what is the best anti-virus?

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  1. IM1

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    can i have your opions about what you think is the best anti-virus?
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    I think new Kaspersky6 with proactive protection and NOD32 with good heuristics are good.
     
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    what do is better?
    avg free edition or nod32?
     
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    Well, if you like AVG you should use it but when it comes to malware detection rates, NOD32 beats AVG easily. But NOD isn't free :(
     
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    so is nod32 better then?
     
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    Well, it's hard to say wich is "better" or "the best" because it is really hard to test how good the antivirus is in real environment. I mean that sure you can have an antivirus that detects 90% of all known malware, but if you get attacked with custom trojan / trojans it perhaps can't help you and you can get hacked. Or there might be a 0-day exploit and if you are unlucky you might become infected a trojan wich is hidden with rootkit technology and all antiviruses do no detect that kind of activity. So I think if you want a good antivirus, it's a matter of your personal experiences more than test results. If your antivirus has save the day many times or you haven't had any malware you should keep it.

    I have used NOD32 for a long time and I like it and it's features and you should definetely try it. I think there is a trial version available or something...
     
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    I think the best free one is avast antivirus.It works great, is updated constantly,faster than norton,less of a ram hog...on and on.Avast has been around since 1988 beleive it or not!

    If your interested give this link a look.http://www.avast.com/
     

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