Light,but great antivirus needed

I want an antivirus(free or paid) which does a great virus catching job.I am on dialup so suggest some antivirus whose definition files are small to download(not like norton).I don't want avast home or avg free edition.It should also be light on system resources.

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try NOD32 ...it is very light on system resources and also neat and clean interface

u need node32,bitdefender

^^ is Bitdefender free?

I think it is bitdefender paid edition.

One question - Why not avast or antivir ?

avast! or AVG for free AVs

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AVGfree if u r looking for a free antivirus

KAV 6 if u r looking for a powerful & paid

NAV 2007 paid, if u r looking for a no nonsence AV, & have more then 512MB RAM

i would say avg free or avg 7.5 pro if ur willin to pay
both r light on ur system

gxsaurav said:
AVGfree if u r looking for a free antivirus

KAV 6 if u r looking for a powerful & paid

NAV 2007 paid, if u r looking for a no nonsence AV, & have more then 512MB RAM

so what does that mean ?? u r putting NAV 07 ahead or KAV 6.0 ??

free-> Try Kaspersky's cousin

bro, Active Virus Shield.

Paid->Definetly- Kaspersky Anti-Virus or Kaspersky Internet Security
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i'm using KIS for nearly 6 months, & i did a Full system Scan (1st time with KIS, last week) before taking a Backup (using Acronis TrueImage), KIS found NOTHING.

its really the best AV, kicks the Trojan, Virus out before even they can enter the PC fully.

avira freeware light too
but
nod32 lightest

No question that Kaspersky Internet Security Suite is the best overall protection

If u want free, just use KAV beta from their FTP, free and legal. I find it good enough.

nod32

AVG freeware

the question still exists...

i've both AVG & Avast...

HOW ABT SEARCHING FIRST

BEST ANTIVIRUS

Quick Heal

avast

shantanu_webmaster said:
Quick Heal

whats so good about it ?? yeah only thing is that its a Indian Product... apart from that its no where near to any other product mentioned in here

Nod32 or Antivir (Avira)..

Now i m dial-up to. I previously used AVG, which is good n light but the updates take a long time downloading (more than 40 mins) and if something goes wrong in the middle, it starts all over again. But than i switched to avast which is light n free n good(AVG was free too) and the updates take no time in downloading.................So simply go for avast!!!

Avg is discontinuing the free version (u'll get free version without any real time protection, which means useless) from jan 15th. I tried Avast which really REALLY really slows down pc (dont say i hav slow pc, i hav 1GB RAM) and scan speed is very slow.. SO me too looking for a free antivirus(efficient...

well...avast or nod32 or kasper...all are good...

, i have tried all three and never found one bad...now settled with avast and using comodo as firewall...

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Esset Nod32

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i m not puting NAV07 ahead of KAV, i said go for it if u want no nonsence antivirus. in other words, something which u just install & forget. If u leave NAV07 at default settings it will hardly bug u ever, & will hardly slow your computer if u have more then 512 MB RAM

avast is best as it consumes very less memor compared to others

saurav_cheeta said:
so what does that mean ?? u r putting NAV 07 ahead or KAV 6.0 ??

Isn't KAV the same antivirus that would touch each and every file on your NTFS partitions and write things on them using ADS?
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amitava82 said:
Avg is discontinuing the free version (u'll get free version without any real time protection, which means useless) from jan 15th. I tried Avast which really REALLY really slows down pc (dont say i hav slow pc, i hav 1GB RAM) and scan speed is very slow.. SO me too looking for a free antivirus(efficient...

They are discontinuing support for the older 7.1 version. They have new 7.5 version which is free and is supported.
*free.grisoft.com/doc/1
*free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5

^^ KAV does not use ADS anymore..

amitava82 said:
Avg is discontinuing the free version (u'll get free version without any real time protection, which means useless) from jan 15th. I tried Avast which really REALLY really slows down pc (dont say i hav slow pc, i hav 1GB RAM) and scan speed is very slow.. SO me too looking for a free antivirus(efficient...

dude do some research before postin wrong info
avg 7.1 is discontinued but avg 7.5 free is not!!!!

avast is best if you want to use light AV rest KAV is d best(heavy)

ravi_pintu2001@yahoo.com said:
u need node32,bitdefender

BitDefender! It is a big resource hug. Not at all recommended for Low end PC's.

kalpik said:
^^ KAV does not use ADS anymore..

Ah...that is a good news for lots of users. I have seen people getting their whole MP3 collections getting screwed because of KAV

shantanu_webmaster said:
Quick Heal

what make u say that? it has extremely low detection rates... i was 4 avast but now i prefer u 2 go 4 NOD32 as it delivers d goods and eats less memory......