Best anti-virus protection?

I had a 1-year subscription with Kapersky, which just expired. What is the best program nowadays, or are they basically all the same?

 

Kaspersky is still leading the pack. F-Secure would do good too, less false positives.
A source I trust: AV-Comparatives Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software » AV-Comparatives

ComboFix & Hitman Pro are good for random checks

 

I use AVG Free. Is that any good? I always assumed that they were all the same.

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They are all fairly similar and keep their virus definitions up to date. Kaspersky seems to be a bit more aggressive in scanning, but takes up more processing power. On my personal computers I use Avast.

 

I used to have AVG and then went to Avast after AVG became ****. Avast wasn't much better. Now with Microsoft Security Essentials and couldn't be happier. Extremely convenient to use, simple messages. Obviously developed for Microsoft and it works a charm.


With AV software the most essential bit is to keep it up to date. Mine updates as soon as a new one comes out and haven't had a virus in years. The last one I had was with AVG and Avast.

 

Very true.