Best anti-virus for Windows 7

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That's what I'm going to do. I was doing that already, running MSE (full scan) daily, then running SuperAntiSpyware twice weekly to catch anything else. But this is what Malwarebytes picked up today, Vendor: Hijack, Display, Pro...., Category: Registry Data, Items: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR.....

Norton AntiVirus and Webroot AntiVirus with its SpySweeper

YOU HAVE TO BE JOKING. Once bitten twice shy, A Norton installation CD will never be allowed in the same room as my computer ever again.

I was just helping someone whose Norton AV, with all updates, allowed malware on his computer. Now, he's facing a reinstall. It came preinstalled on this computer, but was the first thing removed from it, as soon as it was setup to run. I can't say 100% for sure which is the very best AV for Windows 7, but I can say that Norton isn't.

I would NEVER buy a commercially produced computer. I have bought three altogether, and each one has been built by a small shop locally. They are to a specification agreed between us and have only the operating system installed when he delivers. No crap ware or bloat ware or trials for this and trials for that. In the event that any problem arises he is less than two miles away, So no premium rate help lines. Best of all NO NORTON or McAffee.

"YOU HAVE TO BE JOKING. Once bitten twice shy, A Norton installation CD will never be allowed in the same room as my computer ever again"

Peter Norton was my computer hero back in the dos early windows era. From about the time he sold out to Symantic, in the 90's, the prgram became, for me, an accident waiting to happen. It is sad that he allowed his name to go forward with the sale.

Those days of course are long since gone.

AVG Free has worked well for me. It has resident shield and email scanning. If fixed a problem another bought program could not. I think AVG generally scores acceptably in tests run by various pc magazines. Not saying it's the best but for what you pay (nothing) it's pretty good.

Agree with andsome Norton used to be good till it went to Symantic.

AVG Free doesn't have "real time" protection, it may be a good idea to have Malwarebytes as a scanner if you're going to use it. I use MSE & Avast 5.0 together, with no problems. But I no longer recommend a specific AV to anyone. I do want realtime protection, though.