Please list the security software you are currently running on the Windows 7 RC and how it has been running. Antivirus : AVG Free - No issues, no impact on performance Malware : Spybot S&D - No issues, no impact on performance, has detected and removed two trojans Firewall : Windows 7 Firewall - No known issues There have been a few threads discussing various antivirus software issues, or malware and adware prevention software, but no single thread compiling what people are using and their experience to allow others to decide what they should use. I hope this is helpful. Cheers, Boz

I'm using Avira AntiVir Personal, Spybot S&D, SpywareBlaster, and the Windows 7 firewall. No problems of any kind so far.

Using Avast home edition 'free'. Windows 7 Firewall. Will be installing sygate firewall soon.

well i was hoping microsoft would've had a beta for their onecare suite, since i've already paid for that for my other systems. wanting to see if anyone has used norton or mcafee. i know when i tried installing onecare yesterday it told me couldn't install due to compatibility issues, but i didn't exactly really try and troubleshoot and see if there was a workaround.

Tried to install NIS 2009, DK but it became blocked due to compatibilities :-(First installation totally block my IE8 access.Uninstalling NIS2009 and notify Symantec to see if they have any solutions.Windows 7 Firewall. - After NIS 2009, reactivated - no know issuesAntivirus - not installed yetMalware - not installed yet

There is no work around. OneCare is not supported and is officially being discontinued (I think) next month.It will be replaced by a free product later this year. OneCarewill only work on XP (32 bit) and Vista....Stephen

Hello, I'm using Antivir Free personal 9 Malwarebytes'Antimalware Windows Defender Windows Firewall Firefox whith NoScript, Adblock+, WOT and RefControl Cheers.

Hi,i'm using Avira antivirus free edition, i had it also with the windows 7 beta, no issue, no impact on performance until now.

Windows 7 RC 7100...ESET Smart Security 4.0.424.Windows Firewall is off.I'm behind a Router so a Firewall is virtually an over-kill.No other Security software.No need or desire for it.Windows 7 RC 7100 is running fine.ESET Smart Security is running fine too.I like it. I like it alot.Not going to say it's better than XP Pro....maybe a little. Much better than Vista...for sure.

ESET Smart Security 4.0.424.Windows 7 RC 7100 and ESET Smart Security are getting along fine.

I'm using the McAfee Total Protection Beta. It appears to be running good. Intel Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz, 2GB DDR Ram, Nvidia 7600GS - AGP type.

Hi, i'm using Avira antivirus free edition, i had it also with the windows 7 beta, no issue, no impact on performance until now. What performance issue did you run into, if I might ask? Thank you, Boz

Antivirus: AVG Free - seems to be working fine but Action Center keeps reporting that "it is on but is reporting its status to Windows Security Center in a format that is no longer supported." AVG Free worked fine in the Beta and gave me no warnings like this, does anyone know why this is? Malware: Spybot Search & Destroy and Spyware Blaster Firewall: Windows 7 Firewall

Kapersky has a beta virus program designed for Windows 7... so far it's been really nice and hasn't slowed me down one bit. I just noticed last night that Panda also has a Win 7 antivirus, also in beta.(both free at the moment)

Had Avira Antivir Premium Security Suite 9 Beta in Windows 7 Beta. Now I have ESET Smart Security 4 in Windows 7 RC. No problems what-so-ever.

I am running Anti-Vir and am having no issues, not even the one some are of it showing in Action Center as no virus protection ect. The only thing that has a tiny time with it is my W-7 Boxes hooked to my WHS the Connector shows for a few min that No Antivirus is Installed from the WHS icon, then it goes away and goes all green again after about 2min.Currently Testing Windows 7 Beta: 4 Systems built the same: 1Win7 ~ 2Vista Ultimate X64 ~ 1XP Pro/XP Pro X64 Dual Boot Box AMD X4 Phenom II 940, 8GB Corsair XMS2, EVGA 730a Motherboard, EVGA 9800 GX2 SCC, 2x500GB 32MEG Cache Seagate SATA Drives in Raid-0, 2x1TB WD SATA Data Drives, 6xHP w2207h HDMI LCD, 52" Mitsubishi LCD TV, Antec 900 Case, Antec TPQ 1000w PSU, 2 Sony BluRay Burner Drives.

Another Eset Smart Security user here. I switched over from SEP 11.xx a year ago and have not looked back since. ESS is one of the best endpoint protection programs I have used by far.

Windows Firewallavast! Home EditionWindows Defender

Avg work fine here.first used panda antivirus for w7, but was not compatible with the securitycenter of windows.regards

F-SECURE anti virus working 100% including spy protectionWindows firewallWindows defenderall working in tandem no probs or issues.

Nod32 4.0 with inbuilt firewall malware bytes and spywre doctor...all paid versions

Norton NIS Beta (Firewall was on, no problems)Comodo Fireware (Turned NIS firewall off after installing Comodo)JS

Kapersky has a beta virus program designed for Windows 7... so far it's been really nice and hasn't slowed me down one bit. I just noticed last night that Panda also has a Win 7 antivirus, also in beta.(both free at the moment) Kapersky is what i choose to go with for the 64 bit win 7 b 7100 and it seems to do everything i had zonealarm doing in vista. it even caught an item that zonealarm and counterspy both missed on the vista partition. no slowdowns when doing a full scan which can happen with counterspy. the only thing i did not like is the fact that it did scan the vista partition. i normally exclude everyother partition and drive only allowing the security software to scan the current c drive/partition. even though i set all other drives / partitions not to be scanned it still scanned vista.

Please list the security software you are currently running on the Windows 7 RC and how it has been running.Antivirus : AVG Free - No issues, no impact on performanceMalware : Spybot S&D - No issues, no impact on performance, has detected and removed two trojansFirewall : Windows 7 Firewall - No known issuesThere have been a few threads discussing various antivirus software issues, or malware and adware prevention software, but no single thread compiling what people are using and their experience to allow others to decide what they should use. I hope this is helpful.Cheers,Boz Windows 7 64 Bit 7100. I use Trend Micro InternetSecurity 2009 and everything is working. There is only one problem. Windows 7 will sometime report that Trend Micro is not running when it is running. th

Avira free antivirus - no problems except for an annoying upgrade screen each day. Windows Firewall - I have downloaded an installed Vista Firewall Control from http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/ which enables me to quickly set firewall parameters for outgoing activity. A bit of a pain since all activity asks for user input, but only once for each app (I seem to recall that Zone Alarm does, or did this too). Windows Defender for anti-spyware. I don't use a spam protector as the one in Outlook 2007 seems to work just fine, as does the one for my FIOS email. Total cost of my internet suite $0.00. Windows 7 beta dual booting with VISTA Home Premium 2 GB memory 160 HD Gateway Laptop HP Officejet 6310 All-in One inkjet printer Verizon FIOS Internet Connection

Windows 7 RC 7100... ESET Smart Security 4.0.424. Windows Firewall is off. I'm behind a Router so a Firewall is virtually an over-kill. No other Security software. No need or desire for it. Windows 7 RC 7100 is running fine. ESET Smart Security is running fine too. I like it. I like it alot. Not going to say it's better than XP Pro....maybe a little. Much better than Vista...for sure. i am behind a router as well, however i always have a software firewall as well. most routers can be gotten by quite easily. as for other security software you should always have antivirus / antispyware.

Kapersky has a beta virus program designed for Windows 7... so far it's been really nice and hasn't slowed me down one bit. I just noticed last night that Panda also has a Win 7 antivirus, also in beta.(both free at the moment) do you have any idea how to set it to only scan my win 7 partition. i am dual booting vista and 7 and i do not want it scan vista partition or any of my other drives. downloaded and installed the beta as well and seems to work as good as zonealarm does in vista. the problem is that unlike zonealarm which only scans c / vista by default kapersky scans all drives and partitions by default.

HelloI'm using the following tools:Antivirus: McAffeeMalware: nothing... (will look by myself :P)Firewall: Windows 7 Firewall (cool thing with the method of Location awareness :D)Mcaffe had after the installation a little crash but just for the system icon :P Since then i had no problemRegards:Dani

Will Counterspy work with W7? No issues with using NOD32, A2 or Ad Aware. I am using the Windows firewall as Zone Alarm will not work with W7 as well as my router firewalls. Are their any free firewalls that will work with W7 or do you have to go down the paid route?

Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 for Windows 7 (beta). Antivirus and malware protection. Seems to work well. I have not noticed any problems. Updates arrive regularly.

AVG - with bunch of modules

I was unable to use Norton IS09 due to incompatability. This is the first Norton product I have likes in five years, it is much better than the last 4-5 versions but it does not load in WIn 7. I called Symantec and found that their tec service is a bad as ever but they finally admitted that there is a problem. I then loaded the Free AVG which I am using for now on my Win 7 test rig. I am also using the Windows firewall and Windows defender.I like Win 7 so much that I want to use it as my main OS on my workstation but I will first need a more perminant security solution.

Sophos version 7.6.7 Windows action centre says it is reporting to Window Security Center in a format no longer suported!

I wish Microsoft get code name Marro up and beta testing see how it runs on windows 7Posted By Mikro

well, i'm running McAfee Security Center and its running great. I only have one issue though. i cannot use the scanner application with Windows 7 for some odd reason. for some reason McAfee's firewall blocks my printer from being able to scan in images on the PC. If i want to scan in an image using my HP photosmart 3210, i have to do it dirrectly from the device. does anyone know if there is a fix because i get this issue from vista as well in the non-beta version of McAfee as well at times.

Antivirus and Malware : Kaspersky Anti Virus 2009 - mainly no issues, however Windows activity centre cannot communicate with it properly and says that it should be updated for the program to be able to let it know whether its functioning and updated however it is the latest version and it is updated FireWall: Windows 7 Firewall -no issues

I'm using Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 Beta 3.No problems (yet...)

Windows 7 RCUsing Avast Professional, Windows defender, Windows firewall. no problems so far.

I'm using Avast's freebie antivirus, Malwarebytes antimalware, the 'onboard' Windows Defender, and I also installed an add on to the Windows firewall called "Vista Firewall Control" that I downloaded from Majorgeeks.com. It seems to be working fine and like many other firewalls you have to 'train' it. I tried the Comodo Internet Security suite but didn't like it. I bought the ZoneAlarm Security suite; got a good deal on it, but the Vista 64 bit will not work on Win7. Bummer!

I started out with the Windows firewall, Windows defender and Free Antvir. This Combo ran Fine. I am now testing F-Secure Tech Preview 2009. Runing fine, no issues so Far

Hey ggossett001 I have ESET Smart Security 4.0.424. No other security software either. In the "Advanced mode", under "Setup", my "Web Access Protection" indicates that it is "non-functional" This problem only started once upgraded to Windows 7 beta. I have tried all sorts of things to try to resolve this issue. I have turned off Windows firewall and then tried to turn the web access protection back on... but there was no use. Also in the "Advanced mode" > "Setup" > "Antivirus and Antispyware" > "Web Access Protection" > "Configure" > brings up a new window, but everything is inactive. So I set everything to "Default" (found at the bottom right hand corner in this new window), but again the problem persists. I have also tried to enable it through the "Action Center" on Windows 7 when it gives me the option to do so, but again all this to no avail... So... if you have any suggestions for me, I would most appreciate it. Thank you!

Hey DavidLeeDavis123... I have ESET Smart Security 4.0.424. No other security software either. In the "Advanced mode", under "Setup", my "Web Access Protection" indicates that it is "non-functional" This problem only started once upgraded to Windows 7 beta. I have tried all sorts of things to try to resolve this issue. I have turned off Windows firewall and then tried to turn the web access protection back on... but there was no use. Also in the "Advanced mode" > "Setup" > "Antivirus and Antispyware" > "Web Access Protection" > "Configure" > brings up a new window, but everything is inactive. So I set everything to "Default" (found at the bottom right hand corner in this new window), but again the problem persists. I have also tried to enable it through the "Action Center" on Windows 7 when it gives me the option to do so, but again all this to no avail... So... if you have any suggestions for me, I would most appreciate it. Thank you!

Windows 7 RC 7100 x64: Norton Antivirus 2009 "Gaming Edition", no problems of any kind neither performance impact, works just great.

yes i am running it under the 64 bit win 7 rc build 7100 without any problems. the one thing i did notice is that counterspy took a very long time to run a scan of win 7. about 3 times longer than it usually does.

sorry bud but i am not running eset. i have kaspersky corporate beta installed. it seems to run pretty good. i was looking for something similar to zonealarm's internetnet security suite when i found kaspersky. uses very little system resourses. wish i could of been of help.

Prevx 3.0 currently running stable on Win7RC1(7100) Guest VM on VMWare Fusion 2.04 on OSX 10.4.11 Host on Macbook 2.1(late 2006) Intel C2D with 1Gb RAM allocated to Guest. Attempt to install Kaperski Beta concurrently consistently BSODs! - cursory prelim analysis pointing to virtual SCSI conflict prob with VMFusion drivers....

hi,I am using ForFront Client Security...there is no performance issues about it...regards,Mumin CICEK | Exchange - MVP | www.cozumpark.com | www.mumincicek.com

I have used AVG free and Windoes defender as well as Norton 2010 beta with the Win 7 Beta and RC . With the RTM Win 7 install I am running Norton 2010 only. No issues that I know of so far.