What is the best Anti-Virus for Windows OS. *DELETED*

Post deleted by MrSaffron

NOD32 on a fresh XP install.

Yep NOD32, they do a free trial.

Also worth a mention is antivir (by avira), they do a free version, its almost as good as nod but it gives off more false positives.

Avast do a free version that works excellently..

People are going to say different things as different people thinks different software is better. I liked Comodo, and still think it is very good, but it did get a bit annoying as it kept sticking up dialogues for almost everything I did, I expect with a bit of configuring it would not do that.

The one I am using on this machine at the moment is AVG, it seems to do the job.

Both of the above are free.

But I do think that if your computer is too infected then you are best to do a clean install and then add on a AV before you connect back to the net.


If you want to go for a well known commercial one then Nortn and Mcafee are a lot6 better than they used to be, I installed Norton onto a Sempron machine with only 1GIG of ram for someone and it seems to work ok, not my choice mind you.

For many years, I loathed Avast! I've been won over by recent releases and have installed it on numerous systems. However, if the OP's computer is virus-ridden I'd urge data backup and a clean install of the Windows OS.

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

The one I am using on this machine at the moment is AVG, it seems to do the job.

I used to use AVG but then they screwed up the auto-updates and hid the free installer. I use Avast! on all my home machines now.

I`v been using PC Tools Internet Suite for a long time and never had any problem with it.

I thought that AVG did use a bit more resources than they needed, but it seems better. I never had any problem with updating, bu6t you are right they do try and hide the free version. I liked Avast,, I used it for over 12 months, but for some reason I stopped using it, but can't remember why.

av-comparatives.org are independant AV testers. They produce regular reports like this one that compares the most popular anti-virus.