Anti Virus & Spyware Removers

Monkey · #1 07-20-2007, 04:30 PM

We all know that Anti Virus and Spyware is a complete nightmare, so i was wondering what is the best Anti Virus and Spyware Removers you have experienced, i currently have AVG Free and Ad-Aware - I think these programs are alright but i just want to try some others.

attagirl · #2 07-20-2007, 05:21 PM

I would have to say that I think you are using the some of the best ones out there at least as far as I am concerned. I know there are many more out there that I have not tried. But I believe that if you are happy with what you are using and not experience any problems why change.

hazephase · #3 07-21-2007, 09:57 AM

I would say that NOD32 is one of the best and you can get it free or my friend gave it to me for free , there are other that I don't know about but I use this one

Hazel · #4 07-21-2007, 08:06 PM

I use AVG Internet Security, which is the full paid suite. It includes anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spyware and a firewall. The free version, which only includes anti-virus and anti-spam is still excellent though.

syphus · #5 07-22-2007, 06:25 AM

AVG And Ad-aware are pretty much the best free solutions out there.

We determined that Trend Micro PC-Cillin was the best commercial Anti-virus suit for customers back when I was lowly technician, but that was some years ago now.

It was a toss-up between Ad-aware and Spybot S&D, with Ad-aware the winner thanks to a cleaner interface and less of a penchant for reporting phantom malware.

AVG has come a long way, probably trading on Norton Antivirus' steady decline to sluggish, overrated, overpriced bloatware.

hazephase · #6 07-22-2007, 09:57 AM

I have not used AVG and did not know that it is free , I have heard of ad-aware and spybot , is there any site that has review on anti-virus ?

Hazel · #7 07-22-2007, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by syphus

AVG has come a long way, probably trading on Norton Antivirus' steady decline to sluggish, overrated, overpriced bloatware.

Yup, that's why I switched. The full suite is cheaper than Norton, and all their products are less bloated.

syphus · #8 07-22-2007, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by hazephase

I have not used AVG and did not know that it is free , I have heard of ad-aware and spybot , is there any site that has review on anti-virus ?

AVG offer free versions of their software. I understand that their free versions have a delayed pattern update cycle. Of course, in reality, unless you're a large network (or have a lot of spam-forwarding friends), this is unlikely to be a major benefit (at least, no bigger a benefit that reconsidering those friendships).

net.pro · #9 07-27-2007, 03:46 PM

To remove virus best is norton as I have tried all softwares including avg but they all cannot completely remove the virus except nortan.

ceprateek · #10 07-29-2007, 01:43 AM

Yes use norton internet security 2007 and keep updating it and also rum complete scan once when you install and after that you can use small anti virus like nod32 and kaspersky.