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What is the best antivirus software for Windows Vista?

pinoybigo asked:

I just got a new laptop and it has Windows Vista. With my old laptop (Windows XP), I’ve used Trend Micro Internet Security and it worked great. However, I’ve heard Trend Micro doesn’t work too well with Windows Vista, so now I’m looking for another anti virus software. I’ve heard different opinions from different people, so it wouldn’t hurt to hear more. Basically, what is the best anti virus software for Vista and why? If possible, give pros and cons.

Right now, I’ve narrowed down to 3 choices: Trend Micro (because I’ve used it before with XP) , Norton (because it has received great reviews for the 2009 version, and Kaspersky (has been known to be reliable but expensive, but the 2009 version has been taking hits from users)
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I just got a new laptop and it has Windows Vista. With my old laptop (Windows XP), I’ve used Trend Micro Internet Security and it worked great. However, I’ve heard Trend Micro doesn’t work too well with Windows Vista, so now I’m looking for another anti virus software. I’ve heard different opinions from different people, so it wouldn’t hurt to hear more. Basically, what is the best anti virus software for Vista and why? If possible, give pros and cons.

Right now, I’ve narrowed down to 3 choices: Trend Micro (because I’ve used it before with XP) , Norton (because it has received great reviews for the 2009 version, and Kaspersky (has been known to be reliable but expensive, but the 2009 version has been taking hits from users)

Also, does the type of anti virus software you use affect the laptop battery performance noticeably? I know some use more of the CPU memory which in turn uses more power, but is the difference great?
Also, does the type of anti virus software you use affect the laptop battery performance noticeably? I know some use more of the CPU memory which in turn uses more power, but is the difference great?
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8 Responses to “What is the best antivirus software for Windows Vista?”

  1. Iain on July 24th, 2009 4:59 am

    I use Norton 2009 and I’m quite happy with it. I’d check out the PCMags reviews, as they’re usually pretty spot-on.

  2. brad payton on July 24th, 2009 12:57 pm

    its all of a muchness, i would bail out on all of them and go for AVG avast or similar.

    nortons will really slow you down, but my god its a pretty user interface.

  3. Trey K on July 26th, 2009 2:59 pm

    Even though it’s not on your list, in my opinion you should use avast! antivirus. It’s a great program for many reasons: it’s completely free, it’s not a resource hog, it’s virus database is updated periodically, and it has realtime monitoring of peer-to-peer, email, internet, and other things. I used to use norton (I had used it for many years and trusted it), but it’s quite slow compared to avast!.

    From another view, you should absolutely NOT buy norton 360. It’s terrible. It’s very slow, and it’s hard to disable certain parts of it if you need to (like the firewall, if you are required to for installing a program).

  4. Jessie on July 29th, 2009 7:50 am

    I gave up on Norton it slows the computer down too much. It used to be great but that is no longer. Avast finds too many false viruses. Go with AVG more reliable.

  5. pink_dolls90 on July 30th, 2009 4:01 am

    Why you don’t use AVG Free Anti-virus,Avast Anti-virus and Kaspersky. But Kaspersky is needs to buy but AVG don’t need to buy. You can download them free. Norton is not the best anti-virus,but it is a software that is best for detect virus.

  6. Joyce on August 1st, 2009 5:12 am

    Try Spyware Cleaner 2009 or Superantispyware. Not much gets past these two.Download.com.

  7. Jan S on August 3rd, 2009 12:25 pm

    I did test 5 different internet security programs over the last 12 months.
    Here is my top 3

    3rd place – Bitdefender Total Security – good – 8 out of 10

    2nd place – Panda Internet Security 2009 – very good 8 ½ out of 10

    1st place and in my opinion the best is
    ESET Smart Security.- did find infections
    the other programs missed – very good 9 out of 10

    The other 2 programs I tested, were Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 and
    Zone Alarm Security Suite. Both good program, but just not good enough to get in my top 3

    I liked ESET that much, that I purchased it and it is now protecting my computer very well.

    When you are looking for just an anti virus program, I would recommend
    ESET NOD32 anti virus

  8. Rakesh on August 4th, 2009 9:26 pm

    AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product , rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy to use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements.
    You can download this form