antivirus software for vista?

[Yinghe Chen]

I switch to avast from symantec, since symantec 10.0 conflicts with vista.

Anybody using other good antivirus software? Maybe can recommend. thanks.

 

[Beck]

I switch to avast from symantec, since symantec 10.0 conflicts with vista.
Anybody using other good antivirus software? Maybe can recommend. thanks.

What was wrong with Avast? It might only be free, but it works.

 

[Roy Coorne]

What was wrong with Avast? It might only be free, but it works.

Nothing is wrong with Avast. It is only "free of charge for HOME
users for NON-COMMERCIAL use"
<http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html>.

Roy

 

[Alias]

Nothing is wrong with Avast. It is only "free of charge for HOME
users for NON-COMMERCIAL use"
<http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html>.

Roy

How can one use an anti virus for commercial use?

Alias

 

[Kerry Brown]

In addition to Avast here are some more AV programs that work with Vista

http://www3.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-virus/lng/us/tpl/tpl01

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5

http://www.eset.com/

My choice is nod32 from Eset. If you want free then AVG.

 

[MICHAEL]

NOD32 is also what I use on all my machines-
Vista and XP.


-Michael

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Upgrade to SAV 10.2.0.224. It works with Vista

 

[Mark Rae]

How can one use an anti virus for commercial use?

By installing it on a computer through which you make your living, like the
one I'm using to type this post...

 

[Mark Rae]

I switch to avast from symantec, since symantec 10.0 conflicts with vista.
Anybody using other good antivirus software? Maybe can recommend. thanks.

I'm using AVG 7.5 - works on pretty much all versions of Windows, including
32-bit and 64-bit Vista...

 

[Vicente Alvarez]

If my only life is chat rooms...
Does that count???

lol xD

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

For commercial use I recomment Computer Associates and eTrust AV 7.x (not
the consumer EZTrust).

 

[Mike Jester]

I'm running this right now on a Vista Business test box.
Works great as a managed client. No problems at all.

Upgrade to SAV 10.2.0.224. It works with Vista
--

Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell/User]

I switch to avast from symantec, since symantec 10.0 conflicts with vista.
Anybody using other good antivirus software? Maybe can recommend. thanks.

 

[David A. Lessnau]

Window Live OneCare. For Vista, I believe you have to use the beta (the
full version is due out at the end of January). Here's the link to where
you can try the beta:

https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=168

 

[Mhzjunkie]

Yinghe Chen spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself:

I switch to avast from symantec, since symantec 10.0 conflicts with
vista.
Anybody using other good antivirus software? Maybe can recommend.
thanks.

This is what i've found that works the best. And believe me, i've tried them
all.

ftp://dnl-us3.kaspersky-labs.com/beta/kav6.0mp2/english/

--
Mhzjunkie

1 PRINT "Windows XP ERROR"
GOTO 1
END

 

[Mark Rae]

If my only life is chat rooms...
Does that count???

If that is the case, then the choice of which AV product to use is the least
of your problems...

 

[Henry Jones]

If your only life is chat rooms, antivirus should be your LAST problem.

Human interaction should be at the top.......

Go outside and enjoy the day

 

[Guest]

Norton has a vista version of antivirus 2007 that will work with the new
vista home premium, which is what I purchased upon building a new pc.

 

[Bob]

Kaspersky's AV program is now Vista compatible and works perfectly. I don't
use anything other than that on my computers. Very small footprint even
playing games is unaffected and one of the best, if not the best detection
rates of any AV program. One of the best little known AV software companies
available. They offer a free trial at:
http://www.kaspersky.com/
Bob

 

[Mickey Segal]

Norton has a vista version of antivirus 2007 that will work with the new
vista home premium, which is what I purchased upon building a new pc.

I did an upgrade installation of Vista and downloaded the free upgrade to
the Vista version of Norton AntiVirus 2007. It worked, but was really slow
and made starting up very slow, and it has a reputation for slowing down
systems. I ended up re-doing my installation as a clean install because of
some other slowness issues and took the opportunity to switch to NOD32, for
which the latest version works fine with Vista.