This is a question that I get asked a lot. Years ago, the no brainer answer was Norton. We all know that isnt true anymore (or hasn’t been true in the past 5 years or so). Actually, a lot of people don’t know what to use. Its also hard to find good information on which antivirus software is the best to use. if you search any combination of ‘antivirus’ and “software”, you’ll probably find more viruses and malware than information.

Lets face it, most of the antivirus software out there cost about the same so you might as well use the best. there is a website that I check from time to time that can help you out. AV Comparatives puts all those AV suites to the test and give you comprehensive info about who are the best and how well did they perform in different categories. Enough about that, you can visit the site if you want the best details. Here are some of the top picks of 2008

Best Antivirus software of 2008

Avira.

Ive used Avira before (actually using it right now on my Media center PC) and I like it. Ive also used Nod32 in the past and really like that also.  Nod 32 was the runner up so AV Comparative liked them also.

Other tops spots for 2008 include…

Overall performance:  Nod 32

On Access scanning speed:  Kaspersky

Lowest False Positives: Mcafee

Fastest On demand scanner: Symantec