Which Anti-Virus/I.S. to go for?

Okay so recently I used an old External HDD on my PC. The last time I used this one (160GB, Lacie) I was using WinXP on my PC(Yep, that old), and I found a Virus called Win 32:Kackucha. Did a bit of googling, wild-arse virus.

So a quick question (that MAY be followed up with another one)

Q. Which AntiVirus/Internet Security should I go for? (Budget: Rs. 500)

Currently I have Avast (Free) installed.
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Kasersky 2013 Internet Security for Rs. 440 . (OOOOH And does this also include an AntiVirus?)
Looks good and cheap. ALTHOUGH I read the Bitdefender is awesome AND 'ico' from this Forum told me that Avira is the best.

Now I need a Good anti-virus and a good firewall cuz my Younger brother, too, uses this computer, and he keeps messing around, installing random softwares(no Malware yet, but dont wanna take a risk) from shady websites.

Now another question:

Q. Im not sure why but this happened thrice now, everytime I run a Fullscan Avast my PC reboots at some point, AFTER scanning my C: drive. Windows says it was a "Bluescreen" issue.

My PC is relatively new, Corsair CX430 PSU, Good Corsair Vengeance RAM, ASUS Motherboard(F2A85-MLE) and an AMD A10 Proc. but my HDD is a bit old (Seagate 500Gigs, mfd. in 2010), could it just be that my CPU overheated or did my HDD .... idk... Fail? ( :noob:

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OR did that HDD virus infect my PC before I could (supposedly) get rid of it from my PC with Avast?

Anyways, thanks in advance.

bitdefender internet security is very good. go ahead with it and continue here *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/software-q/138653-antivirus-guide-user-reviews.html

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You know what, there is no best internet security solution. Most of these major solutions like Kaspersky, bit-defender, norton etc are pretty good.
Do a comparison check of price to feature ratio and determine what feature-set you need, and what you don't.
Yes, internet security contains antivirus.

Now let me come to my personal thought - A paid internet security solution is not needed in a home setup.
1. A quick check in AVComparitives, AV-Test.org shows the free AVs are almost in the same range as that of paid AVs.
2. WIndows firewall is quite capable. Period. Go into Firewall with Advanced security, you'll be surprised. ANother thing, outbound firewall is meaningless. Once the malware is there, its as simple as adding a rule in the firewall.
3. Common sense is the best defense!

Free solutions that I like - Avast, Avira, MSE, AVG

TheLetterD said:
Okay so recently I used an old External HDD on my PC. The last time I used this one (160GB, Lacie) I was using WinXP on my PC(Yep, that old), and I found a Virus called Win 32:Kackucha. Did a bit of googling, wild-arse virus.

So a quick question (that MAY be followed up with another one)

Q. Which AntiVirus/Internet Security should I go for? (Budget: Rs. 500)

Currently I have Avast (Free) installed.
Just found this on Flipkart: Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 1 PC 1 Year - Buy Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 1 PC 1 Year Online at Best Prices in India - Kaspersky | Flipkart.com

Kasersky 2013 Internet Security for Rs. 440 . (OOOOH And does this also include an AntiVirus?)
Looks good and cheap. ALTHOUGH I read the Bitdefender is awesome AND 'ico' from this Forum told me that Avira is the best.

Now I need a Good anti-virus and a good firewall cuz my Younger brother, too, uses this computer, and he keeps messing around, installing random softwares(no Malware yet, but dont wanna take a risk) from shady websites.

Now another question:

Q. Im not sure why but this happened thrice now, everytime I run a Fullscan Avast my PC reboots at some point, AFTER scanning my C: drive. Windows says it was a "Bluescreen" issue.

My PC is relatively new, Corsair CX430 PSU, Good Corsair Vengeance RAM, ASUS Motherboard(F2A85-MLE) and an AMD A10 Proc. but my HDD is a bit old (Seagate 500Gigs, mfd. in 2010), could it just be that my CPU overheated or did my HDD .... idk... Fail? ( )
OR did that HDD virus infect my PC before I could (supposedly) get rid of it from my PC with Avast?

Anyways, thanks in advance.

Any Paid Internet Suite(Complete Commercial SECURITY Package) always contains an anti-virus program/tool,which is mandatory.

I myself am using Avira(FREE) anti-virus.

Very Good solution which caters to your daily (Home Front/Home basis personal)needs. ico has given you a wise suggestion.

You can also use AVG,Avast!,Bitdefender,Panda,etc.many FREE anti-virus packages/tools according to your choices.

Why go for paid ones,when the FREE packages takes care of your software?

No need to get the paid anti-virus... Get these-
MSE
Commodo Firewall
Avast Free..

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ESET NOD32 AntiVirus + MalwareBytes Anti-Malware = Your PC Safe!
ESET doesn't slow your system.

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I'm using Malwarebytes Pro and built in Windows defender. Does the job for me.

Digital Fragger said:
I'm using Malwarebytes Pro and built in Windows defender. Does the job for me.

Malwarebytes Pro is a paid version??

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^Yes but it is a one time payment for lifetime licence. no yearly or monthly subscription required.

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Eset NOD32 Antivirus is the best. Been using from last 4 years and it is very good, reliable, very light on system.

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I am using ESET - superb protection + No slow downs...

I am on Linux

For Windows, my choice is Avast free /Paid or Kaspersky.

Avast/Avira Free

TheLetterD said:
ALTHOUGH I read the Bitdefender is awesome AND 'ico' from this Forum told me that Avira is the best.

u read it right Bitdefender is superb...KIS is resource hog.
and Avira is best free antivirus

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ESET Smart Security 6.0 - The lightest security suite EVER.

Avira AntiVirus is the best among free AntiVirus software. I can testify because lots of viruses float around in friends' laptops in my hostel. Avira never misses. Avast has failed on us in many machines.

If buying, then buy Eset NOD32 or BitDefender or Kaspersky (bloat) suites.

Hardly anybody needs anything more than Avira though.

Never buy McAfee. It's rubbish.

ico said:
Never buy McAfee. It's rubbish.

McAfee was most popular 10yrs back along with Norton :-D

yeah. Norton is still okay these days. But if you'll ever see McAfee in a system which is used frequently, then that system surely has a virus.

ico said:
yeah. Norton is still okay these days. But if you'll ever see McAfee in a system which is used frequently, then that system surely has a virus.

I agree
my previous office has McAfee installed and we saw lots of worms/viruses in server machines :-x

ico said:
Avira AntiVirus is the best among free AntiVirus software. I can testify because lots of viruses float around in friends' laptops in my hostel. Avira never misses. Avast has failed on us in many machines.

If buying, then buy Eset NOD32 or BitDefender or Kaspersky (bloat) suites.

Hardly anybody needs anything more than Avira though.

Never buy McAfee. It's rubbish.

+1 to that, though avira has a very high false positive rate..
for avast, i still don't understand how it managed to gather such a large crowd, my college pc's are full of viruses using avast, my junior past week came to my place, gave his pen drive, which was FULL (more than 300mb size of recycler folder, filled with virus exe's) of viruses, asked him, he was using latest avast IS fully updated, which shows his system clean..

Never saw a virus coming from someone using Kaspersky/Bitdefender/Eset, everytime clean Recycler/System Volume folder, nothing suspicious in autorun.inf, and never disappointed me..

Though i'd still say that choice of AV/IS totally depends on how you use your system..

3-5 years on Avast and totally safe.

sharang.d said:
3-5 years on Avast and totally safe.

Might be the time to shift to Avira now if you prefer free AntiVirus.

I don't like what Avast has done with their latest version. Added bloat. A stupid "software updater" which keeps telling you about outdated software in your system. eg, VLC, Firefox etc.

ratul said:
+1 to that, though avira has a very high false positive rate..
for avast, i still don't understand how it managed to gather such a large crowd, my college pc's are full of viruses using avast, my junior past week came to my place, gave his pen drive, which was FULL (more than 300mb size of recycler folder, filled with virus exe's) of viruses, asked him, he was using latest avast IS fully updated, which shows his system clean..
Never saw a virus coming from someone using Kaspersky/Bitdefender/Eset, everytime clean Recycler/System Volume folder, nothing suspicious in autorun.inf, and never disappointed me..
Though i'd still say that choice of AV/IS totally depends on how you use your system..

Avast was fine a couple of years back. Only this year it has gone bonkers. Dunno why.

My all-time favourite has been NOD32. It was legendary back in the days of v2.7. Then my license expired and I can't afford an anti-virus now.

ico said:
Avast was fine a couple of years back. Only this year it has gone bonkers. Dunno why.

yes..I liked the alert siren of avast by a robo lady voice... :-D

i used free AV in this order AVG -> Avast -> Avira (now)

avira+comodo internet security.

I can vouch for Kaspersky Internet security.. It is THE best paid internet security i have seen so far.. I tried bitdefender but it slowed my internet download speed and it had tonnes of features that i was never gonna use (not a bad thing tho)..
AFAIK, its also one of the cheapest, only Rs 310 (per user for a 3 user pack, total cost 930)

ico said:
Might be the time to shift to Avira now if you prefer free AntiVirus.

I don't like what Avast has done with their latest version. Added bloat. A stupid "software updater" which keeps telling you about outdated software in your system. eg, VLC, Firefox etc.

There's the option to not install the "Software Updater" component.. which is what i have done!

ico said:
Might be the time to shift to Avira now if you prefer free AntiVirus.

I don't like what Avast has done with their latest version. Added bloat. A stupid "software updater" which keeps telling you about outdated software in your system. eg, VLC, Firefox etc.

Avast was fine a couple of years back. Only this year it has gone bonkers. Dunno why.

My all-time favourite has been NOD32. It was legendary back in the days of v2.7. Then my license expired and I can't afford an anti-virus now.

there's nothing wrong with Avast. Just choose custom installation and uncheck what you don't require.

4 years running kaspersky and no virus or trojan at all...