Recommended VMFusion Antivirus Software

[technorev]

Greetings, does anyone have a good recommendation for an AntiVirus software for VM Fusion on the MAC. I've read that some of the AVS interferes with how VM Fusion functions. I would like to protect my machine but not afflict it. Thanks.

 

[TEG]

You mean, you are looking for an Anti-Virus to run in Windows. I would suggest CA (formerly Computer Associates) Anti-Virus or AVG Free Anti-Virus. I would avoid Norton AV like a plague.

TEG

 

[voxnj]

I use MircoTrend. It works well and doesn't bog down Fusion.

 

[plinden]

The latest VMWare Fusion 2.0 beta comes with a one year subscription to McAfee antivirus.

I've been using AVG Free up to now. Not that I've actually booted up my Windows VM much in the past few months - I've done so only to get Windows updates.

 

[TEG]

The latest VMWare Fusion 2.0 beta comes with a one year subscription to McAfee antivirus.

Do not under any circumstances use McAfee AV, it is nearly as bad a Norton... Bloatware.

TEG

 

[MacDawg]

I use AVG Free too

I'm not sure if it is any good... but I haven't had any problems

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[Loyalty4Life]

avast for sure.

 

[CLuv]

ESET NOD32 hands down

 

[Mac In School]

I vote for Avast.

 

[andyclhui]

I also vote for Avast. It's free and it doesn't eat up much CPU resources.

 

[erikistired]

i was using avg free for awhile, but it started acting up a bit, so i switched to avast. either one seems to work fine and are both free for personal use.

 

[davidleon]

Kaspersky Internet Security is good.

 

[pjrobertson]

I don't use anything. If something goes wrong I just reinstall the virtual machine or roll back (using the new auto snapshot feature) to a time when it was fine.

 

[boast]

do you remember what specific AVs you read that cause problems with vmware?