I'll keep this short and sweet. I get asked constantly what I recommend for Anti-Virus software. For the home user, you can't beat this combo, it's $25 total, uses very little memory (RAM), and is what I use personally.
1st: Avast! Anti-Virus (Free Edition) This has been competing head to head with AVG for years, but has one huge edge that a lot of reviewers fail to mention. The inclusion of a boot-time scan. 9/10 People don't think of making a boot CD until it's too late. But with Avast!, you simply select a boot-time scan and hit restart, preventing almost all viruses from avoiding the Avast axe.
PRO TIP: After installing, go into the main GUI window and under "Summary" be sure to turn on "Gaming/Silent Mode" to "Permanent", this will prevent the Avast lady screaming your Avast virus database has been updated at 2am over your computer speakers.
2nd: MalwareBytes Anti-Malware. The current reigning champ for destroying the new trend of malware. For $25 you get a lifetime subscription, and automatic scanning. If $25 is out of your price range, there is a free version available, but you better remember to manually scan on at least a weekly basis.
With Avast! searching for the old school virii and trojans, while MalwareBytes looks out for the new threats, I have yet to have one returning customer that had a system crippling virus.
~Matt
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