What's the best anti-virus software?

[Krusty]

Since my copy of Norton Anti-virus expired and can no longer update it, I am now looking to find out what the best anti-virus software is that's out there.

I am looking for 3 main features:
1. Updates to keep me protected from new stuff
2. Low cpu usage. I don't want to be using tons of power to watch for accidental virus downloads that rarely happen
3. oops, I forgot what my third is. Guess I should not post until I'm completely awake in the morning.

 

[cjlax5]

my guess is #3 had something to do with price. i have heard AVP is the best but i dont have it, and dont know how to use it. i use norton and am ****ed that i have to pay for the updates...

 

[pcgirl]

I've had really good luck with Trend Micro's PC-cillin 2000. It notifies you when updates are available, and can automatically download them if you want it to. It has a really straightforward interface and isn't too much of a cpu hog. I've used Norton and Mcafee antivirus programs also in the past very extensively, and PC-cillin is by far my top choice.

 

[NASsoccer]

i am running norton 2k2 but i would love to get my hands on the new version of Panda.

 

[Krusty]

I've had really good luck with Trend Micro's PC-cillin 2000. It notifies you when updates are available, and can automatically download them if you want it to. It has a really straightforward interface and isn't too much of a cpu hog. I've used Norton and Mcafee antivirus programs also in the past very extensively, and PC-cillin is by far my top choice.

Oh, that reminded me of what my third question was about! Pc-cillin came with my new 8kha+, so I installed it. For some reason, there are like 3 different programs pc-cillin runs that is always trying to access the internet through my firewall. That is one of those things that bugs me. I don't like programs calling home or doing stuff without my permission.

Any chance that you know what the different parts of pc-cillin trying to access the net are supposed to be doing? I am not sure what I should be blocking and what I should be allowing.

 

[pcgirl]

Any chance that you know what the different parts of pc-cillin trying to access the net are supposed to be doing? I am not sure what I should be blocking and what I should be allowing.

I leave the web security and web filtering features turned off all the time. I had them enabled awhile back and it really slowed down my internet connection....when I turned them off, everything was back to normal.

 

[Krusty]

cool, thanks. I'll try it out.

 

[Kendan]

I run AVG. uses very low system resources it is free and they email you when updates are available. You can update from within the program to make it easy.

 

[Topo]

Computer Associates - Innoculan. You have to figure that if they write the fixes, they have to know how to prevent them...Or atleast provide the quick updates...