best free anti-virus?

[anamznazn]

what do you guys suggest as the best free anti-virus program on vista? i've been using Avast for quite some time now...it's great at detecting viruses, but so horrible at actually getting rid of them. any suggestions?

 

[tersono]

AVG - it leaves most of the commercial solutions behind, too.

 

[stomer]

NOD32. Doesn't cost much. Doesn't pester me with nagging dialog boxes. Frequent updates. Doesn't hog resources. Always seems to rate highly in independent tests.

 

[iBecks]

I second AVG, their spyware program is quite good aswell.

 

[sreedy]

I second AVG, their spyware program is quite good aswell.

Yep I'll add my vote to both of those. I have installed Free AVG AV and Spyware program on about 6 or 7 Vista and XP machine for family and they are all happy with it.

 

[Flowero4ka]

I know that parallels have an offer - 4 things in one! One of them is anti-virus Kasperskiy! I think, it's one of the best anti-viruses 🙂

 

[Flowero4ka]

I know that parallels have an offer - 4 things in one! One of them is anti-virus Kasperskiy! I think, it's one of the best anti-viruses 🙂

 

[jeremy.king]

AVG

NOD32.

Both of these are excellent.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Both of these are excellent.

Adding another vote for NOD32. I use it myself, both on a Mac with a Boot Camp partition and a real Windows machine.

 

[northy124]

AVG And Spy-Bot Search And Destroy Together Make A wonderful Couple.

 

[The Menacer]

I use AVG and Windows Defender on my PC. AVG is awesome, and I've never had a problem with Defender.

 

[nikopolidis]

Definitely AVAST from Alwil software!
Runs perfectly and gives you reliable security! 🙂

 

[rake_mistry]

Hmm.... I'd have to go with Avast, mainly because the download for AVG Free always freezes on me, (possibly because it's so dang popular???), and so I had to use Avast. OK, now that that's over with, can anyone suggest ME a free anti-virus software that won't lag me while gaming??? I mean, with Avast, I turn off the on-access protection while gaming, because it lags me, BUT, are there any that DON'T lag while gaming, so I wouldn't have to turn off on-access protection??? Thanks.

 

[Stridder44]

Maybe I'm nit-picking here but I never like AVG as much as Avast! mainly because of looks. Yes, I know, superficial, but we're Mac users. We base a lot of stuff on looks. Don't get me wrong, both are awesome programs, but Avast! I think looks better UI wise.