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This may seem stupid but I'm just curious. What do you guys think is the best Anti-Virus program?
My favorite is McAfee.
Feel free to share your's.

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This thread highlights the tradeoffs people actually use when picking protection: detection strength, resource use, cost and simple comfort. leans toward a high-detection choice, values a free, low-impact solution, mixes products across machines, and correctly points readers toward independent test data before deciding.

Choosing a single “best” product isn’t reliable long-term. Pick by platform, threat model (casual web/email use vs. risky downloads or business endpoints), budget and support needs. Check up-to-date independent results for real-world protection, false positives and performance before committing — two widely used labs are AV-TEST and AV-Comparatives.

Quick practical checklist:

  • Enable automatic signature/engine updates and real-time protection.
  • Schedule regular full scans and scan removable media.
  • Avoid running two real-time AV engines simultaneously — conflicts and slowdowns happen.
  • Keep OS and applications patched, use a firewall, and maintain offline backups and a rescue/recovery tool.
  • If it’s for a business, consider central management and endpoint detection/response (EDR) rather than just a desktop scanner.

A final note: personal comfort matters — if a solution is configured, updated and actually used, it will protect more than an “ideal” product left disabled. Run a short trial in your environment, compare recent lab reports, and choose the tool that fits your workflow and risk tolerance rather than chasing a permanent wildcard “best.”

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Member Avatar for rmr

In my opinion, Kaspersky is the best.. well,so far..

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AVG works for me -it's where I have ended up.... it has not let me down, is unobtrusive, it is easy on resources and the downloads go thru every day faultlessly. No need for me to look at others right now.

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Hm. AVG is good. I have that on my desktop.
One of my good friend debates with me that Norton is better than AVG. I've tried to tell him the flaws in that program but he is content with what he has. As long as he doesn't get himself a virus using it, I'll leave him where he is. (For I don't like to get in arguments with my friends over stupid things like that.)

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Contentment is important. My AVG is free. That is important also.

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Contentment is important. My AVG is free. That is important also.

I know it is. I just don't want something to harm his computer because he has Norton. I've been told how virus makers make them so they track down comps using Norton, how the virus can over ride the scan so that it looks like it is scanning the comp, but in reality, isn't, etc.
Both my AVG and my McAfee were free. The guys at the place I bought my desktop put AVG on it free of charge, and a close friend of mine put McAfee on my laptop for free!!! :icon_biggrin: I'm glad I have cool friends!!!

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Wow Peter, really hitting it on the head aren't you?

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What you trying to say?

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Nothing really. Just thought twas interesting how you had references.

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I'm always interested in protection of my pc and the link from dani's blogs got my attention previously.

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