Comments on: Compatible AntiVirus Software List for Windows Vista

By: stephen

stephen — Sun, 04 May 2008 09:13:06 +0000

i also use vista and have tried avg, norton, dr spyware with anti virus, trojan. all worked fine ezcept for bit defender it ruined my vista( and computer. now i have avast and whole packge of uni blue

By: Dick Doyle

Dick Doyle — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:29:28 +0000

I use NOD32 under Vista 32bit. What should I say, just a perfect combination. NOD32 is not slowing down anything neither does is bother with too many messages, it just does what it should: protecting your system silently and secure.
Can recommend that software without hesitation.

By: MetaMan

MetaMan — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:02:14 +0000

Yeah, besides, if you’re running dual-core, slow-down can’t be that noticeable, right?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:15:41 +0000

I understand where you’re coming from by not installing a Virus, but using antivirus software does not harm anything. You never know when something might not be what you expect…and I would rather take extra security precautions than risk anything. Not only that but I use Avast and it is free so it’s not like I’m paying for anything.

By: Antivirus

Antivirus — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:45:54 +0000

On my Athlon64 machine I used Zone Alarm pro in combination with ESET Nod32 and Webroot Spysweeper. Webroot brought several upgrades and with each of them the system became slower and less stable. So I decided to kick out spysweeper and turn on the antispy in zonealarm. Not have been very lucky with that setup…

Now I bought a new core 2 duo machine with vista and thought about security software. I decided to do it without a personal firewall, antivirus, antispyware but decided to setup a virtual machine. With the new CPUs it’s a pleasure to work with such a setup as it doesn’t slow down your PC in any respect.
I will never install security software again (at least as long as manufacturers do build crappy functions in it). The Virtual machine setup really gives you peace of mind and do not fake security or slow your system.
More info on the Open Security Club blog: http://www.opensecurityclub.com

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:30:10 +0000

Thanks for the heads up, it’s fixed!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:21:21 +0000

Your link to CA Anti-Virus was broken. I think this link works: http://ca.com/vistaready

By: MetaMan

MetaMan — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:24:00 +0000

Come on, everyone knows you don’t need anti-virus protection if you have Vista!

Oh, yeah, don’t label your products as Vista compatible if they aren’t.

PS - all anti-virus is the same. PCMag doesn’t even test anti-virus software for its protection anymore, since complete protection is so standard.

By: Everton

Everton — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:38:37 +0000

Definitely go for Kaspersky - best security company out there (ask anyone in the industry) and no bloatware. We purchased their software at the ISP I worked for after a lengthy due dilligence process

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:20:47 +0000

When I did have Vista installed, I used Avast as well… and no problems!

By: OldManDeath

OldManDeath — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:11:45 +0000

I installed Avast as I was using it before and it seemed to work just fine for me.

By: xpgeek

xpgeek — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:10:41 +0000

There is plenty of great anti-virus’s available and fully compatible for Vista now, pretty much every one of the major popular ones.

Where it remains kind of lite right now is firewalls compatible with Vista. Theres a few now, but still not the major popular ones a lot of people want, like ZoneAlarm and Outpost. I have my router’s firewall so Vista’s built in firewall is enough for me to complement it with, but I know a few people waiting for a ZoneAlarm update.

And on the Nero point, if want to try something different, and better anyway in my opinion, give Ashampoo Burning Studio a try. Works perfectly on Vista with no problems at all. It doesn’t include alot of the extra tools like Nero does, like Nero Vision and such, but for a great disk burning program itself, its alot lighter and faster then Nero too.