’s firewall for Mac.It’s tool protects against viruses.

I am using AVG Anti virus for a month.I have recently installed it.I think it is good.

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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition would have to be my favorite anti virus

For mac u can use Protemac Netmine. I have Leopard and use it for protects against viruses and as firewall.It's helps me a lot.