Virus protection

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Ratings of Security Software: thought you might be interested in this report./......

Free Anti-Malware Programs:

1. Avast free antivirus
BOTH #1 & #2 are Recommended (high-performing)
2. Avira
3. AVG AntiVirus Free 2013
4. Microsoft Security Essentials

PAY Security Suites
#1 thru 5 are all Recommended:

1. G Data Internet Security 2013
2. ESET Smart Security 6
3. F-Secure Internet Security 2013
4. Kaspersky Internet Security 2013
5. Avira Internet Security 2013
6. Avast Internet Security 7
7. Bitdefender Internet Security 2013
8. Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2013
9. BullGuard Internet Sec. 2013
10. McAfee I/N Sec. 2013
11. AVG I/N Sec. 2013
12. Norton I/N Sec. 2013
13. Zone Alarm I/N Sec. Suite 2013
14. Panda I/N Sec. 2013

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I've started recommending Avast free to my clients that do not have kids or have a history of infections and it seems to be doing a very good job. I typically also install Malware Bytes on their machines so they I can walk them thru how to do a scan with that if anything suspicious is going on.

In my experience AVG hasnt been useful in about 5 years and it just slows down computers to a crawl.

I have no experience with the top 2 rated paid subscription ones but Kaspersky was my recommended product...but I've even plenty of instances where it doesnt fully protect people and I have to do some cleanup after it. Certainly better than Norton by a good margin and McAfee is just a joke.