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what anti-virus should be used with Windows 7 i was told that the worst one to have is Avast is this true and if so which one should i put on and what is the average price of it?

IMO I would say McAfee is the worst. Remember, there is no antivirus software that is going to catch everything as they are constantly playing a game of catch-up with the virus/malware developers.

I personally use avast! on all of my machines. So far it hasn't let anything malicious in. I have the free version.

An AV that I would avoid is AVG. It is an extreme resource hog.

The new user interface of BitDefender Antivirus was designed to look right at home in Windows 7. The software is effectively organized and designed in a way that is both aesthetic and easy to use. BitDefender antivirus is rock-solid security software, and it's our preferred antivirus software for Windows 7.

Personally, I don't like BitDefender. Caused too many problems in too many of my customers' systems.
Free antivirus I use MSE and Avast (not both on the same pc tho! never 2 av in one pc!).
But if you REALLY insist on giving your money away and pay for an AV, GDATA or Kaspersky if you have a good pc, NOD32 if you have an average to low PC.

I'm with superevil and bubbatie as far as McAfee and AVG are concerned. I would add Norton to that list, despite what many here believe.

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I saw a report recently showing Avast being slightly better than MSE at catching viruses. The downside is Avast, even the free version, is becoming a bit top heavy. I used to use Avast and I was happy with it but I switched to MSE just to try it out when I got this machine last summer and I've been happy with it. For simplicity and ease of use, especially for novices, MSE with the Win7 firewall is unbeatable (although I prefer ZoneAlarm's free firewall, it does require some user interation, especially when first installed). In addition to an anti-virus program, the free versions of antimalware programs such as MBAM (Malwarebytes AntiMalware) and SAS (Super-AntiSpyware; don't let the Mickey Mouse name scare you off) are excellent choices that are easy to use, don't slow down your computer all the time, and are very effective.

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MSE all the way!!

Jim

I personally use avast! Free Antivirus because it of it's rock solid real time protection. I've also used MSE on my machine and that worked pretty well, it is light weight when compared to that of avast! but is not as strong in real time protection as avast! does.

Finally, if you want the best protection for your PC no matter whether it slows down a bit, avast! Free Antivirus could be the best choice, if you want a good protection that does not slow up the PC much, go with MSE

Would have agree with seanbean, MSE and MalwareBytes.

It's all a matter of perception.

^That's my quote.

So, yes.. everyone has it's preferences.
I LOVED Avast, but with version 7 I didn't like a few things so I decided to try MSE. I was happy. Now with Windows 8 it's all part of Windows Defender. Sadly, there's no contextual menu to scan a file or folder "on the fly". You have to open up Defender, select custom scan, pick file(s) or folder(s) and hit scan.