Just had a security scare (although I think it was a false alarm).
What antivirus software can people recommend?
I used to use Norton but found it got in the way of stuff, constantly asking for permissions etc. In some ways just as annoying as having a virus in the first place in that it renders your machine less useful.
I am not currently running antivirus and have not done so for quite some time.
Computer seems fine and I've never noticed a need for it.

Until now.

Any recommendations?

AVG Free Edition (my favourite): http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free

If you have some money to spare, many people swear by NOD32: http://www.nod32.com.au/

By the way, great choice for ditching Norton. It's sometimes degrades your system more than viruses.

Just got PC-cillin here, not a bad program, all round protection including email, spyware, firewall. Plus the licence covers up to 3 pc's.

Avast!

SAV corporate. We get it free from work. I was using BitDefender before that, I thought that it was quite good.

Yeah Norton home product sure do suck but the SAV Corp is ok.

For home, I just read in the APC magazine that Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2007 is apparently very good - this is thier complete package BTW i.e. include spam scanner, virus/worm scranner etc etc. 3 x users license for $99.95 AUD for 1 year isn't a bad deal at all.

I personally use AVG Profressional at home.

last edited by Opec at 08:03:47 18/May/07

NOD32 for work.
AVG for home.

Kaspersky (now that I've figured out not to use their iStream NTFS s***e)

Second here for AVG ... seems to do the job.

OpenAV

NOD32 seems to work alright and is not bloated like Norton.

AVG for Home, Trend at Work

AVG for home and work.

same as fade

Norton corporate...

did use AVG but it gave me the s***s....