Chapter One: The Reviews.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------http://www.av-comparatives.org/They have lots of antivirus reviews and can give you helpful information on choosing one.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------http://www.cnet.com/Before you download any antiviruses from here the user reviews can be helpful and can give you insight on your path to antiviruses.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------http://www.pcworld.com/This is an especially good place for antivirus reviews although pcmag may help you more.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------http://www.pcmag.com/Is very good when it comes to this kind of thing although some reviews may be a little off as with all sites.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapter Two: The Antivirus'sYep thats right you cant have a antivirus megathread without antiviruses
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Microsoft Security EssentialsIs a good antivirus made by microsoft(obviously) it has easy user interface, scanning and easy update, It basically acts as a antivirus and antispyware and has overall good features.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------AVGAvg is also a good antivirus it has a free and a paid version nice interface browser security good scanning a vault and overall wonderful features.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------AvastIs also a nice and very good antivirus comes with a vault similiar to avg has browser protection, amazing scanning and alot of other features.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SUPERAntispywareThis is commonly used in conjunction with malwarebytes it has a paid and free version both are good, You also have access to special antihijack protection in both.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Spyware DoctorThis wonderful program is made by pctools, it has good protection and comes with free and paid versions, Free provides limited security but still good browser and antirookit protection, paid comes with all of that and more including a free antivirus however its a subscription.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BitDefenderThis is a top-of-the-line fast and easy antivirus it has extensions on various sites and is overall good.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TrendmicroThis is yet another good antivirus.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Eset Nod32Now eset not only provides excellent and good protection its wonderful "Futuristic"
interface allows for even more protection and lots of products to choose from.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ad-AwareLet me just tell you right now this is good for way more then just against adware it also good at removing numerous viruses and is one of the very uncommon non commercial antiviruses.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Spybot Search and DestroyThis small program is made directly by safer networking. it has a long arsenal of features and utillies to keep your system safe and working at its best, and of course it is free.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MalwarebytesThis is probably the best antimalware scanner i have ever used its pro version provides some of the best browser security around and overall is barely surpassed.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------UVKThis is honestly one of the best least known antivirus systems around.
With this wonderful tool you can immunize your system get a process manager saves your criticalsystem points and can overall download various other antimalware programs from it.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------McafeeIMO Is on the same scale as normal its seemingly good and you should give it a try.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------KasperskyIs also a very good antivirus has slightly higher detection then comodo in some areas.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NortonSymantec's so called "Top Antivirus" you might find some use for it.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------AviraIs an okay antivirus i guess and it works effectively.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapter Three: The Utilities.
These are vital as they can help you download antimalware incase of emergency infection or additional scanning and can also shutdown rogues.
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