Looking for an anti virus software

Microsoft Security Essentials

Anti virus software is useless.

I've been using Avira for the last years, great software and it has a free version.

Avast: Free is nice if you're desperate. But, the best anti-virus is your common-sense to be honest.

Kaspersky Internet Security =)

Use avira, it's really good :D

Avast free!

I use Microsoft Security Essentials, too. I haven't noticed any obvious problems or issues with it. There are plenty of other ones you could try though. I think AVG, Avira, Avast, and ClamWin all have free versions. If you search around, you can probably find some comparisons between popular software, how well they detect viruses, and other stats. That might help you select another one.

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Avast free or Avira Antivir

I used alot of anti viruses...If you want free one take Avast or Avira , if you'd like to pay for it take Kaspersky, you just can't go wrong with that !

Malware bytes!

TopTenREVIEWS:

-Antivirus

-Internet Security Suite

-Premium Security Suite

Eset, i am a eset retailer lol.

Avast Free Antivirus

If you think MSE is what's causing poor performance, try turning off real time protection while you play; Settings Tab > Real-time protection > Uncheck 'Turn on real time protection (recommended)' If that doesn't help, you might try tweaking your computer for performance in general.

I was going to recommend the guide at TweakGuides, but looking at it again it looks a little dense to go through casually. Instead, something I've found to be really helpful on any Windows PC is to grab CCleaner from piriform.com and go Tools > Startup and disable anything and everything you don't immediately need running when the computer starts up. Which is just about everything, really. Piriform also makes Defraggler, which is a hard disk defragmenting program. You can use it on the whole HDD, which can take awhile depending on a lot of things, or you can use it to defragment individual game files. With Team Fortress 2 for example, if you find it takes a really long time to load up a new map when the server changes levels, defragmenting the materials and content .gfc files can really speed things up. Same applies with any open world kind of game that has to stream a lot of assets on the fly.

Microsoft Security Essentials is pretty alright, fast and doesn't get in your hair like most.

Avast!I use it and it's very good :) no lags and slows,everything goes smooth.Or if you would like more protection,you can buy norton,but that costs a lot sadly...

Avast is the best.

avast

If you want a free one, you have three good choices:

• Avira. It will annoy you with popups asking you to buy it. But if you can't put up with these it's a good choice.

• Avast. I've never used it, so I don't know of any annoyances.

• Microsoft Security Essentials. Microsoft already has your money, so this is the only free AV that isn't trying to sell you a premium version.

I was amazed to not see AVG anywhere in here. there must be a reason, who dislikes AVG and why?

Quoted from bleepingcomputer.com
Gringo's Clean up speech

:The programs you can keep:

I use these programs on my computer.

Revo Uninstaller Free - this is the uninstaller that I had you download and works allot better than add/remove in windows and has saved me more than once from corrupted installs and uninstalls

CCleaner - This is a good program to clean out temp files, I would use this once a week or before any malware scan to remove unwanted temp files - It has a built in registry cleaner but I would leave that alone and not use any registry cleaner. (Stay away from registry cleaner)

:Security programs:

One of the questions I am asked all the time is "What programs do you use"

Anti Virus:
Avira AntiVir Personal
avast! 6 Home Edition
Microsoft Security Essentials
It is strongly recommended that you run only one antivirus program at a time. Having more than one antivirus program active in memory uses additional resources and can result in program conflicts and false virus alerts. If you choose to install more than one antivirus program on your computer then only one of them should be active in memory at a time.

WinPatrol As a robust security monitor, WinPatrol will alert you to hijackings, malware attacks and critical changes made to your computer without your permission. WinPatrol takes snapshot of your critical system resources and alerts you to any changes that may occur without your knowledge.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is a new and powerful anti-malware tool. It is
totally free but for real-time protection you will have to pay a small one-time fee. We used this to help clean your computer and recomend keeping it and using often. (I have upgraded to the paid version of MBAM and I am glad I did)

quoted from Tech Support Forum

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Conclusion

There is no such thing as ‘perfect security’. This applies to many things, not just computer systems. Using the above guide you should be able to take all the reasonable steps you can to prevent infection. However, the most important part of all this is you, the user. Surf sensibly and think before you download a file or click on a link. Take a few moments to assess the possible risks and you should be able to enjoy all the internet has to offer.

tl;dr: come on if anything read this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ but if you insist:
Anti Virus:
Avira AntiVir Personal
avast! 6 Home Edition
Microsoft Security Essentials
It is strongly recommended that you run only one antivirus program at a time. Having more than one antivirus program active in memory uses additional resources and can result in program conflicts and false virus alerts. If you choose to install more than one antivirus program on your computer then only one of them should be active in memory at a time.

My opinion:
Avira AntiVir: Great detection rates but bad interface <<<<< for security experts
Avast: Almost as good as Avira as detection and great interface <<<<< For more then average computer users
MSSE:Good (not great) detection rates and fantastic interface <<<<< For the people with little knowledge of computers (you already tried this)

I use Avast + MBAM

"Microsoft Security Essentials" and "Malwarebytes" is what I use. Have Windows 7 be your firewall.