Anti-Virus Software

[stuartw]

Its that time of year again when I need to renew my Anti-Virus Software.
Currently I am running Norton Internet Security (5 licence package).
I need to be able to install on multiple machines, hence the 5 licence deal.
Any recommendations, packages to avoid etc?

Cheers.

[MatJohnson]

If you HAVE to pay for something, Kaspersky, failing that, go for Avira free and just disable the nag screen.

Nortons got a massive processor footprint, the other 2 above haven't, it doesn't detect a massive amount. We use Kaspersky at work and its fine, I use avira at home and on family pc's and that seems to work well.

[blue_pinky]

Dump Norton as fast as you can throw that new Proline B4.1 shell in the bin for being the ugliest thing on the planet!

Kaspersky has been good for me on the paid front, and I've heard very good things about Avast on the free side...it's picked up more threats than Kaspersky on the 2 machines I have to compare them on, so that can't be a bad thing!

[markwilliamson2001]

NOD32 is da bomb....
If your tight Microsoft Security Essentials is free and worth a look. To be honest though, the best anti-virus out there is yourself....dont bittorrent, open random emails etc etc...

Hope this helps.

[poopers]

I use Microsoft Security Essentials on all my systems, can’t think of a reason not to, tbh. It’s every bit as good as any pay one, and has a very small system footprint. Win win I guess.

[njc11]

Another vote for Microsoft Security Essentials..

I used to run Norton stuff...not any more!

Just tap it in in google and download for free from Microsoft!