Im looking to upgrade the antivirus software on my windows 7 64 bit laptop.
Im running avg internet security 2011 atm and its letting to many viruses in for my liking
Whats everyone else using ?

A lot of opinion on this topic ... regularly does the rounds....
1). Get a good firewall
2). Use a vetting product to clean up email before downloading if this is a weak link
3). Choice of DNS can be really useful - it depends on your browsing and download habits...
4). Find out about sandpits - you can run your browser inside one and be attacked with no consequences -

I rely on this site as a basic reference...
Read around if interested - or go straight to the results table.....
www.matousec.com/index.html

Cheers
AP

End of the day it all comes down to your browsing habits and how wary/smart you are (although of course nothing is 100%). I didn't run any anti-virus software for about 10 years up until about a year ago, i'd put one on every now and then out of curiosity...never had a virus. The best free one in my opinion is Microsoft security essentials, AVG is bloatware as are most.

I also think if you are getting that many viruses you really need to look at your computer usage habits

Thanks for the help guys !
I mostly stream movies from the 1channel website alot which i know is virus heaven and browse seabreeze when bored.....
but ive never got 1 virus till today when i got hit with a truck load of em. Had to scan my computer 3 times to get rid of em all (i think i got rid of em)
and had a bunch of malware install itself on my laptop i had to manually uninstall......
No idea what went wrong today but thought i should take it as a sign that my software needs updateing :)

FlySurfer said...
PS: Macs are for homos, who don't know how to use a PC.

PCs are so 2005.

What's a computer virus? Can macs catch them?

adolf said...

FlySurfer said...
PS: Macs are for homos, who don't know how to use a PC.

PCs are so 2005.

What's a computer virus? Can macs catch them?

Yes Macs can and do get viruses. If you want the best AV get Sophos. However it's expensive. If you are a student or work for a big company there is a chance the organisation you are affiliated with uses Sophos. If so it's normally possible to subscribe to be updated on home computers.

I have had a netbook Aspire One for just over 2 years decided to test what would be the result if I had no antivirius for just acessing the internet on a regular basis with no email access.

Well to date no problems and faster access.

Linux!!

www.peerblock.com/
download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html?part=dl-85737&subj=dl&tag=button&v6=null&v7=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avast.com%2Ffree-antivirus-download%23FDI&v24=download.cnet.com&v25=FA

Node 32 if you can find an english 64 bit version

dump another hard drive in duel boot dont run any anti virus ;-)