[towser83]

Hi everyone

I know many people ask what is the best antivirus but I just wanted to explain what I need and see if I can get some recomendations and if people can explain the pros and cons of programs then maybe that will help me choose.


Basically I want something that'snot going to slow my computer down and is easy to use but obviously something reliable too. I generally use the internet for email, browsing social networking, some odd internet banking, someone else uses it for some online betting and I also download certain tv shows since my DVD recorder broke,and sometimes I stream tv shows or sports. Some of these torrent sites worry me so I feel I need something good and maybe not a free anti virus, but I could be wrong? A lot of people have recommended AVG or Avast free.

I'm happy to pay around £50 though.

I've heard a lot of people say Bitdefender is good, but also read that Norton is now very good and doesn't slow down systems. I was also interested in Avast's paid antivirus for the Sandbox option, can anyone tell me if it's worth it or if any other programs allow you to surf virtually through a sandbox feature?

At the moment I have McCafee for my laptop which expires soon (I take it the software will run fine but I just won't get updates) but people tell me McCafee is not very good so since I'm paying I'd rather pay for something that's worth paying for!

Thanks very much.

[LiveBrianD]

Microsoft Security Essentials and Avast Free are both great free AV programs. (note: do NOT use more than one AV program at once, as they can conflict and cause problems.) For removing malware, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is good. (this IS designed to work with other AV programs, and it's not real-time, so this is an exception.)