Shyte AV I wouldnt recommend.

[spoons]

AVAST...it's free and I have had no problems with it...

same here, installed on various machines without any issues

[Spacecadet]

NOD32 - cause one laptop system files to corrupt, had to do a full re install of Vista and all applications on one laptop.

Get yourself some decent backup software and back everything up now to an external drive.
If you have to revert back to a clean system then you'll find its a 10-20 minute job (depending on how much you want to include in that clean install)

[portseven]

I have used ClamWin, free and good

[Sysman]

Get yourself some decent backup software and back everything up now to an external drive.
If you have to revert back to a clean system then you'll find its a 10-20 minute job (depending on how much you want to include in that clean install)

Seconded. A decent backup system can pay for itself pretty quickly. Don't think of just the money, it's the time and aggro saved too.

[voodooflux]

Avira?

WHS, although I've been running the beta of Microsoft Security Essentials for a while.

[cojak]

Get yourself some decent backup software and back everything up now to an external drive.
If you have to revert back to a clean system then you'll find its a 10-20 minute job (depending on how much you want to include in that clean install)

Do you get a choice??

I've got Acronis but I only backup data as the rest of it if full of junk...

I've never tried anything else...

[Spacecadet]

Do you get a choice??

I've got Acronis but I only backup data as the rest of it if full of junk...

I've never tried anything else...

I use acronis too, after the last time I did full reinstall of everything I backed up the entire system.
Windows XP + SQL Server + visual Studio 2005 + visual studio 2008 + Office + a few other bits was about 30GB

Now it will restore to that point in about 20 minutes.

I backup the data seperately, although apart from email and some work stuff most of my personal data is now kept on external drives

The whole process is actually quick enough to do during the working day
If I find any application which I decide needs to be on my base install, I restore the clean system. Install the app then do a full system backup.

[BolshieBastard]

Now trying 30 day trial of Avira Premium.

Binned off bitdefender as it truely was shoite. The number of tech updates reporting faults with firewall and config issues is appalling. Cannot do automatic updates, tech support sent me a huge list of 'to do's' including some of their own patches that didnt work!

Told them to forget it as I was going through that process for the other 2 pc's on my network.

Anyway, we'll see how this Avira gets on.

[Shimano105]

Who needs to install the type of old fashioned anti-virus bloatware from the 1990's era such as Norton etc?

...when it comes ready-bloated with vista, no doubt with their proprietry spyware thrown in for free?

[SuperZ]

I used AVAST but because I`ve never had a virus on my personal machine I`ve been tempted to go without, especially as I take frequent backups.

For backups I used Acronis which can backup entire disks, partitions or folders and files etc. Recommended!