Which Anti-virus/ anti-spyware are best?

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As have build a new PC now need to get Anti-virus/ anti-spyware and all whatever is necessary as am not aware of these.

Please suggest me a free version as of now as i will upgrade to a paid version after 6 months. For now have installed AVG free for the time being.

Bitdefender/Kaspersky for paid.

Avast/Avira for free.

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I'll go for avast I think. But should I install malwarebyte with it? Does they do the same job? And any other necessary anti- ****** ?

Use Microsoft security essential... it is free and uses very less resources.

For paid, use Kaspersky.

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use avast free if you have a regular internet connection & reasonable data plan because many of its detection techniques works best when online.use avira free if you don't have a regular internet connection or don't like automatic updates too often.avg free has not a good reputation in most of the tests conducted by major known AV testing organizations.for paid AV kaspersky & bitdefender are best but before buying any of them make sure to try the trial version first because on many systems due to whatever reasons(some software/hardware incompatibility) they result in slow down/BSOD.

Eset for excellent heuristic detection and also web shield.. At lowest performance downgrade.

You can use hitman pro and malwarebytes to check your pc occasionally..

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deepanshuchg said:
I'll go for avast I think. But should I install malwarebyte with it? Does they do the same job? And any other necessary anti- ****** ?

Is malwarebyte a AV or do I need it with avast?

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sohan_92 said:
Use Microsoft security essential... it is free and uses very less resources.

AFAIK its for those with genuine windows.

deepanshuchg said:
Is malwarebyte a AV or do I need it with avast?

it's not a AV but as the name suggest malware [ spyware/adware and some other potential malicious apps ] scanner - you may or may not use it with an AV program - it's your choice. One more option for you is to use Spybot S&D - it's robust and better than MBAM.

deepanshuchg said:
AFAIK its for those with genuine windows.

or you can use Avast free anti-virus, the only disadvantage is it will take slightly more time to start up windows than usual, otherwise it is fine.

The best antivirus is user itself. So, just use any free antivirus with safe computing practices

And the most common source of virus /spayware /adware etc. is internet.
So, use Firefox browser with NoScript plugin to visit unknown and mistrusted websites.

AVG is decent.

ravi_9793 said:
The best antivirus is user itself. So, just use any free antivirus with safe computing practices

And the most common source of virus /spayware /adware etc. is internet.
So, use Firefox browser with NoScript plugin to visit unknown and mistrusted websites.

you are right but in a security chain people are the weakest link