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Browse All TopicsWhat is the best antivirus for Vista Home Premium? I've been using BitDefender av 10 for XP SP2 and it worked really well in terms of efficiency and effectiveness, and while it technically (via a recent update kit) will work with Vista, I've noticed a huge decline in the speed of web browsing. I wouldn't mind if it was a matter of seconds, but I'm talking about hitting refresh on a page and then watching it take over 10 seconds per image on the page. As a web developer, this basically cripples my workflow. I know the problem is BitDefender because I first thought I screwed something up while installing all my Firefox extensions or other software. So i did a clean install of Vista and then proceeded to reinstall each of my programs, checking for the problem between each. I was able to conclusively isolate the problem to BitDefender. It really is a shame, because I've been so pleased with it. Googling turned up little to nothing.
Oh, also I'm not interested in anti-spyware or malware or firewall, just AV.
One final note... Please don't recommend Norton or McAfee as they both suck.
Thanks,
J. Gohil
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I appreciate the input. I should have noted that one of the best features of BitDefender was that it didn't sap all of my system resources like Norton or McAfee. My laptop is no slouch (Core Duo 2.0gHz, 2GB RAM), but I'd still prefer a reasonably lightweight AV. Could you give me an assessment of AVG's resource footprint?
Also, I'm going to leave this question open just a bit longer to see if anyone else weighs in.
Thanks again for your input thus far!
For right now, you have to buy the AVG to get 64 bit support - from their users forum:
"the current facts that for 64b support currently the users will need to purchase one of the AVG Pro products."
AVAST is still free.
AVG is good enough to pay for if there were no alternatives, but AVAST has worked fine for me since last Summer.
I don't see any reason to change - if I can save some money.
Vic
Another nice 64bit is NOD32. www.eset.com. They offer a trial so check it out. Good Luck.
I was going to suggest NOD32 too - Im running that on Vista Ultimate, havent tried any other AV software, but other Vista users have reported acceptible performance as well as unbeatable virus protection.
http://www.av-comparatives
check out their comparitives link - NOD32 is rivalled only by AVIRA Antivir with 53% new samples detected from their November 2006 tests.
Thanks everyone for responding! I checked out the various alternatives and settled on AVG Professional. I don't think I needed to pay for it, but I did so anyway since it was reasonable. It indeed has a very light footprint and doesn't seem to add any time to my normal tasks. I realize that the question is quite subjective so rather than deem one answer 'correct' I awarded points based on the solution I chose and the direct reply to my question.
Thanks again.
jgohil,
I know the scoring/closing of questions can be confusing, but you totally ignored simpswr's answer.
He was 'fustest with the mostest' on the AVG recommendation.
Please post a free question in the Support Forum to re-open this question for proper scoring.
"Splitting Points" is an option when you want to share the wealth a little bit, but his response was over 2 hours before mine.
Thank you.
Vic
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by: simpswrPosted on 2007-02-22 at 14:20:43ID: 18592116
I uer and reccomend AVG . . either the free or paid versions. You can also download a trial if you want to give it a test drive . .
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