best antivir/load/prot

ESET Smart Security 5 with infinite licence.

nod32

I'm rollin on Kaspersky, seems good, not too intrusive (like McAfee, which is a fucking pain all the time)

Also, the gamer profile thing is really good (basically means when fullscreen game is open, it does not update/download/scan, which McAfeeMcBellend used to do all the time)

would recommend to a friend

Most anti-viruses these days are pretty solid (detection/low on resources), it's not like back in the days when Norton etc was horrible and raped your memory. So if you're willing to pay, just find a good deal online (for any of the known ones) and don't think too much about it imo. That's what I did anyways, ended up with a Norton license 1+ year for around $5. When it runs out, I'm gonna do the same thing.

nod32 was/is still great.. does everything you'd want + it rarely gives false positives which is the main reason I liked it, but for the price that their licenses are usually sold at, I can't really say it's worth it. But if you're going the illegal route then why not, but honestly I would just save my time and go for a cheap deal online and never have to think about any random licenses/cracks running out on you.

panda antivirus

eventho russians make supergood shit, id go with Comodo (firewall,antivirus + active defense )anytime anywhere

Any ESET product :)

I like COMODO

Been using Avira for years already.