What anti malware program is everybody using nowadays?

fmuellerfmueller Auckland, NZ Icrontian
edited May 2010 in Nerdery
I've made do with AVG free and the Windows firewall (Vista basic) on my laptop for some years. I thought I was fine, but last weekend I took the laptop out of town, and connected to the web in a hotel and at a friends place. To make a long story short, I caught something surprisingly nasty - now cleaned up - and think I might need something a little better to prevent this from happening again. Any advice?

Frank

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  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited May 2010
    I've been rock solid on all of my Windows installs with Microsoft Security Essentials + UAC on, myself.
  • clifford_cooleyclifford_cooley Arkansas, USA Member
    edited May 2010
    Watch my Internet habits, UAC tuned off, installed MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials). Heck right now I have MSE turned off as well.

    Lets just say I have all my data on a different drive. I have a system backup image. If by some chance I slip with my Internet habits, ten minutes restoring the backup image and I am back in business. There is no need for me to bottleneck my system with a load of AV's 24/7. When the time comes, I can fix it in 10 minutes.
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited May 2010
    Malwarebytes has solved any issue for me on client machines.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited May 2010
    Microsoft Security Essentials installed on all my computers and every friend/family/co-worker that I have to help out. No complaints yet.
  • JingallsJingalls Eugene, OR
    edited May 2010
    Been using Microsoft Security Essentials for a while now. It's been sufficient to date.
  • CantiCanti =/= smalltime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9K18CGEeiI&feature=related Icrontian
    edited May 2010
    AntiVir + Ad-Aware

    Malwarebytes has helped the 2-3 times something shitty got through.
  • fmuellerfmueller Auckland, NZ Icrontian
    edited May 2010
    I'll have to check out MSE. Wasn't really aware MS was offering a free virus solution. Very interesting.
  • RichDRichD Essex, UK
    edited May 2010
    Check out here
    http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/main-tests

    Last time I looked Avira had the highest detection rate but lost marks for false detections. I use it mainly because it scores well and I prefer the interface to Avast.

    AVG has become quite bloated over recent years and will impact performance. I use Online Armour free firewall and I also have Malware Bytes Installed (although it has no active components).

    I haven't looked at MSE so wont comment on its performance or security
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