Antivirus software is synonymous for taxing your system: Have you noticed any Antivirus software to be better at this?

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Generally, the experts here have been recommending AVG and Avast, both of which are excellent free anti-virus solutions that do not bog down your system.

AVG Antivirus FREE Edition AVG Antivirus Free Edition is one of the most popular antivirus software programs out there used by many and also award-winning. I work at a computer repairs/services shop and we recommend it to our customers. The best part of this is that it’s FREE and does not use as many resources to run as other software like Norton which slows down a computer.

Before downloading and installing this program, you have to uninstall Norton or any other antivirus software you have. If you have more than one different antivirus installed and running at the same time, they will conflict with each other and not run properly and even slows down your computer even more. To uninstall a program on a Windows XP system: Click on Start at the bottom left-hand corner.

Go to Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs. Wait for the window to load and show you all of the programs that are installed on your computer and then search for Norton (or other antivirus program you previously installed) and other applications that were installed by your previous antivirus. Select those programs and click on Change/Remove and have it uninstall it.

When finished uninstalling those programs, restart your computer to have the changes take effect. Now you can download and install AVG Antivirus Free Edition. http://free.grisoft.com/doc/downloads?prd=aff Note on AVG: You can set it to automatically run test scans for viruses or you can disable it and manually run the scans yourself whenever you want.

Make sure that it is automatically set to receive updates on the software and virus database which will keep your computer protected up-to-date. One thing you will notice when using this program is that whenever you connect to the internet, it will update the software and virus database with a pop-up that tells you that AVG is retrieving and installing updates. It’s quick though.

Try it, I think you’ll like it because it seems to be user-friendly and carefree. I haven’t had any problems with it unlike other antivirus programs I’ve encountered that have conflicts with other programs and slows down a computer with too many useless features. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition AVG Free is the most popular free solution available at no cost to home users and provides the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers.

Easy to use, low system resources Automatic update functionality Real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run AVG’s Virus Vault for the safe handling of infected files AVG Anti-Virus Free is only available for single computer use for home and non commercial use. We invite you to join the 60 million users around the world who rely on AVG For other software from AVG, go here: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/welcome/us/frt/0 Sources: Experience .

Try ThreatFire (freeware) or Kaspersky ($$$)... (ThreatFire) From Lifehacker. Com (link): Windows only: Freeware, lightweight anti-spyware application ThreatFire monitors your computer for malware and blocks new threats in real time. There are a lot of freeware anti-spyware apps out there, but the difference between most of them and ThreatFire is the always-on, real-time protection—as opposed to on-demand scanning.

The catch is, ThreatFire does not do on-demand scans in the free version. All that really means is that you can download one of the many other freeware options (like AVG Free and Ad-Aware, for example) for on-demand scans and run ThreatFire to cover any immediate threats in real-time. ThreatFire is freeware, Windows only.

Everybody's got their favorite anti-virus and anti-malware apps, so let's hear yours in the comments. (Kaspersky) This is probably one of the best AV programs, but it's $59.95 for 1 year (link). Here's a recent news story about them (link): Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 Earns Top Award from Anti-Malware Test Lab for Rootkit Detection Woburn, MA – February 4, 2008 – Kaspersky Lab , a leading developer of Internet threat management solutions that protect against all forms of malicious software, announces that Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 , has received the Gold Anti-Rootkit Protection Award from the Anti-Malware Test Lab – an independent security software testing organization.

A rootkit is a program designed to take fundamental control (in Unix terms "root" access, in Windows terms "Administrator" access) of a computer system, without authorization by the system's owners and legitimate managers.1 A total of eight antivirus products were tested by the Anti-Malware Test Lab for the detection and removal of rootkits, including: McAfee VirusScan Plus 200, Symantec Anti-Virus 2008, Trend Micro Antivirus plus Antispyware 2008 and ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus 3.0. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 took top billing among all of the products and was the only antivirus product to win theGold Anti-Rootkit Protection Award. The test was conducted on a Windows XP SP2 operating system over the course of two months.

The purpose of the test was to evaluate the ability of popular antivirus programs to detect and remove both known and unknown malicious programs that use rootkit technologies to conceal their presence on a user system (e.g. , masking files and processes). The final stage of testing involved a selection of proof-of-concept rootkits."Malware authors have become determined adversaries and are increasingly leveraging technologies such as rootkits to advance their cause," said Jeff Aliber, senior director of product marketing for Kaspersky Lab. "The tests performed by the Anti-Malware Test Lab are of critical significance and underscore the importance of proactively protecting against this type of malicious content.

" Sources: http://www.threatfire.com, http://www.kaspersky.com .

Best found so far and it's FREE! Most of the time it's the software bundles that slow down your PC. Bundles that have anti-vrus, anti-spyware,firewalls, anti-spam,.... But by far the best anti-virus I have ever used is Avast!

It's free for home users, and I have used it for over 4 years now. It updates more frequently than any I have ever used, yet does not affect my computer performance. (I have IGB of RAM on XP SP2 home edition).

I have tried many paid anti-viruses, but Avast! Is the cream of the crop. Many people swear by AVG, but I stopped using them several years ago when they had major anti-virus update issues.

Since you are only as good as your latest updates, I couldn't handle that. So I switched to Avast! And glad I did.

Awil asks that you register your free version, but they never share your email, they don't spam you, and they do not ask for personal information such as bank account or credit account numbers. At the end of one year they will send you an email asking you to re-register. And they actually send you a product key just as if you bought it.

They will give you 60 days of the complete program before you need to register it. But I auto register as soon as I start the download. Once it's downloaded and ready to install, I already have the registration key in my email.

That way I don't risk forgetting to register it. I also use Spyware Blaster and WinPatrol for two more free tools to help protect my computer and neither of them slows me down either. I bought Counter Spy after using their fully functional free trial, but they are not the only good anti-spyware program out there.It too updates nightly and I like it better than any I have paid for.

What have you got to lose? Just remember you cannot have two anti-viruses on your PC at the same time. I would download Avast!

And not install it til I had uninstalled the other anti-virus. Reboot and install Avast! Reboot and log on to the internet and get all the latest updates before surfing.

See what you think. Hope this helps! Sources: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html http://www.winpatrol.com/ .

Avira I looked at a number of different anti-virus solutions when building my new PC. I ended up settling on Avira as the best combination of price (free), functionality, less false positives, and low system resource requirements. Generally, regardless of AV used, I would recommend turning off real-time protection and just being careful (that may not be an option if others, especially kids, use the computer).

Real-time protection is the biggest resource hog in any anti-virus program. If you are a little careful (don't run software you don't trust the source of, manually scan "iffy" files, etc) one scan per week is plenty. Sources: Experience .

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