Best Anti-virus?

[Hacking_Beast]

Hi, some days ago a huge virus took my comp outta buisness and now I want to prevent that from happening again. I want the best quality I can find. Anyone can tell me which anti-virus (I don't mean free) is the best so I can go buy one? McCafee? Norton? Something else (I doubt it)? Thanks!

 

[cry0KiD]

norton 2k4

 

[Darkmatter]

This is kinda ironic coming from someone with you're name.

But yea, Norton 2004 would probably be the best way to find viruses. But there's online Virus Scans too if you don't feel like buying Norton. Check the stickies in the Tech Forum section.

 

[raDixGhost]

I always liked MCaffee better than norton. For me norton always made my computer slow, and they both did about the same things.

 

[CelestialBadger]

When you got the virus did it says something like:

ALERT! Your system is shutting down!
------------------------------------------------
System failure (fm58.res)!
System failure (shell32.dll)!
System failure (windows.cta)!
System failure (blur.dll)!
System failure (wna.exe)!
System failure (fm03.res)!
------------------------------------------------
Data lost: 67904 files.
Cause: Hacking_Beast, you downloaded a virus, dumbass.

 

[Kaldaris]

AVG Resident Shield.


www.grisoft.com

Its free.

 

[Hacking_Beast]

lol,

1)I don't hack its only a name
2)Even hackers can get viruses

Kaldaris, I had AVG bfore but it doesnt recognise the new viruses.
I think I'll go to the shop and check the cheapest and buy it

 

[Kaldaris]

Originally posted by Hacking_Beast
lol,

1)I don't hack its only a name
2)Even hackers can get viruses

Kaldaris, I had AVG bfore but it doesnt recognise the new viruses.
I think I'll go to the shop and check the cheapest and buy it

I hope you werent being a dumbass and forgetting to update it at least 3 times a week.

 

[Hacking_Beast]

I did update it.

 

[Sogeking]

symantic is another good one, if your goign to get norton antivirus, get norton securtity as well.

 

[Kao]

Just get Norton Antivirus 2004 and Firewall 2004. I have both of them on this computer, and no virus yet. They self-update about 2 times a week, and Firewall notifies me of anything trying to connect to the internet. Add in Ad-Aware, and you have some pretty damn good protection.

 

[AxL]

I have used Nortan but it is a system hogger.

 

[Iliaran]

the best protection is abstinence ...dont let viruses get in your computer in the first place...get yourself a firewall.

 

[c9h13no3]

AVG is ass. Norton 2k4 is probably the best, but it costs money. For trojans, Tauscan and The Cleaner are pretty good. I've used both, and both worked really well. Avast 4 is probably the best anti-virus software that's free, altho, I don't have personal experiance with this one. Just word of mouth from friends and such. And the best way to keep trojans from getting out is a Firewall. ZoneAlarm is <3 for that purpose.

 

[drax]

Norton works okay for me. I scan every once in a while and cleans up random crap on my PC.

 

[x42bn6]

Norton 2004, but McAfee is a good alternative for lower-end computers.

 

[ShaftedTwice]

I hate Norton, but it works best =)

 

[Re'coil]

No one AV program can protect against every virus, get a well known brand, and a freeware program, Hackers usually try to get through the well known majorly distributed AV programs, so the freeware will pick up w/e Norton/Mcafee doesnt catch.