Best AV software?

[jbischke]

I've been slacking a little lately on the anti-virus front and need to kick it in gear again. I'd like something that's relatively cheap (or free!), low maintenance and reliable. I'm running Windows XP. Any suggestions?

[Mayo]

The best by the certifiers is the NOD 32 by Eset, i used AVG personal from Grisoft before i switched to Linux, it scored low from certifiers but it did the job, i compared NOD32 and AVG and they both recognized same viruses. I only don't know how would they score on new viruses, i think NOD would find most of them but AVG is constantly advancing and it's absolutely free for personal usage. Besides of that you should have a good firewall software like Kerio or Comodo firewall, and a Firefox with NoScript and AdBlock plugins - NoScript is especially useful because it stops malicious scripts to implant viruses and trojans in your computer.

Hope this helps.

[trekr5]

go to antivirus.com

Be prepared to set aside a couple of hours to completely scan your computer and then fix any problems found...

and the best thing? it's free!

[Jon]

I second NOD32. It's really effective and totally unobtrusive.

And once in a while, use Spyware Doctor in Windows' safe mode. It will find more malware than most other programs.

[jbischke]

Rocking. Just downloaded and ran NOD32. Thanks for the reco!

[odietamo]

My vote is for Symantec Corporate version 10.

It does spyware and antivirus. It also is very streamlined and unobnoxious.