Which antivirus, Kaspersky or McAfee?

[LukaBuka]

I am looking for an antivirus for Windows XP because I am tired of all that **** that tries to infect my PC. So far I looked into Kaspersky AntiVirus Personal and McAfee Antivirus. Which one is better or should I pick something entirely different?

[DocDutch]

hmm dont touch Mcaffee thats my main advice, I've used Kasperky but didnt like it either. for a nice 1 you could use Avast Anti Virus and Kerio as your firewall, or run AVG you got that as a freebie and its excellent

but my main advice is DO NOT TOUCH NORTON NOR MCAFFEE, only if you want to have a slower pc and when you want to get rid of it it'll take you ages and more likely result in a reformat

Originally Posted by LukaBuka

I am looking for an antivirus for Windows XP because I am tired of all that **** that tries to infect my PC. So far I looked into Kaspersky AntiVirus Personal and McAfee Antivirus. Which one is better or should I pick something entirely different?

I use http://www.free-av.com/ , which is free for personal use.

It works very well and the price tag is undeniably good.
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[QUOTE=levig]hbut my main advice is DO NOT TOUCH NORTON NOR MCAFFEE/QUOTE]
I second that!

I would use AVAST personally. Mcafee has been problematic for me on a number of occassions and has missed viruses avast has found

[Roy MM]

Go with avast. http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

[patrickp]

Originally Posted by Roy MM

Go with avast. http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

As others have said, Norton and McAfee are best avoided.

I use Zone Alarm with anti-virus - not the internet security suite; just firewall and anti-virus. I find it a very effective combination, in particular the anti-virus component is provided by Computer Associates, and, apart from its effectiveness, gives a very minimal hit to system resources.

Best of all, it's cheap - about £20 to buy, including VAT (that's online) and about £13 a year to renew. It's cheaper for multiple purchases, too.

Zone Labs store

[caroline]

i have used kaspersky for about a year and its been excellent.

[nffc]

Another vote for Avast

neither.

Avast all the way baby

Originally Posted by patrickp

As others have said, Norton and McAfee are best avoided.

I use Zone Alarm with anti-virus - not the internet security suite; just firewall and anti-virus. I find it a very effective combination, in particular the anti-virus component is provided by Computer Associates, and, apart from its effectiveness, gives a very minimal hit to system resources.

Best of all, it's cheap - about £20 to buy, including VAT (that's online) and about £13 a year to renew. It's cheaper for multiple purchases, too.

Zone Labs store

I used to use McAfee, but found their customer service impenetrable - dropped it, no regrets.

I then tried the Computer Associates 'EZ Antivirus' as a free trial, part of the Microsoft 'security update' CD - as far as I know this was basically the same as the one now available with ZoneAlarm. It is still working on my wife's pc. So I would agree with patrickp.

- especially as I use it myself in the 'Internet Security' package, although that is due to being able to upgrade at a favourable price - $70 is a bit steep for a 'first time' purchase.

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[Gareth]

I used to use McAfee and have not had any problems with it - but I deal with them through my work and have direct access to our account manager 24/7 (helps a lot ). I also rate Kaspersky very highly as an AV too, but that has mostly been through personal experience/converasations with other Security professionals.

At the moment, I'm using Sophos - it rocks!

[Nemesis]

Using Norton .... have done for years .... no problem

[phaze9]

Avast rocks...have used it for some time now and have had no problems plus free updates

[Taf]

Was Thunderbyte, then AVG, then Avast, now trying NTL Netguard... but it's giving me a headache as it often reports that it did not start correctly (demanding a reboot or reinstall).

I do a free online test once a month (or if I suspect a problem) http://housecall.trendmicro.com/