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2014 Antivirus choice

Veracis
Level 7

‎04-24-2014 02:57 PM - last edited on ‎03-05-2024 11:11 PM by Community Admin

I did a forum search and most were outdated or not informative. I am looking for opinions on what is the best antivirus to protect my newly built computer.

I have read and heard from the head IT guy at my company that AVG is the best and is also free, but i have read mixed reviews (dated 2012 though)

Any opinions on Bitdefender 2014 vs Kaspersky 2014 vs AVG 2014?

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Antronman
Level 10

‎04-24-2014 06:23 PM

Norton has always been No. 1 on my list.

MacAfee is No. Last.

Kaspersky and Bitdefender are at 3 and 2, respectively.
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PerpetualCycle
Level 13

‎04-24-2014 06:55 PM

Microsoft Security Essentials real-time, Malwarebytes scans, Kaspery rootkit scans.

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khoidsart
Level 7

‎04-24-2014 07:07 PM

Windows 8.1? It's Windows Defender.
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Nackers
Level 15

‎04-24-2014 07:23 PM

AVG 2014 Paid is my choice. It's never let me down.. Scans fast..
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kb0sdq
Level 10

‎04-24-2014 07:42 PM

Howdy Folks,
I used to use Microsoft security essentials but not compatible with Win 8 So was going to use windows defender but on the Microsoft support site they recommend using something else. So being I am on Verizon Fios they offer Verizon internet security (VISS) so I got that so far all is good.
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abvolt
Level 11

‎04-24-2014 09:15 PM

Norton's has my #1 spot but you can't go wrong with Kaspersky or Bitdefender..
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Veracis
Level 7

‎04-25-2014 05:48 AM

Went with Bitdefender x 2 years (Promotion on Newegg is 55$ for Bitdefender + 55$ MIR = free)
Did this because my M6H mobo came with 2013 Kaspersky for 1 year but cannot install on Win 8.1 and neither Kaspersky nor Asus will provide an activation key etc.
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MatsGlobetrotte
Level 10
In response to Veracis

‎05-03-2014 11:36 AM

Norton 360 works out fine on win8.1 64-bit. It slowed down the unigine heaven score by about 10 points when i forgot to turn it off on my machine but otherwise seems to be quite ok. Besides ofcourse catching viruses...
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Gorthezar
Level 7

‎04-26-2014 06:36 PM

I'm using NOD32 and spybot.
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