Which is the best anti-virus program to use – if you want to buy it?

[jill8beans2]

Thanks for the chuckles! It seems i have more homework to do. . . .

 

[think2nite]

I have battled several viruses this year and used a few free anti-virus, trojan and spyware programs. I got tired of looking through them all, so I talked to my friend who work with computers all the time about it and he said he would do a test.

He got several free anti-virus programs and installed them one at a time on a fresh system and infected them, then he recorded how many and which ones the anti-virus program recorded after a scan.

He told me that he had to wipe the systems and clone the drive from a clean one for each test, and that in the end most of them found a lot of the same spyware, viruses and trojans.

He said that the differences between the anti-virus programs were that outside of the common stuff they all found, each program had some viruses they didn’t find, and other found those but not other ones. He made a graph, but I don’t have a scanner so I can’t put it up here.

We looked at all the test and he felt that Cyberdefender was the best of the bunch because it found all the common viruses, and the largest number of non-common viruses.

Now, most of the free anti-virus programs he tried he said were either just scanners that would only remove the problems after you buy, or were 30 day or other limited version, but they all gave a good indication how the paid versions would work.

I bought and installed Cyberdefender for my computer (he got it for his companies systems also) since it seems to offer the best protection, for the best price with features others didn’t offer as part of the package.

My friend also told me that one of the things that he like about Cyberdefender is that it runs fast and that for a home user, the 24/7 computer help service could be very helpful.

 

[puddlemonkey]

I have battled several viruses this year and used a few free anti-virus, trojan and spyware programs. I got tired of looking through them all, so I talked to my friend who work with computers all the time about it and he said he would do a test.

He got several free anti-virus programs and installed them one at a time on a fresh system and infected them, then he recorded how many and which ones the anti-virus program recorded after a scan.

He told me that he had to wipe the systems and clone the drive from a clean one for each test, and that in the end most of them found a lot of the same spyware, viruses and trojans.

He said that the differences between the anti-virus programs were that outside of the common stuff they all found, each program had some viruses they didn’t find, and other found those but not other ones. He made a graph, but I don’t have a scanner so I can’t put it up here.

We looked at all the test and he felt that Cyberdefender was the best of the bunch because it found all the common viruses, and the largest number of non-common viruses.

Now, most of the free anti-virus programs he tried he said were either just scanners that would only remove the problems after you buy, or were 30 day or other limited version, but they all gave a good indication how the paid versions would work.

I bought and installed Cyberdefender for my computer (he got it for his companies systems also) since it seems to offer the best protection, for the best price with features others didn’t offer as part of the package.

My friend also told me that one of the things that he like about Cyberdefender is that it runs fast and that for a home user, the 24/7 computer help service could be very helpful.

You sound like an infomercial.

 

[nangiggles]

No anti-virus is going to protect you 100% that's why it makes me mad paying for it, Norton is worse than an actual virus, Mcafee sux, Kasperky is pretty good

I'd go with the free versions of spybot search and destroy + AVG

 

[puddlemonkey]

I'd go with the free versions of spybot search and destroy + AVG

That combo has always worked for me.

 

[think2nite]

You sound like an infomercial.

Golly, I am going to fly to Hollywood and see if I can replace the Shamwow guy!!