Whats a very good antivirus

hmm... Adaware is good, Sophos, ahh its ok, Norton antivirus (Sucks, but cleans fast and deletes downloaded files with viruses) Virus Hammer, its fine.

thanks i want to see what other people put too then ill choose the most talked about one

Norton and symantec are good.
I wouldnt recomend adaware because it deals with adware more than viruses.

Ad-Aware doesn't deal with virusses at all.

Also read:
Best Free Anti-Virus software.

Adaware is a great program to own, it removes Spyware and Ad-ware.. such as the evul: Gator Adware x.x

i have the system mechanic thing remove that for me.
system mechanic came with antivirus but it took like 14 hours

I personally use avast! Antivirus and I've had no problems with it. Plus, the home version is free

AVG.

i use norton antivirus

ya norton is good
makes my comp a bit slow on startup but still good

Norton Good? compared to what.though i cant complain, most versions i had of it have been pirated copies   but now i use a Antivirus called VET, its not just Australian Made Antivirus software, they also have a company in America An somewhere else, but there website is http://www.vet.com.au/ i highly recommend it,

AVG free edition.
if you want some very-user-friendly anti virus, norton anti virus is good. full system scan once a week is good enough to keep your system clean.

Norton Anti Virus 2005 , but I recommend buying Norton System Works 2005 with the antivirus. Great program. Matain and keep your computer running in top shape while being protected against hacking attacks, spyware/adware and all sorts of viruses. Very useful and reliable program.

thanks everyone

Norton antivirus sucks cause it lets almost everything through. I use f-prot and its awesome. Also NAV is resource hungry. NAV 04 requires about 15 - 18 mb ram (approx.) Really used to slow down my pc. So i switched to f-prot and it takes about 600 - 800 kb ram and runs 2 files. The autoprotect and scheduler the latter u can switch off.
Go to http://www.f-prot.com for more. It sayz that the min req. is that u should have a running windoze cause it that works so will this

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Norton antivirus sucks cause it lets almost everything through.

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Also NAV is resource hungry.

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I would say Kaspersky Anti-Virus



I used Norton antivirus (2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005) for more than 5 years and to be honest it's a good program.  One day my PC was hit with a virus that norton could only catch and couldn't delete and it kept annoying me with its pop-up alert window every while.

Norton had an upper hand over other programs due to its live-update feature, but currently almost every antivirus has that.

Kaspersky virus definition is updated every a few minutes without interrupting your work, and in case a new virus (or worm) is found, you can inform them and within 2-3 days they release a new virus definition.

I gotta say norton's ok but it ain't for my pc cause i have only 128 Mb ram so the system becomes slow. What were config's u were talkin bout cookie cause i used to use the default configs. When i put f-prot it found 2 viruses nesting in my pc.
Also since we are talkin bout av's. My friend had nav and it didn't show any virus. He removed it and put some other av it think avg ang it showed that there was a virus in the system restore folder. So is that a virus or is it incorrectly detected ???

I use McAfee Net Security 2005. And since when has AVG (Free Edition) ever been good?

i use VET antivirus pest patrol. i think its great it always detects viruses and gets rid of them.

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I gotta say norton's ok but it ain't for my pc cause i have only 128 Mb ram so the system becomes slow. What were config's u were talkin bout cookie cause i used to use the default configs.

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When i put f-prot it found 2 viruses nesting in my pc. Also since we are talkin bout av's. My friend had nav and it didn't show any virus. He removed it and put some other av it think avg ang it showed that there was a virus in the system restore folder. So is that a virus or is it incorrectly detected ???

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I use avast! anti virus.  I previousely used Norton but avast! is better

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I use avast! anti virus.  I previousely used Norton but avast! is better

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Thanks cookie. I configure all programs by myself but not in the case of av's cause i thats one softwaer i dont know much about. Sorry i replied so late and brought back such an old thread but i had to say this. I only got time to reply now. Thanks cookie. One more thing. NAV 05 ... will it really slow down my pc. And if yes how can i if i can not make my pc slow without compramising my pc's security. Can u plz help Cookie .

get more ram... 128mb is seriously too little. or like what cookie said, configure NAV 05 properly and it will not use up too much memory

AVG 7.0 rules. worth the money. i did have norton but AVG found sum viruses and trojans that norton didnt pick up. since den ive bin completely behind AVG.

i use zone alarm with anti-virus, a program that includes an award-winning firewall and anti-virus software.. i used it for about half a year now and my pc is still running in good condition! i only use a 128mb ram but it runs pretty quickly on my computer. I tried norton before and i think it's not as good because it takes up too much memory to run. i think ZA with antivirus can do as well as norton antivirus.. so i prefer ZA rather than norton

just get Symantec Antivirus Corp edition 9.0.2.1000
is the best and low resourse

norton internet security 2005, it sucks but sometime it's good. Normaly I use Panda Internet Security 2005 but sometime I exchange too norton internet security 2005

I have norton (i totally suck..) Mcafee security center 2004...Anti virus, firewall, Adware spyware removal and Spam filter..

I use NOD32 made my ESSET.

* John Anderton hopes a av war aint gonna start again
Newayz my answer is Norton Antivirus (Really well know and most ppl use it. But for me takes too much resources; I have only 128 mb ram so plz understand. I heard it can be configured but i dunno how to do it. I could screw up and let some virises thru so i dont do anything) and (The one i'm using now) F-Prot Antivirus (Uses only 500 kb ram and really effective and fast. Down side is updates are released every 24 - 36 hr. Dunno how but it does seem to find updates and download em. I have cable net so itz ok. Norton needs to be updated only once a week or 8 dayz so thats one up for NAV)

If u want free then imo AVG is good but for Free AV only

Pand Titanium 2005 is the best! Like PanaActiveScan

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I have norton (i totally suck..) Mcafee security center 2004...Anti virus, firewall, Adware spyware removal and Spam filter..

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I currently have Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 (Norton Antivirus 2004), Ad-Aware SE Personal, Microsoft Antispyware and Service Pack 2 for windows XP. All good. I advise getting a veriaty of Anti-Virus software. Quite alot of each target different types of viruses/adware/spyware and so some pick up what others don't.