Which antivirus should I choose?

[Dart81]

Hello!
I'm new here..... and I would like to know some opinions about antivirus.......
I have to choose one, and I'm very uncertain.....
Norton Antivirus 2004
NOD32
Antivir
Avast!4
......and others......

It's not much important if it's freeware or not....I only want the best
So many people speeks not so good about Norton.....and you?
They especially tell that Norton is very heavy and clumsy, but i'm not sure that it's a problem if I have an Athlon 2500+ with 700MB of DDR RAM....
However I have heard that NOD32 is very good......

Thank you!
Bye

 

[Praetor]

Realistically any of them should do the job although I'd reccomend Norton If you can get the Norton Corporate version (check a local university for licensing... you can prolly get it for $5-$25 there) which is clean-cut, has unlimited updates and does it's job well

 

[Lorand]

Installing an antivirus downgrades your cpu by up to 20%. And what for? It could not detect the newest viruses unless you update it very often. So what do you choose: running your computer at slower speed all the time and wasting time updating the antivirus, or once in a while reinstalling your system?
Since my first pc (1992) I never had any antivirus program, and never had any virus either. Only twice a year I check my system with an online antivirus (finding no trace of viruses )...

 

[Praetor]

Installing an antivirus downgrades your cpu by up to 20%. And what for? It could not detect the newest viruses unless you update it very often. So what do you choose: running your computer at slower speed all the time and wasting time updating the antivirus, or once in a while reinstalling your system?

Huh???? It's not like you're downloading updates 24x7 dude .... 20% drop for 5 seconds... whoopee.

 

[nomav6]

I dont buy virus scanners either, but not for the same reason as Lorand, I just try to save the money and us the online scanners to find out what type of virus it is then do a google for it and find ways to remove it with out pay money for it, but this of course does take a lot of time, so if you don't feel like going through all the searching and everything else I would go with norton also.

 

[Lorand]

Ok, but what’s your opinion about this:
In the past we had an antivirus at the office. Every 6 months the licence expired and needed to buy the upgrade, or else the live update wouldn’t work. But shortly after the expiration date our computers got infected with a new virus, which couldn’t be detected or cleaned by the old version. And this thing happened almost regularly forcing us to buy the upgrade...
But since 4 years we use no antivirus program and we had almost no viruses since then.
So is this a pure coincidence, or just marketing (the antivirus created the viruses just after the licence expired)?

 

[Dart81]

Thank you for your equals,
However, I am sure about a thing: I WANT an antivirus!
I know, there are some people that don't use it like Lorand....but I can't understand how they are never infected by nothing.....I've tried to navigate without an antivirus....and I've also needed to format my PC to remove all the mess.....no, I need an antivirus!!!(and it's not all, I'll use together an antivirus, and some tipe of Spywares like Ad Aware or Spybot...).

But now I only have to choose the antivirus.
So, it seems that Norton is the most reccomandable?As I suspected...but there are only a few comments....maybe i'll wait for some others repleys!

 

[Praetor]

Every 6 months the licence expired and needed to buy the upgrade

The license is only for the LiveUpdate feature -- you can still -- and should -- manually do the updates.

So, it seems that Norton is the most reccomandable?As I suspected...but there are only a few comments....maybe i'll wait for some others repleys!

Norton is a good choice and like I said, have a look around at universities and such they do have licensing that lets them give you corporate versions with inifinte licenses (not to mention the lack of cuteness)

Dart81:
A curiosity... how are you running your two memory modules at different speeds?

 

[Dart81]

Dart81:
A curiosity... how are you running your two memory modules at different speeds?

O, you are right, my memory modules runs at the same speed of 333MHz (the maximum possible for my MoBo), I only wanted to differentiate my two modules because one is a 400MHz RAM...but However it works at 333MHz!
Maybe the 400MHZ module will be usefull in case of overclock

 

[72montecarlo]

i dont think anyone mentioned Pc-cillin. Any one use it before besides me. lol. i had it before and it seemed to work well.

 

[ian]

i dont think anyone mentioned Pc-cillin. Any one use it before besides me. lol. i had it before and it seemed to work well.

I used that in the past, had some problems with it, so no I am not a big fan of Pc-cillin.

 

[Dart81]

A curiosity
Have you noticed that I'm not an englishman?
I'm italian and I have chosen to join with an english forum instead of an italian forum for learning better this language
I hope that you won't notice a big difference

P.s. Maybe I'll choose Norton 2004......

Bye

 

[ian]

It is cool to have people visit from every country of the world
Your english is good, if you did not have Italy listed on your profile, I would not have known.

 

[nomav6]

never used Pc-cillin but do visit the website to use the online virus scanner which is great

 

[Dart81]

It is cool to have people visit from every country of the world
Your english is good, if you did not have Italy listed on your profile, I would not have known.

Thanks
I'm happy that my english is good....and I'll do things like this to improve myself!!!

 

[Praetor]

O, you are right, my memory modules runs at the same speed of 333MHz (the maximum possible for my MoBo), I only wanted to differentiate my two modules because one is a 400MHz RAM...but However it works at 333MHz! Maybe the 400MHZ module will be usefull in case of overclock

LOL I was gonna say... geez! LOL If that was possible I'd go home and grab my A7V in a heartbeat

i dont think anyone mentioned Pc-cillin. Any one use it before besides me. lol. I had it before and it seemed to work well.

Never tried it ... looks to "cute"

Your english is good, if you did not have Italy listed on your profile, I would not have known.

Yep! It is quite kewl to have people from 'round the world visit here

I'm currently using AVG which is absolutely free.

Indeed AVG's free and does hold itself up quite well If you're interested in a free virusscanner, grab AVG (there are some others but they are obscure)

 

[doj]

hi i dont know much about pc's but learning slowly loads to learn. been on the net 2 years accept loads of files, downloads, e mails as i have kids. i use the avg 6.0 free adition and zone labs fire wall free again and it monitors an avg or somthing . i turn off to play games.
ps.
tell a lie i wasnt here one day and step son resived a file and my avg clicked saying virus click here to remove

 

[Dart81]

LOL I was gonna say... geez! LOL If that was possible I'd go home and grab my A7V in a heartbeat

 

[Grimulus]

I love Norton. Easier to use to me.

 

[cptnwinky]

Throw in another vote for AVG. Definatly a good free product.