avg anti-virus vs kaspersky

[trader]

which is better avg anti-virus or kapersky antivirus?

[eliphas0]

Kaspersky,

AVG is very popular in word of mouth area because it is primarily free. However I would need a third hand to count the number of incidents where as someone either caught a Virus or Worm despite AVG or it was detected but AVG was not able to remove it.

As a technician and a happy customer of many years, I recommend ESET's NOD32 or Smart Security. (NOD32 is just the Antivirus Component).

Also here are 3 Different Review Roundups to help you get a broader perspective of your choices.

2010 Security Suites: The Best and Worst - Reviews by PC Magazine

Security - Reviews - PC World

Antivirus Software Roundup -- Protect Your PC From Guys Like This! - Page 5 | Maximum PC

[natasha90]

My opinion is Avast.
Reasons:
- Small memory footprint.
- Has a resident scanning module to scan webpages, file transfers, e-mails, files accessed, and many more.
- Automatically updates itself (fantastic for people who can't be trusted to update the anti-virus... like... parents?)
- FREE!I've had good experience with Avast