Which antivirus for my not so new desktop?

[speedyguy]

i have a 2004 purchased system, my rig is

p4 1.8, 512mb ddr,
intel 845gv chipset,
ati radeon 9200SE AGP 128mb

m planning to purchase an antivirus as m done wit formatting everytime coz of these spywares n trojans.... kindly suggest me an app which wud run well but light on my system.
thanx,

Enjoy~!

 

[thewisecrab]

nod32 v2.7

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Simply go for Free and Lightweight AVG. Its gr8...!! Try it..!!

 

[rhitwick]

AVG8 is not lightweight.
His 512MB RAM pc would be sucked if any scans run.

Go for Avira/Bit Defender...NOD32 would also be a good choice.

 

[speedyguy]

ryt now m using avg free....n yes it does slow down d system while running regular scans....plus i dint find it effective with hardcore net surfing n usb exchanging.. i hv become frndly to trojans n spywares...

so was planning to buy one....ya m running win xp sp3 proffesional...

Enjoy~!

 

[Cool G5]

I use Avast Home! on my P4 2.0 GHZ machine which has 768MB of RAM. Its is light enough.

 

[speedyguy]

nah...i mean along wit being light enuf it shud be effective aswell....i mean much effective

Enjoy~!

 

[Krow]

Look, avast is very effective, same as a whole truckload of antiviruses out there as long as you keep updating and it is the best for older comps as it is pretty light.

 

[saqib_khan]

+1 to Avast. Using it since a long time and very much satisfied.

 

[Disc_Junkie]

You can use Avira Antivirus free edition. It is one of the best. BTW I am using Comodo Internet Security which has integrated antivirus and I am totally satisfied with it.

 

[ARJOT SINGH]

Go for avast home edition. It is a great antivirus and very light on resources.

 

[speedyguy]

hmm...so looks like i shudnt be goin for a purchase nw is it...

Enjoy~!

 

[rhitwick]

See, for paid version I (and all others) would have recommended KIS2009, but its very resource hog. All ur 512MB would be sucked by it ( well its a bit exaggerated, but quite cripples a low end PC ).

So, free AV is ur option...
Avira+Komodo my solution for u

 

[thewisecrab]

^^
NOD32 v2.7 + Comodo firewall works out to be a much lighter option

 

[speedyguy]

aint the inbuilt windows firewall gud enuf....??? coz i neva bothered installing third party firewall apps till date....

Enjoy~!

 

[rhitwick]

Windows firewall???!!! If it was good we would not have recommended a separate firewall

 

[Krow]

^Yeah, XP firewall is horrible. Vista firewall is better, but not great again.

 

[speedyguy]

ok but how do u judge that...i mean any incident(s) that proved u this practically?

Enjoy~!

 

[Krow]

AFAIK, XP Firewall scans only inbound connections and Vista scans both inbound and outbound connections. However, third-party software is better as is the case with most Microsoft bundled apps.

 

[Cool G5]

Agree with Techalomaniac. Morever 3rd part firewall allows you to have more control in the form of flexible rules & other advanced settings.