the best anti-virus/internet security software

[Jadarite]

Hi all, Other than bit defender which is the best anti-virus/internet security software that people would use personally or reconmend and is there any time of year that is best to buy these sort of things. many thanks in advance

[TCates90]

I'm using Comodo Internet Security Premium. It's an AV, Firewall and Malware all rolled into one. It's decent to have running in the background.

The only time I notice it is when it does the weekly scan.

Keeps me safe. Mind you, unlike some I don't go on any dodgy sites or download/install anything I don't know what it is

[Gilbert93]

Some people may call me mad, but i don't use any antivirus at all, and i don't get any viruses. So long as you know what you're doing and you don't click on dodgy stuff you should be fine

[Pr3d4t0r]

best free id say komodo av and firewall, might aswell use komodo browser

paid probably kaspersky

i use ms essentials myself

[SieB]

There has been quite a few threads on this

I use Microsoft Security Essentials. It's free, made by the people who made Windows, for Windows.

[jamesriley94]

Originally Posted by Gilbert93

Some people may call me mad, but i don't use any antivirus at all, and i don't get any viruses. So long as you know what you're doing and you don't click on dodgy stuff you should be fine

How do you know you dont get viruses if you dont have AV to tell you?

Free, I'd use MS essentials, because it runs completely in the background.

I use McAfee atm though because I get it free from BT broadband and that runs in the background too.

I'm pretty confident saying they all near enough do the job well. I just dislike the ones that over-do scanning, and let you know all the time that they're scanning this and scanning that. That's my one complaint about McAfee, although this BT one seems ok, but every time you plug a memory stick in it gives you the option to scan it, which maybe ok for some people but just annoys me slightly.

I find the flaws that they all have dont actually affect their ability to block viruses, just annoy you slightly

[SPS]

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[dugdiamond]

rather than start new topics... please continue older ones'

it will be much easier for other members to see everyone's views and opinions in ONE op, rather than having to search many threads and then commenting on each of them.

[Jadarite]

Originally Posted by SPS

http://forum.overclo...__fromsearch__1

Originally Posted by dugdiamond

rather than start new topics... please continue older ones'

it will be much easier for other members to see everyone's views and opinions in ONE op, rather than having to search many threads and then commenting on each of them.

In part i would agree with you but things in the software market change month to month, it would be like talking about windows xp and expecting to find out about windows 7 also to stop thing from becoming stagnet new post like this pop up in the recent topics which lets other people know what people want to talk about at the time they are online, so not that i really had to but i thought i would just share my veiw point

[KING_OF_SAND]

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