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[Princess Chica Ami]

So what is the best antivirus that you guys are using?
And what are your scanning times of each of your antivirus?
And do you really need an antivirus?

Let the debates begin.

[Reacon]

I doubt I need it, but I keep MSE running, because better safe than sorry. I scan once every few months with spybot, but that's it.

[+warwagon]

Personally I like Avast Free. I've tried MSE just never really been a fan, always seemed to be CPU hog.

[Flae_qui]

Kaspersky all the way for me

[+kpo6969]

MSE for me.
Scan with Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware when I feel it needs it.

[spacer]

avast! free

Using an anti-virus is like locking the doors to your home. Bad things can still happen whether you lock them or not; but, it's harder for such things to happen if you lock up. No anti-virus will keep you 100% safe, but it's easy and painless to use one. So why take an unnecessary risk?

[rippleman]

for the last 4 years i HAVE tried something that has kept me 100% safe. I sure questionable websites, download tons of warez, keys, codes, cracks, play wow, surf porn etc etc etc and not once in 4 years has a virus brought me down... and i owe my thanks to Malwarebytes Pro (realtime version) and google chrome.

[+warwagon]

rippleman, on 28 February 2012 - 20:53, said:

for the last 4 years i HAVE tried something that has kept me 100% safe. I sure questionable websites, download tons of warez, keys, codes, cracks, play wow, surf porn etc etc etc and not once in 4 years has a virus brought me down... and i owe my thanks to Malwarebytes Pro (realtime version) and google chrome.

Yep I also have Malwarebytes Pro. It's a beautiful thing!

[PurpleHaze420]

ESET NOD32 Smart Security

[Tom]

Best: MSE, Avast, Kaspersky.
Worst: AVG, Norton, McAfee.

[+CPressland]

OS X.

But on Windows - MSE.

[Seizure1990]

Norton and McAfee are piles of crap. So is Trend Micro.

If you're going to buy AV, then get Kaspersky. I haven't personally seen MBAM in action but I've heard great things about it, and the free manual scanner certainly works well.

As for free, get Avast. The rest are mediocre at best.

Edit: In response to the above post, if OS X is an AV, then that one is crap too.

[myxomatosis]

I'v been using Microsoft Security Essential for about 12 months now. Quite happy with this antivirus, since it's free and made by Microsoft. It's light, non intrusive, fast, updated regularly and won't slow down your system

Was using NOD32 before switching to MSE because I won a license, and I was happy with the product too, but it's not free and my license was expired.


Anyway the best antivirus will always be the user and his/her judgement.

[fanel89]

I've been using Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition and currently its successor, Symantec Endpoint Protection. It negatively affects the start-up time of my laptop but once it's up and running, it's fine. Never had problems, I visit questionable sites with malware and it would provide great protection.

[COKid]

So, what does the OP use? Me, I use a combo of MSE and Sandboxie.