I have tried Norton AV, Mcafee, Etrust, and now I am putting Avast! through its paces. I'm just not enjoying Avast! at all. These not including a host of freebies from Tucows.com, just not remembering any names at this point.

Between the four I've used, it's either been a problem of memory hogs, poor UI, or missing virus that are present in a system. What I really need/want is a Virus scanner that is well reputed to be fast, low on memory use, as in the case of active file scanning, and damn good at catching viruses (caugh*norton*caugh). The UI I'm not so picky about, but some really are going to far with graphics and special effects. Its Antivirus software, not a video game.

But :butt: , I am very limited in the cash flow department at the moment. So a quick ride over to *insert store name here* to pick up the professional version of even a snickers bar is out of the question. So, I need some votes on an AV program that is free, great at catching viruses, and well suported with updates.

So who likes what and why?

Thanx in advance.