Antivirus for vista????? what to go for....

taken · 26-08-2007, 04:47 PM

hi all,

i have recently purchased HP laptop with vista ultimate OEM. well, it came preloaded with Norton Internet Security and its subscription is almost over. here, i want to know is, whether Internet secutity will do all the necessary virus protection if i renew it? i have searched Norton site and other AV sites also, but it seems that there is yet to be any version release compatible with vista. am confused now as to renew the Norton Internet Security or go for full fleged Anti Virus, I prefer Norton.

can anyone give me insight on this please. my computer is almost lame, i think so, without AV installed. but sure, have heard that vista is roboust in itself till date aginst viruses which might not be so in coming months. my whole work is in laptop, so needed this solution.

thanks in adv
ken

infra_red_dude · 26-08-2007, 05:10 PM

paid: kaspersky, nod32
free: avg, avast

Pathik · 26-08-2007, 05:15 PM

+1 for avg/avast

koolbluez · 26-08-2007, 08:39 PM

i'm runnin norton & avg simultaneously on my vista ultimate 64-bit rig

gxsaurav · 26-08-2007, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by taken

can anyone give me insight on this please. my computer is almost lame, i think so, without AV installed. but sure, have heard that vista is roboust in itself till date aginst viruses which might not be so in coming months. my whole work is in laptop, so needed this solution.

Use ad muncher for Blocking ads of internet, this alone solves about 40% internet intrusions.

Set Vista Firewall to "High" or use Zone Alarm free

Be careful when u open an e-mail attachment. Almost all web based mails come with an online virus scanner, so use them before downloading mails. If yoy use Office mails via something like exchange server then rest assured u can't get virus by mail as office filters them already.

If u still want an antivirus then use Either Kaspersky Antivirus 7 for Vista.

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Originally Posted by koolbluez

i'm runnin norton & avg simultaneously on my vista ultimate 64-bit rig

Why? Most virus are 32bit, they won't run anyway

BBThumbHealer · 26-08-2007, 08:59 PM

I m not running ne third party security apps for Vista Ultimate .... for me there's no need at all for it.. ! acc. to me , plz try once without ne antivirus or external firewall ...Vista's inbuilt security is nice !

taken · 27-08-2007, 11:01 AM

thanks all for ur valuable suggestion. at last coming to solution, i have installed Avast, as its free and have been using it on my Xp machine for past 5 years. performance wise, its ..... OK, that much protection is sufficient for home users.

ken