Good Antivirus that wont "trash Ac15"? Anyone know of any?

[rob2218]

Well...now with all that "reinstall Windows7" nightmare somewhat behind me....anyone have any idea of a good Antivirus software that wont turn in Malware? One that behaves with AC15?

[Karl Ottenstein]

I imagine you'll hear someone recommend most products on the market. 😉

I'm very happy with the current (and last couple of years) versions of Norton Internet Security / Norton 360. Very little system impact, even on an ancient laptop. A plus of Norton 360 is that it also includes some (optional) tune-up utilities to regularly empty out the temporary file folder, can clean up orphaned registry entries, schedule disk defragmentation and a bunch of other stuff. Has a cool start-up manager that is better than editing Windows startup file - as it lets you disable startup items you don't need at all, but delay by some minutes the launching of startup items that are helpful but not essential - making your Windows computer restart to a usable state much faster than otherwise.

One weird Norton thing is that its Live Update feature only downloads updates for the current product. But, every user is entitled to a free upgrade to the current product during their 366 day license period. For some reason, this is a manual step that I'll bet a lot of people don't know is available. Click Support > Check for New Version to get the download link.

3-license packs are often on sale, making them a good value. (I got one for $20 recently) ... but note that while you can install on 3 computers ... the license expires 366 days after the FIRST installation ... so putting a copy on another computer 6 months in to your license period only gives you 6 months coverage on that computer.

Cheers,
Karl

PS There was a time when the Norton products were big resource hogs. Tried MacAffe at the time and found they were piggish too - both memory and CPU. Back then, Norton would often hang up with Live Update failures that required time consuming troubleshooting and uninstallation / reinstallation. I've not had any of those issues in years now.

[KeesW]

We've used NOD32 for over 5 years and it has never created any problems with Archicad. Not a bad virus checker either!

[Anonymous]

I assume you mean for Windows. I haven't used anything on the Mac side for many years, though I may try out Mackeeper which includes virus along with a bunch of other clean up and back up functions.

For Windows I've been using Avast for years. Very happy with it. You can try it for free and even keep using it for personal (noncommercial) use if your willing to reregister every few months. It seems pretty slim and inconspicuous aside from the voice telling you "virus database has been updated".

[Anonymous]

avira antivirus premium 2012 !

Great price great protection !

[Anonymous]

We have used Quick heal Total Security for years with no issues. It has PC tuner, registry cleaner, trace cleaner etc

[Dennis Lee]

Am I the only one using the free one from microsoft? It's worked ok for me so far. It's called Microsoft Security essentials.

[vistasp]

Dennis wrote:
Am I the only one using the free one from microsoft? It's worked ok for me so far. It's called Microsoft Security essentials.

I use Security Essentials on my (non-critical) netbook but Avast on my production desktop.

Matthew, I turned off the infernal voice notification in Settings > Sounds because it interrupts my music while I'm working.

[Anonymous]

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