What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7

DJShamrock · Dec 8, 2009, 06:16 AM

Microsost Security Essentials is all you need now it's free.

If your a gamer and are willing to buy one get Norton Gamer Edition. I used it for a year and was happy. Very low usuage of ram and there was even a screen on the GUI showing how much ram it was usuing and shut down for games. I never thought I would give Norton a thumbs up but I can't bitch.

Mr cairo · Dec 8, 2009, 11:57 AM

Now using Avast antivirus beta 3 and so far its pretty fine

EZero · Dec 10, 2009, 04:47 AM

I personally use NOD32 ver 4. Seems to work fine so far.

For those who don't use antivirus at all I would recommend checking out this site VirusTotal - Free Online Virus and Malware Scan . You submit a file and they run it through all the popular virus scanners and then some.

MythicaL · Dec 10, 2009, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DJShamrock

If you're a gamer and are willing to buy one get Norton Gamer Edition. I used it for a year and was happy.

Yes, I was quite satisfied with that product. It was about time Symantec actually made a decent program.

comp_ali · Dec 10, 2009, 10:43 PM

Currently none , I figured that with anti-virus or not I will have to re install my OS every two months or so.

press · Dec 10, 2009, 11:22 PM

I use Avira free version and deep freeze

Krychek57 · Dec 15, 2009, 03:54 PM

I run AVG 9.0 in line with Spywareblaster and Spybot S&D. It seems to fit my needs.

swimtech · Dec 26, 2009, 05:26 PM

Norton really has gotten a lot better over the past year or two - just installed it on my daughter and son-in-law's new Core2 (T6600) laptop and I couldn't "feel" it running...

MythicaL · Dec 30, 2009, 01:23 PM

I've gone back to Norton AV (trying the 2010 version) just for the sake of running something in the background, and I am satisfied with it. Basically what swimtech said.

xProg · Dec 31, 2009, 10:29 AM

I use Kaspersky Internet Security 2010...It runs pretty damn good and I don't have any glitches or lags on my system with Win7 and KIS 2010. KIS 2010 gives more performance than other version of KIS and KAV (6,7,8), I am really impressed how it is running on my system..

crowTrobot · Dec 31, 2009, 01:42 PM

I use Avast on XP. I was using AVG until 2 months ago and I am very happy that I switched. Avast is lighter and more efficient.

Shaga · Jan 1, 2010, 12:50 PM

Stopped using AV clients some years ago. I still do some random scans when suspecting something but I really see no need for an active guard. If one knows how to use web, it's a problem free solution to stop using one.

Last AV clients I used were AVG free and Avast!.

|2A|N · Jan 1, 2010, 01:06 PM

I recently put Microsoft Security Essentials on my Aunts pc a couple weeks ago and the grandkids were over for Holiday break and they got a virus called winwebsec which Microsoft Security Essentials couldn't remove. I had to install Avast to get rid of it. Just a heads up.

Dec 8, 2009, 06:16 AM	#31
DJShamrock DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tennessee but from NY Posts: 206 Rep Power: 37 System Specs	Re: What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7 Microsost Security Essentials is all you need now it's free. If your a gamer and are willing to buy one get Norton Gamer Edition. I used it for a year and was happy. Very low usuage of ram and there was even a screen on the GUI showing how much ram it was usuing and shut down for games. I never thought I would give Norton a thumbs up but I can't bitch. __________________ My rap group. http://www.myspace.com/waxingpoetix

Dec 8, 2009, 11:57 AM	#32
Mr cairo F0rum For Humans Only Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Slightly to the left Posts: 1,780 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Re: What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7 Now using Avast antivirus beta 3 and so far its pretty fine __________________ *Please consider Sponsoring my wife for the race for life*

Dec 10, 2009, 04:47 AM	#33
EZero HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 119 Rep Power: 52 System Specs	Re: What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7 I personally use NOD32 ver 4. Seems to work fine so far. For those who don't use antivirus at all I would recommend checking out this site VirusTotal - Free Online Virus and Malware Scan . You submit a file and they run it through all the popular virus scanners and then some.

Dec 10, 2009, 10:43 PM	#35
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7 Currently none , I figured that with anti-virus or not I will have to re install my OS every two months or so.

Dec 10, 2009, 11:22 PM	#36
press HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 163 Rep Power: 38 System Specs	Re: What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7 I use Avira free version and deep freeze

Dec 15, 2009, 03:54 PM	#37
Krychek57 Long time lurker Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Parkland, WA Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	Re: What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7 I run AVG 9.0 in line with Spywareblaster and Spybot S&D. It seems to fit my needs.

Dec 26, 2009, 05:26 PM	#38
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Re: What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7 Norton really has gotten a lot better over the past year or two - just installed it on my daughter and son-in-law's new Core2 (T6600) laptop and I couldn't "feel" it running... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Dec 30, 2009, 01:23 PM	#39
MythicaL I like computers. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In front of a monitor Posts: 3,399 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Re: What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7 I've gone back to Norton AV (trying the 2010 version) just for the sake of running something in the background, and I am satisfied with it. Basically what swimtech said. __________________ Always knew I didn't belong in this world. I wasn't made for this. But I'll never forget those who betrayed me, and those who never failed my trust.

Dec 31, 2009, 10:29 AM	#40
xProg Beatmaker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Moldova, Chisinau Posts: 301 Rep Power: 31 System Specs	Re: What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7 I use Kaspersky Internet Security 2010...It runs pretty damn good and I don't have any glitches or lags on my system with Win7 and KIS 2010. KIS 2010 gives more performance than other version of KIS and KAV (6,7,8), I am really impressed how it is running on my system.. __________________ ¿ pɐǝɥ pǝuǝʞɹɐǝɥ ɥʇıʍ pɹıq ɐ ǝʞıl ƃuıʞool noʎ ǝɹɐ ʇɐɥM

Dec 31, 2009, 01:42 PM	#41
crowTrobot HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 699 Rep Power: 83 System Specs	Re: What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7 I use Avast on XP. I was using AVG until 2 months ago and I am very happy that I switched. Avast is lighter and more efficient.

Jan 1, 2010, 12:50 PM	#42
Shaga Intelligent Life Form Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 383 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	Re: What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7 Stopped using AV clients some years ago. I still do some random scans when suspecting something but I really see no need for an active guard. If one knows how to use web, it's a problem free solution to stop using one. Last AV clients I used were AVG free and Avast!. __________________ Server: Currently Offline

Jan 1, 2010, 01:06 PM	#43
\|2A\|N SE7EN57 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 358 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Re: What antivirus client do you use (if any) on Windows 7 I recently put Microsoft Security Essentials on my Aunts pc a couple weeks ago and the grandkids were over for Holiday break and they got a virus called winwebsec which Microsoft Security Essentials couldn't remove. I had to install Avast to get rid of it. Just a heads up.