I've been very happy with it. They sent me updates during the Heartbleed (?) virus and even alerted me when I went to some of my usual sites that may have been compromised or had not yet proven to be safe. It's expensive, but I wouldn't be without it.

Can't remember the name.

that and MalwareBytes protect me from lots of stuff.

so I have that one.

think this tablet came with Norton ,don't know if its working though .

downloading some stupid youtube downloader. I did what these smart DUers told me to do and got rid of it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/109513157

good luck

only because I am smart enough to take you computer guys' advice, not because I am actually smart

Pros: effective (I trust it more than Norton), much lighter than it used to be, firewall and other anti-malware tools included

Cons: it is on the expensive side, updates when you first start the computer can take a bit of time, web browsing slowed a bit by the Web AV

All are free, although Avast has been nagging me to upgrade to the paid version quite a lot lately.

Spybot R+D allows you to 'immunise' your computer, where known bad web addresses are set to 127.0.0.1 in your hosts file rendering them harmless. It's caught some malware that MalwareBytes didn't and vice versa.

They seem pretty committed to keeping their AV doing well in the test results. Lately their efforts are paying off.

They're not bloated like so many of the others are, too. Always found it to be a fairly lightweight program. Couple that with Malwarebytes and a few other routine scanners, and I've yet to have a problem.

Too bloated, with a noticeable impact on performance.

But I finally tracked down a problem I was having with Thunderbird mail to Avast. On one system it wasn't downloading any new mail for my pop3 accounts. On another system with the exact same software, it was. After exhausting just about all other possibilities, I finally thought of shutting down Avast, and lo! That was it!

The official fix is to go Avast;Settings;Troubleshooting;Redirect Settings and delete the port numbers, make sure "Ignore Local Communications" is checked and press OK.

As I said, the exact same configuration (or near enough) works fine on my other systems. Weird.

Come to think of it, I should post this in computer help and support.

I collect viruses, download them to 5.25" floppies, and then use them in collages.

Someone has to.

but the company for whom I work pays for mine. If I had to pay I'd use the free microsoft security essentials.

Also, use adblock on whatever browser you prefer that will take adblock.

I use Avast as the constant automatic system and internet guard; running more than one program as such can really mess things up. I use all three as manual diagnostics every morning. Doesn't take much time and I never had a serious infection.

ESET NOD32 AV or ESET Smart Security.

Nothing has changed since day zero that can't be comprehended by logical declusion.

Pros: Low cost (around $40, downloaded online). Gets excellent reviews. Scans & removes viruses. Good for removing duplicate & junk files too. Nice visualizations to clean up & maintain optimum performance of iMac.

Cons: None so far. Been using it about six months.

This virus is tough. The SUPERAntispyware didn't touch it.

Thanks for all the advice.

Has worked like a charm since a huge bug infestation last summer.

which is MacAfee.

Also SuperAnntiSpywareBlaster.

the last couple of years.

A virus got through AVG a few years ago and got the 'blue screen of death'. Frequent backups were a savior.

Microsoft used to sell a product that included tech support. It became too expensive and I didn't discover that until attempting to renew the license.

When we first signed for Comcast internet access, it came with a free MacAffee liicense. After installing it and struggling with it for a while it got deleted and then we went with Microsoft Security Essentials.

I used to use

rkill
malwarebytes
AVG Free

all free versions.

I got hit with some adware shit a couple of years and some kind people in the computer forum made some suggestions - which actually helped!

So, I added(!!!)

AdwCleaner
JRT (Junk Removal Tool)
RogueKiller

So, i run all 6!! Seems excessive? All of them are very short duration except Malwarebytes and AVG which take a while. And the time it takes to run them is nothing compared to the time I wasted trying to get of that crap adware.

I download rkill, AdwCleaner, JRT and RogueKiller from one site (bleepingcomputer.com) once a week or so. I update Malwarebytes and AVG and then set them going. No problems in a long time.