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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zorrofox" data-source="post: 1749246" data-attributes="member: 83966">Microsoft Security Essentials here too. Runs very well and relatively unobtrusively. I used to use Avast which is also very good but does tend to have a large footprint. Avira is definitely good but I found the UI to be somewhat clumsy. Ccleaner is excellent and I incorporate in all computers I build, whether the client wants it or not, lol. I also use Spywareblaster which attempts to prevent malicious software from getting in in the first place and have Spybot S&D standing by in case Spywareblaster fails - it hasn't yet. Both Spywareblaster and Spybot need to be manually updated but MSE takes care of that itself.Apple's OS does suffer from viruses, just not very many. This is not because Apple make a particularly great OS, although they do, but more because as yet not a lot of people use Macs. If this ever changes (unlikely) then expect to see more & more virii and malware written for it.If you want the safest OS then you need to go the Linux route. I particularly like Ubuntu and if it weren't for Adobe's reluctance to support it I'd have it on all my machines. As it is it runs only on my laptop but it runs way better than XP. However, Photoshop is crucial to me and until Adobe pull their finger out I'll be stuck with XP.Gordon.</blockquote>