I think your determining factor should be 'are you a DIY'er' DO IT YOURSELF. My $0.02 worth (you can see from the above I am cheap ), hope it helps.įiOS TV, 25/25 Internet, and Digital Voice user I use the free OpenDNS service, they offer additional function for a fee, but even the free version offers options to restrict access to sites known to serve up bad stuff. If you don't ever access the sites or open the emails that serve up the viruses, you will not get infected (well, of course you can get infected from flash drives and CDs/DVRs too, so use common sense with those also).Īnd one last thing: use OpenDNS for your DNS services. IMO an anti-virus program is only one part of your defense against getting infected:ġ) Use the hardware firewall built into your routerĢ) Use a software firewall in your OS (for Windows I find Windows Firewall perfectly adequate, although I do use a free program called Windows 7 Firewall Control to provide additional servicesĤ) Then install and run periodically (once a week?) the free version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.Īnd last but not least, probably the most important step you can take is to use common sense on what websites you visit, and what emails you open. I suggest you pick one and try it, if you don't like the interface or feel it affects your system performance too much, uninstall it and install another one (Note: never, ever have two or more full-time anti-virus programs running concurrently, they will almost certainly interfere with each other). I don't see any reason to pay money for any anti-virus program, I think the free ones are perfectly adequate. I gather that AVG is better now, but I still have a bad taste about it.

In the distant past I used the free version of AVG and was very happy with it, but over time it became very bloated and seemed to consume lots of system resources, so I switched to Avast. I have four Windows PCs, I currently use the free version of Avast on one and Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) on the other three.

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