Okay i just want to hear other peoples opinion. I want to know what antivirus program i should use to protect my computer. I want the best protection any antivirus program can offer but i dont want to have to sacrafice a lot of system resources. Which program is the best out of Norton (corp 10),Norton 2005, AVG Free, Bitdefender, NOD32, and McAfee? Why do you think this programs is the best? If there are any other programs that i did not list that you think is worth using, let me kno. Thanks for any help, Ryan. ps. I dont really like Norton because it uses to many system resources and really slows down the computer. But if it really is the best and the only way to go, let me know. ALso i dont want to use online scanning, i need full protection.

Nod32 is the best AV you can get, forget the rest... Unity is strength.

AVG FREE http://www.grisoft.com Also use on-line scanning: http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/

I use eTrust Antivirus. It's the one Microsoft included on their free Windows Update CD a few years ago. The link above has a button to download a free 1-year trial. Also, if you can prove you've subscribed to one of the other major AVs, you can get it at half-price - click on the "Antivirus" link on the LHS of the page. I've been using it for around 6 years, and love it because it's so unobtrusive. It has probably the smallest "footprint" of any of the better AV's, and the frequent automatic updates are small and quickly d/loaded. You hardly know it's there. In fact my boss asked me to recommend a good AV last sumnmer, so I got him to sign up for and download eTrust AV then and there. Six months later, he said "I really should get a good AV soon, I'm worried about getting a virus". Wondering what on earth was going on I checked, and there was the icon in the systray, bang up-to-date. "Oh THAT!" he said, "I've never had any messages from it". That's how a good AV should be - unobtrusive.

Well it seems you have lots of advice. So why not mine? I have used them all at some time or other and I have setlled for AVAST www.avast.com, its free, it checks for updates daily, and in my opinion detects more than any of the others. Ex IT Service engineer. Now retired

I like rom3356 have uses Avast for a number of year and found it be efficient. Never say Never Romeo Void Firefox 1.5.0.4 A Safer Browser Thunderbird 1.5.0.4

I'll third the motion for Avast. I paid for McAfee for 5 years for it's protection before finding Avast as better and uses little resources unlike McAfee and Norton. http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html You do have to register it but it is free. If they ever decide to start charging for it then I will pay. Bryan