Virus software

Based on what some have said i deleted Mcafee (made the computer slow) and downloaded Avast. Have to say it's been sweet so far.

Bit Defender 2009 is golden for me, processing power minimal yet it scans every and everything. Removes all the cookies as well!

I use Norton on one maching and Kaspersky on another, check regularly on the sites they have some good deals now and then.  I bought Kaspersky at half price!

I use NOD32 Smart Security Edition which is light on system resources and seems to detect threats well.
It includes a Firewall and updates regulary.

I've used a few AV's and my other recommendations would have to be Kaspersky/Bitdefender or even try the free AVG.

My computer broke and the repairer gave us a tip with ours.

He said that McCafee was pretty poor and was slowing the computer down quite a bit. He reccommended software called Cloud, which I think is relatively new. I'm not quite sure how it works but apparently everything is taken care of away from your computer 'in the clouds' meaning that nothing is slowed down when the software is in use.

I have been using McCafee and it is sh*t, you cant do anything if its scanning or updating, any good free stuff out there

I have been using McCafee and it is sh*t, you cant do anything if its scanning or updating, any good free stuff out there

I've been using AVG and Spybot search & destroy (both free) and they seem quite good.

Cheers Dmasta

AVG is great Venison, so much payed for the full version, has Identity Protection too.

AVG is great Venison, so much payed for the full version, has Identity Protection too.

Cheers RedPuppy will give it ago

A good place to go is CNET.com. Go to the downloads section and you can find just about everything you need and a lot of it is free.


I use AVG for Anti-Virus.

Malwarebytes for Anti-Malware.

Advanced System Care- for Spyware,Cookies,Optimizing,Registry checks, Privacy Sweeps.

Its all free and works great. 

I am currently looking for a new firewall.  I only have the regular Windows Firewall and the one associated w/ my router.