Does it make sense to buy any antivirus?

[Anaarki]

I think you all are getting my question totally wrong, read again ...

Does it make sense to BUY any antivirus?

After seeing that none of them provide complete protection, it doesn't seem sensible to use my money on paid ones. I will just forever stick to AVG and let it detect what it can, and whatever it cannot detect will slip by as usual. The same bloody thing is gonna happen if you pay for an antivirus program, so it doesn't make sense giving up your money for it. That's my point...

[Nestersan]

Anti viruses business thrive because people are not so educated on how virus spread. they do not take preventative measures to minimize risk of getting infected.

I only use zone alarm (not antivirus) but OS firewall to detect program's malicious activity.
I also disable all autorun (thumbdrive, brontok anyone?)

so right now, i have no antivirus

So basically you could be hella infected with Rootkits which are uploading your machine to the world and u would never know ?

[Anaarki]

So basically you could be hella infected with Rootkit a upload your machine to the world and u would never know ?

but with how them antivirus yah deh gwaan yah now, you wouldn't know anyway

[ShadowWolfe Hellscream]

If Avast Home wasn't free, I'd buy it. came highly recommended years ago and hasn't failed me yet.

[Daveyon]

I think that we are responsible of getting a virus. Most antivirus products are good. 99.9% of viruses are self executable. We have to 'start' 'it' up before 'it' do its damage. And yes...disable all autorun features and u will be ok. Currently I have virus sitting on my machine. Im looking at it and it can only activate if I double click on it

[malco1987]

If Avast Home wasn't free, I'd buy it. came highly recommended years ago and hasn't failed me yet.

Running Avast Professional Edition fully updated it has never failed me

[cavalier]

Free anti virus has wrked out4 me so far and i always backup incase it fails.

[barrettrs]

Running Avast Professional Edition fully updated it has never failed me

Pretty good still but I think Norton Endpoint is true champion when it comes protecting users from the SCUM of the internet. Well for that price it better be good still, or else? LOL.....

[digimon]

So basically you could be hella infected with Rootkits which are uploading your machine to the world and u would never know ?

The zone alarm would let me know which programs are accessing the internet. Thus i could kill it. I also occasionally install avast pro and scan my computer. Found nothing, i just uninstall it and play it safe once more.

[Spens]

i mean wats the 74 mb the fa avast i mean it realli doe mek nuh sense u uninstall it avast doe do nuttin extra to u computer if is space issues u havin i understand an avast pro an windows firewall neva fail me yet either