PC Anti virus

[Trevrev]

To all our cycling computer geeks out there,
Over the last couples of years the company i work for has kindly let all of its employees use their anti virus on personal computers ( Sophos). Sadly that has come to an end.
I now need to purchase some security for myself.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a good allround anti-virus that won't hog my resources.

It's a minefield, don't know what to use for the best.

Thanks..........Trev

 

[ianrauk]

Microsoft Essentials.
It's free, does all you need and doesn't hog resources.

 

[TVC]

Which ISP are you with? I'm with Talk Talk, and their free - part of the service - one does the job just right.

 

[GBC]

Microsoft Essentials.
It's free, does all you need and doesn't hog resources.

+1 I use it on both personal and business computers.

 

[PaulSB]

Microsoft Essentials. Free. Non intrusive. Excellent

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Another vote for MSE... does what it needs to do without hogging resources or getting in the way.

 

[derrick]

Avast. it works great and it's FREE

 

[Trevrev]

And there's me thinking a need to pay to get the best protection!

 

[numbnuts]

Avast +1

 

[oldfatfool]

AVG

 

[MontyVeda]

Comodo and AVG work fine for me... also free.

 

[paul04]

And another +1 for Microsoft Essentials

 

[Falwheeler]

+1 for Comodo and AVG

 

[smokeysmoo]

Another vote for MSE, no need to pay a penny for anything else

 

[MrJamie]

MSE +1

I used to like AVG but it seems a bloated mess these days and resource heavy on older machines.