OK, well I'll be making a fresh start with my laptop soon, and I want to get everything right first time, when I first got it I went a bit crazy installing things and I've never really got rid of it all, there's always something left.
Security software is obviously a major consideration, so I'm looking for opinions.
I'm thinking of using Spyware Blaster, Spybot Search & Destroy, and of course an antivirus program.
But which one?
I've tried Norton (urgh), Avast!, Avira Antivir PE and AVG Free.
AVG was the only one I liked out of those, but does anyone else have a program they really like?
It needs to be effective, customizable, include real-time scanning, and it must be light on resources. I don't need anti-spam, firewall or anything like that, just AV. And it doesn't have to be free either, although I would prefer it.
I've been looking at AOL Virus Shield (yes, AOL, the spawn of Satan. But, it's based on Kaspersky 6 and is apparently very effective - and free), Kaspersky Antivirus 7 or Steganos (based on Kaspersky, but cheaper), NOD32, and F-Secure.
If anyone has any other recommendations I'd like to hear them.
Anyone with any of the mentioned AV programs, or one they want to suggest to me, can you please tell me what you think of it as regards resources, customizability and so on?
Thanks in advance.
Calum.