What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

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"Doofy" wrote:

What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

Doofy wrote:
> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

Do a Google or similar search and compare. I have AVG free on some
machines and Avast another free and a very good AV program. I use NOD-32
on my personal laptop which is not a free program but IMPO it is one of
the best..Read what you can and make a decision on what seems best for
your situation...

"Doofy" <> wrote in message
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> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

There isn't a single "best Anti-Virus" because people have different needs
and the different programs each work in different ways and hence fit those
different people.

AVAST is a fair free product.
F-Secure make a good antivirus product
NOD32 is pretty good, as is Kaspersky Antivirus.

But I'm sure people here have horror stories about each of those, and
different suggestions for what product you should use (and some halfwits
will even claim their preferred one is "the best")... and until you try a
few of the options and see which one fits you and your situation you'll
never be sure you've found the best one for you. Why not take a look at the
ones I suggest above while you wait for more suggestions?

Avast or AVG .... both have Free home versions and work well
with Vista. I prefer Avast.

http://www.avast.com/

http://free.grisoft.com/

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Doofy wrote:
> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?

Free version - Avast
Paid version - NOD32
Best overall - NOD32

Just my opinion having tried many as well as researched many more. My
experience is that proper configuration is they key and rarely is the
default configuration the best on most machines. For example, real-time
e-mail scanning can often cause problems with e-mail programs, is almost
never of any benefit, is redundant with real-time file system protection
and is mostly just a marketing gimmick. Yet it defaults to being
enabled in most AV applications.
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If you subscribe to internet access with either Verizon, Comcast, Or MSN,
you should get a Complementary subsription to McAfee, which is more and more
"vista capable" every day. It is a pretty reliable program, with the
occasional "This problem requires your imput" for something like a bad
update.

But all in all, it does keep goons off of your computer

If you do have one of these providers, check out the "security" tab
somewhere on the browser or the providers homepage.

Tim



"Tom Porterfield" <> wrote in message
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> Doofy wrote:
>> What is the best Anti-Virus For Vista?
>
> Free version - Avast
> Paid version - NOD32
> Best overall - NOD32
>
> Just my opinion having tried many as well as researched many more. My
> experience is that proper configuration is they key and rarely is the
> default configuration the best on most machines. For example, real-time
> e-mail scanning can often cause problems with e-mail programs, is almost
> never of any benefit, is redundant with real-time file system protection
> and is mostly just a marketing gimmick. Yet it defaults to being enabled
> in most AV applications.
> --
> Tom Porterfield

Tim wrote:
> If you subscribe to internet access with either Verizon, Comcast, Or
> MSN, you should get a Complementary subsription to McAfee, which is more
> and more "vista capable" every day. It is a pretty reliable program,
> with the occasional "This problem requires your imput" for something
> like a bad update.
>
> But all in all, it does keep goons off of your computer
>
> If you do have one of these providers, check out the "security" tab
> somewhere on the browser or the providers homepage.

McAfee is overly resource intensive and no better than more efficient
programs as far as detection reliability. They also have a less than
stellar record around causing other problems on the system due to
interference. As such, I don't recommend McAfee, even if free.
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