James K asked:
Which of these is best, I’m running vista if it helps
Major considerations are system resources used and effectiveness of virus detection/removal
Also since AVG is just anti-virus, if its better what software should I get with it for firewall, anti-spy/adware, etc.
on my vista ultimate i run avg, adaware, spybot s&d, and windows firewall, windows defender.
I have AVG and run spybot, windows defender and ad awarre se along w/ it and haven’t had any trouble but u should also run window’s firewall.
I’ve been running Avg for years. the free version. recently I tried nod32,
It has a 30 day trial, so i thought I’d give it a try. Well, I ran it and right off the bat it found 5 trojans I never knew I had. It cleaned them up and my system was running considerably faster. It takes on spyware and rootkits as well. I recommend it. It’s not free, $60 a year which is kind of out of my budget, but maybe not for you. The free trial is worth the ride though, especially if your system has been running a while like mine has.