Vista - Which Anti Virus Works Best With Vista

Just wondering

"Brandon Mahler" <mahlerbrandon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23jYp8uk$JHA.4168@xxxxxxTry AVAST. Their home version is good and it's Free. Stay away from Norton
and McAfee.

Brandon Mahler wrote:Bitdefender IS 2009 works very well with both Vista and Windows7 - it's
not a resource hog either...

Guy

And don't forget Grisoft's AVG, available at a no cost download for home
users:

http://free.grisoft.com

Saucy


"Brandon Mahler" <mahlerbrandon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Brandon Mahler" <mahlerbrandon@xxxxxx> wrote:
Try just using Google.

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:09:17 -0800, "Brandon Mahler"
<mahlerbrandon@xxxxxx> wrote:

It's not a matter of which works best with *Vista*, it's simply a
matter of which is the best anti-virus program.

If you are willing to pay for a product, the best anti-virus program
is NOD32. If you want a free one, I recommend Avast, which is not
quite as good as NOD32, but still a good one.

And by the way, the two worst products are perhaps those that are best
known, McAfee (next to worst) and Norton (worst).



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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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There is no "Best". At best, there is a "Best of the month". You can check this website for comparisons: AV-Comparatives - Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software - Welcome to AV-Comparatives.org

"Keith" <kilowattradio@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:s4q4m.333446$6p1.155950@xxxxxx-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com...Norton is a resource hog and causes more problems than it's worth. Best to
stay away from Norton.

On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:00:08 GMT, Keith <kilowattradio@xxxxxx>
wrote:

Many people I trust have reported that NAV 2009 is considerably better
than earlier versions. Although they may be right, my view is still
that given Symantec's terrible products and terrible reputation in the
recent past, I will stay extremely skeptical of anything they do for a
considerable period of time.

Let me also point out that with almost any poor product of almost any
type, not everyone experiences problems every time they use it. In
fact, I used to be a NAV user myself (several older versions), and
since, like you, I had experienced no problems with it, I generally
pooh-poohed the advice of those who told me how terrible it was. But
when I saw others experiencing the problems with it, and started
having such problems myself, I very quickly changed my views on it.

I continue to recommend that everyone stay as far away as possible
from all Symantec/Norton products.


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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I run Norton IS and Norton Ghost since several years on 4 systems without any problems. Especially Norton IS09 is excellent. The Symantec on-line support is also pretty good. If I were you, I would not go by hearsay.