What is the best Anti - Virus software out there

That I work is trying to choose between MacFee, Microsoft Security Essentials, AVG or Norton Commander. Personally, I like

MOY.  However the Director asked me to look at this new and possibly check some reviews.

"McAfee" and "Norton" I would not recommend for home use - even if you went with just the AntiVirus products and did not have the "suite" (I think almost all the "suites" there are resource hungry and complicated and only add to the variables when you have some simplistic question, you want to fix it later).  For professional use - I have a couple of sites that use Norton - and the (SEP) product works well and can be managed centrally - but their sales licenses and others are really a pain to get through (cross - you're golden.)

AVG, Avast, Avira, MS Security Essentials all do their job well (again - just the product antivirus only - no suites.)  Regarding the best - * shrug *-what will change over time.  I have a few sites using Security Essentials - a little because of Microsoft's Agreements and cost.

I highly recommend a combined installation of two products: eSet NOD32 AV (AV only - not the Smart Security) and MalwareBytes AntiMalware.  Yes - it will cost you approximately ~ 85 USD for two years of AV / AM protection (~60/two years after that) - but I found these two complicated each other pretty well.  Of course - it's for home use - although they would do their job as well for professional use - at a higher cost, I'm sure.  ;-)

In the end - the best one is the one that keep you in the loop.  Common sense and diligence is always (likely to be) your best protection.

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