Avira SS, ESET SS or KIS?

[luffy]

My cousin is looking for Security Suite software. Money is not a problem.
What should you choose: Avira security suite, ESET Smart Security or KIS? or something else?
Computer Vista 64 bit OS has 4GB ram. Both wired and wireless Internet connection ( 1 desktop wired Internet, and the other is wireless.)

Thank you.

Edit 1: It also need to be simple to use. For none tech user.

Edit 2: Is it hard to make a decision because of the SS? I know most antivirus Security Suite has weak firewall. Is it okay to use windows firewall with wired Internet connection? The problem is that the modem support WEP only. Kind of worry getting hack. As I said above, this is for none tech user. Install and forget. So free firewall like Outpost or Zone Alarm is hard to config.

The computer is not using for playing game, torrent, hack, or watching porn.

[noaccount]

Money is not a problem.

Where do you live luffy, i dont listen to this everyday. I would go for the none option and choose NIS if you want AV only Avira Premium.

[luffy]

I'm in the US. It's my cousin money.
Just remember: money is a real problem to me.
I mean that spending a few extra $$ to get good Security Suite is better than you have to pay $200-$300 for your computer get fixed.

[brayden]

I would suggest KIS, it worked great for me on 64bit. i'm assuming he has more than 4gb of ram then? then it won't matter so much how much ram it uses as right now 4 gb can still be considered an over kill

[kavinraja]

If money is not a problem, then you can go with KIS...

Constant updates always makes it good...

[luffy]

He bought The Shield Deluxe for $50 in the last 7 months. When I do a scan using The Shield Deluxe. It found none. After I disable The Shield Deluxe, I use Avira free version. Avira found 2 threats. After reboot the computer, I ran a scan with MBAM, it found 27 threats.
Just to let you know that The Shield Deluxe is a piece of crap.
I asked him why he bought The Shield Deluxe, he told me after he read Customer Testimonials.
He never use torrent, no download crack or porn sites.

[hellnoire]

He might have been looking at the wrong testimonials. CNET doesn't like it very much.

[leofelix]

If for your cousin money is not a problem while malware is, he can simply install a Linux kernel and play expensive games for windows thanks to WINE.

However In this case I'd suggest him to buy KIS 2010 (it blocks banner/ads too and its firewall is strong and scans for vulnerabilities too), Winpatrol Plus 2010 ( life time license) and SUPERAntiSpyware PRO (life time license)

[luffy]

Just to confirm what I was saying above is correct.
I know he does not use torrent because he never plays game on the computer (there is no single game on his computer). He has his own movie and music collection.
He is not into computer.
His wife only use the computer to pay bill. or checking ebay, cars.
Their kids are only 7 year old and not allowed to use computer.
I did see the toolbar called mywebsearch. Already removed it.

[LunarWolf]

I will recommend KIS 2010. But tell hime to wait for the new KIS 2010 which is going to be release this week. It will fix lots of bugs (slow browsing speed, unable to watch video and etc).

KIS 2010 firewall is way way better than ESET or Avira. If he want to use eset or avira, tell him to choose between OA free or Outpost free and buy only the AV.

Since he have kids, again I recommend KIS 2010 again as I read somewhere that their parental control is superb.

KIS 2010 also have virtual keyboard to type in all the sensitive info. Since his wife use the computer to pay bills and check EBay, better have a virtual keyboard.

By the way, tell him to use Firefox with WOT and Ad Blocker+. he will be quite safe.

KIS 2010 can also run out of the box without any configuration.