Comments on: What would be the best brand anti-virus protection software for a eight-year-old computer?

By: Rustin

Rustin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:38:00 +0000

For a free software I would say AVG. Try it out, its pretty nice.

By: puminator2008

puminator2008 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:30:54 +0000

The best anti Virus is AVG Anti-Virus

By: kenix_uno

kenix_uno — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:02:08 +0000

NOD32 or BitDefender. Don’t go for free antivirus programs on the net cause they might be the ones that kill your computer. These two have a 30-day trial. Try and decide whether they r any good… good luck!

By: iShorty

iShorty — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:38:23 +0000

NOD32, Is a good Anti-Virus.

Iv got Windows Vista and experienced some Lag with AVG.
Now iv got NOD32, And my computer runs fine and Virus Free.

By: hih i

hih i — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:24:43 +0000

What would you do with an eight year old PC? I see no other option besides the trash.

You certainly don’t need to spend more cash on this old PC.

People here will recommend AVG 8, but it provides a low 81%* detection rate and it has FALSE positives, that is non-viruses will be detected as viruses.

Avira in this case is a much better product providing a Higher detection rate at 92%** with No false positives.

By: rrvs3311

rrvs3311 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:49:37 +0000

The age of your computer does not matter, what does matter is how you use the internet and wether you keep your computer updated. Check to see if you have automatic updates on, it is on by default , this will keep your system up to date with security, however for an antivirus software, i would have to reccomend AVG antivirus, which is free at avg.com.
However i would also recommend installing spyware doctor as a backup for anything that AVG misses, you can get it for free here, just uncheck everything but spyware doctor.