The Best Anti-vrus And Spyware Combination?

[singh1986]

I just wanted to know which is the best Anti Spyware and Virus combination out there?

I have Norton 2005 and Windows Defender (Beta 2) x86. Is that any good? or are there better alternatives?

[SATORi]

bhaji, go for kaspersky anti-virus, norton is history, and spybot search and destroy for adware etc, PM me for furture details, links :D

[Khalsa4ever]

Waheguroo jee ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo jee kee Fateh!

Why go for Spybot? It doesn't have a free realtime checker, which is really the only useful function. Defender blocks the spyware BEFORE you get it.

I use Norton too, it is probably the best, but sometimes a memory hog. I've used F-secure (aka: Kaspersky) in the past, but I honestly think that it was even a WORSE memory hog. That said, I say stay away from Norton Internet Security and those super huge suites because they use up TONS of memory. Stick with an older software, like 2003 or 2002 systemworks that you can still keep updated but doesn't slow down your system.

Waheguroo jee ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo jee kee Fateh!

[karan singh]

I use zonealarm security suite. its got everything. antivirus, antispyware, firewall, identity protection, IM security and more. I have been using it for one year now. never had any problem. And it does not use a lot of memory resources. I like it.

[SATORi]

well we all have our experiences, as for spybot, yes its not realtime, but if you get realtime appilations and hardly and spyware, your ram is just being killed for nothing when you can search whenever you want and close it again, as for the kaspersky lag issue, its not bad as norton is....things have changed but with norton, only more nastly things happening to your computer. It's a disease for me.

Edit: if you want to keep your pc as fast as it was originally, i recomment you to get jv16 powertools from http://www.macecraft.com/ you can try it out and if you want you can buy it (thats not what we all do in the 3rd generation ) PM for details ....

@Karan Singh: i used to use that software package a while ago too, it was good for as long as it was, i had some nasty viruses which some of them were not detected until a few months ago Oo and so i made my switch with the Kaspersky team, but to close this chapter, there is no anti-viruses, security that is 100% safe to any computer user.

[Bad Girl]

try AVG antivirus, that works better than norton :TH:

[Manchester_Sikhi]

Forget NORTON and AVG....I use McAffee...it's got everything in it you want. It doesnt use to much system resources and it readily finds and picks out viruses in things i download P2P. It also has a great firewall in it.

I was a NORTON fan for years, until I realised how hard they make it to remove from you PC and how crap it is in the long run. I never liked AVG...the interface wasnt too good and it never gave me enough options to customise. McAffee , like Norton, have been around for years....I'd use them!