best paid AV for vista ?

ok, as thread states....

how good does 'your av' work on vista, i ask because ive just got it installed and dr.web isnt compatible, so looking for an alternative till that time comes.

 

Lots of AV products are compatible with Vista -> Symantec , Panda , Kaspersky , AVG , Avast , NOD32 , MS OneCare ... You can get as many answers/suggestions as posts .
NOD32 would be my vote ! Works very well

 

hmm, i havnt done the 'trying' of software thing for a while

time to have some fun then eh?


msonecare?

LOL neverrrrrr

 

I'm using NOD32, works fine here. (Vista Home Premium)
I also have KIS but I'm keeping that on the other computer with Windows XP.
I 've heard Kaspersky works well with Vista also.
I also have the NIS 2007 CD that was shipped with the Vista computer, haven't used that one

 

Same here but just to mention it if there are some fans of it here

 

I choose NOD32，because of its heuristic and fast speed

 

i forgot about panda, maybe i will dig out my panda IS 2007 which i bought for 99p off ebay *lol* only tested it once, never really used it.

 

I have never used Panda Internet Security，I want to know if it is good

 

if i find it, i will let you know what its like on vista HP,

having only tried it once, it looked ok etc, but until my dr.web comes vista, i will use it, give it a proper run-through with vista

 

I'm afraid you can't . Panda's version which works on Vista is Panda AV 2007 only (the orange one) . Panda AV and Panda IS 2007 are still not made to work on the new OS

 

I think drweb‘s false positives is too high.It can kill many normal files

 

correct you are,

it didnt let me even install it, nevermind run it.

ok, panda av only trial

ive got panda in my head to try, never really tried it, but if it fails, i will fall back on nod32 till my dr.web becomes vista ready

 

It's free for Panda users.

 

cool, so i just use the same serial?

thats very good of panda.

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edit, looks cheap and cheerfull *lol*

good options though, fantastic scan speed.

so far, its good although i do wish it did look better (and yes im a dr.web user *lol*)

 

in my opinion these so called "advanced heuristics" of NOODs are a bit overrated. i think that the user itself is the best heuristics you can find, and that almost any AV will do. The best av for vista is the one that doesn't crash, doesn't impact your system performance, doesn't make you look like an idiot when seeing it's user interface (not because it's beutyfull, but because it's hard to go through) and doesn't conflict with anything else.

 

well for me thats nod32 of kav then
ok that was offtopic since i wont be using vista for ages=D
lodore

 

Hopefully next month, the best will be Avira.

 

I'm using NOD32, not problems here, I did try Kaspersky, it worked fine too, untill I installed Spy Sweeper, and Spy Sweeper wouldnt scan with Kaspersky installed....well actually it did scan, but it took 9 hours 16 minutes when I uninstalled Kaspersky

 

a little more votes for NOD32 than any other choices, huh
Luckily I'm using NOD32 on my PC at the moment

 

I would have suggested BitDefender 10, but I've heard that BD10 is slow with Vista on some PCs. So at this point I recommend AVG Anti-Malware, it was one of the first products to support Vista as well.

 

No, Avira will come in April, after the "CeBit".....not next month.....

 

What version og Spy Sweeper and Kaspersky where you running.
I use KIS 6.0.2.616 and Spy Sweeper 5.3 and it runs like sunshine.
Maybe the settings where not good?

 

just dont use the shields in spysweeper 5.3 and close IE7 or you will blue screen
btw its true not a joke but funny anyway
lodore

 

ok, i ran panda 2007, and put it through its paces, the software runs very fast and very light indeed, works great on vista.

cons: scanning archives seems a bit poor, unzip them and it finds it automatically.

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now giving nod32 a go on vista

 

norton av 2007,the best available for xp+vista...